eBird Field Checklist
Zakher Lake
, Abu Dhabi, AE
ebird.org/hotspot/L2387909
227 species (+37 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Graylag Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Black Swan
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Anas sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Marbled Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Gray Francolin
Sand Partridge
Arabian Partridge
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Laughing Dove
Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
large swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Cranes
Demoiselle Crane
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Spur-winged Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
plover sp.
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Jack Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
peep sp.
Cream-colored Courser
Collared Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Sooty Gull
Caspian Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Little Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
White-cheeked Tern
tern sp.
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great 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
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
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Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
European/Oriental Honey-buzzard
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Golden Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
Clanga/Aquila sp.
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Arabian Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Indian Roller
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Sooty Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
House Crow
Brown-necked Raven
Larks
Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Desert Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Crested Lark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Delicate Prinia
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Hippolais sp.
Moustached Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Pale Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Red-vented Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul
White-spectacled Bulbul
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Leaf Warblers
Plain Leaf Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Asian Desert Warbler
Menetries's Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arabian Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Common Myna
Bank Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Bluethroat
Black Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat
European/Siberian Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Hooded Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Variable Wheatear
Mourning Wheatear
Persian Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
pipit sp.
Old World Buntings
Corn Bunting
Cinereous Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Reed Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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