This checklist includes all bird species found in Fujayrah , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2022. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Fujayrah [map]
Other names: Fujairah, ImÄrat al Fujayrah, Imarat al Fujayrah
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Graylag Goose | Anser anser | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Introduced species |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | Rare/Accidental |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Rare/Accidental |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
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Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | |
Sand Partridge | Ammoperdix heyi | |
Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Chukar | Alectoris chukar | |
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Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | Rare/Accidental |
European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Rare/Accidental |
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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | Introduced species |
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | |
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Macqueen's Bustard | Chlamydotis macqueenii | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Introduced species Near-threatened |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | Rare/Accidental |
Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | Rare/Accidental |
Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental |
Gray-bellied Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | |
Sykes's Nightjar | Caprimulgus mahrattensis | Rare/Accidental |
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Alpine Swift | Apus melba | Rare/Accidental |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | Rare/Accidental |
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Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
Corn Crake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rare/Accidental |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Crane | Grus grus | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Rare/Accidental |
Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Critically endangered |
White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | |
Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Eurasian Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | Rare/Accidental |
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | Rare/Accidental |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Endangered |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | Rare/Accidental |
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Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Brown-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
White-eyed Gull | Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | |
Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
Common Gull | Larus canus | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Saunders's Tern | Sternula saundersi | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | |
Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
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Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Rare/Accidental |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Persian Shearwater | Puffinus persicus | |
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African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | Rare/Accidental |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
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Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
Socotra Cormorant | Phalacrocorax nigrogularis | Vulnerable |
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Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Rare/Accidental |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | Rare/Accidental |
Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Vulnerable |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Vulnerable |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | Rare/Accidental |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Pallas's Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
Pallid Scops-Owl | Otus brucei | |
Arabian Eagle-Owl | Bubo milesi | Rare/Accidental |
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl | Bubo ascalaphus | |
Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
Omani Owl | Strix butleri | Rare/Accidental |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | Rare/Accidental |
Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | Rare/Accidental |
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African Green Bee-eater | Merops viridissimus | |
Arabian Green Bee-eater | Merops cyanophrys | |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
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Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Vulnerable |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Endangered |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | Introduced species Near-threatened |
Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | Rare/Accidental |
Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
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House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | |
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Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | |
Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | Rare/Accidental |
Turkestan Short-toed Lark | Alaudala heinei | |
Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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Delicate Prinia | Prinia lepida | |
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Sykes's Warbler | Iduna rama | |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | Rare/Accidental |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | Rare/Accidental |
Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | Rare/Accidental |
Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | Rare/Accidental |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
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Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Introduced species |
White-spectacled Bulbul | Pycnonotus xanthopygos | |
White-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus leucotis | Introduced species |
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Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | |
Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
Plain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus neglectus | |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
Green Warbler | Phylloscopus nitidus | Rare/Accidental |
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Scrub Warbler | Scotocerca inquieta | |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
Eastern Orphean Warbler | Curruca crassirostris | |
Asian Desert Warbler | Curruca nana | |
Menetries's Warbler | Curruca mystacea | |
Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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Arabian Babbler | Argya squamiceps | |
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European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
Bank Myna | Acridotheres ginginianus | Introduced species |
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Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | |
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | Rare/Accidental |
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Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | Rare/Accidental |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | Rare/Accidental |
White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | Rare/Accidental |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
Rufous-backed Redstart | Phoenicurus erythronotus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
Hooded Wheatear | Oenanthe monacha | |
Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
Variable Wheatear | Oenanthe picata | |
Hume's Wheatear | Oenanthe albonigra | |
White-crowned Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | Rare/Accidental |
Mourning Wheatear | Oenanthe lugens | Rare/Accidental |
Kurdish Wheatear | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | Rare/Accidental |
Persian Wheatear | Oenanthe chrysopygia | |
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Hypocolius | Hypocolius ampelinus | |
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Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
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Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | Introduced species |
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Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | |
Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Introduced species |
Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Extirpated |
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Radde's Accentor | Prunella ocularis | Rare/Accidental |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-throated Sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | |
Pale Rockfinch | Carpospiza brachydactyla | |
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Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | Rare/Accidental |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
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Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Rare/Accidental |
Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | |
Eurasian Linnet | Linaria cannabina | Rare/Accidental |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | |
Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps | Rare/Accidental |
Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | Rare/Accidental |
Cinereous Bunting | Emberiza cineracea | Near-threatened |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata | |
Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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