Lebanon Ramsar wetland
Theoprosopon
77 bird species recorded; the most in March.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
19 species in January.27 species in February.61 species in March.55 species in April.17 species in May.6 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.22 species in September.33 species in October.27 species in November.0 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
77 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 77Speciesrecorded more than once
- 38Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 843Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 170 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 1Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 57Songbirds
- 5Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 77 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds57 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Graceful WarblerPrinia gracilis
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rüppell's WarblerSylvia ruppeli
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great titParus major
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- White-crowned Black WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Other birds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan17°/15°137 mm
- Feb17°/15°92 mm
- Mar18°/16°50 mm
- Apr20°/18°26 mm
- May23°/21°12 mm
- Jun25°/24°4 mm
- Jul27°/26°1 mm
- Aug28°/27°2 mm
- Sep27°/26°10 mm
- Oct26°/24°35 mm
- Nov22°/21°76 mm
- Dec19°/17°116 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Theoprosopon.
Ancient promontory of Lebanon
Theoprosopon is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Lebanon.
77 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 843 open records.
The most recorded are the Graceful Warbler, the Yellow-vented Bulbul and the Sardinian Warbler.
9 species come for the summer, 20 for the winter and 9 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in March.
Get there and watch
- Mayouli Guest Houseplace to stay · 5.4 km · 8 within 10 km
- Batroûnnearest town · 6.9 km in a straight line
- Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 58 km in a straight lineCar hire at BEY airport (Beirut)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 5car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 km
- 8places to stay within 10 kmMayouli Guest House, Ô Batoun Guest House, Old Town Guest House and 5 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Theoprosopon.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas93 mountains within 25 kmDahr el Ouata · 6.2 kmDahr ez Zaatar · 7.5 kmQornet et Tabl · 18 kmQornet Aakfor · 19 kmDahr ech Chrik · 19 kmQarn Sreij · 21 kmJabal Tartej · 22 kmQornet el Ouata · 25 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Theoprosopon
Lebanon
- 46Birdyas Score
- 77Species
- 38Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7782342) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 843 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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