Site Report: Ras Al Khor

Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)

Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)


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Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)

Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)
A wetland area full of flamingos in the shadow of Dubai.
Visits
- 2016-12-30: We left the hotel early with the idea to take the metro to Safi Park. As it turns out, the subway does not start running until 10:00AM on Fridays. So, we ended up getting into a taxi instead. The taxi driver told us that the Safi Park had skyscrapers on it now, and for a last minute decision, we headed off to Ras Al Khor despite heavy fog. Ras Al Khor was closed as well, but we were able to walk along the fence for a ways. When it came time to get back to town, the taxis did not want to come out to get us. Fortunately, some workers from China were kind enough to give us a ride to the metro station.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (41 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(41 records)
Class: Birds
(41 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(4 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
- Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)
- Family: Rollers
- Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
- Order: Pelicans
(14 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Western Reef-Heron (Egretta gularis)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Order: Perching Birds (9 records)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Delicate Prinia (Prinia lepida)
- Family: Shrikes
- Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(6 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Family: Plovers
- Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Gray Francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus)