Birds of Oman
Oman hosts 408 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Oman
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
- Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus
- 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
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- 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
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- 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
- 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
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
- 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
- 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
- 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