Bulletin 27 - November 1985: Bird Species List for 1984
Bird Species List for 1984
by J. Hollingworth
This list contains observations by members of the ENHG in Abu Dhabi and the
United Arab Emirates in 1984. Only details of single records are given.
Key to observers/status:
GJ - Gary Jones (Das Island)
IF - Ian Foxall (Qarneyn Island)
JB - 'Bish' Brown
JH - Jenny Hollingworth
MC - Mike Crumbie
NJ - Nick Jephson
OG - Oliver Gerard
RW - Rob Western (Das Island)
(r) - resident
(r/b) - resident & breeding
(b) - breeding
Voous
No. |
Species |
Status |
Observer |
| 0009 |
Great Crested Grebeone, 13/11 |
|
JB/JH |
| 0012 |
Black-necked Grebeone, 7/2, Abu Dhabi |
|
JB/JH |
| 0064 |
Red-billed Tropicbird |
(r/b) |
|
| 0072 |
Great Cormorant |
|
|
| 0081 |
Socotra Cormorant |
(r/b) |
|
| 0104 |
Night Heron |
|
|
| 0107 |
Little Green Heron one, 29/9, Abu Dhabi |
|
OG |
| 0119 |
Reef Heron |
(r/b) |
|
| 0122 |
Great White Egret |
(r) |
|
| 0123 |
Grey Heron |
(r) |
|
| 0125 |
Purple Heron |
|
|
| 0135 |
White Stork |
|
|
| 0145 |
Spoonbill one, 29/10 |
|
JB/JH |
| 0148 |
Greater Flamingo |
(r) |
|
| 0185 |
Teal |
|
|
| 0187 |
Mallard |
|
|
| 0190 |
Pintail |
|
|
| 0192 |
Garganey |
|
|
| 0195 |
Shoveller |
|
|
| 0248 |
Egyptian Vulture |
(r/b) |
|
| 0261 |
Marsh Harrier |
|
|
| 0262 |
Hen Harrier regular, Oarneyn, Sept./Oct. |
|
IF |
| 0263 |
Pallid Harrier |
|
|
| 0270 |
Sparrowhawk one, 25/4, Umm Shaif |
|
NJ |
| 0294 |
Spotted Eagle |
|
|
| 0300 |
Bonelli's Eagletwo, 15/9, Das |
|
GJ |
| 0302 |
Osprey |
(r/b) |
|
| 0305 |
Kestrel |
(r) |
|
| 0313 |
Sooty Falcon |
|
|
| 0315 |
Lanner Falcon one, 7/5, Das |
|
GJ |
| 0321 |
Peregrine Falcon |
|
|
| 0364 |
Sand Partridge |
|
|
| 0371 |
Quail one, Qarneyn |
|
IF |
| 0422 |
Moorhen two, 25/10, Abu Dhabi |
|
JB/JH |
| 0434 |
Common Crane one, 5/10, Qarneyn |
|
IF |
| 0451 |
Oystercatcher |
(r) |
|
| 0455 |
Black Winged Stilt one, 25/9, Abu Dhabi |
|
JH |
| 0459 |
Stone Curlew |
|
|
| 0469 |
Little Ringed Plover one, 25/10, Abu Dhabi |
|
JB/JH |
| 0470 |
Ringed Plover |
(r) |
|
| 0477 |
Kentish Plover |
(r/b) |
|
| 0478 |
Lesser Sand Plover |
(r) |
|
| 0479 |
Greater Sand Plover |
|
|
| 0483 |
Dotterel one, Qarneyn |
|
IF |
| 0484 |
Lesser Golden Plover |
|
|
| 0486 |
Grey Plover |
(r) |
|
| 0497 |
Sanderling |
|
|
| 0501 |
Little Stint |
(r) |
|
| 0502 |
Temminck's Stint |
|
|
| 0509 |
Curlew Sandpiper |
|
|
| 0512 |
Dunlin |
|
|
| 0514 |
Broad Billed Sandpiper One, 22/5, Abu Dhabi |
|
JB/JH |
| 0517 |
Ruff |
|
|
| 0532 |
Black Tailed Godwit |
|
|
| 0534 |
Bar Tailed Godwit |
(r) |
|
| 0538 |
Whimbrel |
|
|
| 0541 |
Curlew |
(r) |
|
| 0546 |
Redshank |
|
|
| 0548 |
Greenshank |
(r) |
|
| 0553 |
Green Sandpiper two, 2/11, Das |
|
RW |
| 0555 |
Terek Sandpiper |
|
|
| 0556 |
Common Sandpiper |
|
|
| 0561 |
Turnstone |
(r) |
|
| 0567 |
Arctic Skua |
|
|
| 0571 |
Sooty Gull |
(r/b) |
|
| 0573 |
Great Black-Headed Gull |
|
|
| 0582 |
Black-Headed Gull |
|
|
| 0585 |
Slender-Billed Gull |
(r) |
|
| 0591 |
Lesser Black-Backed Gull |
|
|
| 0592 |
Herring Gull |
|
|
| 0605 |
Gull-Billed Tern |
|
|
| 0606 |
Caspian Tern |
|
|
| 0608 |
Swift Tern |
(b) |
|
| 0609 |
Lesser Crested Tern |
(b) |
|
| 0620 |
White-Cheeked Tern |
(b) |
|
| 0622 |
Bridled Tern |
|
|
| 0625 |
Saunders Little Tern |
(r/b) |
|
