The following birdwatching tours are available to book now. They include three meals, reserve entrance fees, hotel accommodation in a double room, transport in 4 WD, and all the services of the bird guide.
Itinerary:
06-14 Apr 2025 (8 nights), price: $1750 (includes a boat trip) (spaces available)
05-13 Apr 2026 (8 nights), price: $1750 (includes a boat trip). (spaces available)
15-21 Apr 2026 (6 nights), price: $1600 (includes a boat trip). (spaces available)
Day 1: Meet and greet at the airport and transfer to the hotel.
Day 2: We will start at Fintas Park, where we are expected to see the Rüppell’s Weaver, Semi-collared Flycatcher, White-eared Bulbul, Lesser Whitethroat, Barred Warbler, Hume’s Whitethroat. Then we drive to Abu Hasaniya for the Lesser and Greater Crested Terns, Lesser and Greater Sand Plovers, Slender-billed Gull, Common Black-headed Gull, Great Black-headed Gull, and Caspian Gull. Our next stop would be the famous Green Island trying to find the Hypocolius, Red-vented Bulbul, and the Rüppell’s Weaver. We will then drive along the coast to Souq Sharq to search for more gulls, terns, and waders. We will continue north to Shuwaikh Free Trade Zone, the Hospitals area, and Sulaibikhat Bay up to Jahra East Outfall. Birds expected to be seen include; House Crow, Greater Flamingo, Squacco Heron, Grey Heron, Western Great Egret, Indian Reef Heron, Great Cormorant, Western Osprey, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Crab-plover (scarce in April), Black-winged Stilt, Pied Avocet, Grey Plover, Common Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Common Snipe, Bar-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, Common Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Ruff, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey Phalarope (rare), Collared Pratincole, Slender-billed Gull, Common Black-headed Gull, Great Black-headed Gull, Caspian Gull, Heuglin’s Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Caspian Tern, Sandwich Tern, Little Tern, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern, Eurasian Collared Dove and Laughing Dove.
Day 3: We will start at the famous wetland of Kuwait, the Jahra Pools Reserve. Birds expected there include Purple Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Little Bittern, Ferruginous Duck, Little Grebe, Little Crake, Water Rail, Grey-headed Swamphen, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Red-wattled Lapwing (scarce), White-tailed Lapwing, Eurasian Penduline Tit (scarce),Little Ringed Plover, Common Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Pallid Swift, Red-rumped Swallow, Marsh Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Steppe Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, European Roller, White-throated Kingfisher, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, European Bee-eater, Common Cuckoo, Eurasian Hoopoe, Indian Reed Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Namaqua Dove, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Upcher’s Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Tawny Pipit, White-throated Robin, Eastern Nightingale, Caspian Stonechat, Byzantine Stonechat, Long-legged Buzzard, Steppe Buzzard, Delicate Prinia, Turkestan Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Woodchat Shrike, Mauryan (Steppe) Grey Shrike. We will then visit Jahra Farms for the White-throated Kingfisher, Common, and Bank Mayna, Caucasian Water Pipit, Red-rumped Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Tree Pipit, Richard’s Pipit, Crested Lark, Citrine Wagtail, Yellow-headed Wagtail (lutea), Black-headed Wagtail, Grey-headed Wagtail, White-headed Wagtail (rare). Our next destination would be Mutla’a Ranch, expected birds there include White-throated Robin, Caspian Stonechat, Pied Wheatear, Black-eared Wheatear, Caucasian Water Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Tree Pipit, Richard’s Pipit, Crested Lark, Citrine Wagtail, Yellow-headed Wagtail (lutea), Black-headed Wagtail, Grey-headed Wagtail, White-headed Wagtail (rare), Pale Rockfinch, Yellow-throated Sparrow, Whinchat, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin, Crested Lark, Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
Day 4: On this day, we will be visiting Abdali Farms for the Afghan Babbler, where we might also see the Red-wattled Lapwing, Delicate Prinia, White-throated Robin, Upcher’s Warbler, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Long-legged Buzzard, Steppe Buzzard, Pallid Harrier, Hoopoe Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Namaqua Dove. After birding in Abdali we will leave towards Liah Reserve. Liah Reserve is an open desert, but there is also a long row of mesquite trees that attract migrants. An artificial pool is also there surrounded by bushes. In the open desert, we are expected to find Hoopoe Lark, Lesser and Greater Short-toed Lark, Bar-tailed Lark, and Crested Lark. Whereas birds around the mesquite trees include migrant shrikes, Upcher’s and Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Barred Warbler, White-throated Robin, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin, Eastern Nightingale, Eurasian Hoopoe, Asian Desert Warbler, Ménétries’s Warbler and Pale Rockfinch. If we have time we will visit Kabd Reserve to see Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark, we will also have a chance to see some migrants that include Plae Rockfinch, Wheatear, Black-eared and Pied wheatears, Northern Wheatear, Corn Bunting, Eurasian Hoopoe, Crested Lark, Masked Shrike, Mauryan (Steppe) Grey Shrike, Woodchat Shrike, Upcher’s Warbler, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Common Cuckoo, Eastern Nightingale, Hume’s Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, and Common and Lesser Kestrel.
Day 5: We will head directly to Al-Abraq, an oasis in the middle of the desert, a magnet for birds. Birds expected include Basra Reed Warbler, Eurasian Hobby, Steppe Buzzard, Upcher’s Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Semi-collared Flycatcher, Steppe Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Lesser and Greater Short-toed Lark, Pallid Harrier, Pallid Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Pale Rockfinch, Red-throated Pipit, White-throated Robin, Great Reed Warbler, Sykes’s Warbler, Turkestan Shrike, Red-backed Shrike. We then drive through the desert in search of Temminck’s Lark, Hoopoe Lark, Desert Lark, Greater and Lesser Short-toed Lark, and Bar-tailed Lark. On our way back, we will stop at the United Poultry Co. to search for migrants in the pivot fields and the surrounding trees. Then we go to Al-Shallal’s Farm to search for migrants and we will do some birding along the fence of SAANR if time allows.
Day 6: Early in the morning we will visit either Kuwait Zoo or Al-Shaheed Park for the Indian Silverbill, and do general birding. Expected birds include Hypocolius, Common Mayna, and Barred Warbler, Semi-collared Flycatcher. We then visit Pivot Fields (from outside) where we are expected to see Eastern Imperial Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Eurasian Hobby, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Black-winged Pratincole, Common Pratincole, Namaqua Dove, Desert Wheatear, Black-eared and Pied wheatears, Northern Wheatear, Corn Bunting, Eurasian Hoopoe, Crested Lark, Masked Shrike, Mauryan (Steppe) Grey Shrike, and Woodchat Shrike. We then go to Mutla’a Ridge and explore the area there, after that we will visit Mutla’a Ranch and end the day there.
Day 7: We will do general birding at Jahra Pools Reserve, Jahra Farms, and Jahra East Outfall at high tide.
Day 8: We will be having a boat trip to see the Bridled Tern, White-cheeked Tern, Socotra Cormorant, but before that, we will visit Fahaheel Park for migrants which include Eastern Nightingale, Semi-collared Flycatcher, and then drive south to Nuwaiseeb Lycium bushes in search of Kurdistan Wheatear (scarce), expected birds would include wheatears and White-throated Robin, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin, Blue Rock Thrush, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Ménétries’s Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Humes’s Whitethroat, Asian Desert Warbler, White-eared Bulbul, Hypocolius and shrikes. If we have time we will stop at the abandoned Zour village in search of migrants and end the day there
Day 9: Say goodbye and transfer to the airport.
Note: Since the boat trip depends on the weather, it will commence on any day of the trip.
Prices:
Price for the Spring Tour: $1750.00 (including a boat trip)
Single room supplement: 8 nights $280, 7 nights $230, 6 nights $200, 5 nights $160. For Saudi Arabia $450.
Deposit: $300.00
Group Size: Minimum number for the tour to go ahead is Five, and the maximum is Ten. I would accept three with a price increase of $200 for each person and four with an increase of $150 for each.
Spring Tour will include a boat trip to see the Socotra Cormorant, White-cheeked Tern, Bridled Tern, and whatever we encounter.
The photographic opportunity is superb as of the sunny weather and open areas.
After booking, you must confirm by paying a non-refundable deposit of $300.00. Instruction on how to pay the deposit will be sent by email.
Terms and Conditions:
Included in the price:
- Accommodation in twin-bedded rooms that includes breakfast and dinner.
- Light lunch, water, tea, coffee, and refreshment during the daytime.
- Entrance fees to reserves and professional bird guidance.
- Ground transport in 4WD, and also transport from and to the airport.
Not Included in the price:
- Air travel tickets, travel insurance, passport costs, entry visas fees, and excess baggage charges.
- Telephone calls, laundry, room service, snacks, and anything of a purely personal nature.
Physical Requirement:
The tours involve short walking distances as in most reserves we drive through dirt roads and stop for short walks on mostly flat ground.
Tour Cancellation:
I reserve the right to cancel any tour for which there are insufficient reservations (2 or 1), 60 days before the tour begins.
Cancellation and refund:
You may cancel your tour and get your deposit refunded back to you as long as it is 90 days before your tour begins.
Entry Visa to Kuwait:
The passport holders of the following countries (52) can obtain Tourist Visa online at: https://evisa.moi.gov.kw/evisa/home_e.do . You are granted to stay for three months from the date of arrival. A 3 KWD (9 Euro) will be required for some countries.
ANDORRA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BHUTAN, BRUNEI, BULGARIA, CAMBODIA, CANADA, CYPRUS, CZECH, DENMARK, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, LAOS, LATVIA, LIECHTENSTEIN, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MALAYSIA, MALTA, MONACO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SAN MARINO, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, VATICAN, VIETNAM.
Note: The rules of visa are also online at https://evisa.moi.gov.kw/evisa/home_e.do .
Updated on 17 May 2023!
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A list of Expected Species to Be Seen (175-200)
The list below for species that are expected to be seen during the tour, excluding unexpected and extremely vagrant ones. For a full list of Kuwait’s birds click here.
* Unlikely to be seen. ** Highly unlikely.
*Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Gadwall Anas strepera
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Garganey Anas querquedula
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Common Pochard Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
*Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
*Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Western White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Western Great Egret Ardea alba
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Indian Reef Heron Egretta gularis schistacea
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
Continental Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax sinensis
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
*Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
*European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
*Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
*Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
*Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
*Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila fasciatus
*Asian Shikra Accipiter (badius) cenchroides
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
**Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Corncrake Crex crex
*Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla
Little Crake Zapornia parva
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
*Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons
Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
*Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
*Great Snipe Gallinago media
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
**Red Knot Calidris canutus
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
**Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Common Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
*Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Great Black-headed Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
*Baltic Gull Larus fuscus
Heuglin’s Gull Larus (fuscus/heuglini) heuglini
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
Feral Pigeon Columba livia forma domestica
*Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
**Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia (orientalis) meena
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
*Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
*Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
*Pharaoh Eagle Owl Bubo ascalaphus
*Lilith Owlet Athene (noctua) lilith
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
*Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Common Swift Apus apus
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
**Little Swift Apus affinis
European Roller Coracias garrulus
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
*Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
*Merlin Falco columbarius
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri (Category C)
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Mauryan Grey Shrike Lanius lahotra pallidirostris
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
House Crow Corvus splendens (Category C)
*Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
*Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
*Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
*Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Lesser Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
*Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
*Woodlark Lullula arborea
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
Temminck’s Lark Eremophila bilopha
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis (Category C)
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (Category C)
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
*Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
**Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
*Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
**Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus
**Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
**Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Indian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus (stentoreus) brunnescens
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Caspian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus (scirpaceus) fuscus
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
*Sykes’s Warbler Iduna rama
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida
**Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
**Eastern Grasshopper Warbler Locustella (naevia) straminea
Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Delicate Prinia Prinia lepida
Afghan Babbler Turdoides (caudata) huttoni
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
*Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Hume’s Whitethroat Sylvia althaea
Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostris
Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana
Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Ménétries’s Warbler Sylvia mystacea
Rüppell’s Weaver Ploceus galbula (Category C)
*Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica (Category C)
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus (Category C)
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis (Category C)
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
*Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
**Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Red-spotted Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Eastern Nightingale Luscinia (megarhynchos) golzii
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
**Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
*Western Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
*Central Asian Black Redstart Phoenicurus (ochruros) phoenicuroides
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Western Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Caspian Stonechat Saxicola maurus hemprichii
Byzantine Stonechat Saxicola maurus variegatus
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe (hispanica) melanoleuca
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
*Finsch’s Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
*Kurdistan Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
*Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla (flava) flava
Sykes’s Wagtail Motacilla (flava) beema
*White-headed Wagtail Motacilla (flava) leucocephala
Grey-headed Wagtail Motacilla (flava) thunbergi
Black-headed Wagtail Motacilla (flava) feldegg
Eastern Black-headed Wagtail Motacilla (flava) melanogrisea
Yellow-headed Wagtail Motacilla (flava) lutea
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
*Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Caucasian Water Pipit Anthus (spinoletta) coutelli
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
*Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
**Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
Eastern Cinereous Bunting Emberiza (cineracea) semenowi
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana