Site Report: Al Ain
Sign
Watch out for camels
Camel Truck
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) - Male
Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra)
Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)
Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)
Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra)
Persian Wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia)
Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps)
White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)
Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi)
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) - Female
White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
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Sign
Watch out for camels
Camel Truck
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) - Male
Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra)
Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)
Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)
Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra)
Persian Wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia)
Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps)
White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)
Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi)
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) - Female
White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
This town in the desert is known for its ancient oasis civilization.
Visits
- 2017-01-15: We took the rental car out to the desert next. An impressive amount of power lines about.
- 2017-01-16:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (35 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(35 records)
Class: Birds
(34 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)
- Family: Rollers
- Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
- Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
- Order: Perching Birds (19 records)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)
- Family: Laughingthrushes
- Arabian Babbler (Argya squamiceps)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra)
- Persian Wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia)
- Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Delicate Prinia (Prinia lepida)
- Family: Shrikes
- Southern Gray Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
- Family: Swallows
- Pale Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne obsoleta)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi)
- Gray Francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Bovids
- Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx)