Birds of Oman
398 species recorded at 5 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
House CrowCorvus splendens
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreolaMost recorded
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Little StintCalidris minuta
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Common RedshankTringa totanus
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
RuffCalidris pugnax
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusHotspots with the most records
- East KhawrDhofar Governorate247 species
- Al-Qurm ParkMuscat Governorate250 species
- Ayn HamranDhofar Governorate193 species
- Khawr RawriDhofar Governorate260 species
- Al Ansab LagoonsMuscat Governorate230 species
All species recorded · 398
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
- Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Arabian Scops Owl Otus pamelae
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
- Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- Kurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna
- Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia
- Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra
- Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus percivali
- Yemen Serin Crithagra menachensis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi