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Israel 2006
5-11 November


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Bird-list of Hula Valley
 

This checklist is based on information available up to and including August 1999. Taxonomy and nomenclature largely follows BWP Concise. All species currently regarded as having been reliably recorded in Hula Valley are included. Hula Valley is defined as the depression between Kiryat Shmona in the north and Ayelet HaShhar in the south and is situated between Galilee Mountain and the Golan Heights. Breeding species regarded as nationally threatened in Israel are denoted * in accordance with Nathan, R., Safriel, U. N. and Shirihai, H. (1996) Extinction and vulnerability to extinction at distribution peripheries: an analysis of the Israeli breeding avifauna. Isr. J. Zool. 42: 1–23. Information concerning the status abbreviations and references used is presented below.
 

Status abbreviations

R =  resident with definite breeding records
SB =  breeding summer visitor
S = non-breeding summer visitor
ob =  occasional breeder and regular non-breeding summer visitor
fb = former breeder
WV =  winter visitor
PM =  passage migrant
t = transient
v =  vagrant
e =  extinct
? =  status uncertain during the relevant season
 

Lower case abbreviations e.g. wv or pm denote species which are generally uncommon during the relevant season. This is a necessarily subjective categorisation that is designed merely to offer an unavoidably crude assessment of status. Inevitably, future revision will become appropriate in some cases.
 

Eng Name Latin Name Status abbr. Remarks

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis 

R,SB,PM,WV

 

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus 

ob,fb,s,pm,WV

 

Black-necked Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis 

fb,s,pm,WV

 

Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo  

s,pm,WV

 

Pygmy Cormorant

Phalacrocorax pygmeus

r*,pm,wv

 

Darter

Anhinga rufa   

wv

(formerly)

White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus 

s,PM,WV

 

Dalmatian Pelican

Pelecanus crispus 

v

 

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

v

 

Bittern

Botaurus stellaris  

pm,wv

 

Little Bittern

Ixobrychus minutus  

sb*,PM,wv

 

Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax 

R,SB,PM,WV

 

Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloides 

sb,PM,wv

 

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis  

R,pm,wv

 

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta  

R,SB,PM,WV

 

Great White Egret

Egretta alba  

s,pm,WV

 

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea  

fb,s,PM,WV

 

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea  

sb*,PM,wv

 

Goliath Heron

Ardea goliath  

v

 

Yellow-billed Stork

Mycteria ibis  

v

 

Black Stork  

Ciconia nigra

s,PM,wv

 

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia  

s,sb*,PM,WV

 

Marabou

Leptoptilos crumeniferus 

v

 

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus  

r*,S,PM,wv

 

Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia  

s,pm,WV

 

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber  

s,pm,wv

 

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor   

wv

 

Bewick's Swan

Cygnus columbianus bewickii

v

 

Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus  

v

 

White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons 

wv

 

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Anser erythropus

v

 

Greylag Goose

Anser anser  

pm,wv

 

Red-breasted Goose

Branta ruficollis 

v

 

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiacus 

v

 

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea 

s,pm,wv

 

Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna  

s,pm,WV

 

Wigeon

Anas penelope   

s,PM,WV

 

Gadwall

Anas strepera   

s,pm,wv

 

Teal

Anas crecca   

s,PM,WV

 

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos  

r,PM,WV

 

Pintail

Anas acuta   

s,PM,WV

 

Garganey

Anas querquedula  

ob,PM,wv

 

Shoveler

Anas clypeata   

ob,PM,WV

 

Marbled Teal

Marmaronetta angustirostris

r*,pm,wv

 

Red-crested Pochard

Netta rufina 

s,pm,WV

 

Pochard

Aythya ferina   

s,PM,WV

 

Ferruginous Duck

Aythya nyroca 

sb*,pm,wv

 

Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula  

s,PM,WV

 

Scaup

Aythya marila   

v

 

Velvet Scoter

Melanitta fusca  

v

 

Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula  

v

 

Smew

Mergellus albellus  

v

 

Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator

s,pm,wv

 

White-headed Duck

Oxyura leucocephala

fb,wv

 

Honey Buzzard

Pernis apivorus  

PM

 

Black Kite

Milvus migrans  

sb*,s,PM,WV

 

Red Kite

Milvus milvus   

v

 

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla 

fb,pm,wv

 

Lammergeier

Gypaetus barbatus 

wv

 

Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

sb,PM,wv

 

Griffon Vulture

Gyps fulvus  

r,pm,wv r

 

Black Vulture

Aegypius monachus 

wv

 

Short-toed Eagle

Circaetus gallicus 

SB,PM,wv

 

Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus 

fb,s,PM,WV

 

Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneus  

pm,WV

 

Pallid Harrier

Circus macrourus  

PM,wv

 

Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus 

PM,wv

 

Goshawk

Accipter gentilis  

pm,wv

 

Sparrowhawk

Accipter nisus  

PM,WV

 

Levant Sparrowhawk

Accipter brevipes 

PM

 

Buzzard

Buteo buteo   

PM,WV

 

Long-legged Buzzard

Buteo rufinus 

R,pm,WV

 

Rough-legged Buzzard