|
Species |
Latin |
BOJ: records to end 1994 |
JBR: 1995-97, plus some older |
1998-99 |
Comments |
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Black-throated Diver |
Gavia arctica |
- |
1 (I) |
|
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Atlantic Petrel |
Pterodroma incerta |
- |
2 (I) |
|
|
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Soft-plumaged Petrel |
Pterodroma mollis |
- |
1 (I) |
|
|
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Streaked Shearwater |
Calonectris leucomelas |
- |
2 (I) |
|
|
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Pale-footed Shearwater |
Puffinus carneipes |
- |
1 (I) |
|
|
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Sooty Shearwater |
Puffinus griseus |
3 |
+3 |
|
>5 |
|
Wilson's Petrel |
Oceanites oceanicus |
- |
1 (I) |
|
|
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Red-billed Tropicbird |
Phaethon aethereus |
- |
1 (I) |
|
|
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Pygmy Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax pygmeus |
old |
- |
|
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Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
old |
- |
|
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Lesser Frigatebird |
Fregata ariel |
- |
1 (I) |
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Green-backed Heron |
Butorides striatus |
1 |
- |
|
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Intermediate Egret |
Egretta intermedia |
1 |
- |
|
DIMW |
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Black-headed Heron |
Ardea melanocephala |
- |
1 (I) |
|
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Goliath Heron |
Ardea goliath |
- |
1 |
|
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Yellow-billed Stork |
Mycteria ibis |
- |
1 (I) |
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Mute Swan |
Cygnus olor |
- |
- |
1 |
Already published in Sandgrouse 20(1),46 |
|
Bewick's Swan |
Cygnus columbianus |
- |
1 (I) |
|
|
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White-fronted Goose |
Anser albifrons |
2 |
+1 (I) |
|
|
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Lesser White-fronted Goose |
Anser erythropus |
- |
1 (I) |
|
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Ruddy Shelduck |
Tadorna ferruginea |
5 |
- |
|
|
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Cotton Teal |
Nettapus coromandelianus |
- |
1 |
|
|
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Falcated Duck |
Anas falcata |
1 |
- |
|
|
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Long-tailed Duck |
Clangula hyemalis |
- |
1 (I) |
|
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White-headed Duck |
Oxyura leucocephala |
- |
1 (I) |
|
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Crested Honey Buzzard |
Pernis ptilorhynchus |
- |
1 (I) |
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Red Kite |
Milvus milvus |
3 |
+1 |
|
|
|
Lammergeier |
Gypaetus barbatus |
to 1980s |
+1 (I) |
|
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Lappet-faced Vulture |
Torgos tracheliotus |
1+ |
several |
|
|
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Black Vulture |
Aegypius monachus |
3+ |
- |
|
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Rough-legged Buzzard |
Buteo lagopus |
3 |
- |
|
|
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Spotted Eagle |
Aquila clanga |
4 |
+2 |
1 |
>5 |
|
Eleonora's Falcon |
Falco eleonorae |
5 |
+2 |
|
>5 |
|
Saker |
Falco cherrug |
several |
+3 |
|
>5 |
|
Peregrine |
Falco peregrinus |
several |
+3 |
|
>5 |
|
Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
- |
1 (I) |
1 |
|
|
Demoiselle Crane |
Anthropoides virgo |
- |
1 (I) |
|
|
|
Houbara Bustard |
Chlamydotis undulata |
few post 1979 |
+c.5 |
|
>5 |
|
Crab Plover |
Dromas ardeola |
- |
1 (I) |
|
|
|
Egyptian Plover |
Pluvianus aegyptius |
1? |
- |
|
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Black-winged Pratincole |
Glareola nordmanni |
7 |
+1 |
|
>5 |
|
Pacific Golden Plover |
Pluvialis fulva |
1 |
- |
|
|
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Blackhead Plover |
Hoplopterus tectus |
1 |
- |
|
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Red-wattled Plover |
Hoplopterus indicus |
- |
- |
1 |
|
|
Sociable Plover |
Chettusia gregaria |
old + 1 recent |
- |
|
|
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Knot |
Calidris canutus |
1 |
- |
|
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Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
2 |
- |
|
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Great Snipe |
Gallinago media |
4 |
- |
|
|
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Pintail Snipe |
Gallinago stenura |
- |
1 (I) |
|
|
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Woodcock |
Scolopax rusticola |
2 |
+3 |
|
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
4 |
- |
|
|
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Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
4 |
+2 |
|
>5 |
|
Slender-billed Curlew |
Numenius tenuirostris |
1 |
- |
|
DIMW |
|
Terek Sandpiper |
Xenus cinereus |
1 |
- |
|
|
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Pomarine Skua |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
3 |
- |
|
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Long-tailed Skua |
Stercorarius longicaudus |
3 |
- |
|
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South Polar Skua |
Stercorarius maccormicki |
- |
1 (I) |
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|
Sooty Gull |
Larus hemprichii |
- |
1 (I) |
1 |
|
|
Little Gull |
Larus minutus |
3 |
+2 |
+1 |
>5 |
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Sabine's Gull |
Larus sabini |
- |
1 (I) |
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Grey-headed Gull |
Larus cirrocephalus |
1 |
- |
|
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Audouin's Gull |
Larus audouinii |
1 |
- |
1 |
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Glaucous Gull |
Larus hyperboreus |
1 |
- |
|
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Armenian Gull |
Larus armenicus |
1 |
+6 |
many |
>5 |
|
Kittiwake |
Rissa tridactyla |
- |
1 (I) |
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Crested Tern |
Sterna bergii |
1 |
- |
|
|
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Lesser Crested Tern |
Sterna bengalensis |
2 |
- |
|
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Arctic Tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
- |
1 (I) |
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White-cheeked Tern |
Sterna repressa |
2 |
- |
|
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Bridled Tern |
Sterna anaethetus |
1 |
- |
|
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Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse |
Pterocles lichtensteinii |
- |
several (I) |
|
None seen in Jordan |
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Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse |
Pterocles exustus |
1 |
- |
|
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Woodpigeon |
Columba palumbus |
old + 2 recent |
- |
|
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African Collared Dove |
Streptopelia roseogrisea |
- |
1 (I) |
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Striated Scops Owl |
Otus brucei |
c. 3 |
- |
|
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Brown Fish Owl |
Ketupa zeylonensis |
old |
- |
|
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Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
c. 5 |
+1 |
|
>5 |
|
Nubian Nightjar |
Caprimulgus nubicus |
3 |
+ several |
|
>5 |
|
Egyptian Nightjar |
Caprimulgus aegyptius |
4 |
- |
sev |
>5 |
|
Black-crowned Finch-lark |
Eremopterix nigriceps |
- |
1 |
|
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Asian Short-toed Lark |
Calandrella cheleensis |
- |
? |
|
Status uncertain |
|
Richard's Pipit |
Anthus novaeseelandiae |
c. 5 |
- |
|
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Olive-backed Pipit |
Anthus hodgsoni |
- |
1 (I) |
|
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White-cheeked Bulbul |
Pycnonotus leucogenys |
1 |
+1 |
sev |
Escape problem |
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Radde's Accentor |
Prunella ocularis |
- |
1 |
|
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Alpine Accentor |
Prunella collaris |
- |
1 |
|
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Pied Wheatear |
Oenanthe pleschanka |
- |
- |
|
No records |
|
Red-tailed Wheatear |
Oenanthe xanthoprymna |
3 |
+1 |
|
|
|
Ring Ouzel |
Turdus torquatus |
1 |
+1 |
2 |
|
|
Redwing |
Turdus iliacus |
2 |
+1 |
1 |
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Grasshopper Warbler |
Locustella naevia |
2 |
- |
|
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River Warbler |
Locustella fluviatilis |
c. 6 |
- |
1 |
>5 |
|
Aquatic Warbler |
Acrocephalus paludicola |
1 |
- |
|
DIMW |
|
Marsh Warbler |
Acrocephalus palustris |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
|
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Booted Warbler |
Hippolais caligata |
c. 6 |
- |
|
>5 |
|
Olive-tree Warbler |
Hippolais olivetorum |
c. 6 |
+2 |
|
>5 |
|
Icterine Warbler |
Hippolais icterina |
5 |
- |
1 |
|
|
Ménétries's Warbler |
Sylvia mystacea |
2 |
+10 |
sev |
>5 |
|
Cyprus Warbler |
Sylvia melanothorax |
3 |
+25 birds |
|
>5 |
|
Yellow-browed Warbler |
Phylloscopus inornatus |
- |
- |
1 |
|
|
Plain Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus neglectus |
1 |
- |
|
DIMW |
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Goldcrest |
Regulus regulus |
2 |
- |
2 |
|
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Wallcreeper |
Tichodroma muraria |
old |
- |
|
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Steppe Grey Shrike |
Lanius (m.) pallidirostris |
- |
1 |
sev |
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Rook |
Corvus frugilegus |
old + 1 recent |
- |
|
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Rose-coloured Starling |
Sturnus roseus |
3 |
+1 |
|
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Red-fronted Serin |
Serinus pusillis |
- |
1 |
2 |
|
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Crossbill |
Loxia curvirostra |
- |
- |
2 |
|
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Scarlet Rosefinch |
Carpodacus erythrinus |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
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Pine Bunting |
Emberiza leucocephalos |
- |
2 |
1 |
|
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Cinereous Bunting |
Emberiza cineracea |
7 |
+1 |
1 |
>5 |
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Little Bunting |
Emberiza pusilla |
1 |
- |
|
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Red-headed Bunting |
Emberiza bruniceps |
- |
- |
1 |
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(I) = birds seen in Jordan from Israel. These are included on the Jordan List with the caveat that they were only seen from adjacent territory and with the proviso that the record must be accepted by the Israeli Records Committee.
BOJ = The Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1995)
JBR = Jordan Bird Report 1995-97. Sandgrouse 21(1), 10-35 (1999)