Jacques Turner-Moss: Israel Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 248 of 248 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 21/02/2020 k19 2 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 3 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 4 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 5 Gadwall Mareca strepera 6 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 7 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 8 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 9 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 10 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris 11 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 12 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 13 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala 14 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus 26/04/2022 Hula, Israel 15 Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi 16 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 17 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar 18 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius 19 Common Swift Apus apus 20 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 21 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 22 Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus 23 Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus 24 Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii 25 Rock Dove Columba livia 26 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 27 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 28 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 29 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 31 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 32 Common Crane Grus grus 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 35 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 36 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 37 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 38 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 39 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 40 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 41 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 42 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 43 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 44 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 45 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius 46 White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 47 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii 48 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 49 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 50 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 51 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 52 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 53 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 54 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 55 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 56 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 57 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 58 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 59 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 60 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 61 Ruff Calidris pugnax 62 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 63 Dunlin Calidris alpina 64 Little Stint Calidris minuta 65 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 66 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 67 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 68 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 69 White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa 70 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 71 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 72 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 73 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 74 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 75 White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus 76 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 77 Armenian Gull Larus armenicus 78 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 79 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 80 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 81 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 19/04/2022 Eilat, Israel 82 Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus 83 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 84 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 85 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 86 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 87 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 88 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 89 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 90 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis 91 Striated Heron Butorides striata 92 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 93 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 94 Great Egret Ardea alba 95 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 96 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 97 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 98 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 99 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 100 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 101 Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus Yes 28/02/2020 EILAT 102 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 103 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus 104 Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina 105 Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 106 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 107 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 108 Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 109 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 110 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata 111 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes 20/04/2022 Eilat, Israel 112 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 113 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 114 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 115 Black Kite Milvus migrans 116 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 117 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 118 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 119 Little Owl Athene noctua 120 Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei 121 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops 29/04/2022 Tiberius, Israel 122 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 123 Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo 124 Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus 125 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 126 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 127 European Roller Coracias garrulus 18/04/2023 Mt.Bental, Israel 128 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 129 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 130 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 131 Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys 132 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 19/04/2022 Eilat, Israel 133 Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus 134 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 135 Merlin Falco columbarius 136 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 137 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 138 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 139 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 140 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 141 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 142 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 143 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 144 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 145 House Crow Corvus splendens 146 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 147 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis 148 Northern Raven Corvus corax 149 Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus 150 Great Tit Parus major 151 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 152 Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes 153 Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey Yes 11/01/2020 MEISHAR 154 Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti 155 Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura 156 Woodlark Lullula arborea 157 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 158 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 159 Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha 160 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra 161 Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens 162 White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos 163 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 164 Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta 165 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 166 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 167 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 168 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 169 Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta 170 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis 171 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei 172 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 173 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 174 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 175 Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus 176 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon 177 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 178 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 179 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 180 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 181 Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis 182 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 183 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 184 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 185 Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena 186 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris 187 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana 188 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli 189 Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax 190 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala 191 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 192 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata 193 Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps 194 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 195 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria 196 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 197 Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii 198 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 199 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 200 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 201 Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe Yes 30/11/2018 SAMUR 202 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 203 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 204 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 205 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 206 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 207 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 28/02/2020 HULA 208 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 209 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 210 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 211 Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha 212 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 213 Blackstart Oenanthe melanura 214 Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii 215 Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens 216 Basalt Wheatear Oenanthe warriae 217 Kurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna Yes 29/12/2019 UVDA 218 Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia Yes 08/12/2018 MT AMASA 219 White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga 220 Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea 221 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 222 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 223 Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus 224 Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica 225 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 226 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 227 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 228 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 229 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 230 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 231 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 232 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 233 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 234 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 235 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 236 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus 237 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 238 Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus 239 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 240 Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta 241 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 242 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 243 European Serin Serinus serinus 244 Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus 245 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 246 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 247 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 248 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana Nimrod, Israel