Checklist for United Arab Emirates

eBird Field Checklist

United Arab Emirates

ebird.org/region/AE

345 species (+79 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

Garganey

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

Gray Francolin

Sand Partridge

Common Quail

Arabian Partridge

Chukar

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Common Wood-Pigeon

European 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

Macqueen's Bustard

Turacos

Western Plantain-eater

Cuckoos

Asian Koel

Common Cuckoo

Nightjars

Eurasian Nightjar

Egyptian Nightjar

Swifts

Common Swift

Pallid Swift

Common/Pallid Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Water Rail

Spotted Crake

Eurasian Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Gray-headed Swamphen

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

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

Sanderling

Dunlin

Curlew Sandpiper/Dunlin

Little Stint

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

Crab-Plover

Cream-colored Courser

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared 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

Sooty Gull

Caspian Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Brown Noddy

Bridled Tern

Little Tern

Saunders's Tern

Little/Saunders's Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

Common Tern

White-cheeked Tern

Sterna sp.

Sandwich Tern

Lesser Crested Tern

Great Crested Tern

tern sp.

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

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

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Eurasian Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

Egyptian Vulture

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.

Western Marsh Harrier

Hen Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

Pallid/Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

Shikra

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

Long-legged Buzzard

Common/Long-legged Buzzard

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Eurasian Scops-Owl

Pallid Scops-Owl

Pharaoh Eagle-Owl

Little Owl

Short-eared Owl

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Hornbills

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

Collared Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Arabian Green Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

European Roller

Indian Roller

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Alexandrine Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Blossom-headed Parakeet

Rosy-faced Lovebird

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

Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike

Red-tailed/Isabelline/Brown 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

Greater Short-toed Lark

Bimaculated Lark

Eurasian Skylark

Oriental Skylark

Crested Lark

lark sp.

Cisticolas and Allies

Delicate Prinia

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Upcher's Warbler

Moustached Warbler

Sedge 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

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

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

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

Brahminy Starling

Common Myna

Bank Myna

Jungle Myna

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

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Purple Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

Chestnut-and-black Weaver

Village Weaver

Golden-backed Weaver

Streaked Weaver

Southern Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Estrildids

Indian Silverbill

Scaly-breasted 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

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

Red-throated Pipit

Water Pipit

American Pipit

pipit sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Rosefinch

Trumpeter Finch

Eurasian Siskin

Old World Buntings

Black-headed Bunting

Corn Bunting

Cinereous Bunting

Ortolan Bunting

Striolated Bunting

Others

passerine sp.