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List of birds of Kuwait

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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) follows the Official List of Kuwait Birds, which in turn follows the Ornithological Society of the Middle East Region List, with additional subspecies updates to the IOC World Bird List, Version 15.1. 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.

(A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Kuwait
(I) Introduced - a species introduced to Kuwait as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
(Ex) Locally extinct - a species that no longer occurs in Kuwait although populations exist elsewhere
(X) Extinct - a species or subspecies that no longer exists

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.

Common name	Vernacular name	Trinomial name	Status in the country	Global status	Notes	Image
Arabian ostrich	النعامة
Al-Na3ama	Struthio camelus syriacus	X		Formerly widespread in the Arabian peninsula	[[Image: Arabian Ostrich hunt.jpg	175px]]

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

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	Trend	Notes	Image
Mute swan	Cygnus olor	A		Single vagrant record from 1997	[[Image:Mute Swan Emsworth2.JPG	175px]]
Greylag goose	Anser anser	N		Winter visitor; subspecies A. a. rubrirostris	[[Image:Anser anser Chorzów.jpg	175px]]
Greater white-fronted goose	Anser albifrons	A	?	Vagrant; subspecies A. a. albifrons	[[Image:Anser albifrons albifrons Swallow Pond 5.jpg	175px]]
Common shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	N		Scarce winter visitor	[[Image:Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) male 2.jpg	175px]]
Ruddy shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	A	?	Vagrant	[[Image:Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) (49093129086).jpg	175px]]
Garganey	Spatula querquedula	N		Passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Spatula querquedula.jpg	175px]]
Northern shoveler	Spatula clypeata	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Male northern shoveler in flight-0995.jpg	175px]]
Gadwall	Mareca strepera	N		Scarce winter visitor	[[Image:Anas strepera M F.JPG	175px]]
Eurasian wigeon	Mareca penelope	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Mareca penelope 2.jpg	175px]]
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	N		Common winter visitor	[[Image: Mallard drake (anas platyrhynchos).JPG	175px]]
Northern pintail	Anas acuta	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Male northern pintail (Anas acuta) in flight at Llano Seco-0708.jpg	175px]]
Eurasian teal	Anas crecca	N	?	Winter visitor	[[Image: Teal (Anas crecca) (9).jpg	175px]]
Marbled teal	Marmaronetta angustirostris	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) (1).JPG	175px]]
Red-crested pochard	Netta rufina	A	?	Vagrant	[[Image: Red-crested.pochard.slimbridge.arp.jpg	175px]]
Common pochard	Aythya ferina	R		Scarce migrant	[[Image: Common Pochard Aythya ferina (1). Photo at U.K..JPG	175px]]
Ferruginous duck	Aythya nyroca	N		Formerly a vagrant, now a rare established breeder	[[Image: AythyaNyrocaGronvold.jpg	175px]]
Tufted duck	Aythya fuligula	N		Rare winter visitor	[[Image:Tufted duck in Sakai, Osaka, February 2016.jpg	175px]]
Long-tailed duck	Clangula hyemalis	R		Vagrant	[[Image: Clangula hyemalis Hokkaido3 (cropped).jpg	175px]]
Red-breasted merganser	Mergus serrator	A		Single vagrant record from 1997	[[Image: Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator, Munyon Island, Florida.jpg	175px]]

Pheasants, grouse, and allies

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	Status in the country	Notes	Image
See-see partridge	Ammoperdix griseogularis	I	Introduced	[[Image:Ammoperdix griseogularis 1849.jpg	175px]]
Common quail	Coturnix coturnix	N	Passage migrant	[[Image: Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) captive specimen ... (51594461807).jpg	175px]]
Chukar partridge	Alectoris chukar	I	Introduced	[[Image: Chukar Partridge from Ladakh.jpg	175px]]
Black francolin	Francolinus francolinus	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Francolinus francolinus 1.jpg	175px]]

Flamingos

Order: PhoenicopteriformesFamily: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 1 to 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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Greater flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	N			Common overwintering species; scarce breeder	[[Image: Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) (8521269342).jpg	175px]]
Lesser flamingo	Phoeniconaias minor	A			Vagrant occasionally recorded, often alongside its more common relative	[[Image: Slimbridge Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor).jpg	175px]]

Grebes

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	Trend	Notes	Image
Little grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	N		Resident	[[Image: Tachybaptus ruficollis eating Shrimp.jpg	175px]]
Slavonian grebe	Podiceps auritus	A		Vagrant with 2 records	[[Image: Podiceps auritus (13909575538) (cropped).jpg	175px]]
Red-necked grebe	Podiceps grisegena	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Podiceps grisegena (33665871935).jpg	175px]]
Great crested grebe	Podiceps cristatus	R	?	Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) (2).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Podiceps cristatus (Great crested grebe), Arnhem, the Netherlands.jpg	175px]]
Black-necked grebe	Podiceps nigricolis	N	?	Winter visitor	[[Image: Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), non-breeding plumage.jpg	175px]]

Pigeons and doves

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	Status in the country	Trend	Notes	Image
Rock dove (and domestic variants)	Columba livia	N		Domestic variants common everywhere, wild rock doves may be found near the coast	[[Image: Feral pigeon in Bowness-on-Windermere, England.jpg	175px]]
Stock dove	Columba oenas	A		Vagrant	[[Image:'Stock Dove (Columba oenas)', from an original painting by the Hon Alice Foljambe - 1904-02.jpg	175px]]
Common wood pigeon	Columba palumbus	N		Overwintering species	[[Image: Columba palumbus ssp. palumbus.jpg	175px]]
European turtle dove	Streptopelia turtur	R		Rare breeder	[[Image: Turtle Dove compressed.jpg	175px]]
Oriental turtle dove	Streptopelia orientalis	R		Scarce disperser, very prone to vagrancy and often found outside its defined migratory range	[[Image: Oriental Turtle Dove - Streptopelia orientalis - P1020670.jpg	175px]]
Eurasian collared dove	Streptopelia decocto	N		Common	[[Image: Streptopelia decaocto, Mersin 2017-07-15 01-1.jpg	175px]]
African collared dove	Streptopelia roseogrisea	I	?	Introduced; similar to the Eurasian relative; however, the tail has a different underside pattern	[[Image: Streptopelia decaocto, feral, Las Paguera, Puerto Rico.jpg	175px]]
Laughing dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	N		Common	[[Image: Spilopelia senegalensis - Laughing Dove, Adana 2016-12-10 01-2.jpg	175px]]
Namaqua dove	Oena capensis	N		Resident and scarce disperser	[[Image: Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis) male ... (46054777052).jpg	175px]]

Sandgrouse

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	Status in the country	Notes	Image
Pin-tailed sandgrouse	Pterocles alchata	N	Increasingly rare overwintering species	[[Image: Pterocles alchata 1921.jpg	175px]]
Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse	Pterocles exustus	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus),male.jpg	175px]]
Spotted sandgrouse	Pterocles senegallus	N	Scarce passage migrant	[[Image: Pterocles senegallus 1921.jpg	175px]]
Black-bellied sandgrouse	Pterocles orientalis	N	Rare overwintering species	[[Image: Pterocles orientalis 1921.jpg	175px]]

Bustards

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
MacQueen's bustard	Chlamydotis macqueenii	R			Formerly a resident breeder, now an irregular winter visitor	[[Image: Chlamydotis macqueenii NAUMANN.jpg	175px]]

Cuckoos

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	Status in the country	Notes	Image
Great spotted cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	R	Scarce disperser	[[Image: Clamator glandarius - Coucou geai.jpg	175px]]
Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	A	Vagrant, single record	[[Image: Eudynamys scolopacea - 20080801.jpg	175px]]
Common cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	N	Passage migrant	[[Image: Cuculus canorus (cropped).jpg	175px]]

