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SPECIES
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Scientific name
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No of days out of 7 recorded
|
Highest daily count
C. common
H. = heard only
N/C = no count
|
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Little Grebe
|
Tachybaptus ruficollis
|
1
|
11
|
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Great Cormorant
|
Phalacrocorax carbo
|
5
|
5
|
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Western Reef-egret
|
Egretta gularis [garzetta]
|
5
|
41
|
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Grey Heron
|
Ardea cinerea
|
5
|
60
|
|
Great White Egret
|
Egretta alba
|
1
|
15
|
|
Cattle Egret
|
Bubulcus ibis
|
3
|
4
|
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Squacco Heron
|
Ardeola ralloides
|
2
|
4
|
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Striated Heron
|
Butorides striatus [striatus]
|
3
|
4
|
|
Little Bittern
|
Ixobrychus minutus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Black Stork
|
Ciconia nigra
|
3
|
13
|
|
White Stork
|
Ciconia ciconia
|
4
|
4000
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|
Eurasian Spoonbill
|
Platalea leucorodia
|
1
|
3
|
|
Greater Flamingo
|
Phoenicopterus ruber
|
3
|
52
|
|
Common Shelduck
|
Tadorna tadorna
|
3
|
20+
|
|
Common Teal
|
Anas crecca
|
2
|
4
|
|
Mallard
|
Anas platyrhynchos
|
1
|
4
|
|
Northern Pintail
|
Anas acuta
|
4
|
600+
|
|
Garganey
|
Anas querquedula
|
1
|
37
|
|
Northern Shoveler
|
Anas clypeata
|
3
|
400+
|
|
Black Kite
|
Milvus migrans
|
7
|
400+
|
|
Egyptian Vulture
|
Neophron percnopterus
|
3
|
2
|
|
Eurasian Griffon-vulture
|
Gyps fulvus
|
1
|
10
|
|
Short-toed Snake-eagle
|
Circaetus gallicus
|
2
|
2
|
|
Western Marsh-harrier
|
Circus aeruginosus
|
5
|
1
|
|
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
|
Accipiter nisus
|
3
|
2
|
|
Common Buzzard
|
Buteo buteo
|
1
|
1
|
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Common Buzzard (steppe)
|
Buteo buteo vulpinus
|
7
|
3000+
|
|
Long-legged Buzzard
|
Buteo rufinus
|
5
|
3
|
|
Steppe Eagle
|
Aquila nipalensis
|
3
|
12+
|
|
Imperial Eagle
|
Aquila heliaca
|
1
|
1
|
|
Bonelli's Eagle
|
Hieraaetus fasciatus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Booted Eagle
|
Hieraaetus pennatus
|
1
|
2
|
|
Osprey
|
Pandion haliaetus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Lesser Kestrel
|
Falco naumanni
|
4
|
3
|
|
Common Kestrel
|
Falco tinnunculus
|
4
|
5
|
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Lanner Falcon
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Falco biarmicus
|
1
|
1
|
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Peregrine Falcon
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Falco peregrinus
|
1
|
2
|
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Barbary Falcon
|
Falco pelegrinoides [peregrinus]
|
2
|
1
|
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Chukar
|
Alectoris chukar
|
2
|
6+
|
|
Common Quail
|
Coturnix coturnix
|
6
|
8
|
|
Water Rail
|
Rallus aquaticus
|
1
|
1
|
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Little Crake
|
Porzana parva
|
1
|
4
|
|
Common Moorhen
|
Gallinula chloropus
|
2
|
4
|
|
Eurasian Coot
|
Fulica atra
|
3
|
8
|
|
Common Crane
|
Grus grus
|
1
|
500+
|
|
Houbara Bustard
|
Chlamydotis undulata
|
1
|
4
|
|
Black-winged Stilt
|
Himantopus himantopus
|
5
|
N/C
|
|
Pied Avocet
|
Recurvirostra avosetta
|
1
|
20
|
|
Stone-curlew
|
Burhinus oedicnemus
|
2
|
5
|
|
Cream-coloured Courser
|
Cursorius cursor
|
1
|
9
|
|
Grey Plover
|
Pluvialis squatarola
|
1
|
1
|
|
Common Ringed Plover
|
Charadrius hiaticula
|
3
|
5
|
|
Little Ringed Plover
|
Charadrius dubius
|
4
|
6
|
|
Kentish Plover
|
Charadrius alexandrinus
|
2
|
20
|
|
Greater Sand Plover
|
Charadrius leschenaultii
|
1
|
2
|
|
Spur-winged Lapwing
|
Vanellus spinosus
|
7
|
N/C
|
|
Common Snipe
|
Gallinago gallinago
|
2
|
2
|
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Black-tailed Godwit
|
Limosa limosa
|
1
|
2
|
|
Common Redshank
|
Tringa totanus
|
5
|
6
|
|
Marsh Sandpiper
|
Tringa stagnatilis
|
3
|
2
|
|
Common Greenshank
|
Tringa nebularia
|
3
|
3
|
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Green Sandpiper
|
Tringa ochropus
|
6
|
6
|
|
Little Stint
|
Calidris minuta
|
4
|
C
|
|
Dunlin
|
Calidris alpina
|
1
|
1
|
|
Broad-billed Sandpiper
|
Limicola falcinellus
|
1
|
3
|
|
Ruff
|
Philomachus pugnax
|
6
|
40
|
|
White-eyed Gull
|
Larus leucophthalmus
|
5
|
25
|
|
Yellow-legged Gull
|
Larus cachinnans [cachinnans]
|
5
|
N/C
|
|
Lesser Black-backed Gull
|
Larus fuscus
|
5
|
N/C
|
|
Great Black-headed Gull
|
Larus ichthyaetus
|
5
|
4
|
|
Black-headed Gull
|
Larus ridibundus
|
5
|
N/C
|
|
Slender-billed Gull
|
Larus genei
|
5
|
100
|
|
Little Gull
|
Larus minutus
|
2
|
2
|
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Gull-billed Tern
|
Sterna nilotica
|
1
|
1
|
|
Caspian Tern
|
Sterna caspia
|
3
|
1
|
|
Bridled Tern
|
Sterna anaethetus
|
1
|
1
|
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Sandwich Tern
|
Sterna sandvicensis
|
4
|
8
|
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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
|
Pterocles alchata
|
1
|
100+
|
|
Spotted Sandgrouse
|
Pterocles senegallus
|
1
|
150
|
|
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
|
Pterocles lichtensteinii
|
1
|
22
|
|
Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon
|
Columba livia
|
7
|
C
|
|
Wood Pigeon
|
Columba palumbus
|
2
|
2
|
|
Laughing Dove
|
Streptopelia senegalensis
|
7
|
C
|
|
Eurasian Collared-dove
|
Streptopelia decaocto
|
7
|
C
|
|
Namaqua Dove
|
Oena capensis
|
2
|
2
|
|
Rose-ringed Parakeet
|
Psittacula krameri
|
3
|
25
|
|
Great Spotted Cuckoo
|
Clamator glandarius
|
1
|
1
|
|
Common Scops-owl
|
Otus scops
|
1
|
1
|
|
Little Owl
|
Athene noctua
|
4
|
1
|
|
Alpine Swift
|
Tachymarptis melba
|
2
|
30
|
|
Common Swift
|
Apus apus
|
7
|
C
|
|
Pallid Swift
|
Apus pallidus
|
2
|
1
|
|
Common Kingfisher
|
Alcedo atthis
|
1
|
1
|
|
White-breasted Kingfisher
|
Halcyon smyrnensis
|
2
|
2
|
|
Pied Kingfisher
|
Ceryle rudis
|
4
|
1
|
|
Little Green Bee-eater
|
Merops orientalis
|
6
|
12
|
|
Eurasian Hoopoe
|
Upupa epops
|
6
|
20
|
|
Eurasian Wryneck
|
Jynx torquilla
|
4
|
3
|
|
Syrian Woodpecker
|
Dendrocopos syriacus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Desert Lark
|
Ammomanes deserti
|
5
|
6
|
|
Hoopoe Lark
|
Alaemon alaudipes
|
2
|
2
|
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Bimaculated Lark
|
Melanocorypha bimaculata
|
2
|
2
|
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Greater Short-toed Lark
|
Calandrella brachydactyla]
|
6
|
50
|
|
Lesser Short-toed Lark
|
Calandrella rufescens
|
1
|
2
|
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Crested Lark
|
Galerida cristata
|
7
|
C
|
|
Eurasian Skylark
|
Alauda arvensis
|
2
|
1
|
|
Sand Martin
|
Riparia riparia
|
2
|
3
|
|
Pale Crag-martin
|
Hirundo obsoleta [fuligula]
|
7
|
N/C
|
|
Barn Swallow
|
Hirundo rustica
|
7
|
C
|
|
Red-rumped Swallow
|
Hirundo daurica
|
5
|
20
|
|
House Martin
|
Delichon urbica
|
7
|
C
|
|
Tawny Pipit
|
Anthus campestris
|
4
|
2
|
|
Tree Pipit
|
Anthus trivialis
|
4
|
2
|
|
Meadow Pipit
