eBird Field Checklist
Ben Shemen Forest יער בן שמן
, HaMerkaz, IL
ebird.org/hotspot/L8446088
144 species (+15 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Egyptian Goose
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Common Quail
Chukar
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Laughing Dove
Cuckoos
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Cranes
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Ruff
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
heron sp.
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
European/Oriental Honey-buzzard
old world vulture sp.
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Lesser/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Aquila sp.
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Levant Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Levant/Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
White-throated Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Syrian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Eleonora's Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Monk Parakeet
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Great Tit
Larks
Greater Short-toed Lark
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Crested Lark
Cisticolas and Allies
Graceful Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-spectacled Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Rüppell's Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
Starlings and Mynas
Common Myna
Thrushes
Song Thrush
Eurasian Blackbird
Fieldfare
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
European Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Semicollared Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Palestine Sunbird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Hawfinch
European Greenfinch
Eurasian Linnet
European Goldfinch
European Serin
Eurasian Siskin
Old World Buntings
Corn Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting