This is a list of the bird species recorded in Kuwait. The avifauna of Kuwait include a total of 416 species, of which 8 have been introduced by humans. One species listed is extirpated in Kuwait.
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Kuwait.
The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
Order: StruthioniformesFamily: Struthionidae
The ostrich is a flightless bird native to Africa. It is the largest living species of bird. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at high speeds.
Order: AnseriformesFamily: Anatidae
Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graylag goose | Anser anser | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Greater white-fronted goose | Anser albifrons | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
| Mute swan | Cygnus olor | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Single vagrant record from 1997 | |||
| Ruddy shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
| Common shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce winter visitor | |||
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant and winter visitor | |||
| Northern shoveler | Spatula clypeata | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce winter visitor | |||
| Eurasian wigeon | Mareca penelope | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter visitor | |||
| Northern pintail | Anas acuta | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Green-winged teal | Anas crecca | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Winter visitor | ||
| Marbled teal | Marmaronetta angustirostris | A | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Vagrant | |||
| Red-crested pochard | Netta rufina | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
| Common pochard | Aythya ferina | R | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Scarce migrant | |||
| Ferruginous duck | Aythya nyroca | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Formerly a vagrant, now a rare established breeder | |||
| Tufted duck | Aythya fuligula | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Long-tailed duck | Clangula hyemalis | R | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Vagrant | |||
| Red-breasted merganser | Mergus serrator | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Single vagrant record from 1997 | |||
Order: GalliformesFamily: Phasianidae
The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quails, partridges, snowcocks, francolins, spurfowls, tragopans, monals, pheasants, peafowls and jungle fowls. In general, they are plump (although they vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See-see partridge | Ammoperdix griseogularis | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | Introduced | |||
| Common quail | Coturnix coturnix | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Chukar | Alectoris chukar | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | Introduced | |||
| Black francolin | Francolinus francolinus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
Order: PhoenicopteriformesFamily: Phoenicopteridae
Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3to tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common overwintering species; scarce breeder | - | Lesser flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | A | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Vagrant occasionally recorded, often alongside its more common relative | ||||||
Order: PodicipediformesFamily: Podicipedidae
Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident | |||
| Horned grebe | Podiceps auritus | A | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Vagrant with 2 records | |||
| Red-necked grebe | Podiceps grisegena | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Great crested grebe | Podiceps cristatus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Rare passage migrant | ||
| Eared grebe | Podiceps nigricolis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Winter visitor | ||
Order: ColumbiformesFamily: Columbidae
Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock dove (and domestic variants) | Columba livia | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Domestic variants common everywhere, wild rock doves may be found near the coast | |||
| Stock dove | Columba oenas | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Common wood-pigeon | Columba palumbus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Overwintering species | |||
| Turtle-dove | Streptopelia turtur | R | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Rare breeder | |||
| Oriental dove | Streptopelia orientalis | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce disperser, very prone to vagrancy and often found outside its defined migratory range | |||
| Eurasian collared-dove | Streptopelia decocto | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common | |||
| African collared-dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Introduced; similar to the Eurasian relative; however, the tail has a different underside pattern | ||
| Laughing dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common | |||
| Namaqua dove | Oena capensis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident and scarce disperser | |||
Order: PterocliformesFamily: Pteroclidae
Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. Their legs are feathered down to the toes.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pin-tailed sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Increasingly rare overwintering species | |||
| Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Spotted sandgrouse | Pterocles senegallus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce passage migrant | |||
| Black-bellied sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare overwintering species | |||
Order: OtidiformesFamily: Otididae
Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. They are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with "fingered" wingtips and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacQueen's bustard | Chlamydotis macqueenii | R | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Formerly a resident breeder, now an irregular winter visitor | |||
Order: CuculiformesFamily: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great spotted cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce disperser | |||
| Asian koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant, single record | |||
| Common cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
Order: CaprimulgiformesFamily: Caprimulgidae
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Egyptian nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | |||
Order: CaprimulgiformesFamily: Apodidae
Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine swift | Tachymarptis melba | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| Common swift | Apus apus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon winter visitor | |||
| Pallid swift | Apus pallidus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Little swift | Apus affinis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
Order: GruiformesFamily: Rallidae
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water rail | Rallus aquaticus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Corncrake | Crex crex | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| Spotted crake | Porzana porzana | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon passage migrant | |||
| Eurasian moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common | |||
| Eurasian coot | Fulica atra | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident and winter visitor | |||
| Grey-headed swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | N | align=center style="background: #AAA" | ? | Resident breeder | ||
| White-breasted waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
| Little crake | Porzana parva | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon migrant | |||
| Baillon's crake | Zapornia pusilla | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Uncommon migrant | ||
Order: GruiformesFamily: Gruidae
Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances".
