Champions of the Flyway 2019: Israel
26 March 2019
03:00 to 23:00
On March 26th we participated at one of the greatest birding challanges: the birdrace „Champions of the Flyway“ in the southern part of Israel. Our team „Leica Birders without Borders“ not only recorded 165 species during race day. We also raised nearly 7000 $ for an urgent project to save Africa’s declining vultures. Siberian Stonechat and Heuglin‘s Gull are not tickable in Orniverse, but were seen on the race and are countable by COTF rules.
Visited Sites
General Travelling Information
We stayed at Sede Boker next to the races northern entry point at Talim junction and travelled south by car trough the Negev desert reaching the Arava valley and Eilat in the early afternoon.
Recommended Literature
Acknowledgements
We thank all our sponsors, especially Leica, and the organizers of COTF 2019.
Sede Boker
Mitzpe Ramon
Yotvata
Eilat
Species List
Order: systematic | alphabetic
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Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
details
sounds
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Eilat (Introduced)
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Garganey
Spatula querquedula
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Sand Partridge
Ammoperdix heyi
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix
details
sounds
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Yotvata
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Chukar
Alectoris chukar
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Eared Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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European Turtle-Dove
Streptopelia turtur
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Eurasian Collared-Dove
Streptopelia decaocto
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
details
sounds
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Jerocham (Introduced)
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Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Pallid Swift
Apus pallidus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Water Rail
Rallus aquaticus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Spotted Crake
Porzana porzana
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Eurasian Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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African Swamphen
Porphyrio madagascariensis
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Little Crake
Zapornia parva
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Common Crane
Grus grus
details
sounds
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enroute
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Eurasian Thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Kentish Plover
Anarhynchus alexandrinus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
details
sounds
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enroute
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Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Ruff
Calidris pugnax
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Dunlin
Calidris alpina
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Little Stint
Calidris minuta
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Slender-billed Gull
Chroicocephalus genei
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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White-eyed Gull
Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Caspian Gull
Larus cachinnans
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Armenian Gull
Larus armenicus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
details
sounds
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Eilat
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White Stork
Ciconia ciconia
details
sounds
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Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Great Bittern
Botaurus stellaris
details
sounds
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Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Western Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Great Egret
Ardea alba
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Gray Heron
Ardea cinerea
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus
details
sounds
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Eurasian Griffon
Gyps fulvus
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
details
sounds
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Mitzpe Ramon
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Lesser Spotted Eagle
Clanga pomarina
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
details
sounds
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Mitzpe Ramon
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Steppe Eagle
Aquila nipalensis
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Western Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Black Kite
Milvus migrans
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo rufinus
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Barn Owl
Tyto alba
details
sounds
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Yotvata
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Eurasian Scops-Owl
Otus scops
details
sounds
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Sede Boker (heard only)
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Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
details
sounds
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Sede Boker (heard only)
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Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Arabian Green Bee-eater
Merops cyanophrys
details
sounds
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Eilat
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Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
details
sounds
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Mitzpe Ramon
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Syrian Woodpecker
Dendrocopos syriacus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Lesser Kestrel
Falco naumanni
details
sounds
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enroute
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Eurasian Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri
details
sounds
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Eilat (Introduced)
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Great Gray Shrike
Lanius excubitor
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Masked Shrike
Lanius nubicus
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senator
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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House Crow
Corvus splendens
details
sounds
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Eilat (Introduced)
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Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Brown-necked Raven
Corvus ruficollis
details
sounds
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enroute
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Common Raven
Corvus corax
details
sounds
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Mitzpe Ramon
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Great Tit
Parus major
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Desert Lark
Ammomanes deserti
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactyla
details
sounds
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enroute
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Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Graceful Prinia
Prinia gracilis
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Iduna pallida
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Common Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioides
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
details
sounds
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enroute
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Rock Martin
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
details
sounds
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enroute
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Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Red-rumped Swallow
Cecropis daurica
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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White-spectacled Bulbul
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Phylloscopus orientalis
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Scrub Warbler
Scotocerca inquieta
details
sounds
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enroute
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Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Eurasian Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca curruca
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Eastern Orphean Warbler
Curruca crassirostris
details
sounds
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Mitzpe Ramon
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Rüppell's Warbler
Curruca ruppeli
details
sounds
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Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillans
details
sounds
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enroute
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Greater Whitethroat
Curruca communis
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Arabian Babbler
Argya squamiceps
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
details
sounds
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Jerocham (Introduced)
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Tristram's Starling
Onychognathus tristramii
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Black Scrub-Robin
Cercotrichas podobe
details
sounds
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enroute
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European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Blue Rock-Thrush
Monticola solitarius
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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European/Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola/maurus
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
details
sounds
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enroute
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Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
details
sounds
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enroute
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Desert Wheatear
Oenanthe deserti
details
sounds
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enroute
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Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Oenanthe melanoleuca
details
sounds
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enroute
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Blackstart
Oenanthe melanura
details
sounds
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enroute
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White-crowned Wheatear
Oenanthe leucopyga
details
sounds
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Mitzpe Ramon
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Mourning Wheatear
Oenanthe lugens
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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Palestine Sunbird
Cinnyris osea
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Indian Silverbill
Euodice malabarica
details
sounds
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Eilat (Introduced)
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House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Spanish Sparrow
Passer hispaniolensis
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Pale Rockfinch
Carpospiza brachydactyla
details
sounds
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Mitzpe Ramon
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Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Richard's Pipit
Anthus richardi
details
sounds
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enroute
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Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris
details
sounds
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Yotvata
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Red-throated Pipit
Anthus cervinus
details
sounds
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Yotvata
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Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta
details
sounds
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enroute
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Trumpeter Finch
Bucanetes githagineus
details
sounds
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enroute
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Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoleta
details
sounds
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Sede Boker
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European Greenfinch
Chloris chloris
details
sounds
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Jerocham
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Cretzschmar's Bunting
Emberiza caesia
details
sounds
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enroute
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Published: 08 April 2019
Last updated: 08 April 2019
Last updated: 08 April 2019