KORC - KUWAIT CHECKLIST (v1.3) SITES ENGLISH NAME Common Quail Western Greylag Goose Greater White-fronted Goose Mute Swan Common Shelduck Ruddy Shelduck Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Garganey Eurasian Teal Marbled Duck Common Pochard Ferruginous Duck Tufted Duck Red-breasted Merganser Persian Shearwater Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Horned Grebe Black-necked Grebe Greater Flamingo Lesser Flamingo Red-billed Tropicbird Black Stork Western White Stork African Sacred Ibis Glossy Ibis Eurasian Spoonbill Eurasian Bittern Little Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Squacco Heron Indian Pond Heron Western Cattle Egret Grey Heron Purple Heron Western Great Egret Little Egret Indian Reef Heron Lesser Frigatebird Great White Pelican Dalmatian Pelican Pygmy Cormorant Great Cormorant Socotra Cormorant African Darter Western Osprey European Honey Buzzard Crested Honey Buzzard Black-winged Kite Black Kite White-tailed Eagle Egyptian Vulture Eurasian Griffon Vulture Cinereous Vulture Lappet-faced Vulture Short-toed Snake Eagle SCIENTIFIC NAME Coturnix coturnix Anser anser Anser albifrons Cygnus olor Tadorna tadorna Tadorna ferruginea Anas strepera Anas penelope Anas platyrhynchos Anas clypeata Anas acuta Anas querquedula Anas crecca Marmaronetta angustirostris Aythya ferina Aythya nyroca Aythya fuligula Mergus serrator Puffinus persicus Tachybaptus ruficollis Podiceps cristatus Podiceps auritus Podiceps nigricollis Phoenicopterus roseus Phoeniconaias minor Phaethon aethereus Ciconia nigra Ciconia ciconia Threskiornis aethiopicus Plegadis falcinellus Platalea leucorodia Botaurus stellaris Ixobrychus minutus Nycticorax nycticorax Ardeola ralloides Ardeola grayii Bubulcus ibis Ardea cinerea Ardea purpurea Ardea alba Egretta garzetta Egretta g. schistacea Fregata ariel Pelecanus onocrotalus Pelecanus crispus Microcarbo pygmeus Phalacrocorax carbo Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Anhinga m. rufa Pandion haliaetus Pernis apivorus Pernis ptilorhynchus Elanus caeruleus Milvus migrans Haliaeetus albicilla Neophron percnopterus Gyps fulvus Aegypius monachus Torgos trachielotos Circaetus gallicus VISIT COUNT
Western Marsh Harrier Hen Harrier Pallid Harrier Montagu s Harrier Shikra Levant Sparrowhawk Eurasian Sparrowhawk Northern Goshawk Steppe Buzzard Long-legged Buzzard Lesser Spotted Eagle Greater Spotted Eagle Steppe Eagle Eastern Imperial Eagle Golden Eagle Bonelli s Eagle Booted Eagle Lesser Kestrel Common Kestrel Red-footed Falcon Sooty Falcon Merlin Eurasian Hobby Lanner Falcon Saker Falcon Peregrine Falcon Barbary Falcon Macqueen s Bustard Water Rail Corn Crake Little Crake Baillon s Crake Spotted Crake Purple Swamphen Common Moorhen Eurasian Coot Demoiselle Crane Common Crane Eurasian Stone-curlew Eurasian Oystercatcher Crab-plover Black-winged Stilt Pied Avocet Northern Lapwing Spur-winged Lapwing Red-wattled Lapwing Sociable Lapwing White-tailed Lapwing Eurasian Golden Plover Pacific Golden Plover Grey Plover Common Ringed Plover Little Ringed Plover Kentish Plover Lesser Sand Plover Greater Sand Plover Caspian Plover Eurasian Dotterel Eurasian Woodcock Jack Snipe Great Snipe Common Snipe Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Little Curlew Whimbrel Circus aeruginosus Circus cyaneus Circus macrourus Circus pygargus Accipiter badius Accipiter brevipes Accipiter nisus Accipiter gentilis Buteo b. vulpinus Buteo rufinus Aquila pomarina Aquila clanga Aquila nipalensis Aquila heliaca Aquila chrysaetos Aquila fasciatus Aquila pennata Falco naumanni Falco tinnunculus Falco vespertinus Falco concolor Falco columbarius Falco subbuteo Falco biarmicus Falco cherrug Falco peregrinus Falco p. pelegrinoides Chlamydotis macqueenii Rallus aquaticus Crex crex Porzana parva Porzana pusilla Porzana porzana Porphyrio porphyrio Gallinula chloropus Fulica atra Anthropoides virgo Grus grus Burhinus oedicnemus Haematopus ostralegus Dromas ardeola Himantopus himantopus Recurvirostra avosetta Vanellus vanellus Vanellus spinosus Vanellus indicus Vanellus gregarius Vanellus leucurus Pluvialis apricaria Pluvialis fulva Pluvialis squatarola Charadrius hiaticula Charadrius dubius Charadrius alexandrinus Charadrius atrifrons Charadrius leschenaultii Charadrius asiaticus Charadrius morinellus Scolopax rusticola Lymnocryptes minimus Gallinago media Gallinago gallinago Limosa limosa Limosa lapponica Numenius minutus Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew Spotted Redshank Common Redshank Marsh Sandpiper Common Greenshank Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Terek Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Great Knot Red Knot Sanderling Little Stint Temminck s Stint Curlew Sandpiper Dunlin Broad-billed Sandpiper Ruff Red-necked Phalarope Grey Phalarope Cream-coloured Courser Collared Pratincole Oriental Pratincole Black-winged Pratincole Black-legged Kittiwake Slender-billed Gull Common Black-headed Gull Little Gull Mediterranean Gull Great Black-headed Gull Common Gull Caspian Gull Armenian Gull Baltic Gull Heuglin s Gull Steppe Gull Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Swift Tern Lesser Crested Tern Sandwich Tern Little Tern Saunders s Tern Bridled Tern Common Tern White-cheeked Tern Arctic Tern Whiskered Tern White-winged Tern Black Tern Pomarine Skua Arctic Skua Long-tailed Skua Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Spotted Sandgrouse Black-bellied Sandgrouse Feral Pigeon Stock Dove Common Wood Pigeon European Turtle Dove Rufous Turtle Dove Eurasian Collared Dove African Collared Dove Laughing Dove Numenius arquata Tringa erythropus Tringa totanus Tringa stagnatilis Tringa nebularia Tringa ochropus Tringa glareola Xenus cinereus Actitis hypoleucos Arenaria interpres Calidris tenuirostris Calidris canutus Calidris alba Calidris minuta Calidris temminckii Calidris ferruginea Calidris alpina Limicola falcinellus Philomachus pugnax Phalaropus lobatus Phalaropus fulicarius Cursorius cursor Glareola pratincola Glareola maldivarum Glareola nordmanni Rissa tridactyla Chroicocephalus genei Chroicocephalus ridibundus Hydrocoloeus minutus Larus melanocephalus Larus ichthyaetus Larus canus Larus cachinnans Larus armenicus Larus f. fuscus Larus f/h. heuglini Larus f/h. barabensis Gelochelidon nilotica Hydroprogne caspia Sterna bergii Sterna bengalensis Sterna sandvicensis Sternula albifrons Sternula a. saundersi Onychoprion anaethetus Sterna hirundo Sterna repressa Sterna paradisaea Chlidonias hybrida Chlidonias leucopterus Chlidonias niger Stercorarius pomarinus Stercorarius parasiticus Stercorarius longicaudus Pterocles alchata Pterocles exustus Pterocles senegallus Pterocles orientalis Columba livia forma domestica Columba oenas Columba palumbus Streptopelia turtur Streptopelia o. meena Streptopelia decaocto Streptopelia risoria Spilopelia senegalensis
Namaqua Dove Rose-ringed Parakeet Great Spotted Cuckoo Asian Koel Common Cuckoo Western Barn Owl Pallid Scops Owl Eurasian Scops Owl Pharaoh Eagle Owl Lilith Owlet Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl European Nightjar Egyptian Nightjar Alpine Swift Common Swift Pallid Swift Little Swift Indian Roller European Roller White-throated Kingfisher Common Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher Blue-cheeked Bee-eater European Bee-eater Eurasian Hoopoe Eurasian Wryneck Red-backed Shrike Daurian Shrike Turkestan Shrike Long-tailed Shrike Lesser Grey Shrike Steppe Grey Shrike Woodchat Shrike Masked Shrike Eurasian Golden Oriole Ashy Drongo House Crow Rook Brown-necked Raven Hypocolius Sombre Tit Great Tit Eurasian Penduline Tit Greater Hoopoe-Lark Thick-billed Lark Calandra Lark Bimaculated Lark Bar-tailed Lark Desert Lark Greater Short-toed Lark Lesser Short-toed Lark Dunn s Lark Crested Lark Woodlark Eurasian Skylark Oriental Skylark Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Temminck s Lark White-eared Bulbul Red-vented Bulbul Sand Martin Barn Swallow Eurasian Crag Martin Pale Crag Martin Common House Martin Oena capensis Psittacula krameri Clamator glandarius Eudynamys scolopaceus Cuculus canorus Tyto alba Otus brucei Otus scops Bubo ascalaphus Athene n. lilith Asio otus Asio flammeus Caprimulgus europaeus Caprimulgus aegyptius Tachymarptis melba Apus apus Apus pallidus Apus affinis Coracias benghalensis Coracias garrulus Halcyon smyrnensis Alcedo atthis Ceryle rudis Merops persicus Merops apiaster Upupa epops Jynx torquilla Lanius collurio Lanius isabellinus Lanius i. phoenicuroides Lanius schach Lanius minor Lanius m. pallidirostris Lanius senator Lanius nubicus Oriolus oriolus Dicrurus leucophaeus Corvus splendens Corvus frugilegus Corvus ruficollis Hypocolius ampelinus Poecile lugubris Parus major Remiz pendulinus Alaemon alaudipes Ramphocoris clotbey Melanocorypha calandra Melanocorypha bimaculata Ammomanes cinctura Ammomanes deserti Calandrella brachydactyla Calandrella rufescens Eremalauda dunni Galerida cristata Lullula arborea Alauda arvensis Alauda gulgula Eremopterix nigriceps Eremophila bilopha Pycnonotus l. leucotis Pycnonotus cafer Riparia riparia Hirundo rustica Ptyonoprogne rupestris Ptyonoprogne f. obsoleta Delichon urbicum
Red-rumped Swallow Cetti s Warbler Willow Warbler Common Chiffchaff Mountain Chiffchaff Eastern Bonelli s Warbler Wood Warbler Dusky Warbler Yellow-browed Warbler Hume s Leaf Warbler Green Warbler Basra Reed Warbler Great Reed Warbler Indian Reed Warbler Moustached Warbler Sedge Warbler Blyth s Reed Warbler Eurasian Reed Warbler Caspian Reed Warbler Marsh Warbler Sykes s Warbler Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Upcher s Warbler Olive-tree Warbler Icterine Warbler Common Grasshopper Warbler River Warbler Savi s Warbler Zitting Cisticola Graceful Prinia Afghan Babbler Eurasian Blackcap Garden Warbler Barred Warbler Lesser Whitethroat Desert Whitethroat Hume s Whitethroat Eastern Orphean Warbler Asian Desert Warbler Common Whitethroat Ménétriés s Warbler Winter Wren Bank Myna Common Myna Rose-coloured Starling Common Starling Ring Ouzel Eurasian Blackbird Black-throated Thrush Dusky Thrush Fieldfare Redwing Song Thrush Mistle Thrush European Robin Red-spotted Bluethroat White-spotted Bluethroat Thrush Nightingale Common Nightingale Eastern Nightingale White-throated Robin Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Black Scrub Robin Eversmann s Redstart Western Black Redstart Eastern Black Redstart Cecropis daurica Cettia cetti Phylloscopus trochilus Phylloscopus collybita Phylloscopus sindianus Phylloscopus orientalis Phylloscopus sibilatrix Phylloscopus fuscatus Phylloscopus inornatus Phylloscopus humei Phylloscopus nitidus Acrocephalus griseldis Acrocephalus arundinaceus Acrocephalus s. brunnescens Acrocephalus melanopogon Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Acrocephalus dumetorum Acrocephalus scirpaceus Acrocephalus s. fuscus Acrocephalus palustris Iduna rama Iduna pallida Hippolais languida Hippolais olivetorum Hippolais icterina Locustella naevia Locustella fluviatilis Locustella luscinioides Cisticola juncidis Prinia gracilis Turdoides c. huttoni Sylvia atricapilla Sylvia borin Sylvia nisoria Sylvia curruca Sylvia minula Sylvia althaea Sylvia crassirostris Sylvia nana Sylvia communis Sylvia mystacea Troglodytes troglodytes Acridotheres ginginianus Acridotheres tristis Pastor roseus Sturnus vulgaris Turdus torquatus Turdus merula Turdus atrogularis Turdus eunomus Turdus pilaris Turdus iliacus Turdus philomelos Turdus viscivorus Erithacus rubecula Luscinia svecica Luscinia s. cyanecula Luscinia luscinia Luscinia megarhynchos Luscinia m. golzii Irania gutturalis Cercotrichas galactotes Cercotrichas podobe Phoenicurus erythronotus Phoenicurus ochruros Phoenicurus o. phoenicuroides
Common Redstart Whinchat European Stonechat Siberian Stonechat Byzantine Stonechat Caspian Stonechat Isabelline Wheatear Northern Wheatear Kurdistan Wheatear Red-tailed Wheatear Pied Wheatear Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Desert Wheatear Eastern Mourning Wheatear Finsch s Wheatear Hume s Wheatear White-crowned Wheatear Hooded Wheatear Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Blue Rock Thrush Spotted Flycatcher Semi-collared Flycatcher Red-breasted Flycatcher Purple Sunbird House Sparrow Spanish Sparrow Dead Sea Sparrow Pale Rockfinch Yellow-throated Sparrow Indian Silverbill Radde s Accentor Black-throated Accentor Dunnock Forest Wagtail Western Yellow Wagtail Blue-headed Wagtail Sykes s Wagtail White-headed Wagtail Grey-headed Wagtail Black-headed Wagtail Eastern Black-headed Wagtail Yellow-headed Wagtail Citrine Wagtail Grey Wagtail White Wagtail Richard s Pipit Blyth s Pipit Tawny Pipit Meadow Pipit Tree Pipit Olive-backed Pipit Red-throated Pipit Buff-bellied Pipit Water Pipit Common Chaffinch Brambling Eurasian Siskin European Goldfinch Eastern Goldfinch Common Linnet Trumpeter Finch Mongolian Finch Desert Finch Common Rosefinch Corn Bunting Yellowhammer Phoenicurus phoenicurus Saxicola rubetra Saxicola rubicola Saxicola maurus Saxicola m. armenicus Saxicola m. variegatus Oenanthe isabellina Oenanthe oenanthe Oenanthe xanthoprymna Oenanthe chrysopygia Oenanthe pleschanka Oenanthe h. melanoleuca Oenanthe deserti Oenanthe lugens Oenanthe finschii Oenanthe albonigra Oenanthe leucopyga Oenanthe monacha Monticola saxatilis Monticola solitarius Muscicapa striata Ficedula semitorquata Ficedula parva Cinnyris asiaticus Passer domesticus Passer hispaniolensis Passer moabiticus Carpospiza brachydactyla Gymnoris xanthocollis Lonchura malabarica Prunella ocularis Prunella atrogularis Prunella modularis Dendronanthus indicus Motacilla flava Motacilla f. flava Motacilla f. beema Motacilla f. leucocephala Motacilla f. thunbergi Motacilla f. feldegg Motacilla f. melanogrisea Motacilla f/t. lutea Motacilla citreola Motacilla cinerea Motacilla alba Anthus n. richardi Anthus godlewskii Anthus campestris Anthus pratensis Anthus trivialis Anthus hodgsoni Anthus cervinus Anthus r. japonicus Anthus spinoletta Fringilla coelebs Fringilla montifringilla Carduelis spinus Carduelis carduelis Carduelis c. caniceps Carduelis cannabina Bucanetes githagineus Bucanetes mongolicus Rhodospiza obsoleta Carpodacus erythrinus Emberiza calandra Emberiza citrinella
Rock Bunting Grey-necked Bunting Cinereous Bunting Ortolan Bunting Little Bunting Rustic Bunting Black-headed Bunting Red-headed Bunting Common Reed Bunting Emberiza cia Emberiza buchanani Emberiza cineracea Emberiza hortulana Emberiza pusilla Emberiza rustica Emberiza melanocephala Emberiza bruniceps Emberiza schoeniclus TOTAL NOTE: 1. KORC - Kuwait Ornithological Rarities Committee 2. OSME - Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia 3. Kuwait list follows simplified OSME list of bird taxa (March 2010) and is 379 species, with 18 ssp 4. When only sub-species occurs in Kuwait, it occupies the nominate place on the list 5. OSME Taxonomic sequence based on Howard and Moore 3rd Edition 6. OSME English names based on those recommended by IOC 7. Species in RED are under further review by KORC