Syria bird checklist
339 bird species in 64 families have been recorded in Syria, according to eBird; about 297 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.
Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made
The most common birds in Syria right now
1Common Snipe
2European Bee-eater
3Long-legged Buzzard
4Black Stork
5Common Crane
6Hooded Crow
7Common Sandpiper
8Common Swift
9Crested Lark
10Western Yellow Wagtail
Syria bird checklist
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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Graylag Goose
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Common Shelduck
- Garganey
- Northern Shoveler
- Gadwall
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Marbled Duck
- Red-crested Pochard
- Common Pochard
- Ferruginous Duck
- Tufted Duck
- White-headed Duck
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Black Francolin
- See-see Partridge
- Common Quail
- Chukar
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- Stock Dove
- Common Wood-Pigeon
- European Turtle-Dove
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Laughing Dove
- Namaqua Dove
Sandgrouse
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Bustards
- Asian Houbara
Cuckoos
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Common Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies
- Eurasian Nightjar
Swifts
- Alpine Swift
- Common Swift
- Pallid Swift
- Little Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Water Rail
- Corn Crake
- Spotted Crake
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
- Gray-headed Swamphen
- Little Crake
Cranes
- Demoiselle Crane
- Common Crane
Thick-knees
- Eurasian Thick-knee
Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt
- Pied Avocet
Plovers and Lapwings
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Common Ringed Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Northern Lapwing
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Sociable Lapwing
- White-tailed Lapwing
- Greater Sand-Plover
- Kentish Plover
Painted-Snipes
- Greater Painted-Snipe
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Eurasian Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Jack Snipe
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Great Snipe
- Common Snipe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Spotted Redshank
- Common Greenshank
- Ruff
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Temminck's Stint
- Dunlin
- Little Stint
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Cream-colored Courser
- Collared Pratincole
- Black-winged Pratincole
Skuas and Jaegers
- Parasitic Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Little Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Slender-billed Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Pallas's Gull
- Audouin's Gull
- Mediterranean Gull
- Common Gull
- Caspian Gull
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Armenian Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Little Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- Black Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Common Tern
- Sandwich Tern
Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo
Grebes
- Little Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
- Eared Grebe
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Scopoli's Shearwater
Storks
- Black Stork
- White Stork
Cormorants and Shags
- Pygmy Cormorant
- Great Cormorant
Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis
- Northern Bald Ibis
- Eurasian Spoonbill
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Eurasian Bittern
- Little Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Little Egret
- Little Heron
- Squacco Heron
- Western Cattle-Egret
- Great Egret
- Gray Heron
- Purple Heron
Pelicans
- Great White Pelican
Osprey
- Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Bearded Vulture
- Egyptian Vulture
- European Honey-buzzard
- Eurasian Griffon
- Short-toed Snake-Eagle
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Steppe Eagle
- Imperial Eagle
- Golden Eagle
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Levant Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Goshawk
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Hen Harrier
- Pallid Harrier
- Montagu's Harrier
- Black Kite
- Common Buzzard
- Long-legged Buzzard
Barn-Owls
- Western Barn Owl
Owls
- Eurasian Scops-Owl
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl
- Little Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- European Bee-eater
Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher
- White-throated Kingfisher
- Pied Kingfisher
Rollers
- European Roller
Woodpeckers
- Eurasian Wryneck
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker
- Syrian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
- Lesser Kestrel
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Red-footed Falcon
- Eleonora's Falcon
- Merlin
- Eurasian Hobby
- Saker Falcon
- Peregrine Falcon
Old World Parrots
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Rosy-faced Lovebird
Old World Orioles
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
Shrikes
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Isabelline Shrike
- Great Gray Shrike
- Lesser Gray Shrike
- Masked Shrike
- Woodchat Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Magpie
- Red-billed Chough
- Eurasian Jackdaw
- Rook
- Hooded Crow
- Brown-necked Raven
- Fan-tailed Raven
- Common Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- Coal Tit
- Sombre Tit
- Eurasian Blue Tit
- Great Tit
Penduline-Tits
- Eurasian Penduline-Tit
Larks
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark
- Thick-billed Lark
- Bar-tailed Lark
- Desert Lark
- Wood Lark
- Eurasian Skylark
- Crested Lark
- Horned Lark
- Temminck's Lark
- Greater Short-toed Lark
- Bimaculated Lark
- Calandra Lark
- Arabian Lark
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Bearded Reedling
- Bearded Reedling
Cisticolas and Allies
- Graceful Prinia
- Delicate Prinia
- Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
- Upcher's Warbler
- Olive-tree Warbler
- Icterine Warbler
- Moustached Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Paddyfield Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Common Reed Warbler
- Basra Reed Warbler
- Great Reed Warbler
- Clamorous Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
- River Warbler
- Savi's Warbler
Swallows
- Bank Swallow
- Eurasian Crag-Martin
- Pale Crag-Martin
- Barn Swallow
- Western House-Martin
- European Red-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls
- White-eared Bulbul
- White-spectacled Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
- Wood Warbler
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Common Chiffchaff
- Greenish Warbler
Bush Warblers and Allies
- Scrub Warbler
- Cetti's Warbler
Long-tailed Tits
- Long-tailed Tit
Sylviid Warblers and Allies
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Garden Warbler
- Barred Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Eastern Orphean Warbler
- Asian Desert Warbler
- Menetries's Warbler
- Rüppell's Warbler
- Sardinian Warbler
- Greater Whitethroat
- Spectacled Warbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
- Iraq Babbler
Nuthatches
- Western Rock Nuthatch
Wrens
- Eurasian Wren
Starlings
- European Starling
- Common Myna
Thrushes and Allies
- Mistle Thrush
- Song Thrush
- Eurasian Blackbird
- Fieldfare
Old World Flycatchers
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
- European Robin
- White-throated Robin
- Thrush Nightingale
- Common Nightingale
- Bluethroat
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Semicollared Flycatcher
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Collared Flycatcher
- Common Redstart
- Black Redstart
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
- Blue Rock-Thrush
- Whinchat
- European Stonechat
- Siberian Stonechat
- Northern Wheatear
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Desert Wheatear
- Cyprus Wheatear
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
- Pied Wheatear
- Blackstart
- White-crowned Wheatear
- Finsch's Wheatear
- Mourning Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
- Palestine Sunbird
Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow
- Spanish Sparrow
- Dead Sea Sparrow
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Yellow-throated Sparrow
- Rock Sparrow
- Pale Rockfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Citrine Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Richard's Pipit
- Long-billed Pipit
- Tawny Pipit
- Meadow Pipit
- Tree Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Water Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
- Common Chaffinch
- Brambling
- Common Rosefinch
- Trumpeter Finch
- Desert Finch
- European Greenfinch
- Eurasian Linnet
- European Goldfinch
- European Serin
- Syrian Serin
- Eurasian Siskin
Old World Buntings
- Black-headed Bunting
- Corn Bunting
- Rock Bunting
- Yellowhammer
- Pine Bunting
- Cinereous Bunting
- Ortolan Bunting
- Cretzschmar's Bunting
- Reed Bunting
Most common birds in Syria
Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Syria’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Gray HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Largest bird families in Syria
Among its regular birds.
- Old World Flycatchers23
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites22
- Sandpipers and Allies19
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers17
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl16
- Larks14
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies10
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies9
Reported in the last 30 days
32 species reported to eBird in Syria in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:
Long-legged Buzzard, Common Snipe, European Bee-eater, Black Stork, Hooded Crow, Common Crane, Common Sandpiper, Common Swift, Crested Lark, Western Yellow Wagtail, European Honey-buzzard, Eurasian Kestrel, Garganey, Gray Heron, Graceful Prinia, Common Hoopoe, House Sparrow, Isabelline Wheatear, Laughing Dove, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Little Ringed Plover, Red-backed Shrike, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Western Marsh Harrier, Whinchat, Barn Swallow, White-spectacled Bulbul, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Black Kite, Booted Eagle, Common Buzzard, Western House-Martin.
Get to know some of them
Garganey
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Heron
House Sparrow
Laughing Dove
Little Ringed Plover
Barn Swallow
Western Marsh Harrier
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Western House-Martin
European Starling
Bank Swallow
Rock Pigeon
Northern Shoveler
Common Tern
Green-winged Teal
Eurasian Coot
Glossy Ibis