Oman · Dhofar Governorate
East Khawr
247 species and 25,078 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 156 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
RuffCalidris pugnax
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ayn Hamran14 km193 species
- Khawr Rawri28 km260 species
All 247 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Arabian Scops Owl Otus pamelae
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at East Khawr?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 156 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at East Khawr?
247 species, from 25,078 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at East Khawr in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-winged Stilt, Grey Heron, Sooty Gull, Common Moorhen and Western Reef Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.