Nightjars and allies

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	Status in the country	Global Status	Trend	Notes	Image
Eurasian nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	N			Passage migrant	[[Image: Şİvanxapînok Caprimulgus Europaeus (44821242).jpeg	175px]]
Egyptian nightjar	Caprimulgus aegyptius	R			Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands - issued by Lord Lilford (8291305872).jpg	175px]]

Swifts

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	Notes	Image
Alpine swift	Tachymarptis melba	R	Rare passage migrant	[[Image: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris (1862) (14751579455).jpg	175px]]
Common swift	Apus apus	N	Uncommon winter visitor	[[Image: Apus apus -Barcelona, Spain-8 (1).jpg	175px]]
Pallid swift	Apus pallidus	N	Winter visitor	[[Image: Pallid Swift - Gambia (32496575662).jpg	175px]]
Little swift	Apus affinis	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Apus affinis Hardwicke.jpg	175px]]

Rails, gallinules, and coots

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	Trend	Notes	Image
Water rail	Rallus aquaticus	R		Winter visitor	[[Image: Rallus aquaticus-3.jpg	175px]]
Corncrake	Crex crex	R		Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Crex crex, Beachy Head 1.jpg	175px]]
Spotted crake	Porzana porzana	N		Uncommon passage migrant	[[Image: Porzana porzana 3 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg	175px]]
Common moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	N		Common	[[Image: Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).jpg	175px]]
Eurasian coot	Fulica atra	N		Resident and winter visitor	[[Image: Fulica atra Georges-Valbon 01.jpg	175px]]
Grey-headed swamphen	Porphyrio poliocephalus	N	?	Resident breeder	[[Image: Grey-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) (27955233889).jpg	175px]]
White-breasted waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	A	?	Vagrant	[[Image: White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus).jpg	175px]]
Little crake	Porzana parva	N		Uncommon migrant	[[Image: Porzana parva Vlaskop cropped.jpg	175px]]
Baillon's crake	Zapornia pusilla	N	?	Uncommon migrant	[[Image: Baillon's crake.jpg	175px]]

Cranes

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Common crane	Grus grus	A			Vagrant	[[Image: Flickr - Rainbirder - Eurasian Crane (Grus grus).jpg	175px]]
Demoiselle crane	Grus virgo	A			Vagrant	[[Image: Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo) (49216926913).jpg	175px]]

Stone-curlews

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Burhinidae

The stone-curlews and 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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Eurasian stone-curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus	N			Passage migrant and overwintering	[[Image: Burhinus oedicnemus.jpg	175px]]

Stilts and avocets

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			Migrant and breeder	[[Image: Himantopus himantopus, Sète cf26.jpg	175px]]
Pied avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	N		?	Common winter visitor	[[Image: Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta.jpg	175px]]

Oystercatchers

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	Status in the country	Global Status	Trend	Notes	Image
Eurasian oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	N			Passage migrant	[[Image: Haematopus ostralegus He-01.jpg	175px]]

Plovers and lapwings

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	Trend	Frequency	Image
Grey plover	Pluvialis squatarola	N		Common, found on coasts and shores	[[Image: Pluvialis apricaria and Pluvialis squatarola by Naumann.jpg	175px]]
European golden plover	Pluvialis apricaria	R		Few annual records	[[Image: Pluvialis apricaria -Iceland-8.jpg	175px]]
Pacific golden plover	Pluvialis fulva	N		Winter visitor and passage migrant	[[Image: Pluvialis fulva.JPG	175px]]
Northern lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Vanellus vanellus 001.JPG	175px]]
Spur-winged lapwing	Vanellus spinosus	?		Uncertain	[[Image: Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) in flight.jpg	175px]]
Red-wattled lapwing	Vanellus indicus	N	?	Migrant and breeding resident	[[Image: Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg	175px]]
Sociable lapwing	Vanellus gregarius	R		Considered a vagrant, though it seems to frequent some farms and reserves	[[Image: Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands - issued by Lord Lilford (19677947053).jpg	175px]]
White-tailed lapwing	Vanellus leucurus	R	?	Winter visitor	[[Image: White-tailed lapwing (Vanellus leucurus).jpg	175px]]
Lesser sand plover	Charadrius mongolus	N	?	Common year-round	[[Image: Lesser sand plover,Charadrius mongolus.jpg	175px]]
Greater sand plover	Charadrius leschenaultii	N		Common year-round	[[Image: Greater Sand Plover.jpg	175px]]
Caspian plover	Charadrius asiaticus	N		Scarce passage migrant	[[Image: Charadrius asiaticus 1870.jpg	175px]]
Kentish plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	N		Resident breeder	[[Image: Charadrius alexandrinus - Kentish Plover 03.jpg	175px]]
Common ringed plover	Charadrius hiaticula	N		Common year-round	[[Image: Charadrius hiaticula - Common Ringed Plover, Adana 2016-11-05 02-2.jpg	175px]]
Little ringed plover	Charadrius dubius	N	?	Breeding, leaves the country in winter	[[File:Flussregenpfeifer im flachen Wasser 01.jpg	175px]]
Eurasian dotterel	Charadrius morinellus	N		Scarce and elusive winter visitor	[[Image: Charadrius morinellus male.jpg	175px]]

Sandpipers and allies

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	Trend	Frequency	Image
Eurasian curlew	Numenius arquata	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata by Vedant Raju Kasambe DSC 3984 01.jpg	175px]]
Eurasian whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	N		Passage migrant	[[Image: Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus.jpg	175px]]
Little curlew	Numenius minutus	A		Single vagrant record in 2007	[[Image: Bird illustration by Elizabeth Gould for Birds of Australia, digitally enhanced from rawpixel's own facsimile book477.jpg	175px]]
Slender-billed curlew	Numenius tenuirostris	X		Few records of this species have been obtained in recent times, and it is feared extinct	[[Image: Numenius tenuirostris.jpg	175px]]
Bar-tailed godwit	Limosa lapponica	N		Passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Limosa lapponica 2 - Taren Point.jpg	175px]]
Black-tailed godwit	Limosa limosa	N		Passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Black-tailed Godwit Uferschnepfe.jpg	175px]]
Ruddy turnstone	Arenaria interpres	N		Passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Arenaria interpres (feeding).jpg	175px]]
Great knot	Calidris tenuirostris	R		Rare migrant	[[Image: Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris by Raju Kasambe DSC 1109 02.jpg	175px]]
Red knot	Calidris canutus	A		Vagrant with 9 records	[[Image: Red-Knot (Calidris canutus) RWD2.jpg	175px]]
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	N		Common	[[Image: Ruff (Calidris pugnax), non-breeding, Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.jpg	175px]]
Broad-billed sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	N		Passage migrant	[[File:Broad_billed_sandpiper_by_Sreedev_Puthur_cropped.jpg	175px]]
Curlew sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	N		Passage migrant and visitor in late winter	[[Image: Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (13).JPG	175px]]
Temminck's stint	Calidris temminckii	N	?	Passage migrant and winter visitor; common on shores and rocky coasts	[[Image: Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) (50024347847).jpg	175px]]
Sanderling	Calidris alba	N	?	Passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Calidris alba running 6.jpg	175px]]
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	N		Winter visitor	[[Image:Calidris alpina pibydd y mawn.jpg	175px]]
Purple sandpiper	Calidris maritima	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima, Delaware Seashore State Park, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (24937759677).jpg	175px]]
Little stint	Calidris minuta	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (1).jpg	175px]]
Pectoral sandpiper	Calidris melatonos	A		Single vagrant record in 2011	[[Image: Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (29709338526).jpg	175px]]
Jack snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	N		Scarce and elusive winter visitor	[[Image: Lymnocryptes minimus.jpg	175px]]
Eurasian woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	A		Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Scolopax rusticola.jpg	175px]]
Common snipe	Gallinago gallinago	N		Passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago by Vedant Kasambe 01.jpg	175px]]
Great snipe	Gallinago media	R		Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Gallinago media, Belarus 1.jpg	175px]]
Pin-tailed snipe	Gallinago stenura	A	?	Vagrant	[[Image: Pin-tailed snipe or pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura).jpg	175px]]
Terek sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	N		Resident	[[Image: Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus by Vedant Kasambe 01.jpg	175px]]
Red-necked phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	N		Scarce passage migrant	[[Image: Red-necked Phalarope.jpg	175px]]
Red phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	A		Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Phalaropus fulicarius 98755138.jpg	175px]]
Common sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	N		Very common throughout winter and late summer	[[Image: Actitis hypoleucos - Laem Pak Bia.jpg	175px]]
Green sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	N		Relatively common throughout winter and spring	[[Image: Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) (49138263006).jpg	175px]]
Spotted redshank	Tringa erythropus	N		Common winter visitor and passage migrant	[[Image: Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus).jpg	175px]]
Common greenshank	Tringa nebularia	N		Common winter visitor and passage migrant	[[Image:Tringa nebularia - Laem Phak Bia.jpg	175px]]
Marsh sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	N		Somewhat common winter visitor and passage migrant	[[Image: Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) (8079446361).jpg	175px]]
Wood sandpiper	Tringa glareola	N		Common winter visitor and passage migrant	[[Image: Tringa glareola defecating 0s.jpg	175px]]
Common redshank	Tringa totanus	N	?	Winter visitor and passage migrant	[[Image: Tringa totanus-pjt.jpg	175px]]

Crab plover

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	Status in the country	Global Status	Trend	Notes	Image
Crab-plover	Dromas ardeola	N			Migrant and breeder	[[Image: Dromas ardeola Kenya 1.jpg	175px]]

Pratincoles and coursers

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	Notes	Image
Cream-coloured courser	Cursorius cursor	N	Scarce resident and common migrant	[[Image: Cursorius cursor cursor.jpg	175px]]
Collared pratincole	Glareola pratincola	N	Passage migrant	[[Image: Collared Pratincole at Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary.jpg	175px]]
Oriental pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	A	Single vagrant record in 2008	[[Image: Glareola maldivarum - Beung Borapet.jpg	175px]]
Black-winged pratincole	Glareola nordmanni	N	Passage migrant	[[Image: Glareola nordmanni 1868.jpg	175px]]

Skuas and jaegers

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	Notes	Image
Pomarine skua	Stercorarius pomarinus	N	Summer visitor	[[Image: Pomarine jaeger reesman odfw (15595055626).jpg	175px]]
Arctic skua	Stercorarius parasiticus	N	Summer visitor	[[Image: Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) on an ice floe, Svalbard.jpg	175px]]
Long-tailed skua	Stercorarius longicaudus	A	Vagrant with 3 records	[[Image: Stercorarius longicaudus (Audubon).jpg	175px]]

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

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. Both groups are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years.

Common name	Binomial name	Status in the country	Trend	Notes	Image
Black-legged kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) in flight.jpg	175px]]
Sabine's gull	Xema sabini	A		Vagrant recorded in 2016	[[Image: XemaSabini.jpg	175px]]
Slender-billed gull	Chroicocephalus genei	N	?	Abundant winter visitor	175px
Black-headed gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	N	?	Common winter visitor	175px
Brown-headed gull	Chroicocephalus brunnicephalua	A		Vagrant	175px
Little gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) (13667531913).jpg	175px]]
Franklin's gull	Leucophaeus pipixan	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Leucophaeus pipixcan, Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada 2.jpg	175px]]
Mediterranean gull	Larus melanocephalus	A		Vagrant often recorded during passage migration seasons	[[Image: Larus melanocephalus -Zwin (Belgium).jpg	175px]]
White-eyed gull	Larus leucophthalmus	A		Vagrant recorded once in 2018	[[Image: White-eyed Gull Nabq protected area by Hatem Moushir 60.JPG	175px]]
Pallas's gull	Larus ichthyaetus	N		Overwintering species	[[Image: Larus ichtyaetus 6.png	175px]]
Common gull	Larus canus	R	?	Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Larus canus Oulu 20150712 03.JPG	175px]]
Caspian gull	Larus cachinnans	N		Overwintering species	[[Image: Caspian Gull (49643169741).jpg	175px]]
Armenian gull	Larus armenicus	R		Rare visitor during winter months	[[Image: Larus armenicus cropped.jpg	175px]]
Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus	N		Overwintering species	[[Image: Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus graellsii).jpg	175px]]
Bridled tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	N	?	Breeder and passage migrant	175px
Little tern	Sternula albifrons	N		Passage migrant	175px
Saunders's tern	Sternula saundersi	N		Migrant and breeder	[[Image: Saunders's Tern (Sternula saundersi) in flight, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.jpg	175px]]
Gull-billed tern	Gelocheilodon nilotica	N		Overwintering species	[[Image: Gelochelidon nilotica. Dresser.png	175px]]
Caspian tern	Hydroprogne caspia	N		Resident breeder	[[Image: Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) RWD.jpg	175px]]
White-winged tern	Chlidonias niger	A		Passage migrant	[[Image: White-winged Tern, Mścichy, Biebrzański Park Narodowy, Polska.jpg	175px]]
Black tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	N		Vagrant with several records	[[Image: Čorík čierny (Chlidonias niger) a (4644831482).jpg	175px]]
Whiskered tern	Chlidonias hybrida	N		Common	[[Image: Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSC 3971 (11) 01.jpg	175px]]
Common tern	Sterna hirundo	N	?	Uncommon passage migrant	[[Image: Common tern (Sterna hirundo).jpg	175px]]
Arctic tern	Sterna paradisaea	A		Vagrant recorded occasionally at Al Jahra bay	[[Image: Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea), Farne Islands.jpg	175px]]
White-cheeked tern	Sterna repressa	N		Common	[[Image: HydrochelidonAlbigena.jpg	175px]]
Great crested tern	Thalasseus bergii	N		Passage migrant	[[Image: Crested Tern Tasmania.jpg	175px]]
Sandwich tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Thalasseus sandvicensis - Sandwich Tern 07.jpg	175px]]
Lesser crested tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	N		Common	[[Image: Thalasseus bengalensis, Foundiougne, Sénégal 2.jpg	175px]]

Tropicbirds

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.

Common name	Binomial name	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Red-billed tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	A			Vagrant, last seen almost 50 years ago	[[Image: Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (4089464789).jpg	175px]]

Divers and loons

Order: GaviiformesFamily: Gaviidae

Divers, known as loons in North America, are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of northern Eurasia and North America. They are the size of a large duck or small goose, which they somewhat resemble when swimming, but to which they are completely unrelated.

Common name	Binomial name	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Black-throated diver	Gavia arctica	A			Vagrant	[[Image: Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) (summer).jpg	175px]]

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized shearwaters and petrels, characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.

