Salalah, Oman 4-8th September 2012

by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 14 September, 2012 · Updated 23 June, 2024

Pekka and I went to Salalah, Oman for a four day birding. We met Dr Gary Brown who did bird with us.

Below is a list of the birds we have seen:

5/09/2012 East Khawr

Little Egret 2, House Crow 4, Grey Heron 1, Little Stint 1, Common Moorhen 6 .

5/09/2012 Ras Janjari

Persian Shearwater 15, Pale-footed Shearwater 3, Brown Noddy 2, Masked Booby 20, Brown Booby 3, Swift Tern 36, Sooty Gull 100, Glossy Ibis 4, Eurasian Spoonbill 4, Forbes-Watson’s Swift 8, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 6 (by Gary Brown).

05/09/2012 Wadi Hanna

African Paradise Flycatcher 4, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 20, Blackstart 1, Olivaceous Warbler 1, Shining Sunbird 2, Tristram’s Starling 4, Pale Crag Martin 4, Forbes-Watson’s Swift 5

05/09/2012 Sahnawt Farm

Singing Bush Lark 20, Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark 10, Laughing Dove 50, Kentish Plover 2, Little Ringed Plover 3, Tristram’s Starling 3

06/09/2012 West Kawr

Indian Pond Heron 1, Red-knobbed Coot 1, European Redshank 1, Common Moorhen 20, Little Egret 2, Glossy Ibis 2, Striated Heron 2, Grey Heron 2, House Crow 2

06/07/2012 Ras Raysut

House Crow 8

06/09/2012 Wadi Al Mughsayl

Golden-winged Grosbeak 4, Garganey 4, Pale Crag Martin 2, Verraux’s Eagle 3 (by Gary Brown).

06/09/2012 Blow holes

Tristram’s Starling 6

06/09/2012 Ayn Sahnawt

African Paradise Flycatcher 2, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 20, Bonelli’s Eagle 1, Ruppel’s Weaver 5, African Silverbill 5, Golden-winged Grosbeak 1, Tristram’s Starling 5.

07/09/2012 Ayn Razat

African Silverbill 6, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 25, Grey-headed Kingfisher 3, Arabian Partridge 3, Dideric Cuckoo 2, Olive Green Pigeon 1, White-spectacled Bulbul 20.

Arabian Wheatear 2, Dideric Cuckoo 1, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 1

07/09/2012 Tawi Atyar

Barbary Falcon 1

07/09/2012 Mirbat Port

Persian Shearwater 10, Masked Booby 2, Brown Booby 1, Swift Tern 10, Brown Noddy 4, Lesser Noddy 2, Bridled Tern 15, Common Tern 10, Whiskered Tern 2.

07/09/2012 Khawr Rawri

Swift Tern 30, Sooty Gull 20, Little Egret 1

07/09/2012 Khawr Taqa

Graceful Prinia 3, Swift Tern 10, Sooty Gull 20

08/09/2012 Qitbit

Brown-necked Raven 3, Crowned Sandgrouse 10, Spotted Sandgrouse 20, Rock Dove 8, Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark 10, Green Sandpiper 1, Collared Dove 1

08/09/2012 Muntasar

Spotted Flycatcher 6, Spotted Sandgrouse 3, Ruff 1, Turkestan Shrike 2, Eurasian Cuckoo 1, European Turtle Dove 6, Collared Dove 20, Barn Swallow 4, Sand Martin 4, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 1

08/09/2012 Dahariz Farms

Abyssinian White Eye 2, Shining Sunbird 2, Graceful Prinia 4

Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata

Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus

Persian Shearwater swimming in water — **Persian Shearwater** *Puffinus persicus* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Common Noddy perched on a concrete wall — **Brown Noddy** *Anous stolidus* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Brown Noddy Anous stolidus — Brown Noddy *Anous stolidus*

Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris — Lesser Noddy *Anous tenuirostris*

Brown Booby in flight — **Brown Bobby** *Sula leucogaster* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

African Paradise Flycatcher perched on a branch of a tree — **African Paradise Flycatcher** *Terpsiphone viridis* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Singing Bush Lark standing on the ground — **Singing Bush Lark** *Mirafra cantillans* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Fan-tailed Raven perched on pylon — **Fan-tailed Raven** *Corvus rhipidurus* (photo: Gary Brown)

Brown-necked Raven standing on the ground — **Brown-necked Raven** *Corvus ruficollis* (photo: Pekka Fågel

Barbary Falcon perched on a tree — **Barbary Falcon** *Falco* (*peregrinus*) pelegrinoides (photo: Gary Brown)

Verreaux's Eagle in flight — **Verraux’s Eagle** *Aquila verreauxii* (photo: Gary Brown)

Diederik Cuckoo perched on a branch of a tree — **Dideric Cuckoo** *Chrysococcyx caprius* (photo: Gary Brown)

**Spotted Sandgrouse** *Pterocles senegallus*

Spotted Sandgrouse on ground — **Spotted Sandgrouse** *Pterocles senegallus* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Two Spotted Sandgrouses coming to drink water on the ground — **Spotted Sandgrouse** *Pterocles senegallus* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus — **Crowned Sandgrouse** *Pterocles coronatus*

Crowned Sandgrouse standing on the ground — **Crowned Sandgrouse** *Pterocles coronatus* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Crowned Sandgrouse coming to drink water on the ground — **Crowned Sandgrouse** *Pterocles coronatus* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Cinnamon-breasted Buntingperched on a rock — **Cinnamon-breasted Bunting** *Emberiza tahapisi* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi — **Cinnamon-breasted Bunting** *Emberiza tahapisi*

Rüppell’s Weaver building its nest — **Ruppell’s Weaver** *Ploceus galbula* (photo: Gary Brown)

Blackstart perched on a rock — **Blackstart** *Oenanthe melanura* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Blackstart perched on pylon — **Blackstart** *Oenanthe melanura* (photo: Gary Brown)

**African Silverbill** *Lonchura cantans*

Tristram’s Starling perched on concrete wall — **Tristram’s Starling** *Onychognathus tristramii* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Sooty Gull perched on a rock — **Sooty Gull** *Larus hemprichii* (photo: Pekka Fågel)

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus

18 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse standing on the ground — **Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse** Pterocles exustus

White-spectacled Bulbul perched on concrete wall — **White-spectacled Bulbul** *Pycnonotus xanthopygos* (Pekka Fågel)

White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos — **White-spectacled Bulbul** *Pycnonotus xanthopygos*

Greater Crested Tern in flight — **Swift Tern** *Thalasseus bergii* (Photo: Gary brown)

Acknowledgement: We would like to sincerely thank Sakhr and Ibrahim whom agreed to take us on a boat trip and afterward refused to take money in return.

Salalah, Oman 4-8th September 2012

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