Bird AlbumOman · Muscat Governorate
Al Ansab Lagoons
230 species and 10,415 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February and October–November, with up to 104 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Little StintCalidris minuta
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Al-Qurm Park18 km250 species
All 230 species recorded here
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Al Ansab Lagoons?
January–February and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 104 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Al Ansab Lagoons?
230 species, from 10,415 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Al Ansab Lagoons in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe, Northern Shoveler, Grey Heron, Red-wattled Lapwing and Eurasian Teal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.