Common name	Binomial name	Status in the country	Notes	Image
Jouanin's petrel	Bulweria fallax	A	Vagrant with one record	[[Image: Jouanin's Petrel (cropped).jpg	175px]]
Sooty shearwater	Ardenna grisea	A	Vagrant with 4 records	[[Image:Sooty shearwater kaikoura.jpg	175px]]
Short-tailed shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Puffinus tenuirostris 2.jpg	175px]]
Tropical shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Pétrel de Barau .jpg	175px]]
Persian shearwater	Puffinus persicus	A	One record of about 25 birds in 1957, may be more abundant as the offshore waters of the nation are not frequented by birdwatchers	[[Image: PuffinusPersicusSmith.png	175px]]

Storks

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			Uncommon passage migrant	[[Image: Ciconia ciconia (Cigogne blanche) - 464.jpg	175px]]
Black stork	Ciconia nigra	A		?	Rare visitor in late spring	[[Image: Black stork (Ciconia nigra).jpg	175px]]

Cormorants and shags

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Great cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	N			Common throughout winter	[[Image: Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae.JPG	200px]]
Socotra cormorant	Phalacrocorax nigrogularis	E			Endemic to the region	[[Image: Phalacrocorax nigrogularis.jpg	200px]]

Frigatebirds

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 a red inflatable throat pouch. 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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Lesser frigatebird	Fregata ariel	A			Recorded once in 2008	[[Image: Lesser frigatebird lei.jpg	200px]]

Boobies and gannets

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Masked booby	Sula dactylatra	A			Vagrant with 2 records	[[Image: Masked booby with chick.JPG	200px]]
Brown booby	Sula leucogaster	A			Vagrant	[[Image: Brown booby (Sula leucogaster leucogaster) Principe 2.jpg	200px]]

Anhingas

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
African darter	Anhinga rufa	A			Vagrant, a single record of a pair in 2009	[[Image: African darter (Anhinga rufa) immature.jpg	200px]]

Pelicans

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Great white pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	R		?	Scarce disperser, recorded occasionally around Jahra bay	[[Image: Pelecanus onocrotalus - Great White Pelican 04.jpg	175px]]
Dalmatian pelican	Pelecanus crispus	R			Vagrant to the mainland, though it breeds on Bubyan Island	[[Image: Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN6899 (5).jpg	175px]]

Herons, egrets, and bitterns

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	Trend	Notes	Image
Great bittern	Botaurus stellaris	R		Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Nederlandsche vogelen (KB) - Botaurus stellaris (340b).jpg	175px]]
Little bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	N		Passage migrant	[[Image: Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image:ചെറുകൊച്ച by irvin calicut.JPG	175px]]
Grey heron	Ardea cinerea	N	?	Resident and migrant	[[Image: Ardea cinerea qtl3.jpg	175px]]
Purple heron	Ardea purpurea	N		Resident and migrant	[[Image: Purple Heron, Ardea purpurea, at Waterfall Estate, Gauteng, South Africa (35295449523).jpg	175px]]
Great egret	Egretta alba	N	?	Overwintering	[[Image: Egretta alba 2 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg	175px]]
Little egret	Egretta garzetta	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Little egret (Egretta garzetta) Cyprus.jpg	175px]]
Western reef heron	Egretta gularis	N		Uncommon resident, abundant winter visitor	[[Image: Western Reef Egret (Egretta gularis) W IMG 6905.jpg	175px ]]
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Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis	N		Passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Bubulcus ibis - Western Cattle Egret, Mersin 2017-01-22 01-1.jpg	175px]]
Squacco heron	Ardeola ralloides	N	?	Passage migrant	[[Image: Ardeola ralloides - Squacco heron 19.jpg	175px]]
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Indian pond heron	Ardeola grayii	A	?	Vagrant	[[Image: Indian pond heron (Ardeola grayii) India.jpg	175px]]
Striated heron	Butroides striata	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Striated heron (Butorides striata striata).JPG	175px]]
Black-crowned night heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Nycticorax nycticorax12.jpg	175px]]

Ibises and spoonbills

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	Trend	Notes	Image
Glossy ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	N		Overwintering species	[[Image: Plegadis falcinellus (aka).jpg	175px]]
African sacred ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	A		Vagrant with 2 records	[[Image: Threskiornis aethiopicus -Mida Creek mud flats, Kenya-8.jpg	175px]]
Eurasian spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	R	?	Rare migrant	[[Image: Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) (20710449456).jpg	175px]]

Osprey

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Frequency	Image
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	N			Resident	[[Image: Western Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ).jpg	175px]]

Hawks, eagles, and kites

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	Status in the country	Trend	Notes	Image
Black-winged kite	Elanus caeruleus	R		Scarce disperser	175px
Egyptian vulture	Neophron percnopterus	R		Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Neophron percnopterus.JPG	175px]]
European honey buzzard	Pernis apivorus	R		Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Wespenbussard European honey buzzard Pernis apivorus, crop.jpg	175px]]
Crested honey buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Oriental honey buzzard Mudumalai Mar21 DSC01405.jpg	175px]]
Griffon vulture	Gyps fulvus	N		Scarce winter migrant	175px
Eurasian black vulture	Aegypius monachus	R		Scarce winter visitor	[[Image:Aegypius monachus, Catalan Pyrenees, Spain S4E7659 (25191007486).jpg	175px]]
Lappet-faced vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	A		Single vagrant recorded in 2008	[[Image: Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) (46561681481).jpg	175px]]
Short-toed snake eagle	Circaetus gallicus	N		Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Circaetus gallicus 02.JPG	175px]]
Great spotted eagle	Clanga clanga	N		Overwintering species. White spots are more prominent in juveniles, though they tend to fade into adulthood.	[[Image: Clanga clanga 120851060.jpg	175px]]
Lesser spotted eagle	Clanga pomarina	R		Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Lesser spotted eagle 2016.jpg	175px]]
Booted eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus	N		Scarce passage migrant	[[Image: Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus, at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Pa (32334023348).jpg	175px]]
Golden eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) (2265246186).jpg	175px]]
Steppe eagle	Aquila nipalensis	N		Passage migrant	[[Image: Steppe Eagle (15792351262).jpg	175px]]
Eastern imperial eagle	Aquila heliaca	R		Rare overwintering species	[[Image: Aquila heliaca, Hong Kong 1.jpg	175px]]
Bonelli's eagle	Aquila fasciata	A		Rare autumn disperser	[[Image: Bonelli's Eagle.jpg	175px]]
Western marsh harrier	Circus aeruginosus	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Circus aeruginosus female-crop.jpg	175px]]
Hen harrier	Circus cyaneus	R		Scarce winter visitor	[[Image: Circus cyaneus, Ballaugh Curragh, Isle of Man 1.jpg	175px]]
Pallid harrier	Circus macrourus	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: A Pallid Harrier Male Roosting (51041721888).jpg	175px]]
[[Image: Pallid harrier in LRK 01.jpg	175px]]
Montagu's harrier	Circus pygargus	N		Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Circus pygargus (Naumann).jpg	175px]]
Shikra	Accipiter badius	N		Uncommon winter visitor	[[Image: Shikra - Accipiter badius - DSC04779.jpg	175px]]
Levant sparrowhawk	Accipiter brevipes	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Accipiter brevipes.jpg	175px]]
Eurasian sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	R		Scarce winter visitor	[[Image: Accipiter nisus, яструб малий.jpg	175px]]
Northern goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	A	?	Vagrant	[[Image: Northern Goshawk ad M2.jpg	175px]]
Black kite	Milvus migrans	N		Very common overwintering species	[[Image: Milvus migrans -Kathmandu, Nepal-444.jpg	175px]]
White-tailed eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla	A		Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Haliaeetus albicilla LC0194.jpg	175px]]
Common buzzard	Buteo buteo	N		Common passage migrant	[[Image: Buteo buteo - Common Buzzard, Adana 2021-03-27 05.jpg	175px]]
Long-legged buzzard	Buteo rufinus	A		Frequent winter visitor	[[Image: Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) (8079428887).jpg	175px]]

Barn owls

Order: StrigiformesFamily: Tytonidae

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Western barn owl	Tyto alba	N			Scarce disperser	[[Image:Barn Owl - Tyto alba (50316138118).jpg	175px]]

Owls

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	Notes	Image
Eurasian scops owl	Otus scops	N	Uncommon passage migrant. Recognised by its large ear tufts, it is rarely seen at day. The plumage may vary.	[[Image: Otus scops 1 (Bohuš Číčel).jpg	175px]]
Pallid scops owl	Otus brucei	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Pallid Scops-owl (Otus brucei) (49327166742).jpg	175px]]
Pharaoh eagle owl	Bubo ascalaphus	N	Uncommon resident	[[Image: Bubo ascalaphus 1838.jpg	175px]]
Little owl	Athene noctua	N	Resident	[[Image: Athene noctua - the little owl.jpg	175px]]
Long-eared owl	Asio otus	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Long-eared owl.jpg	175px]]
Short-eared owl	Asio flammeus	R	Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Sumpfohreule (asio flammeus) - Spiekeroog, Nationalpark niedersächsisches Wattenmeer.jpg	175px]]

Hoopoes

Order: BucerotiformesFamily: Upupidae

Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their heads.

Common name	Binomial name	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Eurasian hoopoe	Upupa epops	N			Autumn and spring migrant	[[Image: Common hoopoe - Upupa epops 03.jpg	175px]]

Kingfishers

Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails.

Common name	Binomial name	Status in the country	Trend	Notes	Image
Common kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	N	?	Uncommon wintering species	[[Image: 21. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg	175px]]
[[Image: Alcedo atthis - Common Kingfisher - Yalıçapkını 04.jpg	175px]]
White-breasted kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis	N		Uncommon resident	[[Image: Halcyon smyrnensis - Singapore Botanic Gardens.jpg	175px]]
Pied kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	N	?	Uncommon winter visitor	[[Image: Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis) female 2.jpg	175px]]

Bee-eaters

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
European bee-eater	Merops apiaster	N			Common passage migrant	[[Image: Guêpier d'Europe Merops apiaster - European Bee-eater (parc national de l'Ichkeul) 02.jpg	175px]]
Blue-cheeked bee-eater	Merops persicus	N			Common passage migrant	[[Image: Blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus persicus) Namibia.jpg	175px]]

Rollers

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
European roller	Coracias garrulus	N			Passage migrant	[[Image: Coracias garrulus - European roller 05.jpg	175px]]
Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis	N			Scarce disperser	[[Image: Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) (20848083015).jpg	175px]]

Woodpeckers

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Eurasian wryneck	Jynx torquilla	N			Passage migrant	[[Image: Wryneck by Pepe Reigada.jpg	175px]]

Falcons and caracaras

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	Notes	Image
Lesser kestrel	Falco naumanni	N	Passage migrant	[[Image: Falco naumanni, Israel 11.jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Falco naumanni 154137489.jpg	175px]]
Common kestrel	Falco tinnuculus	N	Common winter visitor	[[Image: Common kestrel falco tinnunculus.jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Common kestrel on a branch 01.jpg	175px]]
Red-footed falcon	Falco vespertinus	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Rotfußfalke Falco vespertinus.jpg	175px]]
Amur falcon	Falco amurensis	A	Vagrant	[[Image: FalcoAmurensisGould.jpg	175px]]
Eleonora's falcon	Falco eleonorae	A	Vagrant recorded once in 2018	[[Image: Falco eleonorae NAUMANN.jpg	175px]]
Sooty falcon	Falco concolor	R	Rare summer visitor	[[Image: FalcoConcolorHartlaub.jpg	175px]]
Merlin	Falco columbarius	R	Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Falco columbarius Male.jpg	175px]]
Eurasian hobby	Falco subbuteo	N	Winter visitor	175px
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Lanner falcon	Falco biarmicus	R	Scarce disperser in autumn and spring	175px
Saker falcon	Falco cherrug	R	Rare winter migrant	[[Image: Falco cherrug aka Sakervalk.jpg	175px]]
Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus	R	Scarce disperser	175px

Old World parrots

Order: PsittaciformesFamily: Psittaculidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8 cm to 1 m 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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Rose-ringed parakeet	Alexandrinus krameri	I			Introduced	[[Image: Rose ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) (5654125176).jpg	175px]]

Old World orioles

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Oriolidae

The Old World orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles.

Common name	Binomial name	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Eurasian golden oriole	Oriolus oriolus	N			Late spring visitor	[[Image: Oriolus oriolus 1873.jpg	175px]]

Drongos

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Black drongo	Dicurus macrocercus	A		?	Vagrant recorded once	[[Image: Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus minor) juvenile.jpg	175px]]
Ashy drongo	Dicurus leucophaeus	A		?	Vagrant recorded thrice	[[Image: Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) (20185740488).jpg	175px]]

Shrikes

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	Status in the country	Trend	Notes	Image
Red-backed shrike	Lanius collurio	N		Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Lanius collurio соропуд сірий.jpg	175px]]
Turkestan shrike	Lanius phoenicuroides	N		Common winter migrant	[[Image: Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) (8079448079).jpg	175px]]
Isabelline shrike	Lanius isabellinus	N		Common winter migrant	[[Image: Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN1543 (7).jpg	175px]]
Brown shrike	Lanius cristatus	A		Vagrant with one record	[[Image: Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (15734894193).jpg	175px]]
Bay-backed shrike	Lanius vitattus	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Bay-backed Shrike (Lanius vittatus) in Kolkata W IMG 4551.jpg	175px]]
Long-tailed shrike	Lanius schach	A	?	Vagrant	[[Image: Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach- erythronotus race) in Delhi W2 Pix 051.jpg	175px]]
Great grey shrike	Lanius excubitor
• Lanius excubitor ssp. aucheri (Arabian grey shrike)
• Lanius excubitor ssp. pallidirostris (Steppe grey shrike)	N		Overwintering species	[[Image: Lanius excubitor, Chilham, Kent 2.jpg	175px]]
[[Image: Lanius pallidirostris, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.jpg	150px]]
Lesser grey shrike	Lanius minor	N		Uncommon passage migrant	[[Image:Lanîûs mînor.jpg	Lanîûs mînor	175px]]
Masked shrike	Lanius nubicus	N		Passage migrant and winter visitor	[[Image: Lanius nubicus.jpg	175px]]
Woodchat shrike	Lanius senator	N		Passage migrant	[[Image: Woodchat Shrike. Lanius senator - Flickr - gailhampshire (3).jpg	175px]]

Crows, jays, and magpies

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	Notes	Image
House crow	Corvus splendens	I	Introduced	[[Image: House Crow (Corvus splendens).jpg	175px]]
Rook	Corvus frugilegus	A	Vagrant with 3 records	[[Image: Rook - Corvus frugilegus (476445950).jpg	175px]]
Brown-necked raven	Corvus rufficolis	R	Scarce disperser	[[Image: Brown-necked Raven - Merzouga - Morocco 07 3411 (22160964904).jpg	175px]]
Hooded crow	Corvus cornix	A	Vagrant with one record in 2012	[[Image: Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) (10).jpg	175px]]

Tits, chickadees, and titmice

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Sombre tit	Poecile lugubris	A			Vagrant with a single record in 2009	[[Image: Poecile lugubris, Bulgaria 1.jpg	175px]]
Great tit	Parus major	A			Vagrant with a single record in 2006	[[Image: Parus major m.jpg	175px]]

Penduline tits

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Eurasian penduline tit	Remiz pendulinus	N			Uncommon winter visitor	[[Image: Remiz pendulinus Dresser.png	175px]]

Larks

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	Trend	Notes	Image
Greater hoopoe-lark	Alaemon alaudipes	N		Resident	175px
Bar-tailed lark	Ammomanes cincturus	N		Resident breeder	[[Image: Ammomanes cinctura Gould.jpg	175px]]
Desert lark	Ammomanes deserti	N		Resident	[[Image: Desert Lark (25464436638).jpg	175px]]
Black-crowned sparrow lark	Eremopterix nigriceps	N		Resident	[[Image: The birds of Africa (Shelley) - Plate 20, 1902 (10575353925).jpg	175px]]
Temminck's lark	Eremophila bilopha	N		Uncommon disperser	[[Image: Temminck's Lark - Boumelne Marocco 07 2990 (16327387013).jpg	175px]]
Greater short-toed lark	Calandrella brachydactyla	N	?	Winter visitor	175px
Bimaculated lark	Melanocorypha bimaculata	R		Rare winter visitor	175px
Calandra lark	Melanocorypha calandra	A		Vagrant	175px
Arabian lark	Eremalauda eremodites	A		Vagrant	175px
Turkestan short-toed lark	Eremalauda eremodites	N		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		Vagrant	175px
Eurasian skylark	Alauda arvensis	R		scarce winter visitor	175px
Oriental skylark	Alauda gulgula	R		Scarce winter visitor	175px
Crested lark	Galerdia cristata	N		Breeding resident	175px

Cisticolas and allies

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	Status in the country	Trend	Frequency	Image
Graceful prinia	Prinia gracilis	N		Winter visitor	[[Image: Prinia gracile - Graceful prinia 12.jpg	175px]]
Delicate prinia	Prinia lepida	A	?	Taxonomy disputed; it is considered part of the graceful prinia species complex by several authorities	[[Image: BirdsAsiaJohnGoIVGoul 0024.jpg	175px]]
Zitting cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	A		Vagrant with 5 records	[[Image: Zitting Cisticola - Cisticola juncidis.JPG	175px]]

Laughingthrushes and allies

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Frequency	Image
Afghan babbler	Argya huttoni	N		?	Scarce resident	[[Image:Afghan Babbler.jpg	175px]]
Arabian babbler	Argya squamiceps	A			Vagrant	[[Image: ARABIAN BABBLER Turdoides squamiceps squamiceps edited (8467495777).jpg	175px]]

Reed warblers and allies

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	Notes	Image
Booted warbler	Iduna caligata	A	Vagrant	175px
Syke's warbler	Iduna rama	A	Vagrant	175px
Eastern olivaceous warbler	Iduna pallida	N	Scarce passage migrant	[[Image: Hippolais pallida (Ján Svetlík).jpg	175px]]
Upcher's warbler	Hippolais languida	N	Winter visitor	[[Image: Upcher's Warbler (Hippolais languida) (8079442053).jpg	175px]]
Olive-tree warbler	Hippolais olivetorun	A	Vagrant recorded once in 1972	[[Image: Olive-tree warbler, Hippolais olivetorum, at Mkuze Game Reserve, (39230388474).jpg	175px]]
Icterine warbler	Hippolais icterina	N	Vagrant	[[Image: Gulsanger (Hippolais icterina) (cropped).JPG	175px]]
Moustached warbler	Acrocephalus melanopogon	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon by Dr. Raju Kasambe (2).jpg	Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon by Dr. Raju Kasambe (2)	175px]]
Sedge warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	N	Rare passage migrant	175px
Paddyfield warbler	Acrocephalus agricola	A	Vagrant	175px
Blyth's reed warbler	Acrocephalus dumetorum	A	Vagrant with 3 records	175px
Marsh warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	R	Rare passage migrant	175px
Eurasian reed warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	N	Uncommon	175px
Basra reed warbler	Eremalauda eremodites	E	Endemic breeding species	175px
Great reed warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	N	Uncommon winter visitor	175px
Oriental reed warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	A	Vagrant	175px
Clamorous reed warbler	Acrocephalus stentoreus	N	Winter visitor	175px

Grassbirds and allies

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	Status in the country	Notes	Image
River warbler	Locustella fluviatilis	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Locustella fluviatilis 123791068.jpg	175px]]
Savi's warbler	Locustella luscinioides	N	Winter visitor	[[Image: Savi's Warbler Grönvold.jpg	175px]]
Common grasshopper warbler	Locustella naevia	N	Winter visitor	[[Image: Locustelle tachetée - Locustella naevia.JPG	175px]]

Swallows

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	Trend	Notes	Image
Sand martin	Riparia riparia	N		Common in both late summer and winter	175px
Brown-throated martin	Riparia paludicola	A		Vagrant	175px
Grey-throated martin	Riparia chinensis	A		Vagrant	175px
Pale sand martin	Riparia diluta	A	?	Vagrant	175px
Eurasian crag martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris	R		Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Eurasian crag martin David Raju (transparent background).png	175px]]
Pale crag martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula	A		Vagrant, 8 records	[[Image: Ptyonoprogne fuligula 1894.jpg	175px]]
Barn swallow	Hirundo rustica	N		Frequent and abundant passage migrant	[[Image: Landsvale.jpg	175px]]
Eastern red-rumped swallow	Cecropis daurica	N		Vagrant	[[Image: Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg	175px]]
European red-rumped swallow	Cecropis rufula	N		Passage migrant	[[Image: RED-RUMPED SWALLOW Hirundo daurica rufula (8467592335).jpg	175px]]
Streak-throated swallow	Pterocheliodon fluvicola	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Streak-throated Swallow.jpg	175px]]
Common house martin	Delichon urbicum	N		Uncommon	175px

Bulbuls

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Red-vented bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	I			Introduced resident	[[Image: Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer.JPG	175px]]
White-eared bulbul	Pycnonotus leucotis	N			Common	[[Image: Pycnonotus leucotis by Ajay Goyal (cropped).jpg	175px]]

Leaf warblers

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	Notes	Image
Wood warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	A	Vagrant	175px
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler	Phylloscopus orientalis	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Eastern Bonelli's Warbler.jpg	175px]]
Yellow-browed warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Phylloscopus inornatus. Dresser.jpg	175px]]
Hume's warbler	Phylloscopus humei	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei) (49500877307).jpg	175px]]
Radde's Warbler	Phylloscopus schwarzi	A	Vagrant	[[Image:Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi).jpg	175px]]
Plain leaf warbler	Phylloscopus neglectus	A	Vagrant	[[Image: A history of the birds of Europe (Pl. 650) (7135312245).jpg	175px]]
Mountain chiffchaff	Phylloscopus sindianus	A	Vagrant	175px
Willow warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	N	Common in spring and autumn	[[Image: Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus.jpg	175px]]
Common chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	N	Like the willow warbler, but more common in the winter	175px
Green warbler	Phylloscopus nitidus	A	Vagrant	175px
Greenish warbler	Phylloscopus trochiloides	A	Vagrant	175px

Sylviid warblers and allies

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	Notes	Image
Eurasian blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	N	Passage migrant	175px
Garden warbler	Sylvia borin	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Sylvia borin (Örebro County).jpg	175px]]
Asian desert warbler	Curruca nana	N	Common winter visitor	[[Image: Asian Desert Wrabler.jpg	175px]]
Barred warbler	Curruca nisoria	N	Uncommon passage migrant	[[Image: Barred Warbler Grönvold.jpg	175px]]
Lesser whitethroat	C. curruca	N	Common during spring migration and winter	[[Image: Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) (2).jpg	175px]]
Eastern Orphean warbler	Curruca crassirostris	N	Rare passage migrant	175px
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Menetries's warbler	Curruca mystacea	N	Passage migrant	[[Image: Menetries's (Curruca mystacea).jpg	175px]]
Common whitethroat	Curruca communis	N	Common migrant	[[Image: Tallareta vulgar 01 (Sylvia communis).jpg	175px]]

Crests

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Regulidae

The crests, also called kinglets in North America, are a small group of birds formerly included in the Old World warblers, but now family status because they are genetically well-separated from them.

