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Chouf
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
Number of globally threatened species: 6
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2024-11-27
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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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