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 | Image |
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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 | |||
Grey 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 |