This checklist includes all bird species found in Chouf , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2024. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Chouf [map]
Other names: Caza du Chouf
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Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Chukar | Alectoris chukar | |
Rock Partridge | Alectoris graeca | Near-threatened |
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Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
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Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
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Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Common Gull | Larus canus | |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
Armenian Gull | Larus armenicus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
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Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
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Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Vulnerable |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Vulnerable |
Levant Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza brevipes | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Eurasian Goshawk | Astur gentilis | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | Rare/Accidental |
Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
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Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
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Syrian Woodpecker | Dendrocopos syriacus | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
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Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Eurasian Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | |
Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Sombre Tit | Poecile lugubris | |
Eurasian Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
Great Tit | Parus major | |
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Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
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Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | |
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White-spectacled Bulbul | Pycnonotus xanthopygos | |
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Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler | Phylloscopus orientalis | |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
Eastern Orphean Warbler | Curruca crassirostris | |
Rüppell's Warbler | Curruca ruppeli | |
Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | |
Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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Western Rock Nuthatch | Sitta neumayer | |
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Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
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European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Near-threatened |
Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
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Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
Finsch's Wheatear | Oenanthe finschii | |
Mourning Wheatear | Oenanthe lugens | |
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Palestine Sunbird | Cinnyris osea | |
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Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
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Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
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Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Crimson-winged Finch | Rhodopechys sanguineus | |
European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
Eurasian Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
Syrian Serin | Serinus syriacus | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | |
Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
Cretzschmar's Bunting | Emberiza caesia |
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