Naturetrek - Easter trips to Jordan

The following list of 254 species is the combined species list of six, two-week, spring (Easter) trips to Jordan (1995-2000). The number of years in which each species has been recorded (seen or heard) is given to indicate the likelihood of each species being recorded at that time of the year. The number of species recorded on any one trip has averaged 178.

No. of years recorded (out of 6)		Species	Latin
5		Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
3		Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis
1		Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea
2		Sooty Shearwater	Puffinus griseus
1		Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster
1		Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
1		Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus
6		Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
6		Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides
6		Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
2		Western Reef Heron	Egretta gularis
6		Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
6		Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
5		Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
2		Black Stork	Ciconia nigra
3		White Stork	Ciconia ciconia
3		Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
3		Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia
2		Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
1		Cotton Teal	Nettapus coromandelianus
5		Wigeon	Anas penelope
1		Gadwall	Anas strepera
2		Teal	Anas crecca
6		Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
6		Pintail	Anas acuta
6		Garganey	Anas querquedula
6		Shoveler	Anas clypeata
1		Pochard	Aythya ferina
3		Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca
3		Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula
1		Honey Buzzard	Pernis apivorus
6		Black Kite	Milvus migrans
6		Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus
6		Griffon Vulture	Gyps fulvus
6		Short-toed Eagle	Circaetus gallicus
6		Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
3		Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus
6		Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus
6		Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus
4		Levant Sparrowhawk	Accipiter brevipes
6		Buzzard	Buteo buteo
6		Long-legged Buzzard	Buteo rufinus
2		Lesser Spotted Eagle	Aquila pomarina
6		Steppe Eagle	Aquila nipalensis
1		Imperial Eagle	Aquila heliaca
5		Verreaux's Eagle	Aquila verreauxii
6		Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus
5		Bonelli's Eagle	Hieraaetus fasciatus
2		Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
6		Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni
6		Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
3		Hobby	Falco subbuteo
6		Barbary Falcon	Falco pelegrinoides
6		Chukar	Alectoris chukar
3		Sand Partridge	Ammoperdix heyi
5		Quail	Coturnix coturnix
3		Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus
1		Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana
4		Little Crake	Porzana parva
1		Baillon's Crake	Porzana pusilla
2		Corncrake	Crex crex
6		Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
5		Coot	Fulica atra
6		Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
2		Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
2		Stone-curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus
3		Cream-coloured Courser	Cursorius cursor
5		Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola
2		Black-winged Pratincole	Glareola nordmanni
5		Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius
1		Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
5		Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus
1		Golden Plover sp.	Pluvialis sp.
6		Spur-winged Plover	Hoplopterus spinosus
3		White-tailed Plover	Vanellus leucurus
6		Little Stint	Calidris minuta
2		Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii
3		Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
2		Dunlin	Calidris alpina
1		Broad-billed Sandpiper	Limicola falcinellus
6		Ruff	Philomachus pugnax
5		Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
4		Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa
1		Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica
1		Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
1		Curlew	Numenius arquata
2		Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus
3		Redshank	Tringa totanus
6		Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
6		Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
6		Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
6		Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
6		Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
2		Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
3		Arctic Skua	Stercorarius parasiticus
5		White-eyed Gull	Larus leucophthalmus
1		Great Black-headed Gull	Larus ichthyaetus
1		Little Gull	Larus minutus
6		Black-headed Gull	Larus ridibundus
6		Slender-billed Gull	Larus genei
6		Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus
6		Yellow-legged Gull	Larus cachinnans
4		Armenian Gull	Larus armenicus
4		Gull-billed Tern	Sterna nilotica
6		Caspian Tern	Sterna caspia
1		Sandwich Tern	Sterna sandvicensis
6		Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
3		Little Tern	Sterna albifrons
2		Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybridus
1		White-winged Black Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus
2		Spotted Sandgrouse	Pterocles senegallus
6		Rock Dove	Columba livia
6		Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
6		Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur
6		Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis
3		Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis
5		Ring-necked Parakeet	Psittacula krameri
6		Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
6		Scops Owl	Otus scops
2		Eagle Owl	Bubo bubo
3		Little Owl	Athene noctua
6		Hume's Tawny Owl	Strix butleri
1		Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus
6		Swift	Apus apus
6		Pallid Swift	Apus pallidus
6		Alpine Swift	Apus melba
4		Little Swift	Apus affinis
6		Smyrna Kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis
2		Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis
6		Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis
6		Little Green Bee-eater	Merops orientalis
1		Blue-cheeked Bee-eater	Merops superciliosus
6		Bee-eater	Merops apiaster
2		Roller	Coracias garrulus
6		Hoopoe	Upupa epops
6		Wryneck	Jynx torquilla
3		Syrian Woodpecker	Dendrocopos syriacus
1		Dunn's Lark	Eremalauda dunni
6		Bar-tailed Desert Lark	Ammomanes cincturus
6		Desert Lark	Ammomanes deserti
5		Hoopoe Lark	Alaemon alaudipes
1		Thick-billed Lark	Ramphocoris clotbey
4		Calandra Lark	Melanocorypha calandra
2		Bimaculated Lark	Melanocorypha bimaculata
3		Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla
4		Lesser Short-toed Lark	Calandrella rufescens
6		Crested Lark	Galerida cristata
2		Woodlark	Lullula arborea
6		Temminck's Horned Lark	Eremophila bilopha
6		Sand Martin	Riparia riparia
6		Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula
3		Crag Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris
6		Swallow	Hirundo rustica
6		Red-rumped Swallow	Hirundo daurica
6		House Martin	Delichon urbica
6		Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris
6		Long-billed Pipit	Anthus similis
6		Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis
1		Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis
6		Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus
2		Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta
6		Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
4		Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola
1		Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
6		White Wagtail	Motacilla alba
6		Yellow-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus xanthopygos
6		Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
5		Rufous Bush Robin	Cercotrichas galactotes
1		Robin	Erithacus rubecula
4		Thrush Nightingale	Luscinia luscinia
4		Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos
4		Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica
3		Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros
6		Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus
6		Blackstart	Cercomela melanura
6		Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra
6		Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina
6		Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
1		Cyprus Pied Wheatear	Oenanthe cypriaca
6		Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica
5		Desert Wheatear	Oenanthe deserti
1		Finsch's Wheatear	Oenanthe finschii
3		Red-rumped Wheatear	Oenanthe moesta
6		Mourning Wheatear	Oenanthe lugens
1		Hooded Wheatear	Oenanthe monacha
6		White-crowned Black Wheatear	Oenanthe leucopyga
4		Rock Thrush	Monticola saxatilis
6		Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius
6		Blackbird	Turdus merula
3		Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos
6		Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti
6		Graceful Warbler	Prinia gracilis
6		Scrub Warbler	Scotocerca inquieta
1		Savi's Warbler	Locustella luscinioides
5		Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
6		Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
4		Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus
6		Olivaceous Warbler	Hippolais pallida
2		Upcher's Warbler	Hippolais languida
1		Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina
6		Spectacled Warbler	Sylvia conspicillata
3		Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia cantillans
2		Ménétries' Warbler	Sylvia mystacea
5		Sardinian Warbler	Sylvia melanocephala
2		Rüppell's Warbler	Sylvia rueppelli
2		Arabian Warbler	Sylvia leucomelaena
6		Orphean Warbler	Sylvia hortensis
3		Barred Warbler	Sylvia nisoria
6		Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca
6		Whitethroat	Sylvia communis
6		Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla
6		Eastern Bonelli's Warbler	Phylloscopus orientalis
2		Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix
5		Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita
5		Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus
4		Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
5		Semi-collared Flycatcher	Ficedula semitorquata
5		Collared Flycatcher	Ficedula albicollis
1		Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca
4		Brown Babbler	Turdoides squamiceps
4		Blue Tit	Parus caeruleus
6		Great Tit	Parus major
6		Orange-tufted Sunbird	Nectarinia osea
3		Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus
3		Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio
6		Southern Grey Shrike	Lanius meridionalis
6		Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator
6		Masked Shrike	Lanius nubicus
6		Jay	Garrulus glandarius
4		Jackdaw	Corvus monedula
6		Indian House Crow	Corvus splendens
6		Hooded Crow	Corvus corone
6		Brown-necked Raven	Corvus ruficollis
1		Raven	Corvus corax
6		Fan-tailed Raven	Corvus rhipidurus
6		Tristram's Grackle	Onychognathus tristramii
6		House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
6		Spanish Sparrow	Passer hispaniolensis
6		Dead Sea Sparrow	Passer moabiticus
1		Pale Rock Sparrow	Petronia brachydactyla
6		Rock Sparrow	Petronia petronia
2		Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs
1		Serin	Serinus serinus
6		Tristram's Serin	Serinus syriacus
6		Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris
6		Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
6		Linnet	Carduelis cannabina
6		Desert Finch	Rhodospiza obsoleta
2		Trumpeter Finch	Bucanetes githagineus
6		Sinai Rosefinch	Carpodacus synoicus
1		Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes
1		House Bunting	Emberiza striolata
6		Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana
6		Cretzschmar's Bunting	Emberiza caesia
5		Corn Bunting	Miliaria calandra

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