Israel birding trip 24 March - 5 April 2000 Part 4. Species list John van der Woude - www.jvanderw.nl MM = Ma'agan Mikha'el coastal wetland N of Tel Aviv No = The North: Hula, Golan, Tiberias, etc. DS = Dead Sea basin EA = Eilat and Arava valley Ne = Negev See report parts 1, 2 and 3 for more details on these sites. See report part 1 for short evaluation, a/o of difference North - South. Little Grebe MM No DS Tachybaptus ruficollis Great Cormorant MM EA Phalacrocorax carbo Pygmy Cormorant No Phalacrocorax pygmeus Great White Pelican No Pelecanus onocrotalus Little Bittern No Ixobrychus minutus Black-crowned Night-Heron MM No EA Nycticorax nycticorax Striated Heron EA Butorides striatus Squacco Heron EA Ardeola ralloides Cattle Egret MM No EA Bubulcus ibis Little Egret MM DS EA Egretta garzetta Great Egret No Casmerodius albus Grey Heron MM No DS EA Ardea cinerea Black Stork MM No DS EA Ciconia nigra White Stork No EA Ne Ciconia ciconia Glossy Ibis MM No EA Plegadis falcinellus Eurasian Spoonbill MM Platalea leucorodia Greater Flamingo EA Phoenicopterus ruber Common Shelduck MM EA Tadorna tadorna Garganey No Anas querquedula Common Teal MM Anas crecca Mallard MM No Anas platyrhynchos Northern Pintail EA Anas acuta Northern Shoveler No EA Anas clypeata Marbled Duck No Marmaronetta angustirostris Black Kite No DS EA Ne Milvus migrans White-tailed Eagle No Haliaeetus albicilla Egyptian Vulture No DS EA Ne Neophron percnopterus Eurasian Griffon Vulture No DS Ne Gyps fulvus Short-toed Eagle MM No DS EA Circaetus gallicus Western Marsh-Harrier MM No DS EA Ne Circus aeruginosus Hen (Northern) Harrier No Circus cyaneus Pallid Harrier No Circus macrourus Montagu's Harrier Ne Circus pygargus Eurasian Sparrowhawk MM EA Accipiter nisus Steppe (Common) Buzzard No DS EA Buteo buteo Long-legged Buzzard No Buteo rufinus Lesser Spotted Eagle No EA Ne Aquila pomarina (Greater) Spotted Eagle DS Aquila clanga Steppe Eagle EA Aquila nipalensis Golden Eagle DS Aquila chrysaetos Booted Eagle DS EA Hieraaetus pennatus Bonelli's Eagle No Ne Hieraaetus fasciatus Osprey No EA Pandion haliaetus Common Kestrel MM No DS EA Ne Falco tinnunculus Merlin Ne Falco columbarius Eurasian Hobby Ne Falco subbuteo Saker Falcon Ne Falco cherrug Peregrine Falcon Ne Falco peregrinus Chukar No DS EA Alectoris chukar Sand Partridge DS EA Ammoperdix heyi Black Francolin No Francolinus francolinus Common Quail MM No DS EA Ne Coturnix coturnix Water Rail Ne Rallus aquaticus Little Crake No Porzana parva Corn Crake EA Crex crex Common Moorhen MM DS EA Gallinula chloropus Common Coot MM No DS EA Fulica atra Common Crane No Ne Grus grus Houbara Bustard Ne Chlamydotis undulata Black-winged Stilt MM DS EA Himantopus himantopus Eurasian Thick-knee MM EA Burhinus oedicnemus Cream-colored Courser Ne Cursorius cursor Little Ringed Plover EA Charadrius dubius Common Ringed Plover MM EA Charadrius hiaticula Kentish Plover MM EA Charadrius alexandrinus Greater Sand Plover EA Charadrius leschenaultii Caspian Plover EA Charadrius asiaticus Spur-winged Lapwing MM No DS EA Vanellus spinosus White-tailed Lapwing EA Vanellus leucurus Sanderling MM Calidris alba Little Stint No EA Calidris minuta Temminck's Stint EA Calidris temminckii Dunlin MM Calidris alpina Ruff No EA Philomachus pugnax Common Snipe No EA Gallinago gallinago Common Redshank MM No EA Tringa totanus Marsh Sandpiper EA Tringa stagnatilis Common Greenshank DS EA Tringa nebularia Green Sandpiper MM No EA Ne Tringa ochropus Common Sandpiper MM Tringa hypoleucos White-eyed Gull EA Larus leucophthalmus Little Gull EA Larus minutus Common Black-headed Gull MM No EA Larus ridibundus Slender-billed Gull MM EA Larus genei Lesser Black-backed Gull MM EA Larus fuscus Siberian/Heuglin's Gull EA Larus heuglini Yellow-legged Gull MM EA Larus cachinnans Armenian Gull MM Larus armenicus Great Black-headed Gull EA Larus ichthyaetus Caspian Tern EA Sterna caspia Sandwich Tern EA Sterna sandvicensis Common Tern EA Sterna hirundo Bridled Tern EA Sterna anaethetus Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse EA Pterocles lichtensteinii Crowned Sandgrouse EA Pterocles coronatus Spotted Sandgrouse Ne Pterocles senegallus Black-bellied Sandgrouse Ne Pterocles orientalis Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Ne Pterocles alchata Rock Pigeon MM No DS Columba livia Eurasian Collared-Dove MM No Ne Streptopelia decaocto European Turtle-Dove DS Streptopelia turtur Palm (Laughing) Dove MM No DS EA Ne Streptopelia senegalensis Namaqua Dove EA Oena capensis Rose-ringed Parakeet EA Psittacula krameri Common Cuckoo No Cuculus canorus Pallid Scops-Owl EA Otus brucei Common Scops-Owl DS Otus scops Little Owl Ne Athene noctua Common Swift MM DS Ne Apus apus Pallid Swift DS EA Apus pallidus Alpine Swift No DS Ne Tachymarptis melba Little Swift No Apus affinis White-throated Kingfisher No DS Halcyon smyrnensis Common Kingfisher No Alcedo atthis Pied Kingfisher MM No EA Ceryle rudis Little Green Bee-eater DS EA Merops orientalis European Bee-eater EA Ne Merops apiaster Eurasian Hoopoe MM No EA Upupa epops Eurasian Wryneck No EA Jynx torquilla Syrian Woodpecker No Dendrocopos syriacus Bar-tailed Lark DS Ne Ammomanes cincturus Desert Lark DS EA Ammomanes deserti Greater Hoopoe-Lark EA Alaemon alaudipes Bimaculated Lark EA Melanocorypha bimaculata (Greater) Short-toed Lark EA Ne Calandrella brachydactyla Crested Lark MM No DS EA Ne Galerida cristata Temminck's Lark Ne Eremophila bilopha Sand Martin DS EA Riparia riparia Rock Martin DS Ne Hirundo fuligula Eurasian Crag-Martin DS Hirundo rupestris Barn Swallow MM DS EA Hirundo rustica Red-rumped Swallow No EA Ne Hirundo daurica Northern House-Martin MM Ne Delichon urbica Tawny Pipit EA Anthus campestris Olive-backed Pipit EA Anthus hodgsoni Tree Pipit EA Anthus trivialis Meadow Pipit MM Anthus pratensis Red-throated Pipit EA Anthus cervinus Water Pipit No EA Anthus spinoletta Buff-bellied Pipit EA Anthus rubescens Yellow Wagtail DS EA Motacilla flava Citrine Wagtail EA Motacilla citreola White Wagtail MM DS EA Motacilla alba Yellow-vented Bulbul MM No DS EA Ne Pycnonotus xanthopygos Winter Wren No Troglodytes troglodytes Rufous Bush-Robin EA Cercotrichas galactotes Common Nightingale EA Luscinia megarhynchos Bluethroat No DS EA Luscinia svecica White-throated Robin EA Irania gutturalis Common Redstart No DS EA Phoenicurus phoenicurus Blackstart DS EA Cercomela melanura Stonechat MM Saxicola torquata Isabelline Wheatear Ne Oenanthe isabellina Northern Wheatear No DS EA Oenanthe oenanthe Eastern Black-eared Wheatear No DS EA Oenanthe hispanica Desert Wheatear Ne Oenanthe deserti Mourning Wheatear DS Ne Oenanthe lugens White-crowned Wheatear DS EA Oenanthe leucopygra (Rufous-tailed) Rock-Thrush EA Monticola saxatilis Blue Rock-Thrush No EA Monticola solitarius Eurasian Blackbird MM No DS Turdus merula Song Thrush No Turdus philomelos Cetti's Warbler MM No Cettia cetti Zitting Cisticola No Cisticola juncidis Graceful Prinia MM No EA Prinia gracilis (Streaked) Scrub-Warbler DS EA Ne Scotocerca inquieta Savi's Warbler No Locustella luscinioides Sedge Warbler No DS EA Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Eurasian Reed-Warbler MM No DS Acrocephalus scirpaceus Clamorous Reed-Warbler MM No DS Acrocephalus stentoreus Olivaceous Warbler No DS EA Hippolais pallida Sardinian Warbler MM No Sylvia melanocephala Rüppell's Warbler MM EA Sylvia rueppelli Arabian Warbler EA Sylvia leucomelaena Orphean Warbler No Ne Sylvia hortensis Lesser Whitethroat MM No DS EA Ne Sylvia curruca Common Whitethroat No DS Ne Sylvia communis Blackcap MM No DS EA Ne Sylvia atricapilla Bonelli's Warbler EA Ne Phylloscopus bonelli Common Chiffchaff MM No DS EA Phylloscopus collybita Willow Warbler DS Phylloscopus trochilus Semicollared Flycatcher Ne Ficedula semitorquata Arabian Babbler DS EA Ne Turdoides squamiceps Sombre Tit No Parus lugubris Great Tit MM No Parus major Eurasian Penduline-Tit MM Remiz pendulinus Palestine Sunbird MM No DS EA Nectarinia osea Great grey (Northern) Shrike No DS Ne Lanius excubitor Woodchat Shrike No DS EA Lanius senator Masked Shrike EA Lanius nubicus Eurasian Jay MM Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Jackdaw MM Corvus monedula House Crow EA Corvus splendens Hooded Crow MM No Ne Corvus corone Brown-necked Raven DS EA Corvus ruficollis Fan-tailed Raven DS Corvus rhipidurus Tristram's Grackle (Starling) DS EA Onychognathus tristramii House Sparrow MM No DS EA Passer domesticus Spanish Sparrow MM DS EA Passer hispaniolensis Dead Sea Sparrow EA Passer moabiticus Pale Rock-Sparrow EA Carpospiza brachydactyla Indian Silverbill DS EA Lonchura malabarica Chaffinch No Fringilla coelebs Syrian Serin EA Serinus syriacus European Greenfinch MM No Carduelis chloris European Goldfinch MM No DS Carduelis carduelis Eurasian Linnet No Carduelis cannabina Trumpeter Finch EA Rhodopechys githaginea House Bunting EA Emberiza striolata Cinereous Bunting EA Emberiza cineracea Ortolan Bunting DS EA Emberiza hortulana Cretzschmar's Bunting MM No EA Emberiza caesia Corn Bunting MM No Miliaria calandra 212 species |