The Birds of Israel

April Arava areas autumn Bee-eater belly Bet She'an bill bird Black-winged Stilt body length breast breeding brown Bunting bushes chicks hatch clutch cm and weight coastal plain colour common passage migrant conspicuous dark Desert distinguished distributed early eastern eggs Eilat Europe fairly common feathers feed female incubates flight flocks genera genus grey Gull habitats Hermon Houbara Bustard Hula Valley individuals inhabits insects Israel Juveniles Lake Tiberias Lark Laughing Dove legs Little Stint male March Mediterranean Middle East monotypic monotypic species nape Negev nesting season North Africa northern pairs Palaearctic paler parents Pipit Plover plumage populations migrate rare accidental rare passage migrant rare winterer Reed Warbler region resembles resident roost Sandgrouse seen shores short Siberia Sinai sometimes songbirds southern subspecies tail Tern trees tropical Africa underparts upperparts usually waders Warbler Western Palaearctic Wheatear wing length wingspan