eBird Field Checklist
United Arab Emirates
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368 species (+89 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Magpie Goose
White-faced Whistling-Duck
West Indian Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-faced x Fulvous Whistling-Duck (hybrid)
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Emperor Goose
Snow Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Whooper Swan
Radjah Shelduck
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Silver Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Garganey/Green-winged Teal
dabbling duck sp.
Marbled Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Rosy-billed Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Sand Partridge
Common Quail
Arabian Partridge
Chukar
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Common Wood-Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Bustards
Asian Houbara
Turacos
Western Plantain-eater
Cuckoos
Asian Koel
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar
Swifts
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Common/Pallid Swift
Little Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Water Rail
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
White-breasted Waterhen
Baillon's Crake
Little/Baillon's Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Common Ringed Plover
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.
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Little Curlew
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed/Black-tailed Godwit
Jack Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed/Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
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Sanderling
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper/Dunlin
Little Stint
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Crab-Plover
Cream-colored Courser
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed/Black-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Sooty Gull
Caspian Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Brown Noddy
Lesser Noddy
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders's Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
White-cheeked Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Sooty Shearwater
Persian Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Storks
White Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Red-footed 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
Eurasian Spoonbill
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
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Goliath Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
European/Oriental Honey-buzzard
Cinereous Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
Clanga/Aquila sp.
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Common/Long-legged Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
Western Barn Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Arabian Eagle-Owl
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Bee-eaters
Arabian Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Rollers and Allies
European Roller
Indian Roller
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Eleonora's Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Domestic lovebird sp. (Domestic type)
Gray Parrot
parakeet sp.
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Red-backed x Red-tailed Shrike (hybrid)
Isabelline Shrike
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Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline/Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
House Crow
Pied Crow
Brown-necked Raven
crow sp.
Larks
Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Desert Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Oriental Skylark
Crested Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Bimaculated Lark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Delicate Prinia
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Marsh/Common Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Savi's Warbler
Locustella sp.
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Pale Martin
Bank Swallow/Pale Martin
Riparia sp.
Pale Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
European Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
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
Plain Leaf Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler/Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus sp.
Bush Warblers and Allies
Scrub Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Asian Desert Warbler
Menetries's Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arabian Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Wattled Starling
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Common Myna
Bank Myna
Jungle Myna
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Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Superb Starling
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Song Thrush
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Black Scrub-Robin
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
White-throated Robin
Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Semicollared Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Common/Black Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat
European/Siberian Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Hooded Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared x Pied Wheatear (hybrid)
Eastern Black-eared/Pied Wheatear
Variable Wheatear
Hume's Wheatear
Persian Wheatear
wheatear sp.
Hypocolius
Hypocolius
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Chestnut-and-black Weaver
Village Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Streaked Weaver
Red Fody
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Tricolored Munia
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Pale Rockfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
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
Olive-backed Pipit
Tree/Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
Meadow/Water Pipit
Siberian Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Trumpeter Finch
Eurasian Siskin
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Corn Bunting
White-capped Bunting
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Cinereous Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Striolated Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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