| 0684 |
Collared Dove |
|
|
| 0687 |
Turtle Dove |
|
|
| 0690 |
Palm Dove |
(r/b) |
|
| 0712 |
Rose-Ringed Parakeet |
(r/b) |
|
| 0724 |
Cuckoo one, 16/9, Abu Dhabi |
|
OG |
| 0738 |
|
|
| 0768 |
Short-Eared Owl |
|
|
| 0778 |
European Night jar |
|
|
| 0795 |
Swift |
|
|
| 0830 |
White-Collared Kingfisher two, 22/3, Khor Kalba |
|
JH/NJ |
| 0831 |
Kingfisher |
|
|
| 0838 |
Little Green Bee-Eater |
(r/b) |
|
| 0840 |
European Bee-Eater |
|
|
| 0841 |
European Roller |
|
|
| 0843 |
Indian Roller |
|
|
| 0846 |
Hoopoe |
|
|
| 0953 |
Black-Crowned Finchlark |
|
|
| 0957 |
Desert lark |
|
|
| 0958 |
Hoopoe lark |
|
|
| 0962 |
Bimaculated lark one, 20/10, Qarneyn |
|
IF |
| 0972 |
Crested lark |
|
|
| 0981 |
Sand Martin |
|
|
| 0990 |
Pale Crag Martin |
(r/b) |
|
| 0992 |
Swallow |
|
|
| 0995 |
Red-Rumped Swallow Qarneyn |
|
IF |
| 1005 |
Tawny Pipit |
|
|
| 1007 |
Long-Billed Pipit one, 1/11, Qarneyn |
|
IF |
| 1011 |
Meadow Pipit one, 2/5, Das |
|
GJ |
| 1012 |
Red-Throated Pipit |
|
|
| 1017 |
Yellow Wagtail |
|
|
| 1019 |
Grey Wagtail |
|
|
| 1020 |
White Wagtail |
|
|
| 1035 |
White-Cheeked Bulbul |
|
|
| 1036 |
Black-Capped Bulbul four, 23/3, Jebel Safad |
|
JH/NJ |
| 1095 |
Rufous Bushchat |
|
|
| 1104 |
Nightingale one, Oarneyn |
|
IF |
| 1106 |
Bluethroat |
|
|
| 1117 |
White-Throated Robin |
|
|
| 1121 |
Black Redstart Oarneyn |
|
IF |
| 1122 |
Redstart |
|
|
| 1137 |
Whinchat |
|
|
| 1139 |
Stonechat |
|
|
| 1144 |
Northern Wheatear |
|
|
| 1146 |
Isabelline Wheatear |
|
|
| 1147 |
Pied Wheatear |
|
|
| 1148 |
Black-Eared Wheatear two, 20/3, Abu Dhabi |
|
MC |
| 1149 |
Desert Wheatear |
|
|
| 1150 |
Finsch's Wheatear one, 5/3, Abu Dhabi |
|
MC |
| 1152 |
Red-Tailed Wheatear |
(r/b) |
|
| 1154 |
Mourning Wheatear one wintering, Oarneyn |
|
IF |
| 1156 |
Hume's Wheatear |
(r/b) |
|
| 1162 |
Rock Thrush |
|
|
| 1166 |
Blue Rock Thrush |
|
|
| 1200 |
Song Thrush |
|
|
| 1227 |
Graceful Warbler |
(r/b) |
|
| 1231 |
Scrub Warbler three, 23/3, Jebel Safad |
|
JH/NJ |
| 1252 |
Clamorous Reed Warbler |
|
|
| 1255 |
Olivaceous Warbler one, 11/9, Oarneyn |
|
IF |
| 1266 |
Menetrie's Warbler one, 2/3, Abu Dhabi |
|
MC |
| 1270 |
Desert Warbler |
|
|
| 1272 |
Orphean Warbler four, 6/4, Jebel Ali |
|
JB/JH |
| 1273 |
Barred Warbler one, Oarneyn |
|
IF |
| 1274 |
Lesser Whitethroat |
|
|
| 1274b |
Desert Lesser Whitethroat |
|
|
| 1275 |
Common Whitethroat |
|
|
| 1277 |
Blackcap |
|
|
| 1311 |
Chiffchaff |
|
|
| 1335 |
Spotted Flycatcher |
|
|
| 1379 |
Arabian Babbler |
|
|
| 1493 |
Purple Sunbird |
|
|
| 1508 |
Golden Oriole |
|
|
| 1514 |
Isabelline Shrike |
|
|
| 1515 |
Red-Backed Shrike |
|
|
| 1519 |
Lesser Grey Shrike |
|
|
| 1520 |
Great Grey Shrike |
(r/b) |
|
| 1523 |
Woodchat Shrike |
|
|
| 1524 |
Masked Shrike |
|
|
| 1562 |
Indian House Crow |
(r/b) |
|
| 1571 |
Brown-Necked Raven |
(r/b) |
|
| 1582 |
Starling |
|
|
| 1587 |
Common Mynah |
(r/b) |
|
| 1591 |
House Sparrow |
(r/b) |
|
| 1601 |
Pale Rock Sparrow Qarneyn |
|
IF |
| 1616 |
Arabian Waxbill one, 9/4, Abu Dhabi |
|
MC |
| 1618 |
Indian Silverbill six, 23/3, Jebel Safad |
|
JH/NJ |
| 1679 |
Common Rosefinch one, 1/10, Qarneyn |
|
IF |
| 1860 |
Rock Bunting two, 30/9, Qarneyn |
|
IF |
| 1866 |
Ortolan Bunting |
|
|
|
Mute Swan three, 12/12, Abu Dhabi |
|
MC |
|
