List of birds of Lebanon

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This is a list of birds recorded in the Lebanon.

Ostriches

• Ostrich Struthio camelus (extinct)

Grebes

• Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
• Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
• Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

Shearwaters

• Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
• Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
• Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
• Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
• Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
• Levantine Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan

Pelicans

• Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
• Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
• Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens

Gannets

• Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

Cormorants

• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus

Herons, egrets and bitterns

• Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
• Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
• Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris

Storks

• Black Stork Ciconia nigra
• White Stork Ciconia ciconia

Ibises and spoonbills

• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
• Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
• Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber (introduced ?)

Ducks and geese

• Mute Swan Cygnus olor
• Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
• Greylag Goose Anser anser
• Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
• Gadwall Anas strepera
• Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Garganey Anas querquedula
• Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
• Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

Vultures, eagles, buzzards, kites

• Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Red Kite Milvus milvus
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
• Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus
• Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
• Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
• Eurasian Black Vulture Aegypius monachus
• Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
• Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
• Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
• Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
• Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
• Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
• Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
• Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
• Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
• Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
• Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
• Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax ?
• Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
• Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
• Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
• Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciatus
• Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus

Falcons

• Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
• Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
• Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
• Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
• Merlin Falco columbarius
• Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
• Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
• Saker Falcon Falco cherrug
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Quails

• Chukar Alectoris chukar
• Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca (introduced)
• Sand Partridge Ammoperdix hevi
• Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
• Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
• Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus (introduced)
• Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus (introduced, domesticated)

Cranes

• Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo
• Common Crane Grus grus

Rails

• Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
• Little Crake Porzana parva
• Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra

Bustards

• Great Bustard Otis tarda
• Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata
• Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii
• Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax

Oystercatchers

• Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

Stilts

• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

Stone curlews

• Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus

Coursers & pratincoles

• Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
• Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
• Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni

Plovers

• Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
• Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
• Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
• Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
• Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
• Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
• Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
• Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
• Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
• Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus

Sandpipers & relatives

• Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
• Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
• Great Snipe Gallinago media
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
• Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
• Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
• Common Redshank Tringa totanus
• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Red Knot Calidris canutus
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Little Stint Calidris minuta
• Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Dunlin Calidris alpina
• Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
• Ruff Philomachus pugnax

Skuas

• Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
• Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus

Gulls

• Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii
• Common Gull Larus canus
• Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii
• Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
• Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini
• Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
• Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
• Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus
• Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
• Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
• Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
• Little Gull Larus minutus
• Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

Terns

• Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
• Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
• Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
• Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Little Tern Sterna albifrons
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
• Black Tern Chlidonias niger

Sandgrouses

• Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
• Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis

Doves

• Rock Pigeon Columba livia
• Stock Pigeon Columba oenas
• Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
• Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
• Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
• Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis

Parrots

• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri (introduced)

Cuckoos

• Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
• Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Barn owls

• Barn Owl Tyto alba

Typical owls

• Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
• European Scops Owl Otus scops
• Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
• Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
• Tawny Owl Strix aluco
• Hume's Owl Strix butleri
• Little Owl Athene noctua
• Long-eared Owl Asio otus
• Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus

Nightjars

• European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

Swifts

• Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
• Common Swift Apus apus
• Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
• Little Swift Apus affinis

Kingfishers

• European Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
• White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
• Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Bee-eaters

• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
• European Bee-eater Merops apiaster

Rollers

• European Roller Coracias garrulus

Hoopoes

• Hoopoe Upupa epops

Wrynecks and woodpeckers

• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
• Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
• Green Woodpecker Picus viridis

Larks

• Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
• Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes
• Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
• Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
• Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
• Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
• Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens
• Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni
• Crested Lark Galerida cristata
• Wood Lark Lullula arborea
• Sky Lark Alauda arvensis
• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
• Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha

Swallows & martins

• Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
• Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
• House Martin Delichon urbica

Pipits & wagtails

• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
• Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
• Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
• Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
• Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
• Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta

Bulbuls

• White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos

Dippers

• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus

Wrens

• Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Accentors

• Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
• Dunnock Prunella modularis

Chats, thrushes

• Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
• Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
• Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
• Blackbird Turdus merula
• Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
• Redwing Turdus iliacus
• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
• Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus

Old World warblers

• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
• Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
• Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
• Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
• Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
• Eurasian River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
• Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
• Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
• Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
• Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
• Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
• Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
• Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
• Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
• Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
• Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
• Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
• Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
• Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
• Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
• Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
• Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
• Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
• Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis
• Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
• Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
• Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostris
• Rüppell's Warbler Sylvia rueppelli
• Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
• Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
• Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax
• Menetries's Warbler Sylvia mystacea
• Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata
• Goldcrest Regulus regulus
• Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus

Old World flycatchers

• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
• Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
• Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
• Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
• Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana (introduced ?)
• European Robin Erithacus rubecula
• Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
• Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
• White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
• Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
• European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
• Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
• Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
• Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina

Babblers

• Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus

Tits

• Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
• Coal Tit Periparus ater
• Great Tit Parus major
• Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus

Nuthatches

• Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
• Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer

Wallcreepers

• Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

Penduline tits

• Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus

Sunbirds

• Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris oseus

Orioles

• Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

Shrikes

• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
• Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
• Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
• Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
• Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator

Jays and crows

• Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
• Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
• Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
• Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
• Rook Corvus frugilegus
• Carrion Crow Corvus corone
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Hooded Crow Corvus cornix

Starlings

• Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
• European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

Avadavats

• Red Avadavat Amandava amandava (introduced)

Old World buntings

• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
• Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
• Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
• Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea
• Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
• Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
• Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
• Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
• Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
• Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra

Finches

• Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
• Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
• Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
• Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
• Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina
• Fire-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
• European Serin Serinus serinus
• Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus
• Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
• Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguinea
• Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea
• Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta

Sparrows

• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
• Rock Petronia Petronia petronia
• Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla

[edit] References

• http://en.arocha.org/lbaammiq/index5.html
• http://www.shoufcedar.org/Bird.asp
• http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?region=lb&pg=checklist&list=clements
• http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/search.php?freetext=&modifier=phrase&criteria=wholedb&taxa_species=1&redlistCategory%5B%5D=all&redlistAssessyear%5B%5D=all&country%5B%5D=LB&aquatic%5B%5D=all&regions%5B%5D=all&habitats%5B%5D=all&threats%5B%5D=all&Submit.x=62&Submit.y=6
• http://www.osme.org/sand192/lebanon.html