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common crane | Grus grus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Demoiselle crane | Grus virgo | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Burhinidae
The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant and overwintering | |||
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-winged stilt | Himantopus himantopus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Migrant and breeder | |||
| Pied avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Common winter visitor | ||
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Haematopodidae
The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Passage migrant | |||
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Charadriidae
The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Frequency | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-bellied plover | Pluvialis squatarola | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common, found on coasts and shores | |||
| European golden-plover | Pluvialis apricaria | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Few annual records | |||
| Pacific golden-plover | Pluvialis fulva | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor and passage migrant | |||
| Northern lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Winter visitor | |||
| Spur-winged lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | ? | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncertain | |||
| Red-wattled lapwing | Vanellus indicus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Migrant and breeding resident | ||
| Sociable lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | R | align=center style="background: #cb3331" | Considered a vagrant, though it seems to frequent some farms and reserves | |||
| White-tailed lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Winter visitor | ||
| Lesser sand plover | Charadrius mongolus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Common year-round | ||
| Greater sand plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common year-round | |||
| Caspian plover | Charadrius asiaticus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce passage migrant | |||
| Kentish plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident breeder | |||
| Common ringed plover | Charadrius hiaticula | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common year-round | |||
| Little ringed plover | Charadrius dubius | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Breeding, leaves the country in winter | ||
| Eurasian dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce and elusive winter visitor | |||
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Frequency | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian curlew | Numenius arquata | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Winter visitor | |||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Little curlew | Numenius minutus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Single vagrant record in 2007 | |||
| Slender-billed curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | X | align=center style="background: #cb3331" | Few records of this species have been obtained in recent times, and it is feared extinct | |||
| Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Passage migrant and winter visitor | |||
| Black-tailed godwit | Limosa limosa | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Passage migrant and winter visitor | |||
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant and winter visitor | |||
| Great knot | Calidris tenuirostris | R | align=center style="background: #cc6402" | Rare migrant | |||
| Red knot | Calidris canutus | A | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Vagrant with 9 records | |||
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common | |||
| Broad-billed sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Curlew sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Passage migrant and visitor in late winter | |||
| Temminck's stint | Calidris temminckii | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Passage migrant and winter visitor; common on shores and rocky coasts | ||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Passage migrant and winter visitor | ||
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Purple sandpiper | Calidris maritima | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Little stint | Calidris minuta | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melatonos | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Single vagrant record in 2011 | |||
| Jack snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce and elusive winter visitor | |||
| Eurasian woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Common snipe | Gallinago gallinago | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant and winter visitor | |||
| Great snipe | Gallinago media | R | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| Pin-tailed snipe | Gallinago stenura | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
| Terek sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident | |||
| Red-necked phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce passage migrant | |||
| Red phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Common sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Very common throughout winter and late summer | |||
| Green sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Relatively common throughout winter and spring | |||
| Spotted redshank | Tringa erythropus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter visitor and passage migrant | |||
| Common greenshank | Tringa nebularia | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter visitor and passage migrant | |||
| Marsh sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Somewhat common winter visitor and passage migrant | |||
| Wood sandpiper | Tringa glareola | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter visitor and passage migrant | |||
| Common redshank | Tringa totanus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Winter visitor and passage migrant | ||
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Dromadidae
The crab plover is related to the waders. It resembles a plover but with very long grey legs and a strong heavy black bill similar to a tern. It has black-and-white plumage, a long neck, partially webbed feet and a bill designed for eating crabs.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Migrant and breeder | |||
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Glareolidae
Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cream-coloured courser | Cursorius cursor | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce resident and common migrant | |||
| Collared pratincole | Glareola pratincola | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Oriental pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Single vagrant record in 2008 | |||
| Black-winged pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Passage migrant | |||
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Stercorariidae
The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomarine skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Summer visitor | |||
| Arctic skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Summer visitor | |||
| Long-tailed jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with 3 records | |||
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the gulls, terns and kittiwakes. Gulls are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-legged kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | A | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Vagrant | |||
| Sabine's gull | Xema sabini | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant recorded in 2016 | |||
| Slender-billed gull | Chroicocephalus genei | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Abundant winter visitor | 175px | |
| Black-headed gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Common winter visitor | 175px | |
| Brown-headed gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalua | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Little gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Franklin's gull | Leucophaeus pipixan | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Mediterranean gull | Larus melanocephalus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant often recorded during passage migration seasons | |||
| White-eyed gull | Larus leucophthalmus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant recorded once in 2018 | |||
| Pallas's gull | Larus ichthyaetus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Overwintering species | |||
| Mew gull | Larus canus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Rare winter visitor | ||
| Caspian gull | Larus cachinnans | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Overwintering species | |||
| Armenian gull | Larus armenicus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare visitor during winter months | |||
| Lesser black-backed gull | Larus fuscus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Overwintering species | |||
| Bridled tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | N | align=center style= "background: #006666" | ? | Breeder and passage migrant | 175px | |
| Little tern | Sternula albifrons | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | 175px | ||
| Saunders's tern | Sternula saundersi | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Migrant and breeder | |||
| Gull-billed tern | Gelocheilodon nilotica | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Overwintering species | |||
| Tschegrava | Hydroprogne caspia | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident breeder | |||
| White-winged tern | Chlidonias niger | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Black tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with several records | |||
| Whiskered tern | Chlidonias hybrida | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common | |||
| Common tern | Sterna hirundo | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Uncommon passage migrant | ||
| Arctic tern | Sterna paradisaea | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant recorded occasionally at Al Jahra bay | |||
| White-cheeked tern | Sterna repressa | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common | |||
| Great crested tern | Thalasseus bergii | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Sandwich tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Lesser crested-tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common | |||
Order: PhaethontiformesFamily: Phaethontidae
Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings.
Order: GaviiformesFamily: Gaviidae
Loons, known as divers in Europe, are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Europe. They are the size of a large duck or small goose, which they somewhat resemble when swimming, but to which they are completely unrelated.
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae
The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouanin's petrel | Bulweria fallax | A | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Vagrant with one record | |||
| Sooty shearwater | Ardenna grisea | A | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Vagrant with 4 records | |||
| Short-tailed shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Tropical shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Persian shearwater | Puffinus persicus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | One record of about 25 birds in 1957, may be more abundant as the offshore waters of the nation are not frequented by birdwatchers | |||
Order: CiconiiformesFamily: Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White stork | Ciconia ciconia | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon passage migrant | |||
| Black stork | Ciconia nigra | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Rare visitor in late spring | ||
Order: SuliformesFamily: Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white and a few being colourful.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common throughout winter | |||
| Socotra cormorant | Phalacrocorax nigrogularis | E | align=center style="background: #cbcc02 | Endemic to the region | |||
Order: SuliformesFamily: Fregatidae
Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black-and-white or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesser frigatebird | Fregata ariel | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Recorded once in 2008 | |||
Order: SuliformesFamily: Sulidae
The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masked booby | Sula dactylatra | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with 2 records | |||
| Brown booby | Sula leucogaster | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
Order: SuliformesFamily: Anhingidae
Anhingas or darters are often called "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged. The males have black and dark-brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African darter | Anhinga rufa | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant, a single record of a pair in 2009 | |||
Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Pelecanidae
Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great white pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Scarce disperser, recorded occasionally around Jahra bay | ||
| Dalmatian pelican | Pelecanus crispus | R | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Vagrant to the mainland, though it breeds on Bubyan Island | |||
Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae
The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great bittern | Botaurus stellaris | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Little bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Grey heron | Ardea cinerea | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Resident and migrant | ||
| Purple heron | Ardea purpurea | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident and migrant | |||
| Great egret | Egretta alba | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Overwintering | ||
| Little egret | Egretta garzetta | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Western reef-heron | Egretta gularis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon resident, abundant winter visitor | 175px | ||
| Cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant and winter visitor | |||
| Squacco heron | Ardeola ralloides | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Passage migrant | 175px | |
| Indian pond-heron | Ardeola grayii | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
| Striated heron | Butroides striata | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Black-crowned night heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and, despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossy ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Overwintering species | |||
| African sacred ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with 2 records | |||
| Eurasian spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Rare migrant | ||
Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Pandionidae
The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Frequency | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident | |||
Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-winged kite | Elanus caeruleus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce disperser | 175px | ||
| Egyptian vulture | Neophron percnopterus | R | align=center style="background: #cc6402" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| European honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| Crested honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Eurasian griffon | Gyps fulvus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce winter migrant | 175px | ||
| Cinereous vulture | Aegypius monachus | R | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Scarce winter visitor | |||
| Lappet-faced vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | A | align=center style="background: #cc6402" | Single vagrant recorded in 2008 | |||
| Short-toed snake eagle | Circaetus gallicus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor | |||
| Great spotted eagle | Clanga clanga | N | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Overwintering species. White spots are more prominent in juveniles, though they tend to fade into adulthood. | |||
| Lesser spotted eagle | Clanga pomarina | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| Booted eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce passage migrant | |||
| Golden eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Steppe eagle | Aquila nipalensis | N | align=center style="background: #cc6402" | Passage migrant | |||
| Eastern imperial eagle | Aquila heliaca | R | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Rare overwintering species | |||
| Bonelli's eagle | Aquila fasciata | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare autumn disperser | |||
| Western marsh-harrier | Circus aeruginosus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Hen harrier | Circus cyaneus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce winter visitor | |||
| Pallid harrier | Circus macrourus | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Winter visitor | |||
| Montagu's harrier | Circus pygargus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor | |||
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon winter visitor | |||
| Levant sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Eurasian sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce winter visitor | |||
| Northern goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
| Black kite | Milvus migrans | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Very common overwintering species | |||
| White-tailed sea eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Common buzzard | Buteo buteo | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common passage migrant | |||
| Long-legged buzzard | Buteo rufinus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Frequent winter visitor | |||
Order: StrigiformesFamily: Tytonidae
Western barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barn owl | Tyto alba | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce disperser | |||
Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae
The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian scops-owl | Otus scops | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon passage migrant. Recognised by its large ear tufts, it is rarely seen at day. The plumage may vary. | |||
| Pallid scops-owl | Otus brucei | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Pharaoh eagle owl | Bubo ascalaphus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon resident | |||
| Lilith owlet | Athene noctua | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident | |||
| Long-eared owl | Asio otus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Short-eared owl | Asio flammeus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
Order: BucerotiformesFamily: Upupidae
Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their heads.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian hoopoe | Upupa epops | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Autumn and spring migrant | |||
Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Uncommon wintering species | ||
| White-breasted kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon resident | |||
| Pied kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Uncommon winter visitor | ||
Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Meropidae
The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colourful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European bee-eater | Merops apiaster | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common passage migrant | |||
| Arabian bee-eater | Merops cyanophrys | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Blue-cheeked bee-eater | Merops persicus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common passage migrant | |||
Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Coraciidae
Rollers resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European roller | Coracias garrulus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Indian roller | Coracias benghalensis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce disperser | |||
Order: PiciformesFamily: Picidae
Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian wryneck | Jynx torquilla | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
Order: FalconiformesFamily: Falconidae
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesser kestrel | Falco naumanni | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Common kestrel | Falco tinnuculus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter visitor | |||
| Red-footed falcon | Falco vespertinus | A | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Vagrant | |||
| Amur falcon | Falco amurensis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Eleonora's falcon | Falco eleonorae | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant recorded once in 2018 | |||
| Sooty falcon | Falco concolor | R | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Rare summer visitor | |||
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Eurasian hobby | Falco subbuteo | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | 175px 175px | ||
| Lanner falcon | Falco biarmicus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce disperser in autumn and spring | 175px | ||
| Saker falcon | Falco cherrug | R | align=center style="background: #cc6402" | Rare winter migrant | |||
| Peregrine falcon | Falco peregrinus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce disperser | 175px | ||
Order: PsittaciformesFamily: Psittaculidae
Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly colored, and some are multi-colored. In size they range from 81NaN1 to 11NaN1 in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose-ringed parakeet | Alexandrinus krameri | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | Introduced | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Oriolidae
The Old World orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian golden oriole | Oriolus oriolus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Late spring visitor | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Dicruridae
The drongos are mostly black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright when perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black drongo | Dicurus macrocercus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant recorded once | ||
| Ashy drongo | Dicurus leucophaeus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant recorded thrice | ||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Laniidae
Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red-backed shrike | Lanius collurio | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor | |||
| Turkestan shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter migrant | |||
| Isabelline shrike | Lanius isabellinus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter migrant | |||
| Brown shrike | Lanius cristatus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with one record | |||
| Bay-backed shrike | Lanius vitattus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Long-tailed shrike | Lanius schach | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
| Great grey shrike | Lanius excubitor • Lanius excubitor ssp. aucheri (Arabian grey shrike) • Lanius excubitor ssp. pallidirostris (Steppe grey shrike) | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Overwintering species | |||
| Lesser grey shrike | Lanius minor | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon passage migrant | |||
| Masked shrike | Lanius nubicus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant and winter visitor | |||
| Woodchat shrike | Lanius senator | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Passage migrant | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Corvidae
The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House crow | Corvus splendens | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | Introduced | |||
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with 3 records | |||
| Brown-necked raven | Corvus rufficolis | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce disperser | |||
| Hooded crow | Corvus cornix | A | align=center style="background: #AAA" | Vagrant with one record in 2012 | |||
| Western jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Recorded in 2023 | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Paridae
The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sombre tit | Poecile lugubris | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with a single record in 2009 | |||
| Great tit | Parus major | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with a single record in 2006 | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Remizidae
The penduline-tits are a group of small passerine birds related to the true tits. They are insectivores.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian penduline-tit | Remiz pendulinus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon winter visitor | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Alaudidae
Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater hoopoe-lark | Alaemon alaudipes | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident | 175px | ||
| Bar-tailed lark | Ammomanes cincturus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident breeder | |||
| Desert lark | Ammomanes deserti | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident | |||
| Black-crowned sparrow lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident | |||
| Temminck's lark | Eremophila bilopha | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon disperser | |||
| Greater short-toed lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Winter visitor | 175px | |
| Bimaculated lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | 175px | ||
| Calandra lark | Melanocorypha calandra | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Arabian lark | Eremalauda eremodites | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Turkestan short-toed lark | Eremalauda eremodites | N | align=center style="background: #AAA" | Uncommon in the country, this species is more likely to be encountered in open deserts. A new derivative, this species was considered conspecific with the lesser short-toed lark until 2020. | 175px | ||
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | scarce winter visitor | 175px | ||
| Oriental skylark | Alauda gulgula | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce winter visitor | 175px | ||
| Crested lark | Galerdia cristata | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Breeding resident | 175px | ||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cisticolidae
The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Frequency | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graceful prinia | Prinia gracilis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Delicate prinia | Prinia lepida | A | align=center style="background: #AAA" | ? | Taxonomy disputed; it is considered part of the graceful prinia species complex by several authorities | ||
| Zitting cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with 5 records | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Leiothrichidae
The members of this family are diverse in size and colouration, though those of genus Turdoides tend to be brown or greyish. The family is found in Africa, India, and southeast Asia.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Frequency | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan babbler | Argya huttoni | N | align=center style="background: #AAA" | ? | Scarce resident | ||
| Arabian babbler | Argya squamiceps | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Acrocephalidae
The members of this family are usually rather large for "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but it also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booted warbler | Iduna caligata | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Syke's warbler | Iduna rama | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Eastern olivaceous warbler | Iduna pallida | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce passage migrant | |||
| Upcher's warbler | Hippolais languida | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Olive-tree warbler | Hippolais olivetorun | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant recorded once in 1972 | |||
| Icterine warbler | Hippolais icterina | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Moustached warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Sedge warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | 175px | ||
| Paddyfield warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Blyth's reed warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with 3 records | 175px | ||
| Marsh warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | 175px | ||
| Eurasian reed warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon | 175px | ||
| Basra reed warbler | Eremalauda eremodites | E | align=center style="background: #cc6402" | Endemic breeding species | 175px | ||
| Great reed warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon winter visitor | 175px | ||
| Oriental reed warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Clamorous reed warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | 175px | ||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Locustellidae
Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Savi's warbler | Locustella luscinioides | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Common grasshopper-warbler | Locustella naevia | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Hirundinidae
The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank swallow | Riparia riparia | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common in both late summer and winter | 175px | ||
| Brown-throated martin | Riparia paludicola | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Grey-throated martin | Riparia chinensis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Pale sand martin | Riparia diluta | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | 175px | |
| Eurasian crag-martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Pale crag-martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant, 8 records | |||
| Barn swallow | Hirundo rustica | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Frequent and abundant passage migrant | |||
| Red-rumped swallow | Cecropis daurica | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Streak-throated swallow | Pterocheliodon fluvicola | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Common house-martin | Delichon urbicum | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon | 175px | ||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Pycnonotidae
Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throats or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red-vented bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | Introduced resident | |||
| White-eared bulbul | Pycnonotus leucotis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Phylloscopidae
Leaf warblers are a family of small insectivorous birds found mostly in Eurasia and ranging into Wallacea and Africa. The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with greyish-green to greyish-brown colours.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Yellow-browed warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Eastern Bonelli's Warbler | Phylloscopus orientalis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Hume's warbler | Phylloscopus humei | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Plain leaf warbler | Phylloscopus neglectus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Mountain chiffchaff | Phylloscopus sindianus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Willow warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common in spring and autumn | |||
| Common chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Like the willow warbler, but more common in the winter | 175px | ||
| Green warbler | Phylloscopus nitidus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Greenish warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sylviidae
The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent, Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | 175px | ||
| Garden warbler | Sylvia borin | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Asian desert warbler | Curruca nana | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter visitor | |||
| Barred warbler | Curruca nisoria | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon passage migrant | |||
| Lesser whitethroat | C. curruca | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common during spring migration and winter | |||
| Eastern Orphean warbler | Curruca crassirostris | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | 175px 175px | ||
| Menetries's warbler | Curruca mystacea | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Greater whitethroat | Curruca communis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common migrant | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Regulidae
The kinglets, also called crests, are a small group of birds often included in the Old World warblers, but frequently given family status because they also resemble the titmice.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Single vagrant recorded in 2013 | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Troglodytidae
The wrens are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant recorded twice | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sturnidae
Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common starling | Sturnus vulgaris | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Migratory; winter visitor | |||
| Rosy starling | Pastor roseus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Scarce migrant | ||
| Common myna | Acridotheres tristis | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | Introduced and established; extremely common throughout the country | |||
| Bank myna | Acridotheres ginginianus | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce resident | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Turdidae
The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song thrush | Turdus philomelos | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Overwintering | 175px | ||
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Eurasian blackbird | Turdus merula | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce winter visitor | |||
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Ring ouzel | Turdus torquatus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Black-throated thrush | Turdus atrogularis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
| Red-throated thrush | Turdus ruficollis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | 175px | |
| Dusky thrush | Turdus eunomus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
| Naumann's thrush | Turdus naumanii | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Vagrant | ||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Muscicapidae
Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black scrub-robin | Cercotrichas podobe | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Spotted flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common passage migrant in spring and winter | |||
| Rufous-tailed scrub-robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Overwintering | |||
| European robin | Erithacus rubecula | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter migrant | |||
| White-throated robin | Irania gutturalis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Spring visitor | |||
| Thrush nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| Common nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common in winter | |||
| Taiga flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Red-breasted flycatcher | Ficedula parva | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon; mostly seen in autumn | |||
| Semi-collared flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| Collared flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Rufous-backed redstart | Phoenicurus erythronotus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| Common redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Spring visitor | |||
| Black redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
| Blue rock thrush | Monticola solitarus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common passage migrant and uncommon winter visitor | |||
| Common rock thrush | Monticola saxtalis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common passage migrant | |||
| Whinchat | Saxicola ruberta | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Occasional passage migrant | |||
| European stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | N | align=center style="background: #AAA" | Passage migrant | |||
| Siberian stonechat | Saxicola maurus | N | align=center style="background: #AAA" | The Siberian stonechat is practically identical to the European stonechat, and is in fact still considered conspecific by several taxonomic authorities. The only noticeable differences are its white colouration, which is more prevalent, as well as the colour of its underparts being reduced. | |||
| Pied bushchat | Saxicola caprata | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Northern wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common passage migrant | |||
| Isabelline wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Very common throughout winter and spring | |||
