eBird Field Checklist
Israel
ebird.org/region/IL
398 species (+102 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Marbled Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Aythya sp.
Red-breasted Merganser
White-headed Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Black Francolin
Sand Partridge
Common Quail
Chukar
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little 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
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Crowned Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Bustards
Macqueen's Bustard
Cuckoos
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar
Nubian Nightjar
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
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
African Swamphen
Gray-headed Swamphen
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Eurasian Dotterel
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Jack Snipe
Eurasian Woodcock
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Cream-colored Courser
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.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed/Black-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
White-eyed Gull
Common Gull
Caspian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Armenian Gull
Caspian/Yellow-legged/Armenian Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
Common Tern
White-cheeked Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Loons
Pacific Loon
Storm-Petrels
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp.
storm-petrel sp. (dark-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Yelkouan Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
stork sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Pygmy Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Western/Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
European/Oriental Honey-buzzard
Cinereous Vulture
Eurasian Griffon
old world vulture sp.
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Lesser x Greater Spotted Eagle (hybrid)
Lesser/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Golden Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Hen/Northern Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Levant Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Levant/Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Common/Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Desert Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Asio sp.
owl sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Arabian Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European 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
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Budgerigar
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
Senegal Parrot
Monk Parakeet
parakeet sp.
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Eurasian Jay
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
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Eurasian Penduline-Tit
Larks
Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Thick-billed Lark
Bar-tailed Lark
Desert Lark
Temminck's Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Bimaculated Lark
Calandra Lark
Arabian Lark
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Oriental Skylark
Crested Lark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Graceful Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Hippolais sp.
Moustached Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Paddyfield 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
Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Western House-Martin
Western/Siberian House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-spectacled Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler/Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus sp.
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.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arabian Babbler
Kinglets
Goldcrest
Wrens
Eurasian Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Rosy Starling
Common Myna
Vinous-breasted Myna
Burmese/Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres sp.
Tristram's Starling
Thrushes
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Fieldfare
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-breasted Flycatcher
Semicollared Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
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
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Hooded Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Cyprus Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Blackstart
White-crowned Wheatear
Finsch's Wheatear
Mourning Wheatear
wheatear sp.
Hypocolius
Hypocolius
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Palestine Sunbird
Cinnyris sp.
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Accentors
Dunnock
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
House/Spanish Sparrow
Dead Sea 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
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
Sinai Rosefinch
Trumpeter Finch
Desert Finch
European Greenfinch
Eurasian Linnet
European Goldfinch
European Serin
Fire-fronted Serin
Syrian Serin
Eurasian Siskin
finch sp.
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Corn Bunting
Rock Bunting
Yellowhammer
Pine Bunting
Cinereous Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting
Ortolan/Cretzschmar's Bunting
Striolated Bunting
Reed Bunting
Black-faced Bunting
Emberiza sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.