394 species · 29 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Little StintCalidris minuta
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
RuffCalidris pugnax
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
European RollerCoracias garrulus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Little TernSternula albifrons
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nana
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Little CrakeZapornia parva
GadwallMareca strepera
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Common PochardAythya ferina
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SanderlingCalidris alba
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Common TernSterna hirundo
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Turkestan Short-toed LarkAlaudala heinei
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
House CrowCorvus splendens
White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
Northern PintailAnas acuta
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Common SwiftApus apus
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Afghan BabblerArgya huttoni
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Armenian GullLarus armenicus
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Eastern Orphean WarblerCurruca crassirostris
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis
Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
Little OwlAthene noctua
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
Common GullLarus canus
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Corn CrakeCrex crex
Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
Javan MynaAcridotheres javanicus
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Black TernChlidonias niger
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
MerlinFalco columbarius
Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
Eversmann's RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Striated HeronButorides striata
WoodlarkLullula arborea
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Sooty FalconFalco concolor
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Common CraneGrus grus
Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoni
Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Thick-billed LarkRamphocoris clotbey
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Demoiselle CraneGrus virgo
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
Arabian LarkEremalauda eremodites
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Little SwiftApus affinis
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
Pale MartinRiparia diluta
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
Booted WarblerIduna caligata
Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
Great SnipeGallinago media
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
Hume's WheatearOenanthe albonigra
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Amur FalconFalco amurensis
Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
Little CurlewNumenius minutus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
DunnockPrunella modularis
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
Red-winged ParrotAprosmictus erythropterus
CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
Eurasian DotterelEudromias morinellus
Variable WheatearOenanthe picata
Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
Yellow-faced ParrotAlipiopsitta xanthops
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris
Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
Masked BoobySula dactylatra
Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicus
Mediterranean Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens