Kuwait Bird Gallery 1

Kuwait Bird Photo Gallery

The Kuwait Bird Photo Gallery includes all the birds from Kuwait Bird List. More photos will be added to include all plumages of Kuwait’s Birds. Scroll down or search for a species and click on a species’s photo or its caption to see its gallery. Currently, it includes all photos from past blogs (from 2007 to 2020), but more photos will be added at a later stage.

It is divided into three pages to ease scrolling down and faster page download.
Once you enter the gallery, you can hover over any photos and see their date, location, and photographer’s name.

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Enjoy the Photo Gallery! Leave a comment below if you have a suggestion or just to say thank you.

Search for a species using its English or Scientific name ‘from Quail to skuas,’ then click of photos to see the species photo gallery or scroll down and click on any photo to see its photo gallery.

You may be interested in the Kuwait bird photo gallery from Kuwaitbirds.org here.

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Anatidae (Ducks, Geese and Swans)

Eastern Greylag Goose Anser anser rubrirostris — **Eastern Greylag Goose** *Anser anser rubrirostris*
إوَزَّةٌ رَبْداءُ شَرْقِيَّةٌ

Greater White-fronted Goose anser albifrons by a lake — **Greater White-fronted Goose** *anser albifrons*
إِوَزَّةٌ غَرّاءُ كَبِيرةٌ

Mute Swan on water — **Mute Swan** *Cygnus olor*
تَمٌّ صَامِتٌ

Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna — **Common Shelduck** *Tadorna tadorna*
شَهْرَمَانَةٌ

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea — **Ruddy Shelduck** *Tadorna ferruginea*
شَهْرَمَانَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ

Garganey Spatula querquedula — **Garganey** *Spatula querquedula*
حَذَفَةٌ صَيْفِيَّةٌ

Northern Shoveler swimming — **Northern Shoveler** *Anas clypeata*
مِجْرَفِيُّ مِنْقَارٍ

Gadwall Anas strepera — **Gadwall** *Anas strepera*
سَمَارِيَّةٌ

Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope — **Eurasian Wigeon** *Anas penelope*
صَوَّايَةٌ

**Mallard** *Anas platyrhynchos*
بُرْكَةٌ

Northern Pintail Anas acuta — **Northern Pintail** *Anas acuta*
بَلْبُولٌ شِمَاليٌّ

Eurasian Teal Anas crecca — **Eurasian Teal** *Anas crecca*
حَذَفَةٌ شِتْوِيَّةٌ

Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris — **Marbled Duck** *Marmaronetta angustirostris*
حَذَفَةٌ رُخَامِيَّةٌ

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina — **Red-crested Pochard** *Netta rufina*
بَطَّةٌ حَمْرَاءُ قُنَّةٍ

Common Pochard Aythya ferina — **Common Pochard** *Aythya ferina*
بَطَّةٌ حَمْرَاءُ قُنَّةٍ

Ferruginous Duck in flight — **Ferruginous Duck** *Aythya nyroca*
بَطَّةٌ كُمَيْتٌ

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula — **Tufted Duck** *Aythya fuligula*
بَطَّةٌ قُنْبُرَاءُ

Long-tailed Duck swimming in a lake — **Long-tailed Duck** *Clangula hyemalis*
بَطَّةٌ ذَنُوبٌ

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator — **Red-breasted Merganser** *Mergus serrator*
مُقَشَّشَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ صَدْرٍ

Phasianidae (Pheasants & Allies)

Common Quail feeding on ground — **Common Quail** *Coturnix coturnix*
سُمَّانَى شَائِعَةٌ

Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

European Nightjar perching on ground in day time — **European Nightjar** *Caprimulgus europaeus*
**سُبَدٌ أَوْرُوبِيٌّ**

Egyptian Nightjar perching on ground in day light — **Egyptian Nightjar** *Caprimulgus aegyptius*
سُبَدٌ مِصْرِيٌّ

Apodidae (Swifts)

Alpine Swift in flight — **Alpine Swift** *Apus melba* سَمَّامَةٌ أَلْبِيَّةٌ

Common Swift in flight — **Common Swift** *Apus apus* عُوَّارٌ

Pallid Swift in flight — **Pallid Swift** *Apus pallidus* سَمَّامَةٌ فَاتِحَةٌ

Little Swift in flight — **Little Swift** *Apus affinis* سَمَّامَةُ صَغِيرَةٌ

Otididae (Bustards)

Macqueen’s Bustard perching on ground on — **Macqueen’s Bustard** *Chlamydotis macqueenii*
**حُبَارَى شَرْقِيَّةٌ**

Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius — **Great Spotted Cuckoo** *Clamator glandarius*
وَقْوَاقٌ مُنَقَّطٌ كَبِيرٌ

**Asian Koel** *Eudynamys scolopaceus*
كَوْلٌ آسْيَوِيٌّ

Common Cuckoo on grass — **Common Cuckoo** *Cuculus canorus*
وَقْوَاقٌ شَائعٌ

Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) — **Pin-tailed Sandgrouse** *Pterocles alchata*
قَطَاةٌ نَبْطَاءُ

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus — **Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse** *Syrrhaptes exustus*
غَطَاطَةٌ

Spotted Sandgrouse on ground — **Spotted Sandgrouse** *Pterocles senegallus*
كُدْرِيَّةٌ ذَنُوبٌ

Black-bellied Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes orientalis جُونِيَّةٌ

Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Rock Dove Columba livia forma — **Rock Dove** *Columba livia forma*
يَمَامَةٌ

Stock Dove Columba oenas — **Stock Dove** *Columba oenas*
يَمَامَةٌ شَجَرِيَّةٌ

Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus — **Common Wood Pigeon** *Columba palumbus*
وَرَشَانٌ

European Turtle Dove perching on a branch — **European Turtle Dove** *Streptopelia turtur*
قُمْرِيٌّ أَوْرُوبِيٌّ

Oriental Turtle Dove looking to the left — **Oriental Turtle Dove** *Streptopelia*
قُمْرِيٌّ أَصْهَبُ

Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto — **Eurasian Collared Dove** *Streptopelia decaocto* فَاخِتَةٌ أَوْرَاسِيَّةٌ

**Laughing Dove** *Spilopelia senegalensis*
دُبْسِيٌّ

Namaqua Dove landing on dry branches — **Namaqua Dove** *Oena capensis*
حِمْحِمٌ

Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)

Water Rail in dry reed bed stems — **Water Rail** *Rallus aquaticus*
مُرَعَةُ مَائِيَّةٌ

Corncrake perching on ground — **Corn Crake** *Crex crex*
سَلْوَى

Spotted Crake walking on reeds — Spotted Crake Porzana porzana مُرَعَةٌ رَقْطَاءُ

Common Moorhen wading in water — Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus فُرْفُرٌ شَائِعٌ

Eurasian Coot Fulica atra غَرَّاءٌ أوْرَاسِيَّةٌ

Purpple Swamphen walking in water — **Grey-headed Swamphen** *Porphyrio poliocephalus*
سُلْطَانِيَّةٌ رَمْدَاءُ رَأْسٍ

Baillon's Crake perching on reeds — Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla مُرَعَةٌ بَيْلَوْنِيَّةٌ

Little Crake walking on reed stems — Little Crake Zapornia parva مُرَعَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ

Striped Crake feeding in water — Striped Crake, Aenigmatolimnas marginalis مُرَعَةٌ مُخَطَّطَةٌ (Photo: Ammar Al-Jeraiwi)

White-breasted Waterhen on grass — White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus مُرَعَةٌ صَدْرَاءُ

Gruidae (Cranes)

Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo — **Demoiselle Crane** *Grus virgo*
رَهْوٌ

**Common Crane** *Grus grus*
كُرْكِيٌّ شَائِعٌ

Podicipedidae (Grebes)

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis — **Little Grebe** *Tachybaptus ruficollis*
غَطَّاسٌ صَغِيرٌ

**Red-necked Grebe** *Podiceps grisegena*
غَطَّاسٌ أَحْمَرُ رَقَبَةٍ

Great Crested Grebe swimming in adult summer plumage on water — **Great Crested Grebe** *Podiceps cristatus*
غَطَّاسٌ قُنْبُرِىٌّ

Horned Grebe swimming on water — **Horned Grebe** *Podiceps auritus*
غَطَّاسٌ أَقْرَنٌ

Black-necked Grebe swimming in water — **Black-necked Grebe** *Podiceps nigricollis*
غَطَّاسٌ أَدْرَعٌ

Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)

**Greater Flamingo** *Phoenicopterus roseus*
**نُحَامٌ كَبِيرٌ**

Lone Lesser Flamingo in sea water — **Lesser Flamingo** *Phoeniconaias minor*
**نُحَامٌ صَغِيرٌ**

Burhinidae (Stone-curlews, Thick-knees)

Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus — **Eurasian Stone-curlew** *Burhinus oedicnemus*
كَرَوَانٌ أوْرَاسِيٌّ

**Eurasian Oystercatcher** *Haematopus ostralegus*
مَحَّارِيٌّ أَوْرَاسِيُّ

Recurvirostridae (Stilts, Avocets)

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus — **Black-winged Stilt** *Himantopus himantopus*
طُوَّلٌ أَجْنَحُ

**Pied Avocet** *Recurvirostra avosetta*
سَلَّاءَةٌ

Charadriidae (Plovers)

**Northern Lapwing** *Vanellus vanellus*
قُطْقَاطٌ شِمَالِيٌّ

Spur-winged Lapwing - Vanellus spinosus — **Spur-winged Lapwing** *Vanellus spinosu*s
قُطْقَاطٌ أَشْوَكُ

Red Wattled Lapwing on ground — **Red-wattled Lapwing** *Vanellus indicus*
قُطْقَاطٌ أحْمَرُ لَغَدٍ

**Sociable Lapwing** *Vanellus gregarius*
قُطْقَاطٌ تَجَمُّعِيٌّ

White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus — **White-tailed Lapwing** *Vanellus leucurus*
قُطْقَاطٌ أَعْوَكُ

Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria — **Eurasian Golden Plover** *Pluvialis apricaria*
زَقْزَاقٌ مُذْهَبٌ أَوْرَاسِيٌّ

Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva — **Pacific Golden Plover** *Pluvialis fulva*
زُقْزَاقٌ مُذْهَبٌ بَاسيفيكيٌّ

**Grey Plover** *Pluvialis squatarola*
زُقْزَاقٌ أَرْمَدُ

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula — **Common Ringed Plover** *Charadrius hiaticula*
زُقْزَاقٌ مُطَوَّقٌ شَائِعٌ

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius — **Little Ringed Plover** *Charadrius dubius*
زُقْزَاقٌ مُطَوَّقٌ صَغِيرٌ

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus — **Kentish Plover** *Anarhynchus alexandrinus*
زُقْزَاقٌ إسْكَنْدَرِيٌّ

**Lesser Sand Plover** *Anarhynchus atrifrons*
زُقْزَاقٌ صَغِيرٌ

Juvenile Greater Sand Plover standing near water — **Greater Sand Plover** *Anarhynchus leschenaultii*
زُقْزَاقٌ كَبِيرٌ

**Caspian Plover** *Anarhynchus asiaticus*
زُقْزَاقٌ قَزْوِينِيٌّ

**Eurasian Dotterel** *Charadrius morinellus*
زَقْزَاقٌ أغْبَر

Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes)

Eurasian Whimbrel near sea shore — **Eurasian Whimbrel** *Numenius phaeopus*
نَهْقَةٌ آجَامٍيَّةٌ

Little Curlew on turf — **Little Curlew** *Numenius minutus*
نَهْقَةٌ صَغِيرةٌ

Eurasian Curlew in water — **Eurasian Curlew** *Numenius arquata*
نَهْقَةٌ أُوْرَاسِيَّةٌ

**Bar-tailed Godwit** *Limosa lapponica*
قُوقٌ مُوَشَّمُ ذَنَبٍ

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa — **Black-tailed Godwit** *Limosa limosa*
قُوقٌ أَشْعَلُ

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres — **Ruddy Turnstone** *Arenaria interpres*
قُنْبُرَةٌ مَائِيَّةٌ

**Great Knot** *Calidris tenuirostris*
طَوَى كَبِيرَةٌ

Red Knot wading in water — **Red Knot** *Calidris canutus*
طِيْطَوَى حَمْرَاءُ

Ruff Philomachus pugnax — **Ruff** *Philomachus pugnax*
أَغْثَرٌ

Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus — **Broad-billed Sandpiper** *Limicola falcinellus*
طِيْطَوَى شَدْقَاءُ

Curlew Sand piper Calidris ferruginea — **Curlew Sand piper** *Calidris ferruginea*
طِيْطَوَى نَهْقِيَّةٌ

**Temminck’s Stint** *Calidris temminckii*
طِيْطَوَى تَمِنْكِيَّةٌ

Sanderling Calidris alba — **Sanderling** *Calidris alba*
طِيْطَوَى بَيْضَاءُ

Dunlin Calidris alpina — **Dunlin** *Calidris alpina*
طِيْطَوَى كَبْدَاءُ

Little Stint Calidris minuta — **Little Stint** *Calidris minuta*
طِيْطَوَى صَغِيرَةٌ

**Pectoral Sandpiper** *Calidris melanotos*
طِيْطَوَى نَبْطَاءُ

**Eurasian Woodcock** *Scolopax rusticola*
دَجَاجَةُ غَابٍ

Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus — **Jack Snipe** *Lymnocryptes minimus*
شُنْقُبٌ صَغِيرٌ

**Pin-tailed Snipe** *Gallinago stenura*
شُنْقُبٌ إبْرِيُّ ذَنَبٍ

**Great Snipe** *Gallinago media*
شُنْقُبٌ كَبِيرٌ

Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago — **Common Snipe** *Gallinago gallinago*
شُنْقُبٌ شَائِعٌ

Terek Sandpiper running on sea mud — **Terek Sandpiper** *Xenus cinereus*
طِيْطَوَى رَمْلِيَّةٌ

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus — **Red-necked Phalarope** *Phalaropus lobatus*
فَلَرُبْ أَحْمَرُ رَقَبَةٍ

Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius swimming on water close to reeds — **Grey Phalarope** *Phalaropus fulicarius*
فَلَرُبْ أَرْمَدُ

**Common Sandpiper** *Actitis hypoleucos*
طِيْطَوَى شَائِعةٌ

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus — **Green Sandpiper** *Tringa ochropus*
طِيْطَوَى خَضْرَاءُ

Common Redshank Tringa totanus — **Common Redshank** *Tringa totanus*
حَمْرَاءُ سَاقٍ

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis — **Marsh Sandpiper** *Tringa stagnatilis*
طِيْطَوَى مُستَنْقَعِيَّةٌ

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola feeding on grass — **Wood Sandpiper** *Tringa glareola*
طِيْطَوَى آجَمِيَّةٌ

spotted_redshank_img_0185 — **Spotted Redshank** *Tringa erythropus*
حَمْرَاءُ سَاقٍ رَقْطَاءُ

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia — **Common Greenshank** *Tringa nebularia*
خَضْرَاءُ سَاقٍ

Dromadidae (Crab-Plover)

Crab-plover Dromas ardeola — **Crab-plover** *Dromas ardeola*
حُنْكُورٌ

Glareolidae (Coursers, Partincoles)

Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor — **Cream-coloured Courser** *Cursorius cursor*
دُرَّاجٌ شَائِعٌ

**Collared Pratincole** *Glareola pratincola*
يُسْرٌ مُطَوَّقٌ

**Oriental Pratincole** *Glareola maldivarum*
يُسْرٌ شَرْقِيٌّ

Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni — **Black-winged Pratincole** *Glareola nordmanni*
يُسْرٌ أَجْنَحُ

Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

**Black-legged Kittiwake** *Rissa tridactyla*
نَوْرَسٌ أَرْمَلٌ

Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini — **Sabine’s Gull** *Xema sabini* نَوْرَسٌ سَيْبَانيٌّ

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei — **Slender-billed Gull** *Chroicocephalus genei*
نَوْرَسٌ مُسْتَدَقُ مِنقَارٍ

Common Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus — **Common Black-headed Gull** *Chroicocephalus ridibundus*
نَوْرَسٌ أَرْأَسُ

**Little Gull** *Hydrocoloeus minutus*
نَوْرَسٌ صَغِيرٌ

Franklin's Gull in flight — **Franklin’s Gull** *Leucophaeus pipixcan*
نَوْرَسٌ افْرَانْكلِينِيٌّ

Mediterranean Gull walking close to shoreline — **Mediterranean Gull** *Ichthyaetus melanocephalus*
نَوْرَسٌ مُتَوَسِّطِيٌّ

/kuwait-bird-gallery-1/great-black-headed-gull landing on water — **Great Black-headed Gull** *Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus*
نَوْرَسٌ أَرْأَسُ كَبِيرٌ

White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus second summer — **White-eyed Gull** *Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus*
نَوْرَسٌ غَرِبٌ

**Common Larus** *canus heinei*
نَوْرَسٌ مَوَّاءُ

**Caspian Gull** *Larus cachinnans*
نَوْرَسٌ قَزْوِنِيٌّ

**Armenian Gull** *Larus armenicus*
نَوْرَسٌ أَرْمِينِيٌّ

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus perching on shallow see water — **Lesser Black-backed Gull** *Larus fuscus*
نَوْرَسٌ بَلْطِيقِيٌّ

Gull-billed_Tern_MG_2556 — **Gull-billed Tern** *Gelochelidon nilotica*
خَرْشَنَةٌ نَوْرَسِيَّةُ

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia — **Caspian Tern** *Hydroprogne caspia*
خَرْشَنَةٌ قَزْوِينِيَّةٌ

Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii — **Greater Crested Tern** *Thalasseus bergii*
خَرْشَنَةٌ عَرْفَاءُ كَبِيرَةٌ

**Lesser Crested Tern** *Thalasseus bengalensis*
خَرْشَنَةٌ عَرْفَاءُ صَغِيرَةٌ

Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis — **Sandwich Tern** *Thalasseus sandvicensis*
خَرْشَنَةٌ سَانْدَوِيتْشِيَّةٌ

Little Tern Sternula albifrons — **Little Tern** *Sternula albifrons*
خَرْشَنَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ

Bridled_Tern_MG_1798 — **Bridled Tern** *Onychoprion anaethetus*
خَرْشَنَةٌ لَجْمَاءُ

**Common Tern** *Sterna hirundo*
خَرْشَنَةٌ شَائِعةٌ

white-cheeked_tern_mg_0602 — **White-cheeked Tern** *Sterna repressa*
خَرْشَنَةٌ غَشْوَاءُ

Arctic Tern sitting on ground — **Arctic Tern** *Sterna paradisaea* خَرْشَنَةٌ قُطْبِيَّةٌ

Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida — **Whiskered Tern** *Chlidonias hybrida*
خَرْشَنَةٌ سَبْلاَءُ

White-winged Tern standing at shoreline — **White-winged Tern** *Chlidonias leucopterus* خَرْشَنَةٌ عَصْمَاءُ

Black Tern standing near shoreline — **Black Tern** *Chlidonias niger* خَرْشَنَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ

Stercorariidae (Skuas)

Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus — **Pomarine Skua** *Stercorarius poma*rinus كَرْكَرٌ قِشْرِيُّ مِنْقَارٍ

Arctic Jaeger floating on sea water — **Arctic Skua** *Stercorarius parasiticus*
كَرْكَرٌ قُطْبِيٌّ شِمَالِيٌّ

Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus on water — **Long-tailed Skua** *Stercorarius longicaudus*
كَرْكَرٌ ذَنُوبٌ