|
Anthus pratensis
|
5
|
3
|
|
Red-throated Pipit
|
Anthus cervinus
|
4
|
4
|
|
Water Pipit
|
Anthus spinoletta
|
6
|
N/C
|
|
Buff-bellied Pipit
|
Anthus rubescens [spinoletta]
|
2
|
1
|
|
White Wagtail
|
Motacilla alba
|
7
|
C
|
|
Citrine Wagtail
|
Motacilla citreola
|
2
|
1
|
|
Yellow Wagtail
|
Motacilla flava
|
6
|
4
|
|
Grey Wagtail
|
Motacilla cinerea
|
1
|
1
|
|
White-spectacled Bulbul
|
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
|
7
|
C
|
|
Grey Hypocolius
|
Hypocolius ampelinus
|
1
|
1
|
|
European Robin
|
Erithacus rubecula
|
1
|
1
|
|
Bluethroat
|
Luscinia svecica
|
6
|
10
|
|
Black Redstart
|
Phoenicurus ochruros
|
4
|
6
|
|
Common Redstart
|
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
|
5
|
6
|
|
Blackstart
|
Cercomela melanura
|
3
|
N/C
|
|
Common Stonechat
|
Saxicola torquata
|
5
|
4
|
|
White-crowned Black Wheatear
|
Oenanthe leucopyga
|
4
|
6
|
|
Hooded Wheatear
|
Oenanthe monacha
|
4
|
2
|
|
Northern Wheatear
|
Oenanthe oenanthe
|
6
|
6
|
|
Mourning Wheatear
|
Oenanthe lugens
|
1
|
3
|
|
Black-eared Wheatear
|
Oenanthe hispanica
|
6
|
20
|
|
Desert Wheatear
|
Oenanthe deserti
|
3
|
2
|
|
Isabelline Wheatear
|
Oenanthe isabellina
|
7
|
20
|
|
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
|
Monticola saxatilis
|
1
|
1
|
|
Blue Rock-thrush
|
Monticola solitarius
|
5
|
3
|
|
Song Thrush
|
Turdus philomelos
|
4
|
4
|
|
Graceful Prinia
|
Prinia gracilis
|
6
|
C
|
|
Streaked Scrub-warbler
|
Scotocerca inquieta
|
2
|
2
|
|
Eurasian Reed-warbler
|
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Clamorous Reed-warbler
|
Acrocephalus stentoreus
|
1
|
2
|
|
Olivaceous Warbler
|
Hippolais pallida
|
1
|
1
|
|
Blackcap
|
Sylvia atricapilla
|
5
|
6
|
|
Common Whitethroat
|
Sylvia communis
|
5
|
3
|
|
Lesser Whitethroat
|
Sylvia curruca
|
7
|
50+
|
|
Desert Warbler
|
Sylvia nana
|
1
|
1
|
|
Orphean Warbler
|
Sylvia hortensis
|
1
|
1
|
|
Arabian Warbler
|
Sylvia leucomelaena
|
1
|
1
|
|
Rüppell's Warbler
|
Sylvia rueppelli
|
1
|
2
|
|
Sardinian Warbler
|
Sylvia melanocephala
|
6
|
5
|
|
Cyprus Warbler
|
Sylvia melanothorax
|
1
|
3
|
|
Spectacled Warbler
|
Sylvia conspicillata
|
1
|
1
|
|
Willow Warbler
|
Phylloscopus trochilus
|
5
|
2
|
|
Common Chiffchaff
|
Phylloscopus collybita
|
7
|
C
|
|
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
|
Phylloscopus bonelli
|
1
|
1
|
|
Arabian Babbler
|
Turdoides squamiceps
|
2
|
10
|
|
Palestine Sunbird
|
Nectarinia osea
|
6
|
6
|
|
Southern Grey Shrike
|
Lanius excubitor meridionalis
|
3
|
3
|
|
Woodchat Shrike
|
Lanius senator
|
6
|
3
|
|
Masked Shrike
|
Lanius nubicus
|
4
|
3
|
|
House Crow
|
Corvus splendens
|
5
|
N/C
|
|
Hooded Crow
|
Corvus corone cornix
|
2
|
C
|
|
Brown-necked Raven
|
Corvus ruficollis
|
6
|
N/C
|
|
Fan-tailed Raven
|
Corvus rhipidurus
|
1
|
12
|
|
Tristram's Starling
|
Onychognathus tristramii
|
4
|
50
|
|
Common Starling
|
Sturnus vulgaris
|
1
|
500
|
|
House Sparrow
|
Passer domesticus
|
7
|
C
|
|
Spanish Sparrow
|
Passer hispaniolensis [domesticus]
|
7
|
C
|
|
Dead Sea Sparrow
|
Passer moabiticus
|
1
|
6
|
|
Chaffinch
|
Fringilla coelebs
|
2
|
2
|
|
Syrian Serin
|
Serinus syriacus [serinus]
|
2
|
30
|
|
European Greenfinch
|
Carduelis chloris
|
1
|
4
|
|
Eurasian Linnet
|
Carduelis cannabina
|
1
|
10
|
|
Trumpeter Finch
|
Rhodopechys githaginea
|
2
|
12
|
|
Desert Finch
|
Rhodopechys obsoleta
|
2
|
7
|
|
Ortolan Bunting
|
Emberiza hortulana
|
1
|
1
|
|
Cretzschmar's Bunting
|
Emberiza caesia
|
3
|
4
|
|
House Bunting
|
Emberiza striolata
|
1
|
1
|
|
Corn Bunting
|
Miliaria calandra
|
1
|
6
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