United Arab Emirates Birds List

Disclaimer: The information presented on this page about the bird species of the United Arab Emirates, including residents, migrants, status, etc, is based on extensive research from multiple sources. However, discrepancies exist among different references, and certain species may be reported differently across publications. As bird populations and migration patterns can change over time, the accuracy of this list may vary. For the most up-to-date and scientifically accurate information, please visit the IUCN website.

Common NameScientific NameCategoryEncounterStatusIntroducedImage
African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimusResident
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatriaResidentNear-threatenedIntroduced species
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
American PipitAnthus rubescensOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Amur FalconFalco amurensisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeriOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Arabian BabblerArgya squamicepsResident
Arabian Eagle-OwlBubo milesiOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrysResident
Arabian LarkEremalauda eremoditesOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauuricaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nanaResident
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalisResident
Asian House-MartinDelichon dasypusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusillaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Banded MartinNeophedina cinctaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianusResidentIntroduced species
Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaResident
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentNear-threatened
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cincturaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbaraResidentIntroduced species
Barn OwlTyto albaResident
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResident
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoriaResident
Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldisOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalEndangered
Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatusResident
Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculataResident
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Black KiteMilvus migransResident
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResident
Black Scrub-RobinCercotrichas podobeOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Black StorkCiconia nigraOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Black TernChlidonias nigerOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResident
Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalisResidentIntroduced species
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticoraxResident
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigricepsResident
Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephalaResident
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResident
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalVulnerable
Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentNear-threatened
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularisResident
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusResident
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentEscapee from captivity
BlackstartOenanthe melanuraOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Blue Rock-ThrushMonticola solitariusResident
Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelanaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicusResident
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaResident
Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskiiResident
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorumResident
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResident
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusResident
Booted WarblerIduna caligataOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indusResidentIntroduced species
Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarumResidentIntroduced species
BramblingFringilla montifringillaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusResident
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusResident
Brown BoobySula leucogasterOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Brown NoddyAnous stolidusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollisResident
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandraOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Caspian GullLarus cachinnansResident
Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticusResident
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaResident
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustusResident
ChukarAlectoris chukarResident
Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineraceaResidentNear-threatened
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Cinnamon BitternIxobrychus cinnamomeusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreolaResident
Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreusResident
Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chlorisResident
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincolaResident
Common BuzzardButeo buteoResident
Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebsOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResident
Common CraneGrus grusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Common CuckooCuculus canorusResident
Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaResident
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaResident
Common GullLarus canusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResident
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisResidentIntroduced species
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosResident
Common PochardAythya ferinaResidentVulnerable
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixResident
Common RedshankTringa totanusResident
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusResident
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResident
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResident
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusResident
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResident
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResident
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResident
Common SwiftApus apusResident
Common TernSterna hirundoResident
Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Corn CrakeCrex crexOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedeaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Cotton Pygmy-GooseNettapus coromandelianusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Crab-PloverDromas ardeolaResident
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursorResident
Crested LarkGalerida cristataResident
Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesiaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentNear-threatened
Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Delicate PriniaPrinia lepidaResident
Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgoOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Desert LarkAmmomanes desertiResident
Desert WheatearOenanthe desertiResident
DunlinCalidris alpinaResident
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisResident
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleucaResident
Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eastern Cattle EgretBubulcus coromandusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallidaResident
Eastern Orphean WarblerCurruca crassirostrisResident
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentIntroduced species
Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptiusResident
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentEndangered
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merulaResident
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResident
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResident
Eurasian CootFulica atraResident
Eurasian Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResident
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataResidentNear-threatened
Eurasian DotterelEudromias morinellusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusResident
Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eurasian GriffonGyps fulvusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteoResident
Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epopsResident
Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculusResident
Eurasian LinnetLinaria cannabinaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropusResident
Eurasian NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusResident
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusMigrantNear-threatened
Eurasian Scops-OwlOtus scopsOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResident
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResident
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResident
Eurasian Thick-kneeBurhinus oedicnemusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResident
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquillaResident
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterResident
European Golden-PloverPluvialis apricariaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
European RobinErithacus rubeculaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
European RollerCoracias garrulusResident
European SerinSerinus serinusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
European StarlingSturnus vulgarisResident
European StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResident
European Turtle-DoveStreptopelia turturResidentVulnerable
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaResidentNear-threatened
FieldfareTurdus pilarisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipesOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
GadwallMareca streperaResident
Garden WarblerSylvia borinResident
GarganeySpatula querquedulaResident
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResident
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResident
Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoniResidentIntroduced species
Gray FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianusResidentIntroduced species
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResident
Gray WagtailMotacilla cinereaResident
Gray-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Gray-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephalaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Gray-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Gray-throated MartinRiparia chinensisResident
Graylag GooseAnser anserResident
Great BitternBotaurus stellarisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResident
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Great Crested TernThalasseus bergiiResident
Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorumResidentEscapee from captivity
Great EgretArdea albaResident
Great Gray ShrikeLanius excubitorResident
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostrisResidentEndangered
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceusResident
Great SnipeGallinago mediaOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandariusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostrisOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResident
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipesResident
Greater Painted-SnipeRostratula benghalensisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Greater Sand-PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultiiResident
Greater ScaupAythya marilaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaResident
Greater Spotted EagleClanga clangaResidentVulnerable
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Greater WhitethroatCurruca communisResident
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResident
Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Green-winged TealAnas creccaResident
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResident
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Himalayan GriffonGyps himalayensisOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaResident
House CrowCorvus splendensResidentIntroduced species
House SparrowPasser domesticusResident
Hume's WarblerPhylloscopus humeiResident
Hume's WheatearOenanthe albonigraResident
HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinusResident
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterinaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Imperial EagleAquila heliacaResidentVulnerable
Indian Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisiOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayiiResident
Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisResident
Indian SilverbillEuodice malabaricaResident
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinusResident
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellinaResident
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusResident
Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallaxOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinusResident
Kittlitz's PloverAnarhynchus pecuariusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymnaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolataOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResident
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotosResidentEndangered
Large-billed Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus magnirostrisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensisResident
Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhousOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalVulnerable
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResident
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensisResident
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Lesser Gray ShrikeLanius minorResident
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanniResident
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarinaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropusOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalVulnerable
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResident
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Levant SparrowhawkAccipiter brevipesOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteiniiResident
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResident
Little BuntingEmberiza pusillaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Little BustardTetrax tetraxOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Little CrakeZapornia parvaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Little CurlewNumenius minutusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResident
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResident
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Little OwlAthene noctuaResident
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubiusResident
Little StintCalidris minutaResident
Little SwiftApus affinisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Little TernSternula albifronsResident
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Long-billed PipitAnthus similisResident
Long-eared OwlAsio otusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinusResident
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schachOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Long-toed StintCalidris subminutaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Macqueen's BustardChlamydotis macqueeniiOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalVulnerable
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResident
Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostrisOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilisResident
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisResident
Masked BoobySula dactylatraOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicusResident
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResident
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Medium EgretArdea intermediaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystaceaResident
MerlinFalco columbariusResident
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusResident
Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugensOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Namaqua DoveOena capensisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentNear-threatened
Northern PintailAnas acutaResident
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResident
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenantheResident
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoniOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Omani OwlStrix butleriOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResident
Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarumOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgulaResident
Oriental Turtle-DoveStreptopelia orientalisResident
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulanaResident
OspreyPandion haliaetusResident
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaResident
Pacific SwiftApus pacificusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricolaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Pale MartinRiparia dilutaResident
Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactylaResident
Pallas's Fish-EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphusOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalEndangered
Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetusResident
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusResidentNear-threatened
Pallid Scops-OwlOtus bruceiResident
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusResident
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResident
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResident
Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicusResident
Persian WheatearOenanthe chrysopygiaResident
Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphusResident
Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResident
Pied BushchatSaxicola caprataOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Pied CuckooClamator jacobinusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschankaResident
Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchataResidentIntroduced species
Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenuraResident
Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalosOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectusResident
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusResident
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResident
Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticusResident
Ruppells GriffonGyps rueppelliOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalCritically endangered
Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarziOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Red Collared-DoveStreptopelia tranquebaricaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Red KnotCalidris canutusOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioResident
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereusResident
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parvaResident
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Red-footed BoobySula sulaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalVulnerable
Red-headed BuntingEmberiza brunicepsOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristataOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusResident
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Red-rumped SwallowCecropis dauricaResident
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroidesResident
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinusResident
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus caferResidentIntroduced species
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicusResident
RedwingTurdus iliacusOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Richard's PipitAnthus richardiResident
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
River WarblerLocustella fluviatilisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligulaResident
Rock PigeonColumba liviaResident
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentIntroduced species
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Rosy StarlingPastor roseusResident
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResident
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResident
RuffCalidris pugnaxResident
Rufous-backed RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Rufous-tailed Rock-ThrushMonticola saxatilisResident
Rufous-tailed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas galactotesResident
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalVulnerable
Sabine's GullXema sabiniOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Saker FalconFalco cherrugResidentEndangered
Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyiResident
SanderlingCalidris albaResident
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResident
Saunders's TernSternula saundersiResident
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesResident
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentIntroduced species
Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquietaResident
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusResident
Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquataResident
ShikraAccipiter badiusResidentIntroduced species
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Short-toed Snake-EagleCircaetus gallicusResident
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurusResident
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus geneiResident
Small PratincoleGlareola lacteaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Sociable LapwingVanellus gregariusOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalCritically endangered
Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularisResidentVulnerable
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResident
Sooty FalconFalco concolorResidentVulnerable
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichiiResident
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaResident
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataResident
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResident
Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensisResidentIntroduced species
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResident
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensisResidentEndangered
Stock DoveColumba oenasOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicolaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Streaked WeaverPloceus manyarResidentIntroduced species
Striated HeronButorides striataResident
Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolataResident
Swinhoe's Storm-PetrelHydrobates monorhisOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalNear-threatened
Sykes's NightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Sykes's WarblerIduna ramaResident
Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicillaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Tawny PipitAnthus campestrisResident
Temminck's LarkEremophila bilophaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiResident
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereusResident
Thrush NightingaleLuscinia lusciniaResident
Tibetan Sand-PloverAnarhynchus atrifronsResident
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisResident
Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramiiOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloniResident
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineusResident
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResident
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Turkestan Short-toed LarkAlaudala heineiResident
Upcher's WarblerHippolais languidaResident
Variable WheatearOenanthe picataResident
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogasterOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResident
Water RailRallus aquaticusResident
WatercockGallicrex cinereaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinereaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacificaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibisResident
Western House-MartinDelichon urbicumResident
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusResident
Western Reef-HeronEgretta gularisResident
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResident
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResident
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraResident
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridaResident
White StorkCiconia ciconiaResident
White WagtailMotacilla albaResident
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewartiOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
White-cheeked TernSterna repressaResident
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopygaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotisResidentIntroduced species
White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesaResidentIntroduced species
White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygosResident
White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurusResident
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensisOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
White-throated RobinIrania gutturalisResident
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResident
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusResident
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicusResident
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithiiOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaResident
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixResident
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorResidentNear-threatened
Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaOccasional VisitorRare/AccidentalCritically endangered
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental
Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollisResident
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicusResidentIntroduced species
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibisResidentIntroduced species
Black-eared kiteMilvus lineatusMigrant
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaOccasional VisitorRare/Accidental