Birdlist 2015

Seen in the Panhandle, TX, USA - unless noted otherwise

Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens (female)

Birdlist 2013

Anseriformes

Anatidae

• Mallard, Stockente, Anas platyrhynchos (Germany)

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

• Great Cormorant,  Kormoran, Phalacrocorax carbo (Germany)

Ciconiiformes

Ardeidae

• Grey Heron, Graureiher, Ardea cinerea (Germany)

Accipitriformes

Accipitridae

• Buzzard, Maeusebussard, Buteo Buteo

Falconidae

• Peregrine Falcon, Wanderfalke, Falco peregrinus (Germany)

Columbiformes

Columbidae

• Collared Dove, Türkentaube, Streptopelia roseogrisea (Germany)
• Common wood pigeon, Ringeltaube, Columba palumbus (Germany)

Coraciiformes

Alcenidae

• Common Kingfisher, Eisvogel, Alcedo atthis

Piciformes

Picidae

• Great Spotted Woodpecker, Buntspecht, Dendrocopus major

Passeriformes

Motacillidae

• Grey Wagtail, Gebirgsstelze, Motacilla cinerea (Germany)

Turdidae

• Blackbird (Common), Amsel, Turdus merula (Germany)
• European Robin, Rotkehlchen, Erithacus rubecula (Germany)

Troglodytidae

• Wren, Zaunkönig, Troglodytes troglodytes (Germany)

Paridae

• Blue Tit, Blaumeise, Parus caeruleus (?) (Germany)
• Great Tit, Kohlmeise, Parus major (Germany)

Sittidae

• Nuthatch, Kleiber, Sitta Europaea (Germany)

Corvidae

• Carrion Crow, Rabenkrähe (Aaskrähe), Corvus corone (Germany)
• Magpie (Black-billed Magpie), Elster, Pica pica (Germany)

Passeridae

• House Sparrow, Haussperling / Spatz, Passer domesticus (Germany)

Fringillidae

• Chaffinch, Buchfink, Fringilla coelebs (Germany)
• Siskin (Eurasian), Erlenzeisig, Carduelis spinus (Germany)

Birdlist 2012

Germany


Kuwait

Anseriformes

Anatidae

• Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata, Löffelente (Kuwait)

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

• Great Cormorant,  Kormoran, Phalacrocorax carbo (Kuwait)

Ciconiiformes

Ardeidae

• Cattle Egret, Bubulcus Ibis, Kuhreiher (Kuwait)
• Great Egret, Silberreiher, Egretta alba  (Kuwait)
• Western Reef Egret / Heron, Kuestenreiher, Egretta gularis (dark + white) (Kuwait)

Phoenicopteridae

• Greater Flamingo, Rosa Flamingo, Phenicopterus ruber (Kuwait)

Accipitriformes

Accipitridae

• Black Kite, Milvus migrans, Schwarzmilan  (Kuwait)
• Greater Spotted Eagle, Schelladler, Aquila clanga (Kuwait)
• Hen Harrier, Kornweihe, Circus cyaneus (Kuwait)
• Lesser spotted Eagle, Aquila pomarina, Schreiadler (Kuwait)
• Red Kite, Rotmilan, Milvus milvus (Germany)

Falconidae

• Common Kestrel, Turmfalke, falco tinnunculus (Kuwait)

Gruiformes

Rallidae

• Moorhen (Common), Teichhuhn (Teichralle), Gallinula chloropus (Kuwait)
• Coot (Eurasian / Black / Common),  Bläßhuhn ( / Bläßralle / Bleßhuhn), Fulica atra (Kuwait)

Charadriiformes

Charadriidae

• Common Ringed Plover, Sandregenpfeifer, Charadrius hiaticula  (Kuwait)
• Greater Sand Plover, Wuestenregenpfeifer, Charadrius Leschenaultii  (Kuwait)
• Kentish Plover / Snowy Plover, Seeregenpfeifer, Charadrius alexandrinus  (Kuwait) 
• Northern Lapwing, Kiebitz, Vanellus vanellus (Kuwait)      

Scolopacidae

• Sandpiper (Common), Flußuferläufer, Actitis hypoleucos  (Kuwait)
• Redshank (Common), Tringa totanus, Rotschenkel  (Kuwait)    

Laridae

• Black-headed Gull, Lachmöwe, Larus ridibundus  (Kuwait)     
• Caspian Gull (Steppe Gull), Steppenmöwe, Larus cachinnans cachinnans  (Kuwait)    

Columbiformes

Columbidae

• Collared Dove, Türkentaube, Streptopelia roseogrisea (Kuwait)
• Laughing Dove, Palmtaube, Streptopelia senegalensis (Kuwait)
• Namaqua Dove, Kaptäubchen, Oena capensis (Kuwait)

Piciformes

Picidae

• Green Woodpecker, Grünspecht, Picus viridis (Germany)

Passeriformes

Alaudidae

• Skylark, Feldlerche, Alauda arvensis (Kuwait)
• Crested Lark, Haubenlerche, Galerida cristata (Kuwait)

Motacillidae

• Water Pipit (Subsp. Coutellii), Bergpieper, Anthus spinoletta (Kuwait)
• White (pied) wagtail, Bachstelze, Motacilla alba (Kuwait)

Turdidae

• Bluethroat, Blaukehlchen, Luscinia svecica (Kuwait)
• European Robin, Rotkehlchen, Erithacus rubecula (Germany)
• Stonechat (Common), Schwarzkehlchen, Saxicola torquata (Kuwait)

Sylviidae

• Blackcap, Mönchsgrasmücke, Sylvia atricapilla (Germany)
• Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita, Zilpzalp (Kuwait)
• Desert Warbler (Asian), Wüstengrasmücke, Sylvia nana (Kuwait)
• Graceful Prinia, Streifenprinie, Prinia gracilis (Kuwait)

Remizidae

• Penduline Tit, Beutelmeise, Remiz pendulinus (Kuwait)

Laniidae

• Isabelline Shrike, Isabellwürger, Lanius isabellinus (Kuwait)

Pycnonotidae

• White-eared Bulbul, Weißohrbülbül, Pycnonotus leucogenys  (Kuwait)

Sturnidae

• Common Myna, Hirtenmaina, Acridotheres tristis  (Kuwait)
• Starling (Common / European), Star, Sturnus vulgaris (Kuwait)

Passeridae

• House Sparrow, Haussperling / Spatz, Passer domesticus  (Kuwait)
• Spanish Sparrow, Weidensperling, Passer hispaniolensis (Kuwait)

Psittaciformes

Psittacidae

• Ring-necked Parakeet (Rose-ringed Parakeet), Halsbandsittich, Psittacula krameri (Kuwait)

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Total: 42

Birdlist 2011

Germany 2011

 


Kuwait 2011


 

Birds seen in Kuwait, Bahrain, Dubai & Germany:

Accipitriformes

Accipitridae

Black Kite (Kuwait)

Pallid Harrier (Kuwait)

Booted Eagle (dark form) (Kuwait)

Eastern Imperial Eagle (Kuwait)

Steppe Buzzard (Kuwait)

Montagu's Harrier (male & female) (Kuwait)

Red Kite, Rotmilan, Milvus milvus (Germany)

Pandionidae

Osprey (Bahrain)

Anseriformes

Anatidae

Tufted Duck (Germany)

Mallard (Germany)

Common Pochard (Germany)

Apodiformes

Apodidae

Pallid Swift (Kuwait)

Common Swift (Kuwait)

Charadriiformes

Charadriidae

Black-bellied Plover (Grey) (Bahrain)

Lesser Sand-Plover (Bahrain)

Greater Sand-Plover (Bahrain + Kuwait)

Snowy Plover (Kentish) (Bahrain)

Ringed Plover (Kuwait)

Little Ringed Plover (Kuwait)

Red-wattled Plover (Dubai)

Kentish Plover (Kuwait)

Grey Plover (Kuwait)

Glareolidae

Collared Pratincole (Kuwait)

Black-winged Pratincole (Kuwait)

Cream coloured Coursor

Haematopodidae

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Kuwait)

Recurvirostridae

Black-winged Stilt (Kuwait)

Scolopacidae

Common Greenshank (Bahrain & Kuwait)

Common Redshank (Bahrain & Kuwait)

Eurasian Curlew (Bahrain & Kuwait)

Curlew Sandpiper (Bahrain & Kuwait)

Dunlin (Bahrain & Kuwait)

Common Sandpiper (Kuwait)

Ruff (Kuwait)

Whimbrel (Kuwait)

Green Sandpiper (Kuwait)

Wood Sandpiper (Kuwait)

Bar-tailed Godwit (Kuwait)

Ruddy Turnstone (Kuwait)

Terek Sandpiper (Kuwait)

Laridae

Slender-billed Gull (Bahrain + Kuwait)

Black-headed Gull (Bahrain + Kuwait)

Caspian Gull (Bahrain + Kuwait)

Sub. Steppe Gull (Kuwait)

Heuglin’s Gull (Lesser Black-backed Gull) (Kuwait)

Pallas’s Gull (Great Black-headed Gull) (Kuwait)

Sternidae

Lesser Crested Tern (Bahrain)

Caspian Tern (Kuwait)

Sandwich Tern (Kuwait)

Whiskered Tern (Kuwait)

Gull-billed Tern (Kuwait)

Common Tern (Kuwait)

Little Tern, Zwergseeschwalbe, Sterna albifrons (Kuwait)

Ciconiiformes

Ardeidae

Grey Heron (Bahrain & Kuwait & Germany)

Western Reef-Heron (White & dark Morph) (Bahrain & Kuwait)

Black-crowned Night-Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, Nachtreiher

Squacco Heron (Kuwait)

Little Egret (Kuwait)

Cattle Egret (Dubai & Kuwait)

Ciconiidae

White Stork (Kuwait)

Columbiformes

Columbidae

Laughing dove (Bahrain & Kuwait)

Eurasian Collared-Dove (Bahrain & Kuwait)

Namaqua Dove (Kuwait)

Common wood pigeon, Ringeltaube, Columba palumbus (Germany)

Coraciiformes

Alcedinidae

White-throated Kingfisher (Kuwait)

Common Kingfisher, Eisvogel, Alcedo atthis (Germany)

Meropidae

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Kuwait)

European Bee-Eater (Kuwait)

Upupidae

Eurasian Hoopoe (Kuwait)

Gruiformes

Rallidae

Spotted Crake (Kuwait)

Coot (Germany)

Falconiformes

Falconidae

Lesser Kestrel (Kuwait)

Common Kestrel (Kuwait & Germany)

Passeriformes

Alaudidae

Crested Lark (Bahrain)

Corvidae

House Crow (Kuwait & Dubai – both times most likely Indian)

Magpie (Black-billed Magpie), Elster, Pica pica (Germany)

Emberizidae

Ortolan Bunting (Kuwait)

Estrildidae

Indian Silverbill (Dubai)

Hirundinidae

Barn Swallow (Kuwait & Germany)

Sand Martin (Kuwait)

House Martin (Kuwait)

Crag Martin (Kuwait)

Lanidae

Isabelline Shrike (Kuwait)

-> & Turkestan Shrike (Kuwait)

-> & Daurian Shrike (Kuwait)

Woodchat Shrike (Kuwait)

Masked Shrike (Kuwait)

Red-backed Shrike

Lesser Grey Shrike (Kuwait)

Motacillidae

Grey Wagtail (Kuwait)

White wagtail (Bahrain & Kuwait & Germany)

