Birds of Syria

About 400 species of birds live in Syria. The country has several arid habitats like xeric grasslands and shrub deserts, so most of the birds in the nation are migrants. These avian species visit the northern part of the country, where salt lakes form during the summer.

Some notable avifauna in Syria include the Syrian Serin, the Griffon Vulture, and the Syrian Woodpecker.

List of Common Birds Found in Syria

Native Birds

Arabian Babbler
Barn Owl
Barn Swallow
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Tchagra
Black Kite
Black-necked Grebe
Black Tern
Black-winged Stilt
Brown-necked Raven
Cetti’s Warbler
Collared Dove
Collared Pratincole
Common Chaffinch
Common Chiffchaff
Common Cuckoo
Common Hoopoe
Common Kingfisher
Common Myna
Common Pochard
Common Rock Thrush
Common Tern
Corn Bunting
Crested Lark
Dalmatian Pelican
Dead Sea Sparrow
Desert Finch
Desert Lark
Desert Sparrow
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Egyptian Vulture
Eurasian Blackbird
Eurasian Blackcap
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Eurasian Griffon
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Linnet
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Penduline Tit
Eurasian Scops Owl
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Teal
Eurasian Wryneck
European Bee-eater
European Collared Dove
European Green Woodpecker
European Nightjar
European Roller
European Serin
European Turtle Dove
Ferruginous Duck
Fire-fronted Serin
Garganey
Glossy Ibis
Great Crested Grebe
Great Egret
Great Gray Shrike
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Great White Pelican
Green Woodpecker
Griffon Vulture
Hooded Crow
Hooded Wheatear
House Sparrow
Isabelline Wheatear
Laughing Dove
Lesser Kestrel
Levant Sparrowhawk
Little Bittern
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Owl
Little Tern
Long-eared Owl
Long-legged Buzzard
Mallard
Masked Shrike
Menetries’s Warbler
Montagu’s Harrier
Northern Goshawk
Northern Pintail
Northern Shrike
Northern Wheatear
Olive-tree Warbler
Ortolan Bunting
Palestine Sunbird
Pallid Swift
Pied Kingfisher
Purple Heron
Red-backed Shrike
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-rumped Wheatear
Rock Bunting
Rock Nuthatch
Rock Sparrow
Ruddy Shelduck
Rufous Bush Robin
Rüppell’s Warbler
Saker Falcon
Semi-collared Flycatcher
Short-toed Snake Eagle
Sombre Tit
Spotted Flycatcher
Squacco Heron
Syrian Serin
Syrian Woodpecker
Tawny Owl
Trumpeter Finch
Western Jackdaw
Western Marsh Harrier
Western Rock Nuthatch
Whiskered Tern
White Spectacled Bulbul
White Stork
White-throated Robin
White Wagtail
White-winged Tern
Wood Pigeon

Non-native Birds

Blyth’s Reed Warbler
Common Firecrest
Great Gray Shrike
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Ruddy Duck

Due to the complex political situation in Syria, birdwatching activities in Syria have been impacted. But a few sites are known for their birdlife, like Aleppo Citadel, Euphrates River, and the Syrian Desert.