Checklist for United Arab Emirates

eBird Field Checklist

United Arab Emirates

ebird.org/region/AE

651 species (+180 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Cassowaries and Emu

Emu

Waterfowl

Magpie Goose

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

West Indian Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-faced x Fulvous Whistling-Duck (hybrid)

Lesser Whistling-Duck

Fulvous/Lesser Whistling-Duck

whistling-duck sp.

Bar-headed Goose

Emperor Goose

Snow Goose

Graylag Goose

Swan Goose

Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)

Greater White-fronted Goose

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Barnacle Goose

Canada Goose

Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Hawaiian Goose

Red-breasted Goose

Cape Barren Goose

Mute Swan

Black Swan

Black-necked Swan

Trumpeter Swan

Tundra Swan

Whooper Swan

goose sp.

Radjah Shelduck

Egyptian Goose

Ruddy Shelduck

South African Shelduck

Common Shelduck

Spur-winged Goose

Crested Duck

Muscovy Duck

Cotton Pygmy-Goose

Ringed Teal

Wood Duck

Mandarin Duck

Maned Duck

Baikal Teal

Garganey

Blue-billed Teal

Silver Teal

Red Shoveler

Australasian Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

Falcated Duck

Eurasian Wigeon

Chiloe Wigeon

Mallard

Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)

White-cheeked Pintail

Mallard x White-cheeked Pintail (hybrid)

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Garganey/Green-winged Teal

Chestnut Teal

Anas sp.

teal sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Marbled Duck

Red-crested Pochard

Rosy-billed Pochard

Common Pochard

Ferruginous Duck

Tufted Duck

Ferruginous x Tufted Duck (hybrid)

Greater Scaup

Red-breasted Merganser

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Vulturine Guineafowl

California Quail

Wild Turkey

Gray Partridge

Ring-necked Pheasant

Green Pheasant

Indian Peafowl

Green 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

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Stock Dove

Common Wood-Pigeon

European Turtle-Dove

Oriental Turtle-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

African Collared-Dove

Red Collared-Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Spotted Dove

Laughing Dove

Namaqua Dove

Asian Emerald Dove

Common Bronzewing

Crested Pigeon

Diamond Dove

Zebra Dove

Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon

Bruce's Green-Pigeon

imperial-pigeon sp.

pigeon/dove sp.

Sandgrouse

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Spotted Sandgrouse

Black-bellied Sandgrouse

Crowned Sandgrouse

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

sandgrouse sp.

Bustards

Arabian Bustard

Asian Houbara

Nubian Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Little Bustard

Turacos

Western Plantain-eater

Eastern Plantain-eater

Cuckoos

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Asian Koel

Gray-bellied Cuckoo

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 x Red-knobbed Coot (hybrid)

Eurasian/Red-knobbed Coot

Gray-headed Swamphen

swamphen sp.

moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.

Watercock

White-breasted Waterhen

Little Crake

Baillon's Crake

Little/Baillon's Crake

Spotted/Little/Baillon's Crake

Zapornia sp.

Porzana/Zapornia sp.

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Black Crowned-Crane

Demoiselle Crane

Siberian Crane

White-naped Crane

Common Crane

crane sp.

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

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled 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.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

African Jacana

Whimbrel

Little Curlew

Eurasian Curlew

Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew

curlew sp.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed/Black-tailed Godwit

godwit sp.

Long-billed Dowitcher

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

Great/Red Knot

Ruff

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Long-toed Stint

Red-necked Stint

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Curlew Sandpiper/Dunlin

Little Stint

White-rumped Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

Crab-Plover

Cream-colored Courser

Small Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

Black-winged Pratincole

Oriental Pratincole

pratincole sp.

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

jaeger sp.

skua sp.

jaeger/skua sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Sabine's Gull

Slender-billed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Slender-billed/Black-headed Gull

Brown-headed Gull

Franklin's Gull

Pallas's Gull

Mediterranean Gull

Sooty Gull

White-eyed Gull

Common Gull

Caspian Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Brown Noddy

Lesser 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

large tern sp.

tern sp.

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Eared Grebe

grebe sp.

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel

Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel

Hydrobates sp.

storm-petrel sp. (dark-rumped)

storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)

storm-petrel sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Jouanin's Petrel

Cory's Shearwater

Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Persian Shearwater

shearwater sp.

procellariid sp.

Storks

African Openbill

Black Stork

White Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Painted Stork

stork sp.

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

frigatebird sp.

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

booby sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

Great Cormorant

Socotra Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Scarlet Ibis

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

Eurasian Spoonbill

African Spoonbill

Eurasian 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

Ardea sp.

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Dalmatian Pelican

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

Egyptian Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

Oriental Honey-buzzard

European/Oriental Honey-buzzard

Cinereous Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Himalayan Griffon

Eurasian Griffon

old world vulture sp.

Short-toed Snake-Eagle

Lesser Spotted 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

Shikra

Levant Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Goshawk

Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)

Western Marsh Harrier

Hen Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

Pallid/Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

Black Kite

Brahminy Kite

Pallas's Fish-Eagle

White-eyed Buzzard

Harris's Hawk

Common Buzzard

Long-legged Buzzard

Common/Long-legged Buzzard

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Western Barn Owl

Eurasian Scops-Owl

Pallid Scops-Owl

Eurasian/Pallid Scops-Owl

scops-owl sp.

Southern White-faced Owl

Arabian Eagle-Owl

Pharaoh Eagle-Owl

Bubo sp.

Little Owl

Omani Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

owl sp.

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Hornbills

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Damara Red-billed Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Bee-eaters

White-throated Bee-eater

Arabian Green Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

White-throated Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Collared Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Rollers and Allies

European Roller

Indian Roller

Blue-bellied Roller

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel

Red-footed Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eleonora's Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Merlin

Eurasian Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Saker Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Galah

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

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Fischer's Lovebird

Fischer's x Yellow-collared Lovebird (hybrid)

Lilian's Lovebird

Domestic lovebird sp. (Domestic type)

lovebird sp.

Gray Parrot

Senegal Parrot

Monk Parakeet

Yellow-crowned Amazon

Orange-winged Amazon

Nanday Parakeet

Red-and-green Macaw

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Great Kiskadee

Honeyeaters

Blue-faced Honeyeater

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Eurasian/Indian Golden Oriole

Black-naped Oriole

old world oriole sp.

Bushshrikes and Allies

Yellow-crowned Gonolek

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

Rufous Treepie

Eurasian Magpie

House Crow

Hooded 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

Eurasian Skylark

Oriental Skylark

Eurasian/Oriental Skylark

Crested Lark

Temminck's Lark

Horned/Temminck's Lark

Greater Short-toed Lark

Calandrella sp.

Bimaculated Lark

Calandra Lark

Arabian Lark

Turkestan Short-toed Lark

Mediterranean/Turkestan Short-toed Lark

lark sp.

Cisticolas and Allies

Delicate Prinia

Reed Warblers and Allies

Booted Warbler

Sykes's 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

Gray-throated Martin/Bank Swallow

Pale Martin

Bank Swallow/Pale Martin

Riparia sp.

Eurasian Crag-Martin

Pale Crag-Martin

Eurasian/Pale Crag-Martin

Barn Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

European Red-rumped Swallow

Barn x European Red-rumped Swallow (hybrid)

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Streak-throated Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Red-vented Bulbul

White-eared Bulbul

Red-vented x White-eared Bulbul (hybrid)

Himalayan Bulbul

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.

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

white-eye sp.

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Arabian Babbler

White-crested Laughingthrush

Starlings and Mynas

Asian Glossy Starling

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

Splendid Starling

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

myna/starling sp.

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

Blue-and-white Flycatcher

European Robin

White-throated Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Thrush/Common Nightingale

Bluethroat

Red-flanked Bluetail

Taiga Flycatcher

Red-breasted Flycatcher

Semicollared Flycatcher

European Pied Flycatcher

Collared 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

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Purple Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

Taveta Golden-Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Southern Masked-Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Rüppell's Weaver

Chestnut-and-black Weaver

Village Weaver

Golden-backed Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Streaked Weaver

Baya Weaver

Black-breasted Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Red-headed Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Red Fody

Northern Red Bishop

Southern Red Bishop

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Red-collared Widowbird

Jackson's Widowbird

Euplectes sp.

Estrildids

Zebra Finch

Indian Silverbill

Java Sparrow

Scaly-breasted Munia

Tricolored Munia

White-headed Munia

Lavender Waxbill

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Green Avadavat

Zebra Waxbill

Red Avadavat

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah

Accentors

Radde's Accentor

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Spanish Sparrow

House x Spanish Sparrow (hybrid)

Dead Sea Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Sudan Golden Sparrow

Yellow-throated Sparrow

Pale Rockfinch

Wagtails and Pipits

Forest Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Citrine Wagtail

Western Yellow x Citrine Wagtail (hybrid)

White Wagtail

wagtail sp.

Richard's Pipit

Paddyfield Pipit

Richard's/Paddyfield Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Blyth's Pipit

Richard's/Blyth's Pipit

Tawny Pipit

Meadow Pipit

Tree Pipit

Meadow/Tree Pipit

Olive-backed Pipit

Tree/Olive-backed Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Water Pipit

Meadow/Water Pipit

Siberian Pipit

pipit sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Chaffinch

Brambling

Common Rosefinch

Trumpeter Finch

Eurasian Linnet

European Goldfinch

Black-headed Canary

Eurasian Siskin

finch sp.

Old World Buntings

Black-headed Bunting

Red-headed Bunting

Black-headed/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.