Jordan Trip Report
14 April 2000
ABBREVIATIONS / ABBREVIATIONS
ad. = adult (adult); vs. = pair (even); hundred. = hundreds (hundreds); cht. = song, singer (song,
singing bird); diz. = dozens; it. = approximately (circa); E1 = 1st summer (1st summer); E2 = 2nd
summer (2nd summer); E3 = 3rd summer (3rd summer); ex. = copy (exemplare); fem. = female
(female); H1 = 1st winter (1st winter); H2 = 2nd winter (2nd winter); H3 = 3rd winter (3rd winter); imm. =
immature (immature); ind. = individual (individual); juv. = juvenile (juvenile); m. = male (male);
migrated. = migration, migration (migration, migrating); nbx = many, -ses (numerous); pl. HIV. =
Winter plumage (winter plumage); pl. nupt. = breeding plumage (summer plumage); pls = several
(several); qq = a few, -unes (a few); subad. = subadult (subadult); 50+ = at least 50 (at
least 50)
• Harrier of the reeds Circus aeruginosus Marsh Harrier
1 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Butternut Circus pygargus Montagu’s Harrier
2 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Ferocious Buzzard Buteo rufinus Long-legged Buzzard
5 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni Lesser Kestrel
1-2 males Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Falcon kestrel Falco tinnunculus Kestrel
1 ex. between Aqaba & Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Barbary falcon Falco pelegrinoides Barbary Falcon
1 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Hoopoe Hoopoe Upupa epops
2 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Ammomane isabellin Ammomanes deserti Desert Lark
2 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Isabelline swallow Ptyonoprogne fuligula Rock Martin
6 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Hirondelle rousseline Hirundo daurica Red-rumped Swallow
1 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Pipit trees Anthus trivialis Tree Pipit
2 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail
10 ex. migrating Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• White-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Redstart
4 males (nominate race) & 1 female Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Black-tailed Wheatear Cercomela melanura Blackstart
2 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Oenanthe Isabelline Wheatear Isabeline isabellina Wheatear
1 female Wadi Rum 14.04.00
Northern Wheatear oenanthe oenanthe Northern wheatear
3 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Wheatear Pied
1 female Wadi Rum 14.04.00
(Unfortunately no description available …)
• Black-eared Oenanthe hispanica Ear Wheatear Wheatear
1 ad. male & 1 first-summer male Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• White-crowned Oenanthe leucopyga White Wheatear Wheatear
2-3 ex. between Aqaba & Wadi Rum & 3-4 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Rock Monticola saxatilis Rock Thrush
2 males Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Lanius nubicus masked shrike Masked Shrike
1 female between Wadi Rum & Aqaba 14.04.00
• Brown Crow Corvus ruficollis Brown-necked Crow
15 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Short-tailed crow Corvus rhipidurus Fan-tailed Crow
10 ex. between Aqaba and Wadi Rum & 1 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00;
• Rufipenne of Tristram Onychognathus tristramii Tristram’s Grackle
at least 10 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus House
Common Sparrow Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Spanish sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Spanish Sparrow
3 females Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• Githagine Rosin Rhodopechys githaginea Trumpeter Finch
3 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
Sinai Carpodacus sinoicus Sinai Rosefinch
6 males & 5 females Wadi Rum 14.04.00
• ortolan sparrow Emberiza hortulana Ortolan Bunting
5 ex. Wadi Rum 14.04.00
Marc Duquet, Olivier Benoist, Gilbert Blaising, Flohart Guy, Jean-Louis Grange, Nicole & Gilles Saulas, Alain Willer