Bird Watching
In Jordan are a lot of rare species of birds to see (in total 374) as the kingdom is located at the crossroads of migrating birds from Europe, Asia and Africa. Therefore best travel time for bird watchers are spring and winter. In Jordan are existing 17 Important Bird Areas, where you can see for example the following bird species:
- Eastern desert and Azraq Oasis: Squacco Herons, Egrets and Marsh Harriers, Temminck's Horned Lark, Desert Lark, Hoopoe Lark, Desert Wheatear and Trumpeter Finch; in winter also Cranes and Imperial Eagles and Thick-billed Lark.
- In Zubia, Ajloun, Dibbin in the north and Dana in the south: Palestine Sunbird, Upcher's, Orphean and Sardinian Warbler.
- Wadi Shu'eib and Wadi Mujib: white-breasted Kingfisher and Syrian Wood Packer.
- Wadi Rum, Mujib and Petra: Griffon Vulture, Bonelli's Eagle, Blackstart, Scrub Warbler, Sinai Rosefinch, House Bunting, Tristram's Grackle and Fan-tailed Raven.
- Dead Sea area and Wadi Araba: Sand Partridge, Bar-tailed Lark, Dunn's Lark, Hoopoe Lark, Little Green Bee-eater, Blackstart and Arabian Babbler.
- Aqaba: White-eyed Gull and Brown Booby.
You can enjoy the birds, the wonderful variety of nature and it is possible to combine the tour with trips to some of Jordan's attraction like the Desert Castles, the Dead Sea, Petra and Wadi Rum.
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