UAE Full Birds List — Wildlife Photography Journey

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 Name	Scientific Name	Category	Encounter	Status	Introduced
African Green Bee-eater	Merops viridissimus	Resident
African Openbill	Anastomus lamelligerus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Alexandrine Parakeet	Psittacula eupatria	Resident		Near-threatened	Introduced species
Alpine Swift	Tachymarptis melba	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
American Pipit	Anthus rubescens	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Amur Falcon	Falco amurensis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Amur Stonechat	Saxicola stejnegeri	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Arabian Babbler	Argya squamiceps	Resident
Arabian Eagle-Owl	Bubo milesi	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Arabian Green Bee-eater	Merops cyanophrys	Resident
Arabian Lark	Eremalauda eremodites	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Ashy Drongo	Dicrurus leucophaeus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Asian Desert Warbler	Curruca nana	Resident
Asian Green Bee-eater	Merops orientalis	Resident
Asian House-Martin	Delichon dasypus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Banded Martin	Neophedina cincta	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Bank Myna	Acridotheres ginginianus	Resident			Introduced species
Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia	Resident
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Resident		Near-threatened
Bar-tailed Lark	Ammomanes cinctura	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Barbary Partridge	Alectoris barbara	Resident			Introduced species
Barn Owl	Tyto alba	Resident
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Resident
Barred Warbler	Curruca nisoria	Resident
Basra Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus griseldis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Endangered
Bay-backed Shrike	Lanius vittatus	Resident
Bimaculated Lark	Melanocorypha bimaculata	Resident
Black Drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Black Francolin	Francolinus francolinus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	Resident
Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	Resident
Black Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas podobe	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Resident
Black-bellied Sandgrouse	Pterocles orientalis	Resident			Introduced species
Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Resident
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix nigriceps	Resident
Black-headed Bunting	Emberiza melanocephala	Resident
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Resident
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Vulnerable
Black-naped Oriole	Oriolus chinensis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Resident		Near-threatened
Black-throated Thrush	Turdus atrogularis	Resident
Black-winged Kite	Elanus caeruleus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Black-winged Pratincole	Glareola nordmanni	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Resident
Black Swan	Cygnus atratus	Resident			Escapee from captivity
Blackstart	Oenanthe melanura	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	Resident
Blue-and-white Flycatcher	Cyanoptila cyanomelana	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater	Merops persicus	Resident
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	Resident
Blyth's Pipit	Anthus godlewskii	Resident
Blyth's Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus dumetorum	Resident
Bonelli's Eagle	Aquila fasciata	Resident
Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus	Resident
Booted Warbler	Iduna caligata	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	Resident			Introduced species
Brahminy Starling	Sturnia pagodarum	Resident			Introduced species
Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	Resident
Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	Resident
Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Brown Skua	Stercorarius antarcticus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Brown-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Brown-necked Raven	Corvus ruficollis	Resident
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Calandra Lark	Melanocorypha calandra	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Caspian Gull	Larus cachinnans	Resident
Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	Resident
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Resident
Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse	Pterocles exustus	Resident
Chukar	Alectoris chukar	Resident
Cinereous Bunting	Emberiza cineracea	Resident		Near-threatened
Cinereous Vulture	Aegypius monachus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Cinnamon Bittern	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	Resident
Clamorous Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus stentoreus	Resident
Collared Flycatcher	Ficedula albicollis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	Resident
Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	Resident
Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	Resident
Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	Resident
Common Crane	Grus grus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Resident
Common Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia	Resident
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Resident
Common Gull	Larus canus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	Resident
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	Resident			Introduced species
Common Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	Resident
Common Pochard	Aythya ferina	Resident		Vulnerable
Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix	Resident
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	Resident
Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Resident
Common Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Resident
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Resident
Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus	Resident
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Resident
Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	Resident
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Resident
Common Swift	Apus apus	Resident
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Resident
Common Wood-Pigeon	Columba palumbus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Corn Crake	Crex crex	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Crab-Plover	Dromas ardeola	Resident
Cream-colored Courser	Cursorius cursor	Resident
Crested Lark	Galerida cristata	Resident
Cretzschmar's Bunting	Emberiza caesia	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Resident		Near-threatened