Common name	Binomial name	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	A			Single vagrant recorded in 2013	[[Image: Goldcrest 1.jpg	175px]]

Wrens

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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Eurasian wren	Troglodytes troglodytes	A			Vagrant recorded twice	[[Image: Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes).jpg	175px]]

Starlings

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	Status in the country	Trend	Notes	Image
Common starling	Sturnus vulgaris	N		Migratory; winter visitor	[[Image: Sturnus Vulgaris.jpg	175px]]
Rosy starling	Pastor roseus	N	?	Scarce migrant	[[Image: Pastor roseus by Koshy Koshy.jpg	175px]]
Common myna	Acridotheres tristis	I		Introduced and established; extremely common throughout the country	[[Image: Common Myna Acridotheres tristis by Dr. Raju Kasambe IMG 2829 (1).JPG	175px]]
Bank myna	Acridotheres ginginianus	I		Scarce resident	[[Image: Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus by Dr. Raju Kasambe IMG 1614 (1).JPG	175px]]

Thrushes and allies

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 and omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.

Common name	Binomial name	Status in the country	Trend	Notes	Image
Song thrush	Turdus philomelos	N		Overwintering	175px
Redwing	Turdus iliacus	N		Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Turdus iliacus, Portland, Maine, USA 111516129.jpg	175px]]
Common blackbird	Turdus merula	N		Scarce winter visitor	[[Image: Common Blackbird.jpg	175px]]
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris	N		Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Turdus pilaris2.jpg	175px]]
Ring ouzel	Turdus torquatus	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Turdus torquatus, Spain 1.jpg	175px]]
Black-throated thrush	Turdus atrogularis	A	?	Vagrant	[[Image: Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis) (50789061847).jpg	175px]]
Red-throated thrush	Turdus ruficollis	A	?	Vagrant	175px
Dusky thrush	Turdus eunomus	A	?	Vagrant	[[Image: Dusky Thrush (Turdus naumanni eunomus).jpg	175px]]
Naumann's thrush	Turdus naumanii	N	?	Vagrant	[[Image: Menetries's (Curruca mystacea).jpg	175px]]

Old World flycatchers

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	Status in the country	Notes	Image
Black scrub robin	Cercotrichas podobe	R	Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Thamnobia podobe - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ18700219.tif	175px]]
Rufous-tailed scrub robin	Cercotrichas galactotes	N	Overwintering	[[Image: 2015-07-10 08.03.53 Cercotrichas galactotes.jpg	175px]]
Spotted flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	N	Common passage migrant in spring and winter	[[Image: Spotted Flycatcher on a branch.jpg	175px]]
European robin	Erithacus rubecula	N	Winter migrant	[[Image: Erithacus rubecula profile.jpg	175px]]
White-throated robin	Irania gutturalis	N	Spring visitor	[[Image: Irania gutturalis 1. H. E. Dresser. A history of the birds of Europe. Volume II. 1871-1881.jpg	175px]]
Thrush nightingale	Luscinia luscinia	R	Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia), Gugny, Biebrzański Park Narodowy, Polska cropped.jpg	175px]]
Common nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	N	Winter visitor	[[Image: Luscinia megarhynchos megarhynchos - Marcel Burkhardt.jpg	175px]]
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	N	Common in winter	[[Image: Luscinia svecica 20140516.JPG	175px]]
Taiga flycatcher	Ficedula albicilla	A	Vagrant	[[Image:Taiga flycatcher 03.jpg	175px]]
Red-breasted flycatcher	Ficedula parva	N	Uncommon; mostly seen in autumn	[[Image: Ficedula parva мухоловка мала.jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva).jpg	175px]]
Semi-collared flycatcher	Ficedula semitorquata	R	Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Ficedula semitorquata 2.jpg	175px]]
Collared flycatcher	Ficedula albicollis	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Papamoscas de pescozo branco.jpg	175px]]
Rufous-backed redstart	Phoenicurus erythronotus	R	Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus) (8079435657).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Rufous-backed Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus) (49662837138).jpg	175px]]
Common redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	N	Spring visitor	[[Image: Phoenicurus phoenicurus 07(js), Lodz (Poland).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Phoenicurus phoenicurus 06(js), Lodz (Poland).jpg	175px]]
Black redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	N	Passage migrant	[[Image: Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) (23012087279).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: PhoenicurusOchrurosGuntherHasler01.jpg	175px]]
[[Image: Phoenicurus ochruros female.jpg	175px]]
Blue rock thrush	Monticola solitarus	N	Common passage migrant and uncommon winter visitor	[[Image: Blue rock thrush (male) at Gamla Nature Reserve.jpg	175px]]
Common rock thrush	Monticola saxtalis	N	Common passage migrant	[[Image: Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush (Monticola saxatilis) (48920637857).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush (Monticola saxitilis) - 48728362778.jpg	175px]]
Whinchat	Saxicola ruberta	N	Occasional passage migrant	[[Image: Saxicola rubetra -Belgium -male-8.jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) (3).jpg	175px]]
European stonechat	Saxicola rubicola	N	Passage migrant	[[Image: Saxicola rubicola.006 - A Coruña.jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Saxicola rubicola - European Stonechat, Adana 2016-12-17 01-3.jpg	175px]]
Siberian stonechat	Saxicola maurus	N	The Siberian stonechat is similar to the European stonechat; the most noticeable differences are its extent of white, which is more prevalent, as well as the colour of its underparts being reduced, and the rump and underwing colour and patterns.	[[Image: Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) (8077182440).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) - 48729003557.jpg	175px]]
Pied bushchat	Saxicola caprata	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata caprata male (16335983358).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)female (22673712588).jpg	175px]]
Northern wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	N	Common passage migrant	[[Image: Oenanthe oenanthe - Northern Wheatear - Kuyrukkakan 04.jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe.jpg	175px]]
Isabelline wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	N	Very common throughout winter and spring	[[Image: Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) (6786498564).jpg	175px]]
Hooded wheatear	Oenanthe monacha	R	Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Hooded Wheatear.jpg	175px]]
Desert wheatear	Oenanthe deserti	N	Winter visitor	[[Image: Oenanthe deserti Dresser.jpg	175px]]
Pied wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka	N	Common winter visitor	[[Image: Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) (49680348016).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Pied Wheatear, Eilat, Israel (15792569479).jpg	175px]]
Pied wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka	N	Common visitor	[[Image: Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) (49680348016).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Pied Wheatear, Eilat, Israel (15792569479).jpg	175px]]
Variable wheatear	Oenanthe picata	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Variable wheatear (Oenanthe picata capistrata) male.jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata picata by Raju Kasambe DSCN9897 08.jpg	175px]]
[[Image: Variable Wheatear (Oenanthe picata) (39778857162).jpg	175px]]
Hume's wheatear	Oenanthe albonigra	A	Vagrant	[[Image: A history of the birds of Europe (Pl. 638) (6989221896) (cropped).jpg	175px]]
White-crowned wheatear	Oenanthe albonigra	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Witkruintapuit2 (28363784750).jpg	175px]]
Finsch's wheatear	Oenanthe finschii	R	Rare winter visitor	[[Image: Çilferşik (cropped).jpg	175px]]
Mourning wheatear	Oenanthe lugens	N	Winter visitor	[[Image: Oenanthe lugens Petra, Jordan 1.jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Israel. White-crowned wheatear (juvenile) (15625553749).jpg	175px]]
Kurdish wheatear	Oenanthe xanthoprymna	N	Scarce passage migrant	[[Image: Oenanthe xanthoprymna - Kurdish Wheatear, Osmaniye, Turkey 01.jpg	175px]]
Persian wheatear	Oenanthe chrysopygia	N	Common winter visitor	[[Image: Red Tailed Wheatear.jpg	175px]]

Hypocolius

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Hypocoliidae

The grey hypocolius is a small Middle Eastern bird with the shape and soft plumage of a waxwing, but longer-tailed. They are mainly a uniform grey colour, except the males have a black triangular mask around their eyes.

Common name	Binomial name	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Grey hypocolius	Hypocolius ampelinus	N		?	Uncommon winter visitor	[[Image: Hypocolius ampelinus 1868.jpg	175px]]

Sunbirds and spiderhunters

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	Notes	Image
Palestine sunbird	Cinnyris osea	A	Vagrant	175px
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Purple sunbird	Cinnyris asiaticus	A	Vagrant	175px
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Weavers and allies

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	Notes	Image
Streaked weaver	Ploceus manyar	I	Introduced	175px
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Black-breasted weaver	Ploceus benghalensis	I	Introduced	175px
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Waxbills and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Estrildidae

The waxbills 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	Status in the country	Global status	Trend	Notes	Image
Red avadavat	Amandava amandava	I		?	Introduced	[[Image: Amandava amandava (VijayCavale).jpg	175px]]
Indian silverbill	Eudoice malabarica	I			Introduced	[[Image: Euodice malabarica 1876.jpg	175px]]

Accentors

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	Status in the country	Notes	Image
Radde's accentor	Prunella ocularis	A	Vagrant with three records in 2012	[[Image: Prunella ocularis 1a.jpg	175px]]
Black-throated accentor	Prunella atrogularis	A	Single vagrant ringed in 1995	[[Image: Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis) (8079420223).jpg	175px]]
Dunnock	Prunella modularis	A	Vagrant with 4 records	[[Image: The dunnock (Prunella modularis).jpg	175px]]

Old World sparrows

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	Status in the country	Notes	Image
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	N	Common	[[Image: House Sparrow(Passer domesticus).jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Passer domesticus House Sparrow, Mersin 2016-12-01 04-1.jpg	175px]]
Spanish sparrow	Passer hispaniolensis	N	Resident breeder	[[Image: Passer Hispaniolensis Male.JPG	175px ]]
[[Image: Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) (51365558543).jpg	175px]]
Dead Sea sparrow	Passer moabiticus	A	Vagrant recorded occasionally	[[Image: PasserMoabiticusWolf (cropped).jpg	175px]]
Yellow-throated sparrow	Gymnoris xanthocollis	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Petronia xanthocollis -Haryana, India -male-8.jpg	175px]]
Pale rockfinch	Carpispiza brachydactyla	N	Passage migrant	[[Image:Pale rockfinch (ഇളം പാറക്കുരുവി ) - 16.jpg	175px]]

Wagtails and pipits

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	Status in the country	Notes	Image
Forest wagtail	Dendronanthus indicus	A	Winter visitor	[[Image: Forest Wagtail (cropped).jpg	175px]]
Grey wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	N	Winter visitor	[[Image: Grey wagtail at Tennōji Park in Osaka, November 2016 - 890.jpg	175px]]
Western yellow wagtail	Motacilla flava	N	Common passage migrant	[[Image: Motacilla flava - Western Yellow Wagtail.jpg	175px]]
Citrine wagtail	Motacilla citreola	A	Uncommon	[[Image: Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN5340 (43).jpg	175px]]
White wagtail	Motacilla alba	N	Very common migrant	[[Image: White wagtail (Motacilla alba).jpg	175px]]
Richard's pipit	Anthus richardi	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Anthus richardi 1876.jpg	175px]]
Blyth's pipit	Anthus godlewskii	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Anthus godlewskii cropped.jpg	175px]]
Long-billed pipit	Anthus similis	N	Winter visitor	[[Image: Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis) (45662577725).jpg	175px]]
Tawny pipit	Anthus campestris	N	Common winter visitor	[[Image: AnthusCampestris cropped.jpg	175px]]
Meadow pipit	Anthus pratensis	N	Uncommon winter visitor	[[Image: Wiesenpieper Meadow pipit.jpg	175px]]
Tree pipit	Anthus trivialis	N	Scarce	[[Image: Anthus trivialis-Tree pipit.jpg	175px]]
Red-throated pipit	Anthus cervinus	N	Winter visitor	[[Image: Red-throated Pipit.jpg	175px]]
Olive-backed pipit	Anthus hodgsonii	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Anthus hodgsoni (singing s2).jpg	175px]]
Water pipit	Anthus spinoletta	N	Common in winter, this large pipit is easy to identify as it has black legs. It frequents wetlands, as suggested by its name.	[[Image: Anthus spinoletta Puy de Cacadogne 20190912 t173448.jpg	175px]]
American pipit	Anthus rubescens	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Anthus rubescens japonicus.JPG	175px]]

Finches, euphonias, and allies

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	Notes	Image
Common chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	A	Vagrant	175px
Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla).jpg	175px]]
Hawfinch	C. coccothraustes	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Coccothraustes coccothraustes костогриз.jpg	175px]]
Common rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus	R	Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) male.jpg	175px ]]
[[Image: Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) (35459188010).jpg	175px]]
Trumpeter finch	Bucanetes githagineus	N	Scarce resident	[[Image: Bucanetes githagineus -Salinas de Janubio, Lanzarote, Spain-8.jpg	175px]]
Mongolian finch	Bucanetes mongolicus	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Mongolian Finch (Bucanetes mongolicus) (8079448775).jpg	175px]]
Desert finch	Rhodospiza obsoleta	A	Vagrant	175px
European greenfinch	Chloris chloris	A	Vagrant	175px
Common linnet	Linaria cannabina	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Eurasian Linnet - Aosta Valley - Italy.jpg	175px]]
Eurasian siskin	Spinus spinus	A	Vagrant	[[Image: Carduelis spinus male.jpg	175px]]

Old World buntings

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	Trend	Notes	Image
Corn bunting	Emberiza calandra	N		Winter visitor and uncommon breeder	[[Image: Emberiza calandra 1873.jpg	175px]]
Black-headed bunting	Emberiza melanocephala	R	?	Rare passage migrant	[[Image: Emberiza calandra and Emberiza melanocephala by Naumann.jpg	175px]]
Red-headed bunting	Emberiza brunniceps	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps) male non-breeding plumage.jpg	175px]]
Cinereous bunting	Emberiza cineracea	R		Rare passage migrant	[[Image: 090508-cinereous-bunting-at-Petrified-Forest.jpg	175px]]
Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	A		Vagrant with 2 records	[[Image: Emberiza citrinella -Midtjylland, Denmark -male-8.jpg	175px]]
Grey-necked bunting	Emberiza buchanani	A		Vagrant	[[Image:GreyNeckedBunting PrasadBR.jpg	175px]]
Ortolan bunting	Emberiza hortulana	N		Overwintering species	[[Image: ORTOLAN BUNTING Emberiza hortulana (8468674634).jpg	175px]]
Rock bunting	Emberiza cia	A		Vagrant with 3 records	[[Image: Bruant fou Emberiza cia mâle aDSC 8677 (51306753063).jpg	175px]]
Striolated bunting	Emberiza striolata	R		2 vagrant records in 2013	[[Image: Israel. Striolated bunting (15356301994).jpg	175px]]
Reed bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) male breeding plumage 3.jpg	175px]]
Little bunting	Emberiza pusilla	A		Vagrant with 15 records	[[Image: Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) (50801056001).jpg	175px]]
Rustic bunting	Emberiza rustica	A		Vagrant	[[Image: Kashiradaka-01.jpg	175px]]

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References

"The Official List of Kuwait Birds".
(2025-02-20). "IOC World Bird List – Version 15.1".

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