The Birds of Kuwait Bird List

Prepared by A. Al-Sirhan: KORC Secretary

Birds that need submitting KORC Form are available here

The KORC Form is available here

INTRODUCTION

The birds of Kuwait list follows OSME Region List and its nomenclature. and is validated, endorsed, and approved by Kuwait Ornithological Rarities Committee (KORC). It aims to be the most current and definitive checklist for Kuwait. It will be reviewed and updated after every KORC meeting, as new species are added and submitted Rarity Forms adjudicated.

The status of each bird in the Kuwait bird checklist is stated under each species’ name and is what KORC has agreed upon based on our current knowledge. The Highest Daily Count (HDC) is stated under the status is taken from the past database and is now heavily dependent on data obtained from data entered in eBird.org or from records reported directly to me from trusted birders.

KORC has agreed that Rarity Reports must be submitted for the first 20 sightings of all vagrants recorded, and once that number has been reached, then the status of that species will be reviewed and possibly revised.

The Kuwait Bird Checklist was last updated on 02/11/2024, according to KORC voting online on June 30th, 2024.

STATUS of Birds in Kuwait Checklist

The seasonal status of each species is judged to be one of the following categories:
Abundant: Occurs annually in very large numbers.
Very common: Occurs annually in large numbers.
Common: Occurs annually in moderate numbers.
Uncommon: Occurs annually in small numbers.
Scarce: Occurs annually in very small numbers.
Rare: Does not occur annually but has occurred more than 10 times in total.
Vagrant: Has occurred less than 10 times in total.
Irregular: Occurs, not necessarily every year, in very variable numbers this is due to being overhunted; this happens with Sandgrouse.
Extinct: No longer exists.
Migrant: Passage through Kuwait in spring and autumn.
Winter visitor: Occurs in Kuwait during winter after the migration has ended and stays in Kuwait.
Summer visitor Occurs in Kuwait during summer after the migration has ended and stays in Kuwait for some time.
Resident: Occurs in Kuwait all year round.
Breeds: Breeds every year.
Has bred: A bird that has bred in the past, but there is no sign of breeding in recent years.

CATEGORY DEFINITION

The Kuwait Bird List comprises only those species in Category A, C, D, and E
A: Species that have been recorded at least once in an apparently natural state.
C: Species that, although introduced (escaped), now derive from the resulting self-sustaining population.
D: Species that would otherwise appear in Category A, except there is reasonable doubt that they have occurred naturally.
E: Species that have been recorded as introductions, human-assisted transportees, or escapees from captivity and whose breeding populations (if any) are thought not to be self-sustaining.

The checklist includes sub-species that are being indented following IOC. As of the last KORC decisions held in June 2024, the Total Species Count (A and C) of entire species for Kuwait is 418.

Kuwait Bird List: CATEGORY A And C

Greylag Goose Anser anser rubrirostris
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 11 on 26/12/2011 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Vagrant, 5 records.
1st – 3 on 05/02/2005 at Ras Subiya by George Gregory.
2nd – 2 on 14/11/2009 at Golf Club at Wafra Road 306 by Simon Price.
3rd – 7 on 31/10/2014 and next day 32 at JPR, O Al-Shaheen, H Al-Shayji, Abdulaziz Al-Yousef.
4th – 2 on 26/01/2015 at JPR, H Bouresli.
5th – 7 on 29/10/2016 at JEO, AbdulRahman Al Rashed.

Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 in November 1997 at Jahra Pool Reserve Mish’al Al-Jraiwi.

Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Common winter visitor.
HDC: 300 on 28/01/2007

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Rare winter visitor and passage migrant.
HDC: 3 on 03/03/2005

Garganey Spatula querquedula
Common passage migrant, winter visitor and scarce summer visitor.
HDC: 418 on 24/08/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
Common passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 160 on 04/12/1992

Gadwall Mareca strepera
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce winter visitor. Has bred.
HDC: 450 on 17/01/1997

Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 350 on 17/01/1997

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce winter visitor; has bred.
HDC: 186 on 28/12/2008 at North Doha Reserve.

Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Common passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 76 on 08/10/2017 at JPR.

Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Common passage migrant, winter visitor and rare summer visitor.
HDC: 750 on 07/12/2007

Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
Vagrant, 4 records.
1st – 3 on 09/02/1995 to 04/10/1996 at Jahra Pool Reserve by S.T. Spencer, C.W.T. Pilcher, Mahmoud Shihab and George Gregory.
2nd – 1 on 21-23/01/2000 at Sabah Al-Salem by J. Gaskell and Mark O. Chichester.
3rd – 4 on 09/02/2000 at Sabah Al-Salem by G. Gregory.
4th – 1 on 04/10/2007 at SAANR by Khaled Al-Ghanem.

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 9 on 29/12/2011 at Jahra Pool Reserve by Ouda Al-Bathali.
2nd – 1 from 13/09/2016 to 20/10/2016 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Neil Tovey.
3rd – 1 on 20/08/2023 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Irvin Calicut.

Common Pochard Aythya ferina
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 46 on 14/11/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Common passage migrant, winter visitor, resident, and breeds.
HDC: 39 on 03/04/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve. First records.

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 30 on 11/03/1986

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Vagrant, one record.
1^st – 4 on 07/11/2012 at Jahra Pool Reserve by Ouda Al-Bathali
2^nd – 1 on 07/01/2023 at Jahra Reserve, Jassem Almotar.

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Vagrant, three records.
1st – 2 on 17-18/01/1997 S T Spencer and C W T Pilcher.
2nd – 1 on 11/02/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve, M Craig.
3rd – 5 on 24/01/2021 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Neil Tovey.

Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Common passage migrant and scarce summer visitor; breeds.
HDC: 30 on 13/09/1996

European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 6 on 07/05/1961

Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
Uncommon passage migrant and rare winter visitor. Breeds.
HDC: 30 on on 23/09/2015 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields.

Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 8 on 31/08/1973

Common Swift Apus apus
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 200 on several dates.

Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Common passage migrant and winter visitor; breeds
HDC: 520 on 15/01/2007

Little Swift Apus affinis
Rare disperser in autumn, winter and spring.
HDC: 2 on 16-18/03/2008

Macqueen’s Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii
Rare winter visitor; has bred.
HDC: 30 on 06/03/1966

Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Rare passage migrant.
HDC: 2 on several dates.

Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 22/02/2009 at Abdali Farms, Ouda Al-Bathali.

Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 8 on 21/04/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
Rare passage migrant, winter visitor, and rare summer visitor; has bred.
HDC: 900 on 02/04/1968

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes exustus
Vagrant, 3 records.
1st – 3 captured alive out of about 30 photographed at Ratqa on one Friday in February 1999 (S.Al-Awadhi et al.)
2nd – 1 on 4/03/2005, female photographed at Sabah Al-Salem P Fagel, B Foster, A Bailey, G.Gregory.
3rd – 1 on 05/01/2007 at Sabah Al-Salem, Samira Al-Khalifa.

Spotted Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes senegallus
Rare passage migrant, winter and summer visitor; has bred.
HDC: ‘Hundreds’ of breeding pairs from March to July 1994 to 2000.

Black-bellied Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes orientalis
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 21 on 30/11/1984

Feral Pigeon Columba livia forma domestica
Abundant resident; breeds
HDC: ‘Thousands’ on many dates.

Stock Dove Columba oenas
Vagrant, 12 records.
1st – 1 in March 1998 at Jaber Al-Ali Farm M.Shihab.
2nd – 1 on 15/10/1998 at Jahra Pool Reserve S T Spencer.
3rd – 1 on 30/11/2004 at Umm Al-Aish G Gregory.
4th – 1 on 19/11/2008 at JEO M Khorshed.
5th – 1 on 01/01/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, P Fagel.
6th – 1 on 14/11/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, Richard Saval.
7th – 1 on 01/11/2010 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, P Fagel.
8th – 1 on 20/11/2010 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, AbdulMoshen Al-Suraye.
9th – 1 on 21/11/2015 at JPR, Ouda Al-Bathali.
10th – 1 on 14/11/2016 at JPR, H Dufourney.
11th – 1 on 16/01/2018 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, N Tovey.
12th – 1 on 30/01/2019 at Al-Abraq, O Al-Shaheen, H Al-Shayji.

Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Scarce disperser in winter, spring, and autumn. Breeds
HDC: 294 on 14/01/2023

European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Scarce passage migrant; has bred.
HDC: 480 on 27/4/1958

Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis meena
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor. Past records.
HDC: 3 on 16/10/2015.

Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Common resident, uncommon disperser in spring and autumn; breeds
HDC: 800 on 15/01/2007

Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Abundant resident; breeds
HDC: 300 on many dates.

Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Uncommon resident and scarce disperser in spring and autumn; breeds
HDC: 60 on 05/10/2016 at Abdali Farms

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Uncommon passage migrant, scarce winter visitor, and uncommon resident; breeds
HDC 11 on 02/12/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Corn Crake Crex crex
Uncommon passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 6 on 20/05/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Uncommon passage migrant, rare winter visitor and uncommon resident; has bred.
HDC: 20 on 27/3/1987

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Scarce passage migrant, winter visitor and uncommon resident; breeds
HDC: 390 on 26/11/1993

Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Uncommon passage migrant, winter visitor, scarce resident and breeds.
HDC: 568 on 01/12/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
Scarce resident; breeds
HDC: 25 on 27/10/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla
Scarce passage migrant.
HDC: 3 on 26/12/2008

Little Crake Zapornia parva
Uncommon passage migrant, rare winter visitor, and uncommon resident; breeds
HDC: 44 on 1/03/1995

Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 01/01/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Ammar Al-Jeraiwi.

White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 14/12/2019 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Mike Pope.
2nd – 1 on 25/11/2020 at Jahra East Outfall, Lijo James.

Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
Vagrant, 11 records.
1st – 4 on 05/01/1954 at Jahra R. Meinertzhagen, 4 on 08/01/1954 at Kadima P R Haynes.
2nd – 5 on 08/01/1974 P R Haynes.
3rd – 5 on 08/09/1977 at Kuwait City coast, P. R. Haynes.
4th – 9 on 17/3/1986 A. Tye M Shihab.
5th – 100 on 13/09/1996 at Al-Abraq, M Shihab, and 14 on 13/09/1996 at Jahra, S T Spencer, C W T Pilcher.
6th – 2 shot dead on 24/03/2000 at Ritqa, G Gregory (Hamad al-Baqr et al.)
7th – 2 on 19/03/2010 at North Doha, B Foster, P Fagel, B Somod, and later 69 on 25/03/2010 at SAANR K Al-Nasrallah.
8th – 3 on 06/10/2012 at Jahra Pool Reserve by Homoud Al-Shayji.
9th – 1 on 12/09/2014, shot dead by a hunter at Gulf Road, reported by Abdulaziz Al-Yousef.
10th – 2 on 12/09/2015 at Jahra Pool Reserve, K Al Nasrallah.
11th – 7 on 18/09/2016 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen, Khaled Al-Ghanem.

Common Crane Grus grus
Vagrant, 10 records.
1st – 2 on 13/11/1987 at Jahra Pool Reserve C.W.T. Pilcher, M. Shihab and G. Gregory.
2nd – 1 on 30/12/2000 to 3/2001 at Sulaibikhat Bay by G. Rowlands, M.O. Chichester, S.T. Spencer and G. Gregory.
3rd – 1 on 18/01/2001 at Sulaibikhat S T Spencer, one on 19/01/2001 C Pilcher, S T Spencer. One on 08/02/2001 G Rowlands all at Sulaibikhat. Also, two on 17/02/2001 were shot dead by Khabari Al-Awazem Kuwaiti hunters as per K. Al-Nasrallah.
4th – 35 birds on 17/09/2009 at JEO by R. Al-Hajji.
5th – 5 on 13/01/2010 at SAANR by P Fagel.
6th – 1 on 27/03/2010 at SAANR by R Al-Hajji.
7th – 1 on 22/03/2011 at SAANR by P Fagel.
8th – 1 on 24/10/2011 at Pivot Fields, by M.Khorshed.
9th – 1 from 16/10/2016 to 20/10/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Markus Craig.
10th -1 on 15/01/2020 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, Daniel Mauras, A Al-Sirhan.

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Common passage migrant, winter visitor, resident, and breeds.
HDC: 100 on 13/04/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 27/10/2010 found dead at Jahra East Outfall, Nicole Burgos & A Al-Sirhan.

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 18 on 19/02/2018 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 04/11/1988 at Jahra Pool Reserve G Gregory, C. W. T. Pilcher, A. Tye and M. Shihab.
2nd – 2 on 01/01/2013 at Jahra Pool Reserve by Rashed Al-Hajji

Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 53 on 12/02/1999

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Very common winter visitor but few stay in summer. Has bred, confirmed breeding 1887-19923, but there is unconfirmed breeding evidence in 1990s.
HDC: 5189 on 20/01/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Vagrant, 8 records.
1st – 1 on 13/12/2007 at Sulaibikhat Bay, K. Al-Nasralah and R. Al-Hajji
2nd – 1 on 16/01/2010 at Sulaibikhat Bay, R. Al-Hajji.
3rd – 1 on 06/11/2014 at Sulaibikhat Bay, by Kane Brides, Robbie Hawkins, and AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan. The same bird on 22/12/2015 at Sulaibikhat Bay, Rashed Al-Hajji. Also, on 04/01/2017 at Sulaibikhat Bay, the WP Big Year Team.
4th – 1 on 01/11/2019 at Sulaibikhat Bay, Abdulmagid Al-Shatti.
5th – 2 on 19/01/2020 at Sulaibikhat Bay, Abdulmagid Al-Shatti, Paweł Kołodziejczyk, Zbigniew Wnuk, and Andrzej Suchecki.
6th – 1 on 07/09/2021 at Sulaibikhat Bay (KISR side), Aju John.
7th – 1 on 26/11/2022 at KISR West, Aju John.
8th -1 on 26/10/2023 at Maternity Hospital Area, Abdulmajeed Alshatti.

Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Uncommon passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 8 on 30/09/1988

Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Common passage migrant, uncommon winter and summer visitor.
HDC: 250 on 6/4/1999

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Common passage migrant, scarce winter visitor, and uncommon summer visitor; breeds
HDC: 390 on 26/8/1999

Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Uncommon passage migrant and common winter visitor.
HDC: 380 on 20/01/2015 at Sulaibikhat Bay.

Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Scarce passage migrant and common winter visitor.
HDC: 400 on 15/01/2018 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields.

Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Rare migrant and winter visitor. Has bred in 2020.
HDC: 15 on many dates in 2019 and 2020 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields. Previous records.

Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
Uncommon resident and a disperser in all seasons; breeds
HDC: 17 on 03/01/2017 at Abdally Farms.

Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
Vagrant, 15 records.
1^st – 1 on 19/03/1971 at Subiya Jack Webb.
2^nd – 1 on 12/12/1999 at Bharat Ali M. Shihab.
3^rd – 1 on 17/06-6/07/2000 at Mahboula JM Bishop.
4^th – 3 on 30/12-31/12/2008 at Pivot Fields by A.Al-Sirhan et al.
5^th – 1 on 08/11/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields A Al-Suraye.
6^th – 4 shot dead by bird shooters, at Ritqa on 13/03/2013 reported A. Al-Surayae.
7^th – 2 shot dead by bird shooters at Ritqa on 18/02/2014, reported by Omar Al-Shaheen.
8^th – 1 on 06/11/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve, by Ammar Al-Jeraiwi.
9^th – 7 on 09/01/2017 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, WP Big Year Team.
10^th – 13 on 13/12/2017 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, Peter Stronach, and Dan Pointon.
11^th – 1 on 06/10/2018 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, M Pope.
12^th – 1 on 08/10/2019 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, N Tovey.
13^th – 2 on 04/10/2020 at Jahra East Outfall, O Al-Shaheen, Abdulaziz Al-Yousef.
14^th – 5 on 08/10/2019 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, N Tovey.
15^th – 2 on 04/10/2021 at SAANR, A Al-Yousef.
17^th – 4 on 17/02/2023 at Kabd Reserve, A AL-Sirhan, S Ahlman, A Halttunen, J Reinikka.

White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
Scarce passage migrant; breeds
HDC: 61 on 25/2/1999 at Quisat.

European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Vagrant, 14 records.
1st – 1 on 22/11/2007 at JEO R Al-Hajji.
2nd – 1 on 8/12/2007 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields by Kari Haataja, Vesa Jouhki, Pekka Fagel.
3rd – 2 on 29/12/2007 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields by A. Al-Sirhan, G. Brown et al.
4th – 9 on 12/1/2008 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields by P.Fagel, B.Foster, G.Brown
5th – 5 on 29/12/2008 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields by A.Al-Sirhan
6th – 1 on 01/11/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields Humoud Al-Shayji.
7th – 2 on 03/01/2010 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields R Al-Hajji.
8th – 1 on 04/12/2010 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields B Foster, P Fagel.
9th – 1 on 15/07/2011 at Jahra East Outfall, by Mike Pope.
10th – 1 on 26/02/2012 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields by Khaled Al-Ghanem.
11th – 1 on 19/12/2016 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields by Khaled Al-Ghanem.
12th – 1 on 13/01/2018 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, Markus Craig.
13th – 1 on 15/12/2018 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, M Pope, P Scott, N Tovey.
14th – 2 on 28/12/2020 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, N Tovey.

Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 8 on 19/04/2015 at Jahra East Outfall.

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Uncommon passage migrant, common winter visitor and scarce summer visitor.
HDC: 1000 on 27/04/2007

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Common passage migrant, winter visitor, and rare summer visitor.
HDC: 275 on 16/04/2015 at Kadma Bay.

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce summer and winter visitor; has bred.
HDC: 20 on 15/3/2000

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Very common resident; breeds
HDC: ‘Thousands’ on 15/7/1958

Tibetan Sand Plover Charadrius atrifrons
Common passage migrant, winter, and summer visitor.
HDC: 3000 on 12/01/2008 at Doha.

Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
Common passage migrant and winter visitor. Uncommon summer visitor; has bred.
HDC: Several ‘thousands’ on 20/11/1965

Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 168 on 15/3/2007

Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
Vagrant. 8 records.
1st – 1 on 17/04/1959 at Al-Ahmadi by Victor Sales.
2nd – 15 on 30/11/1962 near Ahmadi by Victor Sales.
3rd – 1 on 11/11/1971 at Bubiyan Island by Jack Webb.
4th – 1 on 11/02/1972 at Bubiyan Island by Jack Webb.
5th – 1 on 11/11/1978 at Wadi Al-Batin by Paul Haynes, Leon Corrall.
6th – 2 on 09/11/1979 at Rawdatain by William Stuart.
7th – 8 on 18/01/1999 at an unknown location, Charles Pilcher, Thomas Spencer.
8th – 2 on 27/12/2007 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, Kris De Rouck, Dirk Colin, Abdulmohsen Al-Suraye.

Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Common passage migrant and rare winter and summer visitor.
HDC: 123 on 29/04/2005

Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 12-29/12/2007 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, Abdulmohsen Al-Surayae.

Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Common passage migrant, very common winter visitor, and common summer visitor.
HDC: 1500 on 6/04/1999

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Common passage migrant and uncommon winter and summer visitor.
HDC: 2000 on 16/4/1999

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Uncommon passage migrant and rare winter visitor and scarce summer visitor.
HDC: 40 on 05/09/2012 at Jahra East Outfall.

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Common passage migrant, uncommon winter visitor, and scarce summer visitor.
HDC: 1000 on 24/04/2007 at Doha.

Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Vagrant, 8 records.
1st – 1 on 05/02/1993 at Doha, Bryon Wright, and Thomas Spencer.
2nd – 11 on 11/3/2004 at Ras Al-Gaid in Bubiyan Island, then 19 birds on 25/03/2004 on the western side of Bubiyan Island, G Gregory and KISR team.
3rd – 7 on 18/10/2004 at Ras Al-Gaid, Bubiyan Island, G Gregory.
4th – 8 on 10/2/2005 at Western Side of Bubiyan Island G Gregory, KISR team.
5th – 1 on 06/03/2005 1 at Jahra East Outfall G Gregory.
6th – 1 on 23/10/2015 at Jahra East Outfall, A. Al-Sirhan.
7th – 1 on 24/06/2018 Jahra Pool Reserve, O Al-Shaheen.
8th – 1 on 19/09/2019 at Sulaibikhat Bay, A Al-Sirhan.

Red Knot Calidris canutus
Vagrant, 9 records.
1st – 1 on 26/07/1962 at Kuwait Bay VAD Sales.
2nd – 1 on 02/06/2011 at Jahra East Outfall, by Rashed Al-Hajji.
3rd – 1 on 07/08/2014 at JPR by Rashed Al-Hajji.
4th – 1 on 19/11/2015 at JEO by K Haataja, H Palojärvi.
5th – 2 on 18/04/2016 at JPR by Markus Craig and German visitors.
6th – 2 on 04/05/2016 at JPR by Neil Tovey.
7th – 2 on 13/05/2018 at JPR by Omar Al-Shaheen.
8th – 2 on 20/05/2021 at JPR by N Tovey.
9th – 1 on 09/10/2021 at Doha Spur by A Al-Sirhan.

Ruff Calidris pugnax
Uncommon passage migrant, rare winter visitor, and uncommon summer visitor.
HDC: 156 on 27/04/2006

Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 500 on 21/04/2005 at Doha Spit.

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Common passage migrant, winter, and summer visitor.
HDC: 2000 on 26/04/2008

Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
40 on 22/02/2014 at Sulaibikhat Club.

Sanderling Calidris alba
Common passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: Several ‘thousands’ on 07/02/1964

Dunlin Calidris alpina
Common passage migrant and winter visitor and uncommon summer visitor.
HDC: 12969 on 06/11/2014 on Sulaibikhat Bay.

Little Stint Calidris minuta
Very common passage migrant, common winter, and summer visitor.
HDC: 2200 on 18/01/2015 at Jahra East Outfall.

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 05/10/2011 at Pivot Fields, by R.Al-Hajji.
2nd – 1 on 28/03/2021 at Jahra Reserve, by R.Al-Hajji.

Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Vagrant. 11 records.
1st – 1 on 1/02/1951 collected by Violet Dickson and donated to British Museum.
2nd – 1 on 12/02/1951 found dead by R Meinertzhagen.
3rd – 1 on 20/01/1964 at Ahmadi, by VAD Sales.
4th – 1 on 30/01/1972 at Ahmadi, by G Stafford, ABSS.
5th – 1 on 28/11/1986 at Al-Abraq, by C Pilcher, G Gregory, Mahmoud Shihab.
6th – 1 on 23/11/2001 at JPR A. Al-Sirhan.
7th – 1 on 24/12/2001 at Sabah Al-Salem, G Gregory Andrew Bailey. Then became 3 birds, last seen on 01/02/2002 by M Chichester, S T Spencer, Peter Cowan.
8th – 1 on 24/11/2006 at Al Shallal’s Farm, G Gregory, P Fagel, B Foster, M Pope, T Harris.
9th – 1 on 16/12/2015 at JPR photographed by Ahmad Salem Rajab.
10th – 1 on 17 /11/2016 at JPR, Omar Alshaheen.
11th – 1 on 30/10/ 2016 until 06/01/2017 at Al Abraq by Omar Al Shaheen.
12th – 1 on 11/11/2022 at Abraq Al-Habari, G Hegde, V Kumar, S Ramesh, R Shaikh, A David.
13th – 1 on 03/12/2023 at Abraq Al-Habari, John Cusack, Brian Mc Closkey.

Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 10 on 9/10/1992

Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 06/01/2018 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, M Craig.

Great Snipe Gallinago media
Vagrant, 13 records.
1st – 1 on 09/05/1957 at Ahmadi, Victor Sales.
2nd – 1 on 17/08/1961 at Ahmadi, Victor Sales.
3rd – 1 on 11/02/1972 at Ahmadi, Stanley Howe.
4th – 1 on 01/10/1972 at Um Aish, Stanley Howe, and SD.
5th – 1 on 08-13/03/1980 at Doha Prison, WAS.
6th – 8 on 22/10/1982 at Jahra, Charles Pilcher.
7th – 1 on 04/04/1986 at Al-Abraq, Charles Pilcher.
8th – 1 on 22/02/1987 at Judailiat, Alan Tye.
9th – 1 on 25/09/1987 at Khuwaisat, Charles Pilcher, George Gregory, Mahmoud Shihab.
10th – 1 on 04/05/2009 at Jahra Farms, Rashed Al-Hajji.
11th – 1 on 13/04/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Markus Craig.
12th – 1 on 23/04/2017 at Jahra Pools Reserve, M Askar.
13th – 1 on 24/09/2018 at Jahra Pools Reserve, N Tovey.

Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Common passage migrant and uncommon winter visitor.
HDC: 63 0n 28/10/2015 at Jahra East Outfall.

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Common passage migrant and winter visitor and scarce summer visitor.
HDC: 1000 on 07/02/1964

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 800 on 21/04/2015 at Jahra East Outfall.

Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Vagrant, 12 records.
1st – 1 on 10/1994 at Jahra Pool Reserve by G. Gregory, S.T. Spencer, and C.W.T. Pilcher.
2nd – 3 on 23/04/2007 at Jahra East Outfall by Graeme Joynt, Colin Dodsworth et al.
3rd – 1 was on 05/06/2008 at JEO by Khaled Al-Ghanem.
4th – 1 on 29/04/2009 at Jahra East Outfall, Rashed Al-Hajji.
5th – 1 on 28/05/2013 at Jahra East Outfall, Rashed Al-Hajji.
6th – 1 on 22/06/2013 at Jahra East Outfall, Rashed Al-Hajji.
7th – 1 on 02/09/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve, K Al-Khanem.
8th – 1 on 28/02/2015 at Entertainment City, A.Al-Sirhan.
9th – 2 on 16/04/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Markus Craig.
10th – 1 on 04/07/2018 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.
11th – 1 on 20/05/2019 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.
12th – 1 on 05/06/2019 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Uncommon passage migrant, scarce winter and summer visitor.
HDC: 100 on 10/04/1959

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 18 on 28/08/1999

Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Very common passage migrant, winter visitor, and scarce summer visitor.
HDC: 1037 on 20/01/2015 at Sulaibikhat Bay.

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Common passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 63 on 28/03/2000

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 482 on 06/05/2005

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 14 on 07/11/2014 at Jahra East Outfall.

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Common passage migrant and uncommon winter visitor.
HDC: 110 on 20/01/2015 at Jahra East Outfall.

Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
Very common summer visitor and common resident; breeds
HDC: 3000 breeding adults in 2004 in Bubiyan Island.

Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
Common disperser in spring, summer, and autumn; breeds
HDC: 161 on 15/07/1956

Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Common passage migrant and scarce summer visitor.
HDC: 200 on 27/04/2006

Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 2 on 25/03/2008 at Pivot Fields A Al-Sirhan.

Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 156 on 20/4/2008

Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Vagrant, 3 records.
1st 1 – on 19/03/1991 off Mina Saud T.Tafforeau.
2nd 1 – on 11/04/2017 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Peter Colston, P Gluth, and Aaref Al-Awadi.
3rd 1 – on 18/04/2017 at Al-Kout – Fahaheel, by Richard Jeffrey.

Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini
Vagrant, 2 records.
1st – 1 on 31/07/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Mike Pope, and Neil Tovey.
2nd -1 on 16/06/2019 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Common winter visitor, resident, and Breed.
HDC: 20000 on several dates.

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Abundant passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 5530 on 20/11/2014 and 04/12/2014 at Sulaibikhat Bay.

Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Vagrant, 8 records.
1st – 5 on 17/08/1961 at Ahmadi V.A.D.Sales.
2nd – 1 on 26/02-19/04/1978 W A Stuart, P R Haynes.
3rd – 1 on 01-15/04/1979 at Messila W A Stuart.
4th – 1 on 5/06/2000 at Shuwaikh P.Cowan.
5th – 1 on 23/02/2006 second-year photographed at Jahra East Outfall B.Foster.
6th – 1 on 01/04/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve, M Craig.
7th – 1 on 28/10/2015 at Abu Al Hasaniya, O Al-Shaheen.
8th – 1 on 07/05/2018 at Jahra Pools Reserve, M. Craig, and O. Al-Shaheen.

Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 05/06/2012 at Jahra East Outfall by Rashed Al-Hajji.

Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Vagrant, 7 records.
1st – 1 on 17/02/1961 Kuwait Bay V A D Sales.
2nd – 1 on 23/04/1982 Ras Salmiya C W T Pilcher.
3rd – 1 on 10/02/1989 second-year at Jahra Pool Reserve G.Gregory, C W T Pilcher, M Shihab.
4th – 1 on 02/03/1995, an adult at Doha Harbour G.Gregory et al.
5th – 1 on 28/01/2000, an adult at Fahaheel Sea Club J.Gaskell.
6th – 1 on 02/02/2012 at Green Island by P Fagel and Robert Swan.
7th – 1 on 13/01/2021 at Sulaibikhat Cafee by Abdulaziz Al-Yousef and A. Al-Sirhan.

Pallas’s Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 542 on 12/03/2001

White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 22/05/2018 at Jahra Pools Reserve by Omar Al-Shaheen.

Common Gull Larus canus
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 16 on 11/02/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 27 on 25/12/2014 at Kadma Bay.

Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
Scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 20 on 08/12/2007

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 15 on 16/11/2014 at Sulaibikhat Bay.

Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Common resident and breeds.
HDC: 1600 breeding adults on 25/03/2004

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Common resident; breeds
HDC: 300 breeding adults on 11/07/1958

Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Common summer visitor and scarce resident; breeds
HDC: 1200 breeding adults on 15/04/2004

Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Common summer visitor and uncommon resident; breeds
HDC: 600 breeding adults on 19/6/2001.

Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 200 on 29/01/2007

Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Common passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 300 on 10/04/1959

Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Very common summer visitor; breeds
HDC: 4400 on 15/05/2003 breeding adults at Kubbar Island.

Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 514 on 28/10/2015 at Abu Al-Hasaniya.

White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
Very common summer visitor; breeds
HDC: 4000 breeding adults at Kubbar Island on several dates.

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Vagrant, 12 records.
1st – 1 on 26/05/1995 at Jahra Bay S T Spencer, C W T Pilcher.
2nd – 1 on 22/05/2005 photographed at Jahra East Outfall, A.Al-Sirhan.
3rd – 5 on 12/06/2006, four adults and one first summer at Jahra East Outfall A.Al-Sirhan.
4th – 1 on 27/06/2009 at Jahra Pool Reserve Rashed Al-Hajji.
5th – 1 on 03/06/2011 at Jahra Pool Reserve,by Rashed Al-Hajji.
6th – 2 on 13/06/2015 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.
7th – 1 on 30/07/2016 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Neil Tovey and Mike Pope.
8th – 1 on 13/06/2018 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.
9th – 1 on 05/06/2019 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.
10th – 1 on 09/06/2019 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.
11th – 4 on 04/07/2019 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.
12th – 1 on 23/05/2021 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.

Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 44 on 12/01/2016 at Sulaibikhat Bay.

White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce summer visitor; has bred.
HDC: 2300 on 27/04/2006

Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Rare passage migrant. Past records.
HDC: 4 on 01/09/1017.

Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 20 on 20/07/2015 at Kuwait Bay.

Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
Uncommon passage migrant and Scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 50 on 21/08/1989

Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
Vagrant, 4 records.
1st – 1 on 27/05/1994 at Doha S T Spencer, C W T Pilcher.
2nd – 1 on 01/07/2009 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Humoud Al-Shayji.
3rd – 1 on 30/05/2011 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Mohammed Khorshed.
4th – 1 on 01/07/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.

Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
Vagrant, 4 records.
1st – 1 on 01/03/1954 at Sea Island/Kubbar R. Meinertzhagen.
2nd – 1 on 01/04/ 1954 at Khor Muffattah R. Meinertzhagen.
3rd – 3 in 05/12/1968 at 28 27N, 48 33E, by K. Nakamura.
4th – 1 in26/04/1969 between Um al Maradhim and Garuh by R.D. Etchecopar.

Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 25/01/2019 at Jahra Pool Reserve by A. Al-Sirhan and Winter Tour.

Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
Vagrant, ten records.
1st – 1 on 09/05/2009 on route to Kubbar Island, by Humoud Al-Shayji.
2nd – 1 on 24/05/2014 at Kuwait Bay, O.Al-Shaheen, H.Al-Shayji, A.Al-Yousef.
3rd – 1 on 23/05/2015 at Mina Al Zour by Mike Pope, then 2 on 25/05/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve by Omar Al-Shaheen.
4th – 1 on 06/06/2017 at Jahra Pools reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.
5th – 1 on 18/05/2018 en route from Kubbar Island, Bassel Abi Jammaa, and Sajan Raju.
6th – 1 on 30/04/2019 at Ras Al-Salmiya, O Al-Shaheen, Abdulaziz Al-Yosouf.
7th – 1 on 16/05/2019 at Jahra Pools Reserve, O Al-Shaheen.
8th – 4 on 21/05/2019 at Jahra Pools Reserve, O Al-Shaheen, N Tovey.
9th – 1 on 02/06/2021 at Kuwait Towers, Abdulaziz Al Yousef.
10th – 2 on 20/08/2022 between Kubbar and Um Al Maradim Islands, A Al-Sirhan, Humoud Al-Shayji, Pual Scott, Aref Al-Awadi.

Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 2 on 21/05/2021, one at Garoh Island and then another one between Al Zour Port and Umm Al Maradim, by O Al-Shaheen.

Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 25 on 09/05/1957 off the beach south of Shuaiba, V A D Sales.

Jouanin’s Petrel Bulweria fallax
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 12/05/2018 at Jahra Pool Reserve by M Craig, M Pope.

Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Rare passage migrant.
HDC: 4 on 16/12/2013 at Jahra Pools Reserve. First records.

White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Scarce passage migrant.
HDC: 78 on 26/09/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 10/04/2008 at Zour Port Chris Lansdell et al

Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 01/04/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.
2nd – 1 on 29/05/2021 at Araifjan Block by Mohammad Al-Shalaan, then the same bird on 08/07/2021 at Qaroh Island by A Al-Zaidan et al.

African Darter Anhinga rufa
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 2 on 24/09/2009 at JEO by R. Al-Hajji et al.

Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
Vagrant, 4 records.
1st – 2 on 10/3/2001 at JEO O. Schroeder, S. Schroeder and G. Ostero.
2nd – 1 on 04/12/2010 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields B Foster, P Fagel. It was last seen on 01/04/2011.
3rd – 1 on 09/08/2013 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen & Hamad Bouresli.
4th – 3 on 20/03/2017 at Jahra Pool Reserve, A. Al-Sirhan.

Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
Uncommon disperser in spring, summer, and autumn. Has bred
HDC: 40 on 18/8/2000

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Common passage migrant and very common winter visitor, but few stay in summer.
HDC: 13600 on 25/1/2007

African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Vagrant, 2 records.
1st – 1 bird seen from 1980 to 1989 C. W. T. Pilcher, G. Gregory & M. Shihab.
2nd – 17 on 18/03/2007 at JEO by R. Al-Hajji.

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Uncommon passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 80 on 29/08/2007

Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Common resident; breeds
HDC: 200 on 17/05/2002

Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Scarce passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 6 on 20/10/1995

Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce summer visitor; breeds
HDC: 30 on 25/02/1985

Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Scarce passage migrant, winter visitor and rare summer visitor; breeds
HDC: 58 on 14/10/2017 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Striated Heron Butorides striata
Vagrant, 7 records.
1st – 1 on 31/07/2011 at Sulaibikhat Bay by K.Al-Ghanem.
2nd – 1 on 06/07/2014 at Jahra Pool Reserve, K.Al-Ghanem.
3rd – 1 on 17/10/2014 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Mohammad Hamza Askar.
4th – 1 on 21/02/2015 at Khiran Marina, Mike Pope.
5th – 1 on 03/10/2015 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.
6th – 1 on 07/07/2018 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Pradeep Kumar Choudhary.
7th – 1 on 19/11/2021 at Jahra Farms, Irvin Sabastian, and Kitchu Aravind.
8th – 1 on 28/10/2022 at Al-Shaheed Park, Simon Cannon.

Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce summer visitor; breeds
HDC: 96 on 13/09/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 07/11/2009 at Al-Abraq A Al-Sirhan.
2nd – 2 on 15/07/2013 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Omar Al-Shaheen.

Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 500 on 19/02/2016 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields.

Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus 
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 13/05/2008 at SAANR, A. Al-Sirhan.
2nd – 1 on 21/04/2018 at Jahra Pools Reserve found by Ouda Al-Bathali, but later identified in the field by Markus Craig on 24/04/2018.

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common passage migrant, very common winter visitor, scarce resident, and breeds.
HDC: 827 on 20/11/2014 at Sulaibikhat Bay.

Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Uncommon passage migrant, rare summer and winter visitor.
HDC: 138 on 10/04/2008

Great Egret Ardea alba
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 73 on 18/03/2015 at Sulaibikhat Bay.

Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 180 on 01/10/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis schistacea
Very common resident; breeds
HDC: 900 breeding adults in Bubiyan Island in 2004

Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Rare disperser in all seasons; has bred.
HDC: 100 breeding adults on 18/04/1922

Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
Vagrant, 13 records. Bred in Bubiyan Island.
1st – 1 on 30/03/1968 by V. A. D. Sales.
2nd – 1 on 21/11/1980 C.W.T Pilcher.
3rd – 1 on 28/11/1981 at Sulaibikhat Bay by C. W. T. Pilcher.
4th – 3 on 05/04/1999 by H-M Bush, J. Rathberger-Knan and W. Bindl.
5th – 1 on 01/12/2002at Ras Salmiya J Brown.
6th – 1 on 6/3/2005 found dead at JEO, G Gregory.
7th – 2 on 01/05/2012 at Bubiyan Island by Khaled Al-Nasrallah.
8th – 2 on 15/06/2014 at Bubiyan Island, K & N Al-Nasrallah, P. Fagel.
9th – 3 (two adults with chick) on 09/05/2017 at Bubiyan Island, Jassem Al-Ajmi and Environmental Lens Team.
10th – 1 on 23/03/2018 at Bubiyan Island, K Al-Nasrallah.
11th – 2 on 18/10/2018 at Bubiyan Island, Abdulaziz Al-Yosouf.
12th – 4 on 14/11/2019 at Boubyan Island, O Al-Shaheen and Abdulaziz Al-Yousef.
13th – 2 on 04/11/2020 at Boubyan Island, Abdulaziz Al-Yousef, and Abdullah Al-Zaidan.

Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Scarce passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 4 on 28/09/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
Rare disperser.
HDC: 3 on 13/09/2015 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields. First records.

Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
Scarce passage migrant.
HDC: 7 on 25/09/2015 at Al-Khuwaisat.

European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Scarce passage migrant.
HDC: 14 on 09/09/2016 at Al-Jahra.

Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 12 on 06/09/2014 at Jahra East Outfall. First records.

Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
Rare passage migrant.
HDC: 15 on 08/11/2016 over Jahra Pools Reserve.

Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
Rare passage migrant.
HDC: 2 on 09/03/1990

Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos trachielotos
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 15/04/2008 at SAANR by K. Al-Nasrallah.

Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Uncommon passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 14 on 13/10/1989

Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
Vagrant. 9 records.
1st – 1 on 09/03/1999 at Jahra, C Pilcher.
2nd – 1 on 01/04/1999 near Jahra, Hans-Martin Busch, Johana Rathgeber-Khan and Wolfgang Bindl.
3rd – 2 on 08/03/2000 near Jahra, Hans-Martin Busch, Johana Rathgeber-Khan, Franziska and Andreas Lange.
4th – 1 on 05/04/2002 at Al-Khuwaisat, G. Gregory, Andrew Bailey, H. McCurdy.
5th – 1 on 08/04/2008 at SAANR, Misha’al Al-Jeraiwi.
6th – 1 on 07/10/2011 at SAANR, Rashed Al-Hajji.
7th – 1 on 10/10/2011 at Khuwaisat, Khaled Al-Ghanem.
8th – 1 on 10/01/2017 at Jahra Pools Reserve, M Craig.
9th – 1 on 17/09/2018 at Khuwaisat, Omar Al-Shaheen.

Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
Uncommon passage migrant and common winter visitor.
HDC: 23 on 17/11/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 7 on 13/10/1989

Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
Very common passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 2000 on 23/9/2003

Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 20 on 24/10/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Vagrant, 13 records.
1st – 1 on 19/11/1977 at Bahra P.R.Haynes.
2nd – 1 22/03/1980 at Abdali C.W.T.Pilcher.
3rd – 1 26/03/1986 at Sulaibikhat A.Tye, M.Shihab.
4th – 1 on 5/03/1992 at Jahra C.W.T.Pilcher.
5th – 1 on 2/03/1995 second-year photographed at Dibdibah G.Gregory et al.
6th – 1 on 15/03/1996 at Jahra C.W.T.Pilcher et al.
7th – 1 on 22/02/1998 at Wafra-Nuwaisib Road M.O.Chichester.
8th – 1 on 25/05/2006 second-year photographed at SAANR M.Al-Jeraiwi.
9th – 1 on 15/04/2014 at Jahra Pool Reserve, M Craig.
10th – 1 on 25/05/2015 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Neil Tovey.
11th – 2 on 15/12/2017 at SAANR, Rashed Al-Hajji.
12th – 1 on 04/10/2018 at SAANR, O. Al-Shaheen.
13th – 1 on 08/01/2020 at Jahra Pools Reserve, K Al-Ghanem.

Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila fasciatus
Rare disperser in autumn, winter, and spring.
HDC: 2 on 14/10/2011 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields.

Shikra Tachyspiza badia cenchroides
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 6 on 30/09/2016 at Al-Khuwaisat.

Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor. First records.

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Common passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 29 on 15/4/2006

Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 1 on many dates.

Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Uncommon passage migrant, scarce winter visitor but rare summer visitor.
HDC: 15 on 29/10/2014 at JPR.

Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 2 on 10/11/2011 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields..

Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Common passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 35 on 21/9/2004

Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 35 on 08/04/2015 at Wafra Oil Field (No access)

Black Kite Milvus migrans
Scarce passage migrant.
HDC: 3 on 13/09/2007

White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Vagrant, 9 records.
1st – 1 on 25/11/2009 to 09/12/2009 first found at JEO by Ouda Al-Bathali.
2nd – 1 on 11/12/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Yousef Al-Failakawy, Faisal Al-Nomass.
3rd – 1 on 13/11/2015 at Failaka Island, M Al-Moshawah, A Al-Khamees.
4th – 1 on 25/02/2017 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Markus Craig.
5th – 1 on 27/12/2017 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Raphael Lebrun.
6th – 1 on 03/02/2019 at Al-Magwa’a Transmission Station, Mo Murad, then the same bird on 04/02/2019 at Arifjan by Malek Al-Hazza’a, later by Rashed Al-Hajji on 27/02/2019 in Liyah Reserve.
7th – 1 on 07/11/2019 at Jahra Pools Reserve, K Al-Ghanem.
8th – 1 on 20/12/2019 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Sara Al-Shaheen.
9th – 1 on 04/04/2021 at Jahra Pools Reserve, S Raju.
10th – 1 on 22/11/2021 at Jahra Pools Reserve, N Tovey.

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
Scarce passage migrant and uncommon winter visitor.
HDC: 12 on 23/12/2014 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields.

Common (Steppe) Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus
Common passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 2000 on 23/9/2003

Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
Scarce disperser in all seasons; breeds
HDC: 5 on 08/07/2016 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields.

Little Owl Athene noctua lilith
Scarce resident; breeds
HDC: 5 on 04/01/2001

Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 8 on 24/10/2006 at SAANR

Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
Rare winter visitor. First records.

Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Vagrant, 14 records.
1st – 1 on 27/12/1994 found dead at Um Erimam Farm S T Spencer.
2nd – 1 on 18/01 to 8/02/1985 at Umm Al-Aish, by CWT Pilcher, M Shihab.
3rd – 1 on 06/01/2001 photographed at Jahra Pool Reserve K Al-Ghanem.
4th – 1 on 26/12/2001 found about two months dead photographed at Sabriya Farm, G.Gregory, A.Bailey, K.Al-Nasrallah.
5th – 2 on 05/12/2014 at Al-Abraq, K Al-Ghanem.
6th – 1 on 05/12/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve, by Abdullatif Asiri.
7th – 1 on 01/03/2016 at Al-Abraq, by Omar Al-Shaheen.
8th – 2 on 17/11/2017 at Mutla’a Ranch, Per Jansen and Martin Kviesgaard.
9th – 2 on 17/02/2018 at Al-Abraq, Sajan Raju.
10th – 2 on 02/02/2020 at Mutla’a Farm, Irvin sabastian , sajan raju and lijo james.
11th – 2 on 07/02/2020 at Al Abraq, Irvin sabastian , sajan raju, lijo james, pradeep choudhary.
12th – 1 on 04/12/2020 at Mutala’a Ranch, Sajan Raju, Lijo James, Kichu Aravind.
13th – 2 on 19/02/2021 at Abraq Al-Habari, Irvin Sabastian, Sajan Raju, Lijo James, Kitchu Aravind.
14th – 1 on 04/02/2022 at Mutla’a Ranch, Irvin Calicut.

Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 9 on 18/02/1983

Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
Rare resident; breeds
HDC: 13 on 28/06/2016 at Wafra Oil Fields (No Access).

Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Common passage migrant. Breeds.
HDC: 63 on 10/03/2014 Al-Salmi and Al-Abraq.

Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 2 on 12/11/2008

European Roller Coracias garrulus
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce summer visitor.
HDC: 42 on 13/08/2015 at Al-Abraq.

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Uncommon winter visitor and scarce resident; breeds
HDC: 9 on 03/11/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 7 on 21/09/2013 at Jahra Pool Reserve.

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor. Breeds.
HDC: 17 on 17/12/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
Abundant passage migrant and rare summer visitor; has bred.
HDC: 1000 on 02/05/1964

European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Abundant passage migrant.
HDC: 1000 on many dates.

Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Uncommon passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 9 on 24/04/1966

Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Common passage migrant.
HDC: Tens of ‘thousands’ during the end of March and April from 1929 to 1969.
Current HDC: 117 on 02/04/2014 at Kabd Reserve.

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor. Scarce resident. breeds.
HDC: 150 on 7/4/1995.

Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Vagrant, 3 records.
1st – 1 found dead on 9/5/2002 G. Gregory & H. Merlet.
2nd – 1 on 10/05/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, R. Al-Hajji.
3rd – 1 on 10/10/2016 at Al-Abraq, R. Al-Hajji.
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
Vagrant, 3 records.
1st – 1 on 29/05/2010 at SAANR by Mohd Khorshed.
2nd – 1 on 13/05/2012 at Jahra East Outfall by Rashed Al-Hajji.
3rd – 1 on 09/05/2018 at Jahra Pool Reserve by Laila Ashor.

Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae
Vagrant, 1 record.
1st – 1 on 15/06/2018 at Jahra Pools Reserve by Bassel Abi Jummaa.

Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
Vagrant, 14 records.
1st – 1 on 28/03/1987 at Sulaibikhat Bay by Charles Pilcher
2nd – 1 on 10/05/1994 at Abu Halifa by Bryon Wright.
3rd – 1 on 21/04/1999 at Jahra Pool Area found by Khaled Al-Nasrallah
4th – 1 on 24/04/2000 at Bneid Al-Gar by Charles Pilcher
5th – 2 on 20/04/2002 at Jabria by Charles Pilcher.
6th – 1 on 19/06/2002 at Shuwaikh by Musaad Al-Saleh
7th – 1 on 29/04/2004 on a wrecked ship off at Bubiyan Island by R. Loughland, J. Dashti, G. Gregory, S. Al-Dosary
8th – 1 on 31/05/2004 at Fintas by George Gregory.
9th – 1 on 08/10/2004 at Jahra Farms by B Foster and G Gregory.
10th – 1 on 09/10/2010 at Jahra Pool Reserve by Mike Pope.
11th -1 on 13/10/2013 at Khuwaisat by Khaled Al-Nasrallah.
12th -1 on 21/08/2015 at Mutla’a Ranch, M Pope, M Craig.
13th -1 on 07/10/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve, O Al Shaheen, A Al Juraiwi.
14th -1 on 15/04/2024 at Southern Liyah Reserve, Miguel Demeulmeester A Alsirhan et al.

Merlin Falco columbarius
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 15 on 05/02/1993

Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 10 on 27/4/2001

Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Rare disperser in autumn, winter, and spring.
HDC: one on several occasions.

Saker Falcon Falco cherrug
Rare passage migrant.
HDC: one on many dates.

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Rare disperser in all seasons. Rare resident.
HDC: 2 on 29/10/1989

Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri (Category C)
Uncommon resident; breeds
HDC: 250 on many dates.

Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
Vagrant, 1 record.
1st -1 on 02/01/2020 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Valentin CONDAL, Paul DUFOUR and Antoine REBOUL.

Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Very common passage migrant and rare winter and summer visitor.
HDC: 1000 to 2000 each day from 12-18/05/1966.

Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Common passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 42 on 12/04/2014 at Al-Khiran.

Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
Common passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 26 on 09/03/2014 at Al-Nuwaiseeb.

Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 10/09/2020 at Jahra East Outfall, Rashed Al-Hajji.

Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
Vagrant, 3 records.
1st – 1 on 07/10/2004 at Jahra Pool Reserve K Al-Ghanem.
2nd – 1 on 14/10/2006 at Sulaibikhat Reserve by Hussain Al-Qallaff stayed untill 09/04/2007, then from 03/11/2007 at Sulaibikhat Reserve by P Fagel to 12/04/2008 when last seen by 4 Finnish birders.
3rd – 1 on 16/07/2018 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Dhari Alajeel, O Al-Shaheen.

Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 60 on 03/05/2008

Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor lahtora
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 62 on 10/03/2014 at Al-Salmi and Al-Abraq.

Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Uncommon passage migrant; has bred.
HDC: 20 on 15/03/2000

Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
Common passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 34 on 13/04/2007

Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Common passage migrant and rare summer visitor; has bred.
HDC: 20 on several dates between 1952 and 1968.

Ashy Drongo Edolius leucophaeus
Vagrant, 4 records.
1st – 1 on 03/04/2010 at Jahra Farms, Hans Rudhe, Olle Karlsson and Pekka Fagel.
2nd – 2 on 07/12/2010 at Jahra Farms, Pekka Fagel, and Brian Foster. It was last seen on 27/12/2010.
3rd – 1 on 05/02/3013 at Fintas Park by Nicola Hulet.
4th – 1 on 18-Feb-2023 at Kuwait University Shuwaikh, S Ahlman, A AL-Sirhan, A Halttunen, J Reinikka.

Black Drongo Edolius macrocercus
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 19/11/2015 close to Salmy, Sheikh Sabah Al-Sabah, Omar Al-Shaheen.

House Crow Corvus splendens (Category C)
Uncommon resident, breeds.
HDC: 18 on 16/12/2001

Rook Corvus frugilegus
Vagrant, 4 records.
1st – 1 on 30/03/1955 V A D Sales.
2nd – 1 on 25/05/1963 V A D Sales.
3rd – 1 on 22/12/2006 to 05/01/2007 at Shuwaikh Port, A Al-Sirhan.
4th – 1 on 23/11/2017 at Greek Residence, Kuwait City, M Craig.

Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 10/06/2014 at Kubbar Island, A Vidalis, S Zoogaris.
2nd – 1 on 07/02/2015 at Jahra Pols Reserve, M Craig.

Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
Scarce disperser in winter and spring; has bred.
HDC: 3 on 09/03/1982

Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
Common winter visitor and rare breeder.
HDC: 210 on 05/03/2019 at the outfall at KISR western side.

Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 in September 2009 photographed on Gulf Road opposite Salwa Willem Scheepers.

Great Tit Parus major
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 12/04/2006 at Green Island T Frandsen, A Hagerman, J Hansen, M Poulsen.

Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
Scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 28 on 22/08/2013 at SAANR and Wafra.

Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
Common resident; breeds
HDC: 31 on 22/08/2013 at Wafra Farms and SAANR.

Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey
Vagrant, 10 records. Has bred.
1st – 2 on 20/02/1978, 5-10/03/1978, 30/06-7/07/1978 at Al-Batin P R Haynes, Leon Corrall.
2nd – 2 on 15/01/1979 at Al-Batin, by P R Haynes, 20/04/1979 at Al-Batin by W A Stuart, C W T Pilcher.
3rd – 2 on 11/02/1983 at Al-Salmi CWT Pilcher.
4th – 4 on 25/01/1985 to 1/02/1985 CWT Pilcher, M Shihab, B Wright.
5th – 7 on 8/03, 22/03, 29/03/2002 Al-Salmi CWT Pilcher, ST Spencer where on 29/03/2002 a nest with 4 eggs was found. First breeding record.
6th – 2 on 08/03/2005 G Gregory, 10/03/2005 A Al-Sirhan both at Al-Salmi.
7th – 2 on 19/08/2014 at Abduliyah KOC Reserve, H Al-Shayji.
8th – 1 on 29/07/2019 at Al-Braq, O Al-Shaheen.
9th – 9 on 03/02/2021 at Al Salmi, K Al-Ghanem.
10th – 1 on 17/07/2021 at Al Wafra, H Al-Shayji.

Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
Uncommon resident; has bred.
HDC: 15 on 12/03/2016 at Al-Salmi.

Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
Uncommon resident; breeds
HDC: 144 on 11/11/2016 at Al-Abraq Police Station.

Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
Uncommon resident, breeds.
HDC: 425 on 26/06/2014 at Abdiliya Reserve.

Woodlark Lullula arborea
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 9 on 8-10/02/1983

Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
Scarce passage mingrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 15 on 02/12/2005

Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
Common winter visitor.
HDC: 2000 on 14/12/2007

Crested Lark Galerida cristata
Very common resident, breeds.
HDC: 1000 on 03/07/1953

Temminck’s Lark Eremophila bilopha
Scarce resident, breeds.
HDC: 35 on 09/12/2005

Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Abundant passage migrant, common summer and winter visitor; breeds.
HDC: 3000 on 10/03/2000

Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
Uncommon passage migrant, winter visitor, and rare summer visitor; has bred.
HDC: 63 on 06/03/2015 at Al-Abraq East.

Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
Vagrant, 4 records.
1st – 2 on 06/11/1998 at Shaab J.Gaskell.
2nd – 1 on 15/11/2007 photographed at Jahra East Outfall, Rashed Al-Hajji.
3rd – 1 on 10/12/2016 at Liyah Reserve, Rashed Al-Hajji.
4th – 1 on 24/11/2018 at United Dairy Farm, Mash Ahmad, Chris Webb, M Pope.

Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites
Rare resident, breeds.
HDC: 15 on 30/03/2008

Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
Very common passage migrant and winter visitor and uncommon summer visitor; breeds.
HDC: 550 on 07/03/2002

Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (Category C)
Scarce resident, breeds.
HDC: 8 on 27/11/2016 at Green Island.

White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis (Category C)
Very common resident; breeds.
HDC: 120 on 30/01/2015 at Green Island.

Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Very common passage migrant, uncommon summer and winter visitor.
HDC: Several thousand on several dates between 1952 and 1968.

Pale Martin Riparia diluta
Vagrant. Two records.
1st – 3 on 26/11/2017, at Jahra Pools Reserve, M Craig, Neil Tovey.
2nd – 1 20/12/2019 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Klaus Markku.

Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
Vagrant. one record.
1st – 1 on 24/11/2017, at Jahra Pools Reserve, M Craig.

Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Scarce passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 30 on 14/04/1997

Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
Vagrant, 13 records.
1st – 3 at Kuwait City on 23/05/1973 E Grieve.
2nd – 1 on 25/02/1974 near Jal Al Zour PR Haynes.
3rd – 2 on 07/01/1987 CWT Pilcher, M Shihab.
4th – 2 at Khiran on 4/04/1999 H-M.Busch, J Rathberger-Knan, W Bindl.
5th – 1 at Jal Az-Zor on 25/12/2001 ST Spencer.
6th – 1 at Jahra East Outfall on 5/12/2004 G.Gregory.
7th – 1 on 28/03/2008 at Al-Abraq by P.Fagel
8th – 1 on 09/04/2011 at SAANR by B Foster and Andrew Livermore.
9th – 2 on 14/01/2015 at Jal Al Zour by Omar Al-Shaheen and then two on 25/01/2015 by Ahmad Jamal, and Ahmad Ashour.
10th – 5 on 04/01/2017 at Jahra Pools reserve, Neil Tovey.
11th – 1 on 14/04/2018 at Al-Abraq, A. Al-Sirhan.
12th – 1 on 04/01/2021 at SAANR, A. Al-Yousef, and O Al-Shaheen.
13th – 1 on 26/01/2021 at Al-Liyah Reserve, Neil Tovey.

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Abundant passage migrant, common winter and summer visitor; breeds
HDC: 10000 on 21/04/2008

Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
Very common passage migrant and uncommon winter visitor.
HDC: 1000 on several dates.

European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
Common passage migrant.
HDC: 60 on 19/03/2011 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields.

Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 06/12/2013 at Jahra Pool Reserve, by Dennis O’Sullivan et al.
2nd – 2 on 14/04/2014 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Birdfinder Group.

Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor.
5 on 15/11/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Rare passage migrant. Previous records.

Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
Vagrant, five records.
1st – 2 on 12/08/2008 at Jahra Farm P Fagel.
2nd – 1 on 31/08/2012 at Jahra Pool Reserve, Rashed Al-Hajji.
3rd – 1 on 21/03/2017 at Mutla’a Ranch, Markus Craig.
4th – 1 on 23/08/2021 at Al-Abraq, O Al-Shaheen, and A Al-Yousef.
5th – 1 on 25/08/2021 at Jahra Farms, R Al-Hajji.

Hume’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
Vagrant, 16 records.
1st – 1 on 8/12/1995 at Jahra Farms, G. Gregory.
2nd – 1 on 28/12/2008 at Al-Abraq, K.De Rouck, D.Collin, J.Celis.
3rd – 2 on 20/11/2010 at Al-Abraq, M Pope et al.
4th – 1 on 03/12/2011 at Rawdatain, Pekka Fagel.
5th – 1 on 03/12/2014 at Al-Abraq, O Al-Shaheen, H Al-Shayji.
6th – 1 on 05/11/2015 at Al-Abraq, A Al-Sirhan.
7th – 1 on 17/11/2015 at Mutla’a Ranch, P Fagel.
8th – 1 on 18/11/2016 at Al Zour Port Village, Henrik Rask.
9th – 1 on 28/11/2016 at Al Abraq, O Al-Shaheen.
10th – 1 on 05/12/2016 at SAANR, O Al-Shaheen.
11th – 1 on 04/11/2018 at Al Abraq, O Al-Shaheen.
12th – 1 on 12/11/2018 at Fintas Park, A. Al-Sirhan and Max Dettori.
13th – 1 on 03/12/2018 at Jahra Farms, Guus Jenniskens.
14th – 1 08/12/2019 at Abraq Al-Habari, O Al-Shaheen.
15th – 1 on 01/02/2021 at Abraq Al-Habari, O Al-Shaheen.
16th – 1 on 26/11/2021 at Abraq Al-Habari, Irvin Calicut, Irvin Sabastian, Kitchu Aravind, Lijo James.
17th – 3 on 07/12/2023 at Abraq Al-Habari, A Al-Sirhan, Jan Schmidt, Brian Mc Closkey.

Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 2 on 26/09/1986

Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
Vagrant, 2 records.
1st – 1 on 29/10/2009 at Jahra Farms P Fagel.
2nd – 1 on 13/11/2010 at Al-Abraq B Foster, P Fagel.

Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 01/05/2008 at SAANR, A. Al-Sirhan.
2nd – 1 on 15/04/2015 at Muta’a Ranch, Markus Craig.

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Abundant passage migrant.
HDC: 150 in April 1993

Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus lorenzii
Scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 7 on 15/11/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Abundant passage migrant and common winter visitor.
HDC: 500 on 09/04/1989

Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
Rare passage migrant. First records.

Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
Common passage migrant and uncommon summer visitor; breeds.
HDC: 23 on 13/04/1997

Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Common passage migrant, scarce summer visitor, and breeds.
HDC: 40 on several dates in May 1961

Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus (stentoreus) brunnescens
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce resident.
HDC: 15 on 10/03/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
Uncommon passage migrant and rare resident; has bred.
HDC: 40 on many dates from 1985 to 1988.

Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common passage migrant.
HDC: 130 on 11/5/1995

Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
Vagrant, 6 records.
1st – 1 on 26/08/2012 at Jahra Pools Reserve by Rashed Al-Hajji.
2nd – 1 on 30/10/2013 at Jahra East Outfall by A. Al-Sirhan.
3rd – 1 on 25/08/2014 at Jahra East Outfall, R Al-Hajji.
4th – 1 on 09/09/2014 at Al-Abraq, H Bouresli.
5th – 1 on 04/08/2018 at Mutla’a Ranch, Mike Pope, Neil Tovey.
6th – 1 on 24/10/2018 at Jahra Pools Reserve, O Al-Shaheen.

Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Vagrant, 3 records.
1st – 1 on 15/07/1971 at Ahmadi, netted, measured, and identified by S Howe.
2nd – 1 on 19/08/1971 at Ahmadi netted, measured, and identified by S Howe.
3rd – 1 on 15/09/2012 at Sabah Al-Ahmad Nature Reserve, by Rashed Al-Hajji.

Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus fuscus
Very common passage migrant and common summer visitor; breeds.
HDC: 189 on 11/05/1995

Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Common passage migrant.
HDC: 60 on 10/05/1997

Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
Vagrant, 11 records.
1st – 1 on 02/09/2006 at SAANR by A.Al-Sirhan.
2nd – 1 on 27/08/2012 at Jaha East Outfall by Rashed Al-Hajji.
3rd – 1 on 28/08/2012 at SAANR Rashed Al-Hajji.
4th – 1 on 15/08/2013 at SAANR by R Al-Hajji and Mike Pope.
5th – 1 on 24/08/2018 at Jaha East Outfall by Rashed Al-Hajji.
6th – 1 on 30/08/2018 at SAANR by O. Al-Shaheen.
7th – 1 on 13/08/2019 at Al Abraq, M Pope.
8th – 1 on 06/09/2019 at Mutla’a Ranch, Irvin Sabastian, and Lijo James.
9th – 1 on 10/09/2020 at Jahra East Outfall, Rashed Al-Hajji.
10th – 1 on 29/08/2021 at Jahra East Outfall, R Al-Hajji.
11th – 1 on 25/08/2021 and one on 12/09/2021 at Jahra Farms, R Al-Hajji.

Sykes’s Warbler Iduna rama
Scarce passage migrant.
HDC: 5 on 06/09/1985

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
Common passage migrant and rare summer visitor; has bred.
HDC: 40 on 21/04/2007

Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 50 on 07/05/2013 at Kabd Reserve.

Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 14/09/1972, found dead and photographed at Umm Al-Aish, S.Howe.

Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Rare passage migrant.
HDC: 5 on 05/05/1961

River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
Rare passage migrant.
HDC: 5 on 12/05/1966

Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 8 on 08/08/2015.

Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia straminea
Rare passage migrant.
HDC: 3 on 10/04/1965

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Vagrant, 6 records.
1st – 2 from 19/01/1979 to 9/03/1979, L Corrall, W A Stuart.
2nd – 1 on 1-18/01/1980 at Jahra Pool Reserve W A Stuart, M Shihab.
3rd – 1 on 16/11/1984 at Jahra Pool Reserve C W T Pilcher.
4th – 1 on 18/03/1988 trapped at Al-Abraq G Gregory, C W T Pilcher, M Shihab.
5th – 1 on 02/03/1990 at Jahra Pool Reserve C W T Pilcher.
6th – 1 on 28/11/2013 at Al-Abraq, by M Pope and Markus Craig.
7th – 3 on 21/11/2023 at Al-Abraq, A Al-Sirhan, Jan Schmidt.

Delicate Prinia Prinia lepida
Common resident; breeds
HDC: 44 on 11/02/2015 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Common passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 100 on several dates in spring 1956.

Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Uncommon passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 1000 on 12-13/05/1966

Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
Uncommon passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 30 on 03/10/1966

Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
Common passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 35 on 08/04/2015 at Mutla’a Ranch.

Hume’s Whitethroat Curruca althaea
Rare passage migrant.
HDC: 6 on 26/09/2018 at Abraq Al-Habari.

Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 11 on 03/03/1957

Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
Common winter visitor.
HDC: 14 on 17/12/2001

Ménétries’s Warbler Curruca mystacea
Common winter visitor.
HDC: 25 on 18/03/2016 at Al-Liah Reserve.

Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Very common passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: ‘Thousands’ on 12-14/05/1966

Afghan Babbler Argya huttoni salvadorii
Uncommon resident; breeds
HDC: 15 on 10/01/2014 at Abdali.

Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 2 on 16/11/2013 at Al-Abraq by Humoud Al-Shayji and Abdulaziz Al-Yousef.
2nd – 2 on 01/12/2014 at Al-Abraq by Hamad Bouresli.

Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Vagrant, 4 records.
1st – 1 on 23/11/1995 first-year ringed and photographed at Jahra Pool Reserve N Cleere, D Kelly.
2nd – 1 on 24/01/2002 at Sabah Al-Salem G.Gregory.
3rd – 1 on 07/02/2017 at Al-Abraq, Markus Craig.
4th – 1 on 01/10/2020 at Al-Abraq Farm, Mike Pope.

Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus (Category C)
Uncommon resident; breeds.
HDC: 500 on many dates in 2001

Common Myna Acridotheres tristis (Category C)
Very common resident; breeds.
HDC: 100 on 09/08/1998

Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
Scarce passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 28 on 28/11/1964

Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common passage migrant and very common winter visitor.
HDC: 2000 on 28/01/2015 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields.

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Common winter visitor.
HDC: 55 on 17/02/1967

Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 3 on many dates.

Redwing Turdus iliacus
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 2 on 08/12/1995

Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 5 on 04/12/2014 at Al-Abraq.

Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 8 on 21/11/1965

Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Vagrant, 9 records.
1st – 1 on 20/11/1971 Al-Rawdatain S Howe, R Stafford.
2nd – 2 on 17/02/1989 at Al-Abraq G Gregory, CWT Pilcher, M Shihab.
3rd – 1 on 8/12/1995 at Jahra Farms G Gregory.
4th – 1 on 15/11/1998 at Wafra Oil Fields MO Chichester.
5th – 1 on 21/11/2004 at Jahra Pool Reserve K. Al-Ghanem.
6th – 1 on 18/1/2008 at Al-Abraq by a Danish group, P.Fagel, B.Foster.
7th – 1 on 05/11/2008 at Al-Abraq by P.Fagel.
8th – 1 on 03/12/2014 at Al-Abraq by Mohammad Murad.
9th – 1 on 21/11/2019 at Jahra Pool Reserve, M Pope.

Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 24 on 18/01/1985

Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 09/01 to 13/02/1987 photographed at Abraq Al-Khabari C W T Pilcher, G Gregory, M Shihab.

Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
Vagrant, 8 records.
1st – 1 on 26/04 to 6/05/2006 photographed at Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve K Al-Nasrallah, B.Foster et al.
2nd – 1 on 21/03/2010 at Al-Abraq H Al-Shayji, M Khorshed.
3rd – 1 on 24/04/2015 at Al Dhahar Area, Mohammad Shah.
4th – 1 on 09/05/2015 at Kuwait Zoo, Faisal Al-Nomas.
5th – 1 on 14/04/2017 at Kabd Reserve, Mohammad Al-Kandari.
6th – 1 on 14/04/2017 at Mutla’a Ranch, Bassel Abi Jummaa.
7th – 1 on 06/05/2017 at SAANR, Omar Al-Shaheen.
8th – 1 on 20/03/2020 at Sulaibikhat Bay, K Al-Ghanem.

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Common passage migrant and rare summer visitor; breeds.
HDC: 30 on many dates.

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Very common passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 75 on 27/04/1968 and on 21/04/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve.

European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 17 on 27/10/2016 on Mutla’a Ranch.

Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Common passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 30 on 20/03/2002

Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Uncommon passage migrant and rare summer visitor.
HDC: 99 on 25/04/1968

Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 20 on 23/04/1966

White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
Common passage migrant.
HDC: 72 on 12/04/2007

Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
Vagrant, 5 records.
1st – 1 on 19/04/2013 at Al-Abraq, by Ibrahim Al-Sahood.
2nd – 1 on 03/12/2013 at Al-Shallal’s Farm, by Alan et al.
3rd – 1 on 20/11/2015 at Al Al-Abraq, K Haataja, P Fagel.
4th – 1 on 14/10/2016 at Mutla’a Ranch, Markus Craig.
5th – 1 on 19/05/2018 at Al-Abraq, Mike Pope, and Markus Craig.

Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
Scarce passage migrant, mainly in autumn.
HDC: 10 on 23/10/2014 at Al-Abraq.

Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
Uncommon passage migrant, mainly in spring.
HDC: 23 on 18/03/1988

Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 10/04/2013 at Al-Abraq by Angelo and Alberto Nava.
2nd – 1 on 14/05/2018 at Jahra Farms, Bassel Abi Jummaa.

Eversmann’s Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
Rare winter visitor. Past records.
HDC: 2 on 23/12/2006.

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Uncommon winter visitor.
HDC: 6 on 11/12/1987

Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Very common passage migrant.
HDC: 100 on several dates.

Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 30 on 29/03/2015 at Wafra Oil Field (No access)

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 10 on 28/02/2014 at Al-Khiran.

Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 80 on 11/04/2006

European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 10 on many dates.

Caspian Stonechat Saxicola maurus hemprichii
Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 6 on 01/03/2008

Pied Bush chat Saxicola caprata
Vagrant, 3 records.
1st – 1 on 20/05/2011 at Jahra Pool Reserve by B Foster and P Fagel. It stayed until 27/05/2011.
2nd – 1 on 12/05/2018 at Jahra Farms, Dr. Aref Alawadhi.
3rd – 1 on 22/08/2019 at Sewer Plant Reeds, Lijo James Mathew.

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Common passage migrant.
HDC: 72 on 25/03/2014 at Kabd Reserve.

Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Very common passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 100 on 07/03/2014 at Al-Liah Reserve.

Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
Vagrant, 11 records.
1st – 1 on 16/03/1958 at north-west Ahmadi V A D Sales.
2nd – 1 on 26/03/1971 at Sulaibikhat, by Jack Webb.
3rd – 1 on 28/12/1984 at Umm Al-Rimam C W T Pilcher, Bryon Wright, M Shihab.
4th – 1 on 1/01 to 5/02/1999 at Jal Az-Zor S T Spencer.
5th – 1 on 10-13/03/2001 at Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve O Schroeder, S Schroeder, G Ostero.
6th – 1 on 01/10/2002 at Jahra Pool Reserve K Al-Ghanem et al.
7th – 1 on 10/12/2011 at Jahra East Outfall by P Fagel et al.
8th – 1 on 22/11/2012 at Jahra East Outfall by Rashed Al-Hajji.
9th – 1 on 11/03/2016 at Al-Abraq by Markus Craig.
10th – 1 on 17/11/2016 at Jal Al Zour, by Daniel Mauras.
11th – 1 on 26/10/2020 at Al-Liyah, by Shaheen Al-Shaheen.
12th – 1 on 11/11/2022 at Jal Al-Zor, A Al-Sirhan.

Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Very common passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 50 on 26/12/2008 at SAANR.

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
Uncommon passage migrant.
HDC: 40 on 15/03/2007

Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Very common passage migrant.
HDC: 152 on 10/03/2014 at Al-Salmi and Al-Abraq.

Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
Vagrant, three records.
1st – 1 on 24/03/2014 at Liyah Reserve, R Al-Hajji.
2nd – 1 on 25/04/2015 at Kabd Reserve, M. Craig.
3rd – 1 on 28/02/2021 at Kabd Reserve, Laila Ashour.

White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
Scarce winter visitor. Scarce summer disperser. Has bred in 2020. First records.
HDC: 9 on 16/11/2020

Hume’s Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra
Vagrant, 8 records.
1st – 1 on 12/12/1963 at ‘North Kuwait’ by VAD Sales.
2nd – 2 on 30/09/1977 at Jal Az-Zor PR Haynes L. Corrall, WA Stuart.
3rd – 1 on 15/10/1978 at Wadi Al-Batin, WA Stuart.
4th – 1 on 28/01/1983 by CWT Pilcher.
5th – 1 on 11/02/2005 A Bailey, B Foster, G Gregory a SAANR.
6th – 1 on 9/9/2008 at Zour Port by M.Chichester .
7th – 1 on 12/12/2009 at SAANR P Fagel, B Foster.
8th – 1 on 25/11/2016 at SAANR, Dhari Al Ajeel.

Finsch’s Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor. Has bred in 2019.
HDC: 7 on 17/01/2000

Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
Uncommon winter visitor.
HDC: 30 on 17/01/2008 at SAANR.

Kurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna
Scarce passage migrant.
HDC: one on all occasions.

Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 5 on 17/01/2008 at SAANR.

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
Vagrant, 7 records.
1st – 2 on 05/01/2008 at Ras Sybiya by R Al-Hajji.
2nd – 2 on 11/11/2014 at Al-Khiran by Khalaf Al-Fahad.
3rd – 1 on 17/11/2017 at Mutla’a Ranch, A. Al-Sirhan.
4th – 1 on 07/12/2019, then 2 on subsequent days at Funaitees, N Tovey.
5th – 1 on 15/01/2020, then 4 (2 pairs) at Abdullah Al Salem, Hind.
6th – 1 on 10/02/2020 at Fintas Park, Zbigniew Kajzer, Michał Skąpski.
7th – 1 on 25/11/2020 at Abdullah Al-Salem, Ibrahim Adwani.
8th – 1 on 18/11/2023 at KISR West, Inger Anderson.
9th – 6 on 08/12/2023 at Al-Shaheed Park, Aju John.

Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
Uncommon passage migrant and rare summer visitor; has bred.
HDC: 200 on 17/03/2006

Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce summer visitor; breeds.
HDC: 48 on 10/8/2000

Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
Very common winter visitor and are resident; has bred.
HDC: 13000 on 07/01/2007

House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Abundant resident; breeds
HDC: ‘Thousands’ on many dates.

Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 12 on 10/11/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve. First records.

Rüppell’s Weaver Ploceus galbula (Category C)
Scarce resident; breeds.
HDC: 4 on several dates.

Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica (Category C)
Scarce resident; breeds
HDC: 25 on 22/01/2004

Radde’s Accentor Prunella ocularis
Vagrant, 3 records.
1st – 1 on 29/03/2007 at Al-Abraq C Brostam et al.
2nd – 1 on 15/03/2012 at SAANR by Rashed Al-Hajji.
3rd – 1 on 06/04/2012 at Al-Shallal’s Fram, Todd Pepper.
4th – 1 on 31/03/2017 at Liyah Reserve (south), Bassel Abi Jummaa, P Fagel.

Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 28/11/1995 ringed and photographed at Jahra Pool Reserve N Cleere, D Kelly.

Dunnock Prunella modularis
Vagrant, 4 records.
1st – 1 on 08/11/1991 ringed at Messila M Reed, T Cross.
2nd – 1 on 08/11/1995 ringed and photographed at Jahra Pool Reserve N Cleere, D Kelly.
3rd – 1 on 23/11/1995 ringed and photographed at Jahra Pool Reserve N Cleere, D Kelly.
4th – 1 on 01/02/2001 at Sulaibiya G Gregory P Robertson.

Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 10/11/2006 at Al-Abraq Farm, M Pope, B Foster, P Fagel.
2nd – 2 on 07/12/2020 at Jahra Pools Reserve, K Al-Ghanem.

Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Very common passage migrant and scarce summer visitor.
HDC: unknown.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tsutschensis
Vagrant, one record.
1st – 1 on 04/01/2020 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, Valentin CONDAL, Paul DUFOUR & Antoine REBOUL.

Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
Common passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 10 on 16/08/1985

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Uncommon passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 20 on 12/3/2000

White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Abundant passage migrant and abundant winter visitor.
HDC: 1000 on 06/03/1986

Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 6 on 24/11/2007

Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii
Vagrant, one records.
1st – 1 on 13/02/2024 at Kabd Reserve, GORKA OCIO ANDRES et al.

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Common passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 35 on 07/04/2006

Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 50 on 12/1/1994

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Common passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 136 on 08/04/1966

Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
Vagrant, 13 records.
1st – 4 on 09/12/1994 up to 07/01/1995 at Jahra Farms, S.T. Spencer, C.W.T. Pilcher.
2nd – 4 on 08/12/1995 up to 05/01/1996 at Jahra Farms, G. Gregory.
3rd – 1 on 13/12/1996 at Jahra Farms, G. Gregory.
4th – 1 on 29/10/1998 at Jahra Farms, G. Gregory.
5th – 1 on 17/04/1999 at Jahra Farms, G. Gregory.
6th – 1 on 18-31/12/2003 at Jahra Farms, G. Gregory.
7th – 1 on 03/12/2004 at Al Abraq B. Foster and G. Gregory.
8th – 1 on 06/12/2004 up to 19/02/2005 at Jahra Farms, G. Gregory.
9th – 1 on 08/12/2014 at Al Abraq, M. Khorshed.
10th – 2 on 17/11/2016 at Jahra Farms, H Dufourney.
11th – 1 on 10/11/2017 at Jahra Farms, Bassel Abi Jummaa.
12th – 1 on 17/11/2017 at Mutla’a Ranch, H Dufourney.
13th – 1 on 14/05/2018 at Jahra Farms, Bassel Abi Jummaa.

Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Very common passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
HDC: 1200 on 21/04/2007 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields.

Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 3 on 21/02/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields. First records.

Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta coutelli
Common passage migrant and very Common winter visitor.
HDC: 320 on 11/12/2002

Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 12 on 12/01/1990

Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 15 on 02/12/1988

Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Vagrant, four records.
1st – 1 on 06/11/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve, by M. Khorshed.
2nd – 1 on 16/11/2016 at Al Abraq, by H Rask and B Rasmussen.
3rd – 1 on 15/11/2017 at Jahra East Outfall, Rashed Al-Hajji.
4th – 1 on 18/11/2017 at Mutla’a Ranch, Neil Tovey.

Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
Uncommon resident; breeds
HDC: 85 on 29/12/2008 at SAANR.

Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 05/03/2009 later 12 on 20/03/2009 at SAANR by K. Al-Ghanem.
2nd – 1 on 08/04/2011 at SAANR by K. Al-Ghanem

Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
Scarce passage migrant.
HDC: 22 on 15/10/2007 at Al-Abraq.

European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
Vagrant, two records.
1st – 1 on 10/04/2013 at Al-Abraq by Angelo and Alberto Nava.
2nd – 1 on 29/11/2014 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Mohd Khorshed.

Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
Rare passage migrant and summer visitor. Has bred. Past records.
HDC: 37 on 11/11/2022.

Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
Vagrant. 7 records.
1st – 3 on 13/01/19965 and then 5 on 18/01/1965 and up to 6 on 24/01/1965 all at Ahmadi, Victor Sales.
2nd – 6 on 02/12/1994, then 4 on 23/12 up to 31/12/1994, Tomas Spencer and Charles Pilcher.
3rd – 3 on 15/12/1989 at Al-Abraq, C Pilcher and M Shihab.
4th – 48 on 27/01/1995 at Al-Abraq, C Pilcher, T Spencer.
5th – 1 on 30/12/2003 at Warba Island, G Gregory, and KISR team.
6th – 1 on 03/03/2009 at Pivot Fields, Mohd Khorshed.
7th – 1 on 21/04/2011 at Pivot Fields, Georges Olioso.

European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 14 on 27/01/1995

Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 100 on 29/11/1985

Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
Uncommon passage migrant and common winter visitor.
HDC: 184 on 04/01/2002

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Vagrant, 2 records.
1st – 1 on 14/03/2002 photographed at Heraijah M Al-Saleh.
2nd – 1 on 16/03/2012 at SAANR by Khaled Al-Ghanem.

Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
Vagrant, five records.
1st – 1 on 24-26/03/1966 at Ahmadi V A D Sales.
2nd – 1 on 01/03/1967 at Ahmadi V A D Sales.
3rd – 1 on 05/05/2009 at SAANR by K. Al-Ghanem.
4th – 1 on 02/12/2014 at Al-Abraq, Mohd Khorshed.
5th – 1 on 08/04/2022 at Abraq Al-Habari, Guruprasad Hedge.

Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
Vagrant, 5 records.
1st – 1 on 14/09/2005 at SAANR A.Al-Sirhan.
2nd – 1 on 13/04/2009 at SAANR Benno Moreth, Hubert Krieger.
3rd – 1 on 16/09/2011 at SAANR by R.Al-Hajji.
4th – 1 on 24/01/2015 at Al Abraq by M Craig and one probable on 23/01/2015 H Bouresli.
5th – 1 on 20/09/2015 at Al Abraq by H Al-Shayji, A Al-Yousef.

Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea semenowi
Scarce passage migrant.
HDC: 7 on 14/04/1968

Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
Common passage migrant.
HDC: 500 on 18/04/2008 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields.

Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
Vagrant, three records.
1st – 1 on 14/08/2013 at Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve by Ammar Al-Jeraiwi.
2nd – 1 on 18/11/2013 at Al-Wafra, by Humoud Al-Shayji.
3rd – 1 on 23/04/2014 at Mutla Farm, Hamad Bouresli.

Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
Vagrant, 15 records.
1st -1 on 30/10/1981 at Jahra, Charles Pilcher, PW.
2nd – 1 on 30/10/1984 at Jal Al-Zor, Mahmoud Shihab.
3rd -1 on 03/10/1986 at Umm Al-Aish, Chalres Pilcher Mahmoud Shihab.
4th – 1 on 31/10/1986 at Khaldiya, C Pilcher, G Gregory, M Shihab.
5th – 1 on 27/11/1986 at Al Abraq, C Pilcher, G Gregory, M Shihab.
6th – 1 on 20/11/1987 at Al Abraq, C Pilcher, G Gregory, M Shihab.
7th – 1 on 25/11/1987 at Al Jabriya, George Gregory.
8th – 1 on 01/10/2001 at Kabd, G Gregory, Khaled Al-Nasrallah.
9th – 1 on 11/10/2001 at Sabah Al-Salem, G Gregory.
10th – 1 on 06/12/2001 at Zour Port, M Chichester.
11th – 1 on 15/01/2002 at Sabah Al-Salem, G Gregory.
12th – 2 on 20/05/2004 at SAANR, by Eissa Ramadan.
13th – 1 on 21/10/2007 at JEO, Rashed Al-Hajji.
14th – 1 on 06/11/2009 at Al-Abraq, P Fagel, B Foster, S Price.
15th – 1 on 16/11/2019 at Al Abraq, Irvin Sabastian, Sajan Raju, and Pradeep Choudhary.

Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
Vagrant, 3 records.
1st – 2 on 9/05/1953 at Ahmadi V A D Sales.
2nd – 1 on 07/11/2009 at Al-Abraq B Foster, P Fagel, S Price.
3rd – 1 shot dead on 28/04/2014 at Entertainment City, reported by Mike Pope.

Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
Scarce passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
HDC: 32 on 26/08/2005

Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
HDC: 5 on 8/09/2000

Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
Rare winter visitor.
HDC: 3 on 18/11/2006

Kuwait Bird List CATEGORY D

Species that would otherwise appear in Category A, except there is reasonable doubt that they have occurred naturally.

Arabian Golden Sparrow Passer euchlorus
Recorded at Al-Abraq on 13/11/2010 B foster, P Fagel. It is suspected that it came from released birds in Riyadh.

Pied Crow Corvus albus it is probably ship-asseseted.

Kuwait Bird List CATEGORY E (updated 16/09/2024)

Species that have been recorded as introductions, human-assisted transportees, or escapees from captivity and whose breeding populations (if any) are thought not to be self-sustaining.

These are not counted in the total of the Kuwait List but are listed here for interest.

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
Chukar Alectoris chukar
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
Bruce’s Green Pigeon Treron waalia
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
Yellow-faced Parrot Alipiopsitta xanthops
Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
Fischer’s Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Jungle Babbler Argya striata
Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus
Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
Arabian Golden Sparrow Passer euchlorus
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
Pale-headed Munia Lonchura pallida
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
Grey-headed Goldfinch Carduelis caniceps paropanisi

REFERENCES:

GREGORY, G (2005) The birds of the State of Kuwait. Privately published.
GREGORY, G (2008) Kuwait Bird List 26/6/2008. Published at BirdForum.net.
PILCHER C W T, GREGORY G, TYE A & AHMED M S (1986) Additions to the country list produced by the Kuwait Avifaunal Survey, 1985-87. Sandgrouse vol 12.
GREGORY G (2002) The captive origin of bird species in Kuwait. Sandgrouse vol 24(2).
Kuwait Annual Bird Report (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007). Published by BMAPT, KEPS, Kuwait.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for counting birds and getting the highest daily count:

I would like to thank the following people who submitted their bird counts either to me directly or to eBird.org:

Omar Al-Shaheen, Markus Craig, Humoud Al-Shayji, Neil Tovey, Khaled Al-Ghanem, Mike Pope, Mohd Khorshed, Abdulmohsen Al-Suraye, Rashed Al-Hajji, Ammar Al-Jeraiwi, Hamad Bouresli, Saad Al-Nouri, and Mohammed Murad.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

George Gregory, Musaad Al-Saleh, Khaled Al-Ghanem, Mishal Al-Juraiwi, Mahmoud Shihab, Khaled Al-Nasrallah, Abdulmohsen Al-Surayae, Pekka Fagel, Brian Foster, Mike Pope, Charles Pilcher, Peter Cowan, Gary Brown, Mark Chichester, Fahad Al-Mansori, Husain Al-Qallaf, Eesa Ramadan, Mike Jennings, Rashed Al-Hajji, Humoud Al-Shayji, Saad Al-Nouri, Mohd Khorshed, Ouda Al-Bathali, Mohammed Al-Kandari, Sameera Al-khalifa, Haleema Bughaith, Sara Al-Dosari, Omar Al-Shaheen, Ammar Al-Jeraiwi, Mohammed Shah, Hamad Burelsi, Jassem Al-Khalaf, Faisal Al-Nomass, Abdulaziz Al-Yousef, Saleh Al-Sulaihim, Mohammed Ayoub, Ebrahim Al-Sahood, Ahmad Ashour, Ahmad Jamal, Nicola Hulet, Yousef Al-Failakawi, Sheikh Sabah Al-Sabah, A. Bailey, Neil Tovey, Markus Craig, Karri Haataja, A Al-Khamees, Ahmad Salem, M Al-Mowwash, Mutla’a Ranch owners, Al-Shallal Farm owners, Pivot Fields owners, W. Bindl, R.P. Blacker, G. Bundy, H-M. Busch, A. Caldwell, S.Carter-Brown, R.E. Cheeseman, D. A. Clayton, N. Cleere, B. Cooper, P.l. Cox, A.J. Crease, A.Cross, G.Dallemagne, J.Dashti, H.R.P. Dickson, R. Daniel, H. McCurdy, V. Dickson, J. Gaskell, P.R. Haynes, S. Holliday, P. A. D. Hollom, S. Howe, Saijith Kandoth, Anoopkumar Kartha, P. Johnson, A. Lange, F. Lange, H. McCurdy, R. Meinertzhagen, J. Middleton, N. Montfort, Natural History Museum Tring, M. Newhouse, D. L. Newman, G. Ostero, P. H. Rathbone, P. Johnson, J. Rathgeber-Knan, J. Seegers, M. Reed, P. Robertson, A. Ross, G. Rowlands, L. Sager, V.A.D. Sales, O. and S. Schroder, R. Seargent, B. Settles, J. Shaw, S.T. Spencer, W. A. Stuart, B. Thomas, C. B. Ticehurst, A. Tye, G. Walker, F.E. Warr, E. Warr, J. Webb, R. Williams, and G. Wright, Dennis O’Sullivan et al., Angelo + Alberto Nava, Alan Dean, Bouke Atema.