Birds of Libya

List of Common Birds Found in Libya

Native Birds

• African Collared Dove
• Alpine Swift
• Barbary Falcon
• Barbary Partridge
• Barn Swallow
• Black-bellied Sandgrouse
• Black-eared Wheatear
• Black Kite
• Black-winged Stilt
• Blue Rock Thrush
• Bonelli’s Eagle
• Booted Eagle
• Calandra Lark
• Caspian Plover
• Citrine Wagtail
• Collared Dove
• Collared Pratincole
• Common Bulbul
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chiffchaff
• Common Hoopoe 
• Common House Martin
• Common Kestrel
• Common Moorhen
• Common Pochard
• Common Raven
• Crag Martin
• Crested Lark
• Cyprus Wheatear
• Dartford Warbler
• Desert Lark
• Desert Sparrow
• Desert Wheatear
• Egyptian Nightjar
• Egyptian Vulture
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Kestrel
• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Teal
• European Bee-eater
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Nightjar
• European Roller
• European Turtle Dove
• Ferruginous Duck
• Garganey
• Graceful Prinia
• Greater Sand Plover
• Greater Short-toed Lark
• Gray Wagtail
• Griffon Vulture
• Hooded Crow
• Horned Lark
• Isabelline Wheatear
• Kentish Plover
• Lanner Falcon
• Lappet-faced Vulture
• Laughing Dove
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Little Egret
• Little Owl
• Little Ringed Plover
• Long-legged Buzzard
• Meadow Pipit
• Melodious Warbler
• Mistle Thrush
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Moussier’s Redstart
• Mute Swan
• Namaqua Dove
• Northern Goshawk
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Wheatear
• Olivaceous Warbler
• Pallid Swift
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pharaoh Eagle-owl
• Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
• Red-legged Partridge
• Red-rumped Swallow
• Red-throated Pipit
• Reed Warbler
• Richard’s Pipit
• Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
• Saker Falcon
• Sand Martin
• Sand Partridge
• Sardinian Warbler
• Sedge Warbler
• Short-toed Snake Eagle
• Song Thrush
• Spectacled Warbler
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Spotted Sandgrouse
• Subalpine Warbler
• Tawny Pipit
• Temminck’s Lark
• Water Pipit
• Western Marsh Harrier
• White-headed Duck
• White Wagtail
• Yelkouan Shearwater
• Yellow Wagtail

Non-native Birds

• Caspian Plover
• Common Wood Pigeon
• Corn Crake
• Egyptian Plover
• Graylag Goose
• Great Spotted Cuckoo
• Horned Grebe
• Red Knot
• Stock Dove
• Terek Sandpiper
• Tundra Swan

Some of the best birding sites in Libya include Sabratha Wetlands, Al Khrouba Oasis, and Ain Zayanah Wetlands. The peak season for birdwatching generally aligns with the spring and fall migration periods.