Yellow Wagtail (feldegg & flava & flavissima & dombrowskii & lutea   & ema ) (Kuwait)

Water Pipit (Kuwait)

-> Subsp. Coutellii (Kuwait)

Red-throated Pipit (Kuwait)

Tawny Pipit (Kuwait)

Tree Pipit (Kuwait)

Muscicapidae

Spotted Flycatcher (Kuwait)

Semicollared Flycatcher (female Kuwait)

Nectariniidae

Purple Sunbird (Dubai)

Oriolidae

Golden Oriole (Eurasian) (Kuwait)

Passeridae

House sparrow (Bahrain & Kuwait & Germany)

Pale Rock Sparrow (Pale Rockfinch) (Kuwait)

Pycnonotidae

Red-vented Bulbul (Bahrain & Dubai)

White-eared Bulbul (Kuwait)

Sturnidae

Common Myna (Kuwait)

Common (European) Starling (Kuwait & Germany)

Sylviidae

Common Chiffchaff (Kuwait / Germany)

Willow Warbler (Kuwait)

Lesser Whitethroat (Kuwait)

Desert Warbler (Asian) (Kuwait)

Great Reed Warbler (Kuwait)

Basra Reed Warbler (Kuwait)

Blackcap (Juv or fem & adult male) (Kuwait)

Whitethroat, subsp. Icterops  (Kuwait)

Barred Warbler (Kuwait)

Graceful Prinia (Kuwait)

Turdidae

Isabelline Wheatear (Kuwait)

Blue Rock Thrush (Kuwait)

Stonechat (Kuwait male & female)

Rock Thrush (Rufous-tailed) (Kuwait)

Pied Wheatear (Kuwait)

-> & var. 'vittata'

Black-eared Wheatear (Kuwait)

-> and 1 Pale-throated Morph of BEW Melanoleuca (Kuwait male & female)

Northern Wheatear (Kuwait)

Mourning Wheatear (Kuwait)

Common Redstart - Subsp. samamisicus (Kuwait)

Rufous Bush-Robin (Kuwait)

Black Redstart (Kuwait & Germany)

White-throated Robin (male & 1st wt) (Kuwait)

Whinchat (male) (Kuwait)

Blackbird (Common), Amsel, Turdus merula (Germany)

European Robin, Rotkehlchen, Erithacus rubecula (Germany)

Paridae

Great Tit, Kohlmeise, Parus major  (Germany)

Marsh Tit (Germany)

Coal Tit (Germany)

Cinclidae

Dipper (White-throated Dipper), Wasseramsel, Cinclus cinclus (Germany)

Sittidae

Nuthatch, Kleiber, Sitta Europaea (Germany)

Corvidae

European Jay, Eichelhäher, Garrulus glandarius (Germany)

Carrion Crow, Rabenkrähe (Aaskrähe), Corvus corone (Germany)

Fringillidae

Chaffinch, Buchfink, Fringilla coelebs (Germany)

Emberzidae

Yellowhammer, Goldammer, Emberiza citronella (Germany)

Pelicaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

(Great) Cormorant (Bahrain & Kuwait)

& maybe  Subsp. sinensis (Kuwait)

Piciformes

Picidae

Wryneck (Kuwait)

Black Woodpecker, Schwarzspecht, Dryocopus martius (Germany)

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Buntspecht, Dendrocopus major (Germany)

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Greater Flamingo (Bahrain & Kuwait)

Psittaciformes

Psittacidae

Rose ringed Parakeet (Kuwait & Dubai)

Anseriformes

Anatidae

Mallard, Stockente, Anas platyrhynchos (Germany)

Piciformes

Picidae

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Buntspecht, Dendrocopus major (Germany)

Fringillidae

Chaffinch, Buchfink, Fringilla coelebs (Germany)

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae

Great Crested Grebe, Haubentaucher, Podiceps cristatus (Germany)

Total:      146

Hybrid:

Red crested Pochard Mallard Hybrid (Germany)