Birds from United Arab Emirates (469 bird species)
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- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Arabian BabblerTurdoides squamiceps
- Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys
- Arabian LarkEremalauda eremodites
- Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
- Asian Desert WarblerSylvia nana
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Asian Pied StarlingGracupica contra
- Asian Plain MartinRiparia chinensis
- Baillon’s CrakeZapornia pusilla
- Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
- Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbara
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Basra Reed-warblerAcrocephalus griseldis
- Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Black Scrub-robinCercotrichas podobe
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-crowned Sparrow-larkEremopterix nigriceps
- Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensis
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- BlackstartOenanthe melanura
- Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitarius
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Blyth’s PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Blyth’s Reed-warblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Bonelli’s EagleAquila fasciata
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Broad-billed SandpiperLimicola falcinellus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Brown-headed GullLarus brunnicephalus
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Cetti’s WarblerCettia cetti
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- ChukarAlectoris chukar
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Cinnamon BitternIxobrychus cinnamomeus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Clamorous Reed-warblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Collared Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common Barn-owlTyto alba
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common CootFulica atra
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common Grasshopper-warblerLocustella naevia
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Common TealAnas crecca
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- CorncrakeCrex crex
- Cory’s ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
- Cotton Pygmy-gooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursor
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Cretzschmar’s BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
- Demoiselle CraneGrus virgo
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Eleonora’s FalconFalco eleonorae
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scops
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Thick-kneeBurhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turtur
- Eversmann’s RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus
- Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
- Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
- Franklin’s GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GarganeyAnas querquedula
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoni
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Great Reed-warblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostris
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Greater Hoopoe-larkAlaemon alaudipes
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Greater SandploverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Green-backed HeronButorides striata
- Grey FrancolinFrancolinus pondicerianus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Himalayan GriffonGyps himalayensis
- Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Hume’s Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Hume’s WheatearOenanthe albonigra
- HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Indian Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Indian Pond-heronArdeola grayii
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Jouanin’s PetrelBulweria fallax
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Kittlitz’s PloverCharadrius pecuarius
- Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Large-billed Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus magnirostris
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Leach’s Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhous
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
- Lesser SandploverCharadrius mongolus
- Lesser Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens
- Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Lesser WhitethroatSylvia curruca
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Lichtenstein’s SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Little CrakePorzana parva
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Little PratincoleGlareola lactea
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marbled TealMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Menetries’s WarblerSylvia mystacea
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mew GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Montagu’s HarrierCircus pygargus
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Northern House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Northern Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Omani OwlStrix butleri
- Orange-flanked Bush-robinTarsiger cyanurus
- Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Oriental Turtle-doveStreptopelia orientalis
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Pale Rock MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Pale Sand MartinRiparia diluta
- Pale SparrowCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Pallas’s Fish-eagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
- Pallas’s GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Pallid Scops-owlOtus brucei
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus
- Pharaoh Eagle-owlBubo ascalaphus
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Pied BushchatSaxicola caprata
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Pintail SnipeGallinago stenura
- Plain Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus neglectus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Radde’s AccentorPrunella ocularis
- Radde’s WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Red Turtle-doveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Red-throated FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Richard’s PipitAnthus richardi
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilis
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-robinCercotrichas galactotes
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Sabine’s GullXema sabini
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Saunders’s TernSternula saundersi
- Savi’s WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
- Scopoli’s ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Semi-collared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- ShikraAccipiter badius
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Short-toed Snake-eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus tristis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Sooty FalconFalco concolor
- Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
- Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
- Streaked Scrub-warblerScotocerca inquieta
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Swinhoe’s Storm-petrelHydrobates monorhis
- Sykes’s NightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensis
- Sykes’s WarblerIduna rama
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Temminck’s LarkEremophila bilopha
- Temminck’s StintCalidris temminckii
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Upcher’s WarblerHippolais languida
- Variable WheatearOenanthe picata
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Western KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosus
- Western Reef-egretEgretta gularis
- Western Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewarti
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Wilson’s PhalaropeSteganopus tricolor
- Wilson’s Storm-petrelOceanites oceanicus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella