Site Report: Dubai Creek Park

Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)

Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Gray Francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus)

Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis)

Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)

Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)

A small city park full of greenery in the desert.

2016-12-29: We woke up early, before sunrise even, probably due to jet lag. Outside, it was very foggy, and pretty much nobody was out, but we took the metro over to the Dubai Creek Park anyway. When we got there, we found nearly all the gates to be closed. We walked around on the outside, and we eventually found the one open gate. From there, we walked around the park where the only other visitors were people fishing next to the no fishing sign.

Kingdom: Animals (28 records)

Phylum: Chordates (28 records)

Class: Birds (28 records)

Order: Bucerotiformes (1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)
- Family: Rollers
- Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)

Order: Pelicans (5 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Order: Perching Birds (11 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
- Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Delicate Prinia (Prinia lepida)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
- Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Family: Plovers
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)

Order: Turkey-like birds (2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Gray Francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus)
- Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)