PHOTOS OF JORDAN
Some of the Wildlife of Jordan

Most of these are "thumbnail" pictures. Click on them to open a larger version.

This is just some of the wildlife to be found in Jordan. Many of these creatures are threatened, either through the destruction of their natural habitats, or through over enthusiastic hunting. The Royal Society for the Protection of Nature in Jordan is doing its best to protect them and to increase their numbers through selective breeding in captivity.


"Letting the guys fight it out!" A beautiful photo of ibex in the wild.
These are an example of one of the animals being bred in the Nature Reserves by the RSCN

Some more ibex. You can visit the breeding enclosures in Wadi Mujib Nature Reserve

The roedeer to be seen in Ajloun Reserve


The Caracal or wildcat
which is found in Dana or Wadi Mujib Reserves

 

The oryx are extinct in the wilds, but are being bred in the RSCN Reserve of Shaumari
(these are not "thumbnail" images)

The famous "blue lizard" of Jordan and the Middle East. If you are lucky you might catch sight of it in Baida, near to Petra or perhaps in Wadi Rum. While it isn't exactly very rare indeed, you would still have to be very lucky.

Another "national emblem of Jordan" - the black iris. It grows wild on the hills, and is considered to be the "national flower". You are unlikely to find it unless you go in for hillside walking, which is not really recommended unless you have a guide with you.

 

The booted eagle Bonelli's eagle

These three beautiful photos below are not "thumbnail" images

The pallid harrier The Sinai rosefinch The Desert lark

(Photos by Ian Andrews from his website at http://www.andrewsi.freeserve.co.uk/birding-in-jordan.htm)

If you want to try and see Jordan's national bird, the Sinai Rosefinch, have a look around the cliffs or the resthouse at Wadi Rum, or keep a watch in Petra as you admire the Nabatean tombs or climb those interminable steps up to the Monastery.


Bonnelli's warbler


The sunbird

And another photo of a bird that I have often admired in Petra, the Palestine sunbird

 

Return to the Gallery - home -

The Nature Reserves of Wadi Mujib and Dana - Jordan's birdlife

Other pages in the Photo Gallery

Petra, Petra : rocks and mountains, Petra : Baida, Aqaba, Jerash, Mount Nebo, the Dead Sea and Madaba, Kings' Highway, Wadi Mujib and Dana, Um Qais and Ajlun, The Desert Castles

Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum page 2 - off the beaten track in Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum page 3 - cliffs and climbs in Wadi Rum,
Wadi Rum page 4 - horses and camels in Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum page 5 - some favourite places

The Bedouin of Wadi Rum, Some people in Jordan,

The wildlife of Jordan,

 

Online July 31 2002