| Hooded wheatear | Oenanthe monacha | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Desert wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Pied wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter visitor | |||
| Pied wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common visitor | |||
| Variable wheatear | Oenanthe picata | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Hume's wheatear | Oenanthe albonigra | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| White-crowned wheatear | Oenanthe albonigra | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Finsch's wheatear | Oenanthe finschii | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare winter visitor | |||
| Mourning wheatear | Oenanthe lugens | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Kurdish wheatear | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce passage migrant | |||
| Persian wheatear | Oenanthe chrysopygia | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter visitor | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Hypocoliidae
The hypocolius is a small Middle Eastern bird with the shape and soft plumage of a waxwing. They are mainly a uniform grey colour, except the males have a black triangular mask around their eyes.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypocolius | Hypocolius ampelinus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Uncommon winter visitor | ||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Nectariniidae
The sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine sunbird | Cinnyris osea | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px 175px | ||
| Purple sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px 175px | ||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Ploceidae
The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black; some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaked weaver | Ploceus manyar | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | Introduced | 175px 175px | ||
| Black-breasted weaver | Ploceus benghalensis | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | Introduced | 175px 175px | ||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Estrildidae
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colours and patterns.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red avadavat | Amandava amandava | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Introduced | ||
| Indian silverbill | Eudoice malabarica | I | align=center style="background: #006666" | Introduced | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Prunellidae
The accentors are in the only bird family, Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic. They are small, fairly drab species superficially similar to sparrows.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radde's accentor | Prunella ocularis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with three records in 2012 | |||
| Black-throated accentor | Prunella atrogularis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Single vagrant ringed in 1995 | |||
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with 4 records | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passeridae
Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House sparrow | Passer domesticus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common | |||
| Spanish sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Resident breeder | |||
| Dead Sea sparrow | Passer moabiticus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant recorded occasionally | |||
| Yellow-throated sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Pale rockfinch | Carpispiza brachydactyla | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Passage migrant | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Motacillidae
Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="1%" | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Gray wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Yellow wagtail | Motacilla flava | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common passage migrant | |||
| Citrine wagtail | Motacilla citreola | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Uncommon | |||
| White wagtail | Motacilla alba | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Very common migrant | |||
| Richard's pipit | Anthus richardi | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Blyth's pipit | Anthus godlewskii | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Long-billed pipit | Anthus similis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Tawny pipit | Anthus campestris | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common winter visitor | |||
| Meadow pipit | Anthus pratensis | N | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Uncommon winter visitor | |||
| Tree pipit | Anthus trivialis | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce | |||
| Red-throated pipit | Anthus cervinus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor | |||
| Olive-backed pipit | Anthus hodgsonii | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Water pipit | Anthus spinoletta | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Common in winter, this large pipit is easy to identify as it has black legs. It frequents wetlands, as suggested by its name. | |||
| American pipit | Anthus rubescens | A | =center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Fringillidae
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Hawfinch | C. coccothraustes | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Common rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| Trumpeter finch | Bucanetes githagineus | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Scarce resident | |||
| Mongolian finch | Bucanetes mongolicus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Desert finch | Rhodospiza obsoleta | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| European greenfinch | Chloris chloris | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | 175px | ||
| Eurasian linnet | Linaria cannabina | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Eurasian siskin | Spinus spinus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Emberizidae
The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with distinctively shaped bills. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns.
| Common name | Binomial name | Status in the country | Global status | Trend | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-headed bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | ? | Rare passage migrant | ||
| Corn bunting | Emberiza calandra | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Winter visitor and uncommon breeder | |||
| Red-headed bunting | Emberiza brunniceps | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Cinereous bunting | Emberiza cineracea | R | align=center style="background: #0097a0" | Rare passage migrant | |||
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with 2 records | |||
| Grey-necked bunting | Emberiza buchanani | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Ortolan bunting | Emberiza hortulana | N | align=center style="background: #006666" | Overwintering species | |||
| Striolated bunting | Emberiza caesia | R | align=center style="background: #006666" | 2 vagrant records in 2013 | |||
| Reed bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant | |||
| Little bunting | Emberiza pusilla | A | align=center style="background: #006666" | Vagrant with 15 records | |||
| Rustic bunting | Emberiza rustica | A | align=center style="background: #cbcc02" | Vagrant | |||