Birds of Oman

Endemic to Oman

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Omani OwlStrix butleri

All regular species

• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
• White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
• Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• House CrowCorvus splendens
• Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Crested LarkGalerida cristata
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
• White WagtailMotacilla alba
• Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
• Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramii
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys
• Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
• Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
• Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
• Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• BlackstartOenanthe melanura
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Great EgretArdea alba
• White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
• Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
• Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
• Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga
• Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
• African SilverbillEuodice cantans
• Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
• Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
• Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
• Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
• Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus
• Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
• Arabian SunbirdCinnyris hellmayri
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
• Green-winged TealAnas crecca
• Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
• Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
• GarganeySpatula querquedula
• Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
• Common HoopoeUpupa epops
• Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
• African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
• Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
• Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
• Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
• Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
• Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
• Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
• Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Hume's WheatearOenanthe albonigra
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
• Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
• Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Arabian WheatearOenanthe lugentoides
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
• Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
• Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• European RollerCoracias garrulus
• Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
• Namaqua DoveOena capensis
• Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
• Arabian PartridgeAlectoris melanocephala
• Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
• Eurasian CootFulica atra
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
• Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
• Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
• Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
• Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
• Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
• BluethroatLuscinia svecica
• Medium EgretArdea intermedia
• White StorkCiconia ciconia
• Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
• Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus
• Arabian WarblerCurruca leucomelaena
• Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nana
• Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
• Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
• Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
• Arabian BabblerArgya squamiceps
• Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
• Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
• Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus
• Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
• Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
• Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
• Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
• Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
• Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
• Forbes-Watson's SwiftApus berliozi
• Arabian Scops OwlOtus pamelae
• Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
• Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
• Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
• Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
• Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallax
• Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
• White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
• Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
• Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
• Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
• Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
• Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
• Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
• Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
• Yemen SerinCrithagra menachensis
• Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
• Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
• Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
• Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
• Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
• Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Common PochardAythya ferina
• GadwallMareca strepera
• White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
• Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
• Arabian Eagle-OwlBubo milesi
• Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
• Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
• Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
• Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
• Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
• Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
• Arabian Golden-winged GrosbeakRhynchostruthus percivali
• Little OwlAthene noctua
• Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
• Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
• European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
• Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
• Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
• Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• Common CuckooCuculus canorus
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
• Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
• Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
• Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
• Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
• Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
• Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
• Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
• Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
• Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
• Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
• Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
• Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
• White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
• Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
• African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
• Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Eastern Orphean WarblerCurruca crassirostris
• Sooty FalconFalco concolor
• Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
• Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
• Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
• Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
• Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
• Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
• Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
• European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
• Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
• Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
• Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
• Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
• Variable WheatearOenanthe picata
• Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Common SwiftApus apus
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
• Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
• Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
• Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
• Amur FalconFalco amurensis
• Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
• Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
• Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
• Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
• Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
• Black StorkCiconia nigra
• Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
• Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
• Small PratincoleGlareola lactea
• Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
• Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
• Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
• European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
• Swinhoe's Storm PetrelHydrobates monorhis
• Little CrakeZapornia parva
• Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
• Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
• Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
• Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
• Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
• Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
• Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
• Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
• Common BuzzardButeo buteo
• Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
• Common GullLarus canus
• Greylag GooseAnser anser
• Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
• African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
• Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
• Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
• Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
• Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
• Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
• Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
• Turkestan Short-toed LarkAlaudala heinei
• Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
• Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
• Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
• Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
• Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
• Common CraneGrus grus
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
• Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
• Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
• Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
• Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
• Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
• European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
• Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
• Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
• Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
• Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
• Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
• Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
• Eversmann's RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus
• Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
• WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
• Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
• Demoiselle CraneGrus virgo
• Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
• Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
• Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
• Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
• Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
• European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
• Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
• Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
• Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
• Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
• Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
• Arabian LarkEremalauda eremodites
• Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
• Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Water RailRallus aquaticus
• Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
• Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
• Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
• Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
• Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
• Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
• Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
• Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
• White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
• European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
• Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
• European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
• Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
• Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
• Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
• Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
• Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
• BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
• Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
• WatercockGallicrex cinerea
• Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
• Garden WarblerSylvia borin
• Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
• Booted WarblerIduna caligata
• Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
• Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
• Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
• Great Stone-curlewEsacus recurvirostris
• Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
• Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
• Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
• Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
• Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Abyssinian SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
• Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
• Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
• White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
• MerlinFalco columbarius
• Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
• Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
• Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
• Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
• Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
• Sykes's NightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensis
• European RobinErithacus rubecula
• Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
• Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
• Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
• Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
• Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
• Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
• Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
• Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
• Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
• Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
• Corn CrakeCrex crex
• Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
• Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
• Pallas's Fish EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
• Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
• Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
• Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
• Eurasian DotterelEudromias morinellus
• Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
• Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
• Matsudaira's Storm PetrelHydrobates matsudairae
• Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
• White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
• Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
• Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
• Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
• Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
• Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
• Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
• Tawny EagleAquila rapax
• Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
• Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauurica
• Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
• Goliath HeronArdea goliath
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
• Great SnipeGallinago media
• Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
• African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
• Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
• Omani OwlStrix butleri

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
• Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
• Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
• Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
• Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
• Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
• Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
• Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
• Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
• Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
• Pale MartinRiparia diluta
• Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
• Mute SwanCygnus olor
• Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
• Stock DoveColumba oenas
• Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
• Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
• Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
• Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
• Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
• Long-eared OwlAsio otus
• Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
• Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
• Sabine's GullXema sabini
• Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
• Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
• Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
• Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
• Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
• Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas
• Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
• Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
• Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
• Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
• White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
• Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
• Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
• Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
• Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
• Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
• Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
• Mediterranean Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens
• Atlas WheatearOenanthe seebohmi
• Rufous-capped LarkCalandrella eremica