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Qatar
This checklist includes all bird species found in Qatar , 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 Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). 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: Qatar [map]
Other names: State of Qatar
Number of species: 350
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2020-03-01
Last modified: 2023-01-08
See also: http://www.qatarbirds.org/list.htm
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2020-03-01
Last modified: 2023-01-08
See also: http://www.qatarbirds.org/list.htm
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Introduced species |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Marbled Teal | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Asian Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Grey Francolin | Francolinus pondicerianus | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | Rare/Accidental |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| African Collared Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | Rare/Accidental |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Introduced species |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | |
| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | Rare/Accidental |
| Crowned Sandgrouse | Pterocles coronatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Western Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Corncrake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rare/Accidental |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | Rare/Accidental |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Common Crane | Grus grus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Macqueen's Bustard | Chlamydotis macqueenii | |
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| Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Introduced species |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare/Accidental |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Rare/Accidental |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Indian Pond Heron | Ardeola grayii | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | Introduced species |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | |
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| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | Rare/Accidental |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Rare/Accidental |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Socotra Cormorant | Phalacrocorax nigrogularis | |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Eurasian Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | 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 | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | Rare/Accidental |
| Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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| Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Pratincole | Glareola lactea | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | |
| Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Armenian Gull | Larus armenicus | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Rare/Accidental |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Saunders's Tern | Sternula saundersi | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Rare/Accidental |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | Rare/Accidental |
| Levant Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
| Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
| Pallid Scops Owl | Otus brucei | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Desert Eagle Owl | Bubo ascalaphus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
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| Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | Rare/Accidental |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Introduced species |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Introduced species |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Turkestan Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
| Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
| Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | |
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| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
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| Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-breasted Weaver | Ploceus benghalensis | |
| Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | |
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| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Rare/Accidental |
| Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| Pale Rock Sparrow | Carpospiza brachydactyla | |
| Chestnut-shouldered Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | Rare/Accidental |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | Rare/Accidental |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | |
| Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | Rare/Accidental |
| Desert Finch | Rhodospiza obsoleta | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Striated Bunting | Fringillaria striolata | |
| Black-headed Bunting | Granativora melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Cretzschmar's Bunting | Emberiza caesia | Rare/Accidental |
| Cinereous Bunting | Emberiza cineracea | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
| Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| European Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Hoopoe Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| Bar-tailed Lark | Ammomanes cinctura | |
| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
| Dunn's Lark | Eremalauda dunni | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Short-toed Lark | Alaudala rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | Rare/Accidental |
| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | |
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| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | Rare/Accidental |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sykes's Warbler | Iduna rama | Rare/Accidental |
| Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | Rare/Accidental |
| Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | Rare/Accidental |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | Rare/Accidental |
| Basra Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus griseldis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | Rare/Accidental |
| Pale Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne obsoleta | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| White-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus leucotis | |
| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
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| Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hume's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis humei | Rare/Accidental |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Plain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus neglectus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | Rare/Accidental |
| Asian Desert Warbler | Curruca nana | |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
| Eastern Orphean Warbler | Curruca crassirostris | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Ménétries's Warbler | Curruca mystacea | |
| Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Grey Hypocolius | Hypocolius ampelinus | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
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| Black Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| White-throated Irania | Irania gutturalis | |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| Semi-collared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | Rare/Accidental |
| Eversmann's Redstart | Adelura erythronota | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
| Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
| Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Hooded Wheatear | Oenanthe monacha | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Variable Wheatear | Oenanthe picata | Rare/Accidental |
| Hume's Wheatear | Oenanthe albonigra | Rare/Accidental |
| White-crowned Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | Rare/Accidental |
| Finsch's Wheatear | Oenanthe finschii | Rare/Accidental |
| Mourning Wheatear | Oenanthe lugens | |
| Red-tailed Wheatear | Oenanthe chrysopygia | |
| Kurdish Wheatear | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | Rare/Accidental |
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| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | Rare/Accidental |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
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