First confirmed breeding record of Northern Raven Corvus corax in Lebanon for over four decades and recent records in Lebanon of Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata and Black-bellied Sandgrouse P. orientalis.

The article focuses on records of various birds including the Northern Raven, Black-Winged Kite and Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse in Lebanon in 2013. It mentions confirmed breeding by a Northern Raven at Qalaat Niha on March 9, a first of its kind in the country for more than 43 years, the release of a Black-Winged Kite by its hunter which serves as its third certain record and the second and third record for the Black-Bellied Sandgrouse and Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, respectively.