eBird Field Checklist
Abu Dhabi, AE
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530 species (+136 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Cassowaries and Emu
Emu
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Barnacle Goose
Canada Goose
Hawaiian Goose
Cape Barren Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Black-necked Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Whooper Swan
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Baikal Teal
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
Chiloe Wigeon
Mallard
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Garganey/Green-winged Teal
Anas sp.
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Marbled Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Green Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Black Francolin
See-see Partridge
Sand Partridge
Common Quail
Barbary Partridge
Arabian Partridge
Chukar
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Stock Dove
Common Wood-Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Crested Pigeon
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Bustards
Arabian Bustard
Macqueen's Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Little Bustard
Cuckoos
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar
Sykes's Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Common/Pallid Swift
Pacific Swift
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
large swift sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Water Rail
Corn Crake
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Red-knobbed Coot
Eurasian/Red-knobbed Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
swamphen sp.
White-breasted Waterhen
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
Little/Baillon's Crake
Spotted/Little/Baillon's Crake
Zapornia sp.
Porzana/Zapornia/Hapalocrex sp.
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Siberian Crane
White-naped Crane
Common Crane
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Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
Eurasian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Eurasian Dotterel
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Common/Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Kittlitz's Plover
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed/Black-tailed Godwit
Jack Snipe
Eurasian Woodcock
Great Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed/Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper/Dunlin
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Crab-Plover
Cream-colored Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
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Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed/Black-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Sooty Gull
Common Gull
Caspian Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Brown Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders's Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
White-cheeked Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Sooty Shearwater
Persian Shearwater
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Painted Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
booby sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
Socotra Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Western Cattle Egret
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Goliath Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Scarlet Ibis
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
European/Oriental Honey-buzzard
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Lappet-faced Vulture
Eurasian Griffon
old world vulture sp.
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Lesser/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Golden Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
Clanga/Aquila sp.
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Levant Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Common/Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Eurasian/Pallid Scops-Owl
scops-owl sp.
Southern White-faced Owl
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
owl sp.
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Arabian Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Indian Roller
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Saker Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Superb Parrot
Australian King-Parrot
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Eastern Rosella
Green x Eastern Rosella (hybrid)
Budgerigar
Red Lory
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Rosy-faced Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird
lovebird sp.
Gray Parrot
Senegal Parrot
Monk Parakeet
parakeet sp.
Honeyeaters
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Eurasian/Indian Golden Oriole
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Red-backed x Red-tailed Shrike (hybrid)
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline/Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Red-billed Blue-Magpie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Pied Crow
Brown-necked Raven
crow sp.
Fan-tailed Raven
Larks
Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Bar-tailed Lark
Desert Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Temminck's Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Bimaculated Lark
Calandra Lark
Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Mediterranean/Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Oriental Skylark
Eurasian/Oriental Skylark
Crested Lark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Delicate Prinia
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Iduna sp.
Upcher's Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Hippolais sp.
Moustached Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Marsh/Common Reed Warbler
Basra Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
River Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella sp.
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Pale Martin
Bank Swallow/Pale Martin
Riparia sp.
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Eurasian Crag-Martin
Rock Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin/Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Barn x Red-rumped Swallow (hybrid)
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul
Red-vented x White-eared Bulbul (hybrid)
White-spectacled Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Yellow-browed/Hume's Warbler
Radde's Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Plain Leaf Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler/Common Chiffchaff
Green Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Bush Warblers and Allies
Scrub Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Asian Desert Warbler
Menetries's Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Curruca sp.
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
old world warbler sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arabian Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Common Hill Myna
European Starling
Wattled Starling
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Bali Myna
Brahminy Starling
Common Myna
Bank Myna
Jungle Myna
Javan Myna
Crested Myna
Violet-backed Starling
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Eyebrowed Thrush
Fieldfare
Ring Ouzel
Black-throated Thrush
Dusky Thrush
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Black Scrub-Robin
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
European Robin
White-throated Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Thrush/Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
Red-flanked Bluetail
Taiga Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
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Semicollared Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher
European Pied/Collared/Semicollared Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Rufous-backed Redstart
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Common/Black Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat
European/Siberian Stonechat
Amur Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Saxicola sp.
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Hooded Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared x Pied Wheatear (hybrid)
Cyprus/Pied Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared/Pied Wheatear
Blackstart
Variable Wheatear
Hume's Wheatear
White-crowned Wheatear
Mourning Wheatear
Kurdish Wheatear
Persian Wheatear
Kurdish/Persian Wheatear (Red-tailed Wheatear)
wheatear sp.
Hypocolius
Hypocolius
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Rüppell's Weaver
Village Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Red-collared Widowbird
Estrildids
Zebra Finch
Indian Silverbill
Java Sparrow
Scaly-breasted Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lavender Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Green Avadavat
Red Avadavat
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
House x Spanish Sparrow (hybrid)
Dead Sea Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Pale Rockfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Western Yellow x Citrine Wagtail (hybrid)
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Richard's/Blyth's Pipit
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Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Meadow/Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Tree/Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
Meadow/Water Pipit
American Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Common Rosefinch
Trumpeter Finch
Eurasian Linnet
European Goldfinch
Eurasian Siskin
finch sp.
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Corn Bunting
White-capped Bunting
Yellowhammer
Cinereous Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting
Ortolan/Cretzschmar's Bunting
Striolated Bunting
Reed Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Emberiza sp.
Tanagers and Allies
Red-crested Cardinal
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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