Dalmatian Pelican	Pelecanus crispus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Dead Sea Sparrow	Passer moabiticus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Delicate Prinia	Prinia lepida	Resident
Demoiselle Crane	Anthropoides virgo	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Desert Lark	Ammomanes deserti	Resident
Desert Wheatear	Oenanthe deserti	Resident
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	Resident
Dusky Thrush	Turdus eunomus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eared Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	Resident
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe melanoleuca	Resident
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler	Phylloscopus orientalis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eastern Cattle Egret	Bubulcus coromandus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler	Iduna pallida	Resident
Eastern Orphean Warbler	Curruca crassirostris	Resident
Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Resident			Introduced species
Egyptian Nightjar	Caprimulgus aegyptius	Resident
Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus	Resident		Endangered
Eleonora's Falcon	Falco eleonorae	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	Resident
Eurasian Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Resident
Eurasian Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Resident
Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	Resident
Eurasian Crag-Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris	Resident
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	Resident		Near-threatened
Eurasian Dotterel	Eudromias morinellus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus	Resident
Eurasian Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Griffon	Gyps fulvus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	Resident
Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Resident
Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Resident
Eurasian Linnet	Linaria cannabina	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Resident
Eurasian Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	Resident
Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	Migrant		Near-threatened
Eurasian Scops-Owl	Otus scops	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Siskin	Spinus spinus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	Resident
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	Resident
Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	Resident
Eurasian Thick-knee	Burhinus oedicnemus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	Resident
Eurasian Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla	Resident
European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	Resident
European Golden-Plover	Pluvialis apricaria	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
European Honey-buzzard	Pernis apivorus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
European Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
European Robin	Erithacus rubecula	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
European Roller	Coracias garrulus	Resident
European Serin	Serinus serinus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Resident
European Stonechat	Saxicola rubicola	Resident
European Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia turtur	Resident		Vulnerable
Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Fan-tailed Raven	Corvus rhipidurus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	Resident		Near-threatened
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Forest Wagtail	Dendronanthus indicus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Gadwall	Mareca strepera	Resident
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	Resident
Garganey	Spatula querquedula	Resident
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Resident
Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	Resident
Golden-backed Weaver	Ploceus jacksoni	Resident			Introduced species
Gray Francolin	Ortygornis pondicerianus	Resident			Introduced species
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Resident
Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	Resident
Gray-bellied Cuckoo	Cacomantis passerinus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Gray-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Gray-headed Swamphen	Porphyrio poliocephalus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Gray-throated Martin	Riparia chinensis	Resident
Graylag Goose	Anser anser	Resident
Great Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	Resident
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	Resident
Grey Crowned Crane	Balearica regulorum	Resident			Escapee from captivity
Great Egret	Ardea alba	Resident
Great Gray Shrike	Lanius excubitor	Resident
Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	Resident		Endangered
Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	Resident
Great Snipe	Gallinago media	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Great Spotted Cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Great Thick-knee	Esacus recurvirostris	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Great White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	Resident
Greater Hoopoe-Lark	Alaemon alaudipes	Resident
Greater Painted-Snipe	Rostratula benghalensis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	Resident
Greater Scaup	Aythya marila	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Greater Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla	Resident
Greater Spotted Eagle	Clanga clanga	Resident		Vulnerable
Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Greater Whitethroat	Curruca communis	Resident
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Resident
Green Warbler	Phylloscopus nitidus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	Resident
Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	Resident
Hen Harrier	Circus cyaneus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Himalayan Griffon	Gyps himalayensis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Hooded Crow	Corvus cornix	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Hooded Wheatear	Oenanthe monacha	Resident
House Crow	Corvus splendens	Resident			Introduced species
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Resident
Hume's Warbler	Phylloscopus humei	Resident
Hume's Wheatear	Oenanthe albonigra	Resident
Hypocolius	Hypocolius ampelinus	Resident
Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Imperial Eagle	Aquila heliaca	Resident		Vulnerable
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone paradisi	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Indian Pond-Heron	Ardeola grayii	Resident
Indian Roller	Coracias benghalensis	Resident
Indian Silverbill	Euodice malabarica	Resident
Isabelline Shrike	Lanius isabellinus	Resident
Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	Resident
Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	Resident
Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	Resident
Kittlitz's Plover	Anarhynchus pecuarius	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Kurdish Wheatear	Oenanthe xanthoprymna	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Lanceolated Warbler	Locustella lanceolata	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus	Resident
Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	Resident		Endangered
Large-billed Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus magnirostris	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	Resident
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Vulnerable
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	Resident
Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	Resident
Lesser Flamingo	Phoeniconaias minor	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Lesser Gray Shrike	Lanius minor	Resident
Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni	Resident
Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Spotted Eagle	Clanga pomarina	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Lesser White-fronted Goose	Anser erythropus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Vulnerable
Lesser Whitethroat	Curruca curruca	Resident
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Levant Sparrowhawk	Accipiter brevipes	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse	Pterocles lichtensteinii	Resident
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	Resident
Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Little Bustard	Tetrax tetrax	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Little Crake	Zapornia parva	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Little Curlew	Numenius minutus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Resident
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Resident
Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Little Owl	Athene noctua	Resident
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	Resident
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Resident
Little Swift	Apus affinis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	Resident
Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Long-billed Pipit	Anthus similis	Resident
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Long-legged Buzzard	Buteo rufinus	Resident
Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Long-tailed Shrike	Lanius schach	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Macqueen's Bustard	Chlamydotis macqueenii	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Vulnerable
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Resident
Marbled Duck	Marmaronetta angustirostris	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	Resident
Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	Resident
Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Masked Shrike	Lanius nubicus	Resident
Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis	Resident
Mediterranean Gull	Ichthyaetus melanocephalus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Menetries's Warbler	Curruca mystacea	Resident
Merlin	Falco columbarius	Resident
Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus	Resident
Mourning Wheatear	Oenanthe lugens	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Moustached Warbler	Acrocephalus melanopogon	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Resident		Near-threatened
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	Resident
Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	Resident
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	Resident
Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Omani Owl	Strix butleri	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	Resident
Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Oriental Skylark	Alauda gulgula	Resident
Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	Resident
Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana	Resident
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Resident
Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	Resident
Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Paddyfield Pipit	Anthus rufulus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Paddyfield Warbler	Acrocephalus agricola	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Pale Martin	Riparia diluta	Resident
Pale Rockfinch	Carpospiza brachydactyla	Resident
Pallas's Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus leucoryphus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Endangered
Pallas's Gull	Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus	Resident
Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus	Resident		Near-threatened
Pallid Scops-Owl	Otus brucei	Resident
Pallid Swift	Apus pallidus	Resident
Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	Resident
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	Resident
Persian Shearwater	Puffinus persicus	Resident
Persian Wheatear	Oenanthe chrysopygia	Resident
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl	Bubo ascalaphus	Resident
Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Resident
Pied Bushchat	Saxicola caprata	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Pied Cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Pied Wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka	Resident
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse	Pterocles alchata	Resident			Introduced species
Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	Resident
Pine Bunting	Emberiza leucocephalos	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Plain Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus neglectus	Resident
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	Resident
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	Resident
Purple Sunbird	Cinnyris asiaticus	Resident
Ruppells Griffon	Gyps rueppelli	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Critically endangered
Radde's Accentor	Prunella ocularis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Radde's Warbler	Phylloscopus schwarzi	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Red Collared-Dove	Streptopelia tranquebarica	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	Resident
Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	Resident
Red-breasted Flycatcher	Ficedula parva	Resident
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Red-flanked Bluetail	Tarsiger cyanurus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Vulnerable
Red-headed Bunting	Emberiza bruniceps	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	Resident
Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	Resident
Red-tailed Shrike	Lanius phoenicuroides	Resident
Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	Resident
Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	Resident			Introduced species
Red-wattled Lapwing	Vanellus indicus	Resident
Redwing	Turdus iliacus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Richard's Pipit	Anthus richardi	Resident
Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
River Warbler	Locustella fluviatilis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula	Resident
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Resident
Rose-ringed Parakeet	Psittacula krameri	Resident			Introduced species
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	Resident
Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	Resident
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	Resident
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	Resident
Rufous-backed Redstart	Phoenicurus erythronotus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush	Monticola saxatilis	Resident
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas galactotes	Resident
Rustic Bunting	Emberiza rustica	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Vulnerable
Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Saker Falcon	Falco cherrug	Resident		Endangered
Sand Partridge	Ammoperdix heyi	Resident
Sanderling	Calidris alba	Resident
Sandwich Tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis	Resident
Saunders's Tern	Sternula saundersi	Resident
Savi's Warbler	Locustella luscinioides	Resident
Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	Resident			Introduced species
Scrub Warbler	Scotocerca inquieta	Resident
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	Resident
Semicollared Flycatcher	Ficedula semitorquata	Resident
Shikra	Accipiter badius	Resident			Introduced species
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Short-toed Snake-Eagle	Circaetus gallicus	Resident
Siberian Stonechat	Saxicola maurus	Resident
Slender-billed Gull	Chroicocephalus genei	Resident
Small Pratincole	Glareola lactea	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Sociable Lapwing	Vanellus gregarius	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Critically endangered
Socotra Cormorant	Phalacrocorax nigrogularis	Resident		Vulnerable
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	Resident
Sooty Falcon	Falco concolor	Resident		Vulnerable
Sooty Gull	Ichthyaetus hemprichii	Resident
Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Spanish Sparrow	Passer hispaniolensis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana	Resident
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Resident
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Resident
Spotted Sandgrouse	Pterocles senegallus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Thick-knee	Burhinus capensis	Resident			Introduced species
Spur-winged Lapwing	Vanellus spinosus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	Resident
Steppe Eagle	Aquila nipalensis	Resident		Endangered
Stock Dove	Columba oenas	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Streak-throated Swallow	Petrochelidon fluvicola	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Streaked Weaver	Ploceus manyar	Resident			Introduced species
Striated Heron	Butorides striata	Resident
Striolated Bunting	Emberiza striolata	Resident
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Near-threatened
Sykes's Nightjar	Caprimulgus mahrattensis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Sykes's Warbler	Iduna rama	Resident
Taiga Flycatcher	Ficedula albicilla	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris	Resident
Temminck's Lark	Eremophila bilopha	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	Resident
Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	Resident
Thrush Nightingale	Luscinia luscinia	Resident
Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	Resident
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis	Resident
Tristram's Starling	Onychognathus tristramii	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	Resident
Trumpeter Finch	Bucanetes githagineus	Resident
Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Resident
Tundra Swan	Cygnus columbianus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Turkestan Short-toed Lark	Alaudala heinei	Resident
Upcher's Warbler	Hippolais languida	Resident
Variable Wheatear	Oenanthe picata	Resident
Violet-backed Starling	Cinnyricinclus leucogaster	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta	Resident
Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus	Resident
Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Wattled Starling	Creatophora cinerea	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Resident
Western House-Martin	Delichon urbicum	Resident
Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	Resident
Western Reef-Heron	Egretta gularis	Resident
Western Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava	Resident
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Resident
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	Resident
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	Resident
White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	Resident
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	Resident
White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
White-capped Bunting	Emberiza stewarti	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
White-cheeked Tern	Sterna repressa	Resident
White-crowned Wheatear	Oenanthe leucopyga	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
White-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus leucotis	Resident			Introduced species
White-eyed Buzzard	Butastur teesa	Resident			Introduced species
White-eyed Gull	Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
White-spectacled Bulbul	Pycnonotus xanthopygos	Resident
White-tailed Lapwing	Vanellus leucurus	Resident
White-throated Bee-eater	Merops albicollis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
White-throated Kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
White-throated Robin	Irania gutturalis	Resident
White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Resident
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Resident
Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	Resident
Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Resident
Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Resident
Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator	Resident		Near-threatened
Yellow-breasted Bunting	Emberiza aureola	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental	Critically endangered
Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-throated Sparrow	Gymnoris xanthocollis	Resident
African Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Resident			Introduced species
Yellow-billed Stork	Mycteria ibis	Resident			Introduced species
Black-eared kite	Milvus lineatus	Migrant
Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	Occasional Visitor	Rare/Accidental