Israel
What is recorded in Israel
- Species
- 1,791
- Grid cells
- 7,720
- Records
- 3,851,890
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 875
- Bony fish 371
- Birds 363
- Reptiles 87
- Mammals 74
- Sharks and rays 13
- Amphibians 7
- Chimaeras 1
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Israel, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Israel, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
White-spectacled Bulbul
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Graceful Prinia
Prinia gracilis
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
Palestine Sunbird
Cinnyris osea
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri
Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaocto
White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Israel.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Israel on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.