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Systematic List

Below is a complete list of all species seen during my trip (160 species):

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Recorded at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
c12 at Eilat North Beach on 21/03/2000;
c40 at Eilat North Beach on 22/03/2000;
c10 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
c10 at Eilat North Beach on 25/03/2000

Western Reef-egret (Egretta gularis [garzetta])
c4 at Eilat North Beach on 30/03/2000

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
5 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000

Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
1 at Eilat North Beach on 25/03/2000

Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
30 at Eilat Mountains on 25/03/2000

White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
1 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 23/03/2000
40 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
c2000 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
c20 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
c100 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
1 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 28/03/2000

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
c100 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 27/03/2000

Black Kite [sp] (Milvus migrans)
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 27/03/2000

Black Kite (Milvus migrans migrans)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
3 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 23/03/2000

Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
2 at En Advat on 24/03/2000

Eurasian Griffon-vulture (Gyps fulvus)
c10 at En Advat on 24/03/2000

Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus gallicus)
Recorded at En Advat on 24/03/2000
2 at Eilat Mountains on 25/03/2000

Western Marsh-harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus cyaneus)
1 male at Eilat North Beach on 22/03/2000

Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
1 male at Eilat North Beach on 27/03/2000
1 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 28/03/2000
1 male at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
1 male at Route 90 - Km 40 on 01/04/2000

Steppe Buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus)
1 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 21/03/2000
4 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
2 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
4 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 23/03/2000
c2000 at Eilat Mountains on 25/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 25/03/2000
3 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 27/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 27/03/2000
2 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 30/03/2000
4 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 02/04/2000

Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
1 at Eilat Mountains on 25/03/2000
1 juvenile at Route 90 - Km 20 on 26/03/2000
1 juvenile at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 27/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 30/03/2000

Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
1 juvenile at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 27/03/2000

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
1 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 23/03/2000

Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus)
2 at En Advat on 24/03/2000

Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
1 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 23/03/2000

Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 26/03/2000
1 at Shizzafon on 03/04/2000

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
1 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 03/04/2000
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
1 male at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides [peregrinus])
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000

Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi)
2 , including 1 male at En Gedi on 24/03/2000
1 at Amram's Pillars on 26/03/2000

Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
3 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 37 on 01/04/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 37 on 02/04/2000

Little Crake (Porzana parva)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
6 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
2 at En Advat on 24/03/2000

Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
2 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
1 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 27/03/2000

Common Crane (Grus grus)
5 at Eilat North Beach on 22/03/2000

Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata)
2 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
c5 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
5 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor)
c4 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
6 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
2 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 27/03/2000
1 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
3 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 26/03/2000

Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
1 adult summer at Shizzafon on 03/04/2000
1 adult winter at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 03/04/2000

Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
6 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
2 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
3 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000
4 at Shizzafon on 03/04/2000

White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 27/03/2000

Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
1 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 28/03/2000

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago gallinago)
1 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 01/04/2000

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 25/03/2000

Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 26/03/2000

Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Common Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 25/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 26/03/2000
1 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000

White-eyed Gull (Larus leucophthalmus)
c10 at Eilat North Beach on 21/03/2000
4 at Eilat North Beach on 25/03/2000

Lesser Black-backed Gull [sp] (Larus fuscus)
1 at Eilat North Beach on 25/03/2000
Plus Several flocks migrating through Arava Valley

Great Black-headed Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
1 at Eilat North Beach on 21/03/2000
4 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Eilat North Beach on 22/03/2000

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
10 at Eilat North Beach on 21/03/2000
1 at Eilat North Beach on 27/03/2000

Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
4 at Eilat North Beach on 21/03/2000
3 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000
3 at Eilat North Beach on 22/03/2000

Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000
1 at Eilat North Beach on 22/03/2000

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
1 at Eilat North Beach on 22/03/2000
1 at Eilat North Beach on 25/03/2000
1 at Eilat North Beach on 27/03/2000

Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
3 adult winter at Eilat North Beach on 22/03/2000

Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus)
1 at Eilat North Beach on 22/03/2000
1 at Eilat North Beach on 27/03/2000

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)
12 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Spotted Sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus)
c12 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
6 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Crowned Sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus)
2 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 01/04/2000
c34 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 02/04/2000

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
17 , including 5 males at Eilat Water Pumping station on 21/03/2000

Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
4 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
4 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 22/03/2000
4 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 23/03/2000

Eurasian Collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
1 at Yotvata Holiday village on 22/03/2000

Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
2 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 25/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 27/03/2000

Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 25/03/2000

Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
2 at En Gedi on 24/03/2000

Common Swift (Apus apus)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Little Swift (Apus affinis)
1 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 01/04/2000

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

White-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
2 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 21/03/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
4 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 25/03/2000
4 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 27/03/2000

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
6 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 26/03/2000
2 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000
6 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 01/04/2000

Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 23/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 37 on 01/04/2000

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
1 at Yotvata Holiday village on 31/03/2000

Bar-tailed Lark (Ammomanes cincturus [phoenicurus])
1 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 23/03/2000
4 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 28/03/2000

Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)
2 at Shizzafon on 23/03/2000
2 at En Advat on 24/03/2000
2 at Eilat Mountains on 25/03/2000
2 at Amram's Pillars on 26/03/2000
2 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 28/03/2000
1 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 02/04/2000

Hoopoe Lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
1 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 28/03/2000

Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 26/03/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 37 on 02/04/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 03/04/2000

Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla [cinerea])
c20 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
3 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
10 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 23/03/2000
4 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 26/03/2000
c6 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 01/04/2000
3 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 03/04/2000

Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
2 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 01/04/2000

Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 21/03/2000
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 23/03/2000
c6 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 26/03/2000
3 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000
2 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 03/04/2000

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
4 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Eurasian Crag-martin (Hirundo rupestris)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
2 at Shizzafon on 03/04/2000

Pale Crag-martin (Hirundo obsoleta [fuligula])
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
4 at Shizzafon on 03/04/2000

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
2 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
1 at Eilat Mountains on 25/03/2000

Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica)
1 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 21/03/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

House Martin (Delichon urbica)
c4 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
2 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
3 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 23/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 01/04/2000
1 at Shizzafon on 03/04/2000

Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
1 at Eilat North Beach on 21/03/2000
c10 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 26/03/2000

Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
c4 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 27/03/2000
3 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 28/03/2000

White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba)
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 21/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000
2 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 26/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 27/03/2000

Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
1 male at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 27/03/2000

Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava flava)
1 at Shizzafon on 03/04/2000

Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava feldegg)
c4 at Shizzafon on 23/03/2000
c4 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 27/03/2000

White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos [barbatus])
3 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 22/03/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin [sp] (Cercotrichas galactotes)
2 at Yotvata Holiday village on 31/03/2000

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
Recorded at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 23/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 25/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 27/03/2000

(Bluethroat Red-spotted (Luscinia svecica svecica))
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000

(Bluethroat White-spotted (Luscinia svecica cyanecula))
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000
1 at Yotvata Holiday village on 31/03/2000

Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
1 at En Advat on 24/03/2000

Common Redstart [sp] (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 26/03/2000

(Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus))
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000

(Eastern Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus))
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 25/03/2000

Blackstart (Cercomela melanura)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
3 at Eilat Water Pumping station on 21/03/2000
2 at En Gedi on 24/03/2000
2 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000
1 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 02/04/2000

Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata torquata)
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000

White-crowned Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga)
1 at Shizzafon on 23/03/2000
1 at En Gedi on 24/03/2000
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 25/03/2000
2 at Amram's Pillars on 26/03/2000
1 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 02/04/2000

Hooded Wheatear (Oenanthe monacha)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
c4 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 23/03/2000
3 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 23/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 25/03/2000

Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens)
2 at En Advat on 24/03/2000
1 at Shizzafon on 03/04/2000

Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000
1 at Yotvata Holiday village on 22/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 23/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 25/03/2000

Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000 Status, P, ?

Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 23/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 23/03/2000

Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
1 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000

Blue Rock-thrush (Monticola solitarius)
1 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 01/04/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 02/04/2000

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Streaked Scrub-warbler (Scotocerca inquieta)
1 at En Advat on 24/03/2000
1 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000
1 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 02/04/2000

Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 25/03/2000

Clamorous Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 22/03/2000
2 at En Gedi on 24/03/2000
3 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000
2 at Yotvata Holiday village on 31/03/2000

Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
c12 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
4 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000
4 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 23/03/2000
c6 at En Gedi on 24/03/2000
1 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000
3 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000
3 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 31/03/2000

Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis)
3 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000
3 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 30/03/2000
1 at Yotvata Holiday village on 31/03/2000

Arabian Warbler (Sylvia leucomelaena)
1 at Yotvata Holiday village on 22/03/2000

Ruppell's Warbler (Sylvia rueppelli)
1 male at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Yotvata Holiday village on 22/03/2000

Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
1 male at Route 90 - Km 40 on 21/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 23/03/2000

Cyprus Warbler (Sylvia melanothorax [melanocephala])
1 male at En Gedi on 24/03/2000
1 male at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000

Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
4 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
2 at Eilat Water Pumping station on 21/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000
2 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli orientalis)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000
1 at Neot Hakkikar Fishponds on 23/03/2000
1 at En Gedi on 24/03/2000

Semi-collared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata [albicollis])
1 male at Yotvata Holiday village on 31/03/2000

Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps)
3 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
2 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000

Southern Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor meridionalis)
1 at Nizzana on 29/03/2000

Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 33 on 23/03/2000
1 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 27/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 37 on 01/04/2000

Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus)
1 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000
1 at Switzerland Park, Eilat on 22/03/2000

House Crow (Corvus splendens)
2 at Eilat North Beach on 21/03/2000

Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
2 at En Gedi on 24/03/2000

Fan-tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus)
3 at En Gedi on 24/03/2000

Tristram's Starling (Onychognathus tristramii)
2 at Eilat Water Pumping station on 21/03/2000
c50 at En Gedi on 24/03/2000

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
c6 at Kibbutz Lotan - Kibbutz on 21/03/2000
c10 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis [domesticus])
c20 at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus)
3 male at Route 90 - Km 20 on 22/03/2000

Pale Rock-sparrow (Carpospiza brachydactyla)
2 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 01/04/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 02/04/2000

Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus [serinus])
1 at Shizzafon on 23/03/2000

European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
3 at Shizzafon on 23/03/2000
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis carduelis)
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000

Trumpeter Finch (Rhodopechys githaginea)
2 at Shizzafon on 23/03/2000
2 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 23/03/2000
2 at Shizzafon Sewage Farm on 27/03/2000
4 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 30/03/2000
2 at Route 90 - Km 40 on 01/04/2000

Desert Finch (Rhodopechys obsoleta)
8 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000
1 at Route 90 - Km 37 on 02/04/2000

Sinai Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus)
2 at Amram's Pillars on 26/03/2000

Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea)
1 male at Route 90 - Km 40 on 01/04/2000

Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000
1 at En Gedi on 24/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 26/03/2000
1 at Yotvata Water Treatment Works on 28/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 30/03/2000

Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia)
1 male at Kibbutz Lotan - South reserve on 22/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 26/03/2000
1 at Kibbutz Lotan - North Fields on 30/03/2000

House Bunting (Emberiza striolata)
1 at Eilat Water Pumping station on 21/03/2000

[ to return to Peter Jones' trip report]

Contact info

Daphna Abell
Program Coordinator
lotan-programs@lotan.ardom.co.il
Tel: +972 8 6356935;
Toll Free: 1800 2000 75 (when in Israel)