eBird Field Checklist
Israel
ebird.org/region/IL
564 species (+167 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Wandering Whistling-Duck
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Taiga Bean-Goose
Tundra Bean-Goose
Taiga/Tundra Bean-Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Anser sp.
Barnacle Goose
Hawaiian Goose
Red-breasted Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Muscovy Duck
Ringed Teal
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Wood x Mandarin Duck (hybrid)
Baikal Teal
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Anas sp.
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Marbled Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Aythya sp.
Velvet Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Smew
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
White-headed Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Wild Turkey
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Black Francolin
Sand Partridge
Common Quail
Chukar
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Stock Dove
Common Wood-Pigeon
Columba sp.
European Turtle-Dove
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Diamond Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Crowned Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Bustards
Great Bustard
Macqueen's Bustard
Little Bustard
Turacos
Purple-crested Turaco
Cuckoos
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar
Nubian Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Common/Pallid Swift
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Water Rail
Corn Crake
African Crake
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
African Swamphen
Gray-headed Swamphen
swamphen sp.
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
Spotted/Little/Baillon's Crake
Zapornia sp.
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Demoiselle Crane
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
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Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Eurasian Dotterel
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Kittlitz's Plover
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Jack Snipe
Eurasian Woodcock
Great Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Crab-Plover
Cream-colored Courser
Oriental Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged/Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Slender-billed Gull
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Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed/Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Franklin's Gull
Pallas's Gull
Audouin's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Sooty Gull
White-eyed Gull
Common Gull
Caspian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Armenian Gull
Caspian/Yellow-legged/Armenian Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
White-cheeked Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Pacific Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
White-capped Albatross
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp.
storm-petrel sp. (dark-rumped)
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Atlantic Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Yelkouan Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Persian Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Ciconia sp.
Yellow-billed Stork
stork sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Pygmy Cormorant
Great Cormorant
European Shag
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
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Western Reef-Heron
Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Western/Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Gray/Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Northern Bald Ibis
ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
European x Oriental Honey-buzzard (hybrid)
European/Oriental Honey-buzzard
Cinereous Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Eurasian Griffon
old world vulture sp.
Bateleur
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Lesser/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Golden Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
Clanga/Aquila sp.
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Hen/Northern Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Hen/Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Levant Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Levant/Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Red Kite
Black Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Common/Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
scops-owl sp.
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Bubo sp.
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Desert Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared/Short-eared Owl
Asio sp.
owl sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
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Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-throated Bee-eater
Arabian Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Syrian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Eleonora's Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Saker Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Galah
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet
Northern Rosella
Budgerigar
Gray-headed Lovebird
Red-headed Lovebird
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)
lovebird sp.
Gray Parrot
Senegal Parrot
Monk Parakeet
Pyrrhura sp.
Nanday Parakeet
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Drongos
Ashy Drongo
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Eurasian Jay
Red-billed/Yellow-billed Chough
Eurasian Jackdaw
House Crow
Rook
Hooded Crow
Brown-necked Raven
crow sp.
Fan-tailed Raven
Common Raven
raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Sombre Tit
Great Tit
Parus sp.
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Eurasian Penduline-Tit
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Larks
Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Thick-billed Lark
Bar-tailed Lark
Desert Lark
Ammomanes sp.
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Horned Lark
Temminck's Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Bimaculated Lark
Calandra Lark
Arabian Lark
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Mediterranean/Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark/Alaudala sp.
Calandrella/Alaudala sp.
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Oriental Skylark
Eurasian/Oriental Skylark
Crested Lark
lark sp.
Bearded Reedling
Bearded Reedling
Cisticolas and Allies
Graceful Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Eastern/Western Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Hippolais sp.
Moustached Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Marsh/Common Reed Warbler
Basra Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
River Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.
Martins and Swallows
Gray-throated Martin
Bank Swallow
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Rock Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin/Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Western House-Martin
Barn Swallow x Western House-Martin (hybrid)
Western/Siberian House-Martin
Asian House-Martin
house-martin sp.
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-eared Bulbul
White-spectacled Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Yellow-browed/Hume's Warbler
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Radde's Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Willow Warbler
Mountain Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler/Common Chiffchaff
Green Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
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Bush Warblers and Allies
Scrub Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Arabian Warbler
Eastern Orphean Warbler
African Desert Warbler
Asian Desert Warbler
Menetries's Warbler
Rüppell's Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Spectacled Warbler
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
old world warbler sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arabian Babbler
Kinglets
Goldcrest
Common Firecrest
Goldcrest/Common Firecrest
Wallcreeper
Wallcreeper
Nuthatches
Western Rock Nuthatch
Wrens
Eurasian Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Rosy Starling
Black-collared Starling
Common Myna
Vinous-breasted Myna
Burmese/Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres sp.
Tristram's Starling
Thrushes
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Eyebrowed Thrush
Fieldfare
Ring Ouzel
Black-throated Thrush
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Black Scrub-Robin
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
European Robin
White-throated Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Thrush/Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
Red-flanked Bluetail
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Semicollared Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
European Pied x Collared Flycatcher (hybrid)
European Pied/Collared/Semicollared Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
redstart sp.
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat
European/Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Saxicola sp.
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Hooded Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Cyprus Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Western/Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
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Pied Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared x Pied Wheatear (hybrid)
Cyprus/Pied Wheatear
Red-rumped Wheatear
Blackstart
White-crowned Wheatear
Finsch's Wheatear
Mourning Wheatear
Kurdish Wheatear
Persian Wheatear
Kurdish/Persian Wheatear (Red-tailed Wheatear)
wheatear sp.
muscicapid sp.
Hypocolius
Hypocolius
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Palestine Sunbird
Cinnyris sp.
Weavers and Allies
Southern Masked-Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Estrildids
Zebra Finch
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Common Waxbill
Red Avadavat
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Peters's Twinspot
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Accentors
Alpine Accentor
Radde's Accentor
Black-throated Accentor
Dunnock
accentor sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
House/Spanish Sparrow
Dead Sea Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Sudan Golden Sparrow
Arabian Golden Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Rock Sparrow
Pale Rockfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Western Yellow x Citrine Wagtail (hybrid)
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
American Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Common Chaffinch/Brambling
Hawfinch
Common Rosefinch
Sinai Rosefinch
Crimson-winged Finch
Trumpeter Finch
Desert Finch
European Greenfinch
Eurasian Linnet
Twite/Eurasian Linnet
Red Crossbill
European Goldfinch
European Serin
Fire-fronted Serin
Syrian Serin
European/Fire-fronted/Syrian Serin
Serinus sp.
Eurasian Siskin
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finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Snow Bunting
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Corn Bunting
Rock Bunting
Yellowhammer
Pine Bunting
Yellowhammer x Pine Bunting (hybrid)
Cinereous Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting
Striolated Bunting
Reed Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Black-faced Bunting
Black-faced/Masked Bunting
Chestnut Bunting
Emberiza sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Northern Cardinal
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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