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Al Wakrah
This checklist includes all bird species found in Al Wakrah , 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: Al Wakrah [map]
Other names: Al Wakra, الوكرة
Number of globally threatened species: 4
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Introduced species |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
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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 | |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | |
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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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| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Western Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Macqueen's Bustard | Chlamydotis macqueenii | |
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| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Rare/Accidental |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | |
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| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | |
| Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| 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 | |
| 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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| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Levant Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 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 | |
| Desert Eagle Owl | Bubo ascalaphus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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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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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| 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 | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
| Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | |
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| House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
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| Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| Chestnut-shouldered Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | Rare/Accidental |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | |
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| Striated Bunting | Fringillaria striolata | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Bunting | Granativora melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
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| Greater Hoopoe Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| Bar-tailed Lark | Ammomanes cinctura | |
| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | |
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| Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
| Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| 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 | |
| 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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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| 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 Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
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| Rufous Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| White-throated Irania | Irania gutturalis | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| 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 | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| White-crowned Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | 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 | |
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