Site Report: Dubai Creek Park, United Arab Emirates

Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)

Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Gray Francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus)

Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis)

Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Indian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)

Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)

A small city park full of greenery in the desert.

Map of Site Report: Dubai Creek Park, United Arab Emirates

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
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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

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
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Order: Perching Birds (11 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
- White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
- 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
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Indian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
- 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
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- 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)