The Birds of Kuwait website
Birdwatching at Al-Shaheed Park and JPR on 16/04/2018
I tried to relocate the Basra Reed Warbler that was seen at Al-Shaheed Park yesterday, but failed. However the Eastern…
At Jahra Pools Reserve and Al Liyah Reserve on 15/04/2018
Al Jahra Pools Natural Reserve: Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 1, Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 1, Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1, Spotted…
Autumn Tour Report 11-19 November 2017
Winter Tour 2017 Participant from left to right: Kaj Sjostedt, Marc Lucas, Martin Kviesgaard, Hugues DUFOURNY (Guide), Fabien RUYSSCHAERT, AbdulRahman…
27/12/2017 at Jahra Pools Reserve, Jal Al Zor and Sulaibikhat Bay
I started birding this morning with Guy Mirgain and Jean Schmitz. We searched for the martins from 6:50 am to…
Birdwatching on 11/12/2017
This mourning Terry Boss and I started at Jahra Pools Reserve, our main target was Turkestan Shrike on his last…
Lesser Flamingo at Maternity Hospita on 10/12/2017 l, the 3rd (same bird since 2014) for Kuwait if accepted by KORC
The Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor was found yesterday. This is its 4th year since it started wintering in Kuwait with the…
Birdwatching on 08/12/2017
We started at Abdaly Farms, where we saw the Afghan Babblers, then stopped at Mutla’a Ranch to see Pallid Scops…
06/12/2017 Pale Martin and Grey-throated Martin are still in the same place!
Together with a visitor from the UK, Terry Boss, I visited Jahra Pools Reserve. We first saw a Mountain Chiffchaff,…
26/11/2017 A potential Pale Martin 2nd for WP if accepted by KORC and Probably a Grey-throated Martin at Jahra Pools Reserve.
Yesterday Markus Craig reported a presumed Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis together with a Pale Martina Riparia diluta. Today he relocates the…
Al Shaheed Park 19-20 and 24-25.11.2017
I have now visited Al Shaheed Park four times and I’m more and more convinced that it is truly great…
Birdwatching Tours in Kuwait
Welcome to the Kuwait Birdwatching Tours. We offer the best birdwatching and bird guiding tours in the Eastern Southern corner of the Western Palearctic. Thus, we have several bird specialties.
The Winter Tour
The Winter Tour focuses on finding very interesting bird specialties. These include Asian shikra, Hypocolius, Crab Plover, Crested Honey Buzzard, Eversmann’s Redstart, Indian Roller, Pallid Scops Owl, Red-tailed Wheatear, Hume’s Leaf Warbler, Afghan Babbler. Also, we offer custom-tailored birding trips in Kuwait.
Follow this link to see what Kuwait Birding Tours has to offer.
Birding Sites in Kuwait
This is the page that includes all birdwatching sites in Kuwait. When visiting Kuwait, as a birdwatcher/birder, one needs to know where to go for birdwatching. I compiled this list of birding sites to help birdwatchers know where to go and what to expect there. There is a diversity of birdwatching sites that is interesting; from the plain desert, where you see lark, wetlands such as the famous Jahra Pools Reserve, and desert oases such as Abraq al Habari, the Jal al Zour ridges, and the coastal areas. Thus there is a diversity of birds in this small country. The Birdwatching Sites page also includes a state-of-the-art interactive map of all birding sites in Kuwait. See it here!
Kuwait Bird List
The Bird of Kuwait List is the official Kuwait Bird List, validated, endorsed, and approved by Kuwait Ornithological Rarities Committee (KORC). The Kuwait Bird Checklist is reviewed and updated after every KORC meeting. The status of each bird in the Kuwait bird list 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. See the list here.
The Kuwait Bird Photo Gallery
I have compiled a bird photo gallery of all the bird species recorded in Kuwait. The gallery includes some status text now, but I will be adding more text and distribution maps, both local and worldwide, as I finish them. I will be adding more photos shortly when I am not busy.
Please visit the Kuwait Bird Photo gallery here link…
Hi Jenny, Yes, I do remember when I guided you. I will be doing bird watching tour in Saudi Arabia…
Hi, when I stayed in Kuwait about 7 years ago, you took my husband and I into the desert for…
Beautiful collection
Thanks, Paul, Abdulrahman