The Birds of Kuwait website
23/01/2010 Hume’s Wheatear continues wintering in SAANR
I visited the site this morning with Abdulmohsen Al-Suraye and Khaled Al-Ghanem. In early morning after cold night +10C the…
20/01/2010 at SAANR
I visited SAANR today to check whether Hume’s Wheatear is still present and it surely is. I tried to relocate…
16/01/2010 second record of Lesser Flamingo for Kuwait
I was doing our regular wader count with Brian in Doha area when Rashed Al-Hajji called and told that he…
13/01/2010 Hume’s Wheatear is still in SAANR
Back in Kuwait and immediately I had to check whether our gem is still present and it is. Personally the…
16/12/2009 at Jahra Pool Reserve
On 14/12/2009 Khaled Al-Ghanem found three Great Crested Grebes, a rare bird in Kuwait, at the eastern part of Jahra…
12/12/2009 Hume’s Wheatear at SAANR
Brian and me visited SAANR today. Tulha was totally dead and we managed to see only 4 Bar-taied Desert Larks…
04/12/2009 at Jahra Farms
Simon Price and myself found first Woodlark and later on Richard Saval spotted Chaffinch. We saw also several Bank Mynas,…
2/12/2009 two Ferruginous Ducks at Jahra Pool 7th record and an Oriental Turtle Dove also the 7th record seen on 6/11/2009
Two Ferruginous Ducks were seen today 2 December 2009 at Jahra Pool Reserve by Khaled Al-Ghanem, this is the 7th record…
First White-tailed Eagle for Kuwait
Correction to aging of the bird. I received today a comment from Matti Lammin-Soila stating “This is juvenile, 1cy bird.(fresh…
Macqueen’s Bustard at Jahra East Outfall on 18. November
This record was intentionally suppressed for the safety of the bird. The bird was found by Mohamed Korshed and photographed…
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