FULL TRIP LIST

Taxonomy strictly follows Clements' 5th Edition (incl. updates). The list only contains species positively identified by at least one of our group. Birds identified by guides or other people only are not included, presumed species neither...

[186 species]

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Common on sewage pools en saltpans

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
1 ex at Be?er Sheva pond

Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Several ex at North Beach

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Several ex at North Beach, some tens at ringing station

Gray Heron Ardea cinerea

Great Egret Ardea alba

Little Egret Egretta garzetta
garzetta

Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis
Ca 15 ex at North Beach, ca 20 ex at southern saltpans

Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
1 ex at Neot Hakkikar fish ponds, 1 ex at sewage ponds at km 20

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Several ex some tens km south of Tel Aviv

Striated Heron Butorides striata
Minimum 2 ex at North Beach

Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
8 ex at Neot Hakkikar fish ponds

Black Stork Ciconia nigra
12 ex at Neot Hakkikar fish ponds

White Stork Ciconia ciconia
A flock of ca 60 ex flying by at Mount Yoash

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
23 ex flying ca 20 km south of Tel Aviv

Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
1 juv at sewage ponds at km 18

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Some hundred ex at saltpans at km 20

Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope

Gadwall Anas strepera

Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Common at sewage ponds and saltpans

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Northern Pintail Anas acuta

Garganey Anas querquedula
1 female at sewage ponds km 18

Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca Near-threatened (NT)
1 male and 1 female at sewage ponds km 18

European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
Only 1 ex flying by at km 33

Black Kite Milvus migrans

Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus
Ca 15 ex at Ein Avdat gorge, ca 7 ex at Ein Gedi gorge

Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus

Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus

Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Near-threatened (NT)
1 adult male at Nizzana, 1 adult male at Urim

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus

Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
1 imm ex along sewage canal

Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga Vulnerable (VU)
1 fulvescens type ex flying over at the wadi of Striated scops owl

Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca Vulnerable (VU)
2 adult and 1 juv ex at Urim

Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciatus
2 adult ex making nest at Ein Avdat gorge

Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus
1 dark ex at Urim, 1 pale ex ca 20 km south of Tel Aviv

Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
1 adult ex at saltpans km 20

Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
1 juv ex at Urim

Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
2 adult ex at km 33, 1 ex at ringing station, 1 ex at sewage ponds km 18

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1 adult ex at Urim

Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
1 ex at Ein Avdat, 2 ex at Wadi Mishma, 1 ex at Amram?s Pillars, ca 10 ex at Eilat cemetery, 3 ex at Wadi Scops owl

Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
1 ex at km 33, 1 ex at Sayarim junction

Common Crane Grus grus
Some hundreds flying over at Ein Avdat

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Minimum 2 ex at Ein Avdat Gorge, 1 ex at sewage ponds km 18

Little Crake Porzana parva
2 juv and 1 ad female at sewage ponds km 18

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Several ex at Be?er Sheva pond, sewage ponds km 18

Eurasian Coot Fulica atra

Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii
2 males and 2 females at Nizzana

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Several tens at saltpans km 20

Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Ca 20 ex at saltpans km 20

Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus
8 ex somewhere between Nizzana and Urim

Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus

Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
HM found 1 adult ex that stayed at sewage ponds km 18 from 31/10 till at least 2/11. If accepted it constitutes only the second record for Israel.

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
1 ex at saltpans km 20

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

Common Redshank Tringa totanus

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
2 to 3 ex at saltpans km 20

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Little Stint Calidris minuta

Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Miminum 2 ex at saltpans km 20

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
2 ex at saltpans km 20

Dunlin Calidris alpina

Ruff Philomachus pugnax

White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus Near-threatened (NT)
Some 50 ex at North Beach

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Ca 20 ex at North Beach

Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
Some tens at North Beach

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus

Slender-billed Gull Larus genei

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
2 ex at North Beach, 3 ex at southern saltpans

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
Ca 70 ex in fields around Urim

Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
About 100 ex at sewage ponds Nizzana

Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
Several tens ex at sewage ponds Nizzana

Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
3 ex at sewage ponds Nizzana

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
3 out of 3 evenings 20-30 ex drinking at sewage ponds km 18

Rock Pigeon Columba livia

Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Common all over the region (feral)

Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
2 males and 3 females at km 40

Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
4 ex at Ofira Park (feral)

Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
Common in the entire region

European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Minimum 2 ex flying by at Nizzana

Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Only 1 ex at Yotvata

Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
1 ex in Ofira Park

Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cincturus
3 ex at km 40

Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
Widespread but not in great numbers

Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
1 ex at km 40

Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
1 ex at km 40

Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Several ex at km 40, some ex at Yotvata

Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens
some ex at km 40

Crested Lark Galerida cristata
common

Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

Bank Swallow Riparia riparia

Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
Several ex at ringing station

House Martin Delichon urbica

White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Very common

Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
3 ex at Ein Avdat gorge

Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
1 ex at sewage ponds km 18

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis

Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
common

Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta

White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
common

Dunnock Prunella modularis
1 ex at Yotvata

Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
1 ex at Neot Hakkikar fish ponds

Streaked Scrub-Warbler Scotocerca inquieta

Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis

Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
1 ex at Neot Hakkikar fish ponds, 1 ex in Ofira Park

Clamorous Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
2 ex at Neot Hakkikar fish ponds

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

Garden Warbler Sylvia borin

Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis

Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
widespread but not in great numbers

Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostris
1 first winter ex at Wadi Mishmar

Red Sea Warbler Sylvia leucomelaena
2 ex at west side km 50

Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala

Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax
1 male and 1 female at Wadi Mishmar

Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
1 first winter ex at Ein Gedi guest house

European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Only 1 ex in Ofira Park

Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
common

Whinchat Saxicola rubetra

European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
maura

Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura

White-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga

Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe

Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens

Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
2 ex at Yotvata

Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti

Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
1 ex at km 33, 2 ex in Yotvata

Blackstart Cercomela melanura

Arabian Babbler Turdoides squamiceps

Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris oseus

Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio

Southern Gray Shrike Lanius meridionalis

Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
1 first winter at saltpans km 20, 1 ad female in Ofira Park

Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius

Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
4 ex flying by ca 50 km south of Tel Aviv

Hooded Crow Corvus cornix

Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis

Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
In Ein Gedi very common, elsewhere absent

Common Raven Corvus corax

Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis

Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus

African Silverbill Euodice cantans
Ca 8 ex at km 40 (feral)

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
1 ex at northern fields

European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
Several ex at northern fields, 2 ex on ca 50 south of Tel Aviv

European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea
2 males and 3 females at Sayarim junction

Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
1 male at km 40

Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana

Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus