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Hawar Islands Ornithological record – check list

By Howard King 

Update 15 May 2005 – The unidentified nest recorded in 1998 on Rubud Al Shamaliyah has been identified from the photographs I provided to George Gregory as Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica. George who is in Kuwait documenting colonies of both Slender-billed Gull Larus genei and Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica along with other species has, based on the nest structure, been able to positively identify the nest and eliminated all other possibilities. The species has now been added to the list of breeding species both for Hawar and Bahrain.

Numbers in brackets indicate numbers of records for species recorded less than five times on Hawar – observations of more than one individual are treated as a single record. - Species added since last update January 2004 indicated as new records.

  Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus       

  Black necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis

  Great Northern Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo

  Socotra Cormorant - Phalacrocorax nigrogularis (Breeding)

  Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea

  Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea (2)

  Great Egret - Ardea alba (1)

  Little Egret - Egretta garzetta

  Striated Heron – Butorides striatus (2) (4 & 5 record for Bahrain)

  Squacco Heron - Ardeola ralloides (1)

  Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus ruber

  Teal - Anas crecca

  Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos

  Northern Pintail - Anas acuta

  Garganey - Anas querquedula

  Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata

  Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Breeding)

  Black Kite - Milvus migrans (4)

  Short-toed Eagle - Circaetus gallicus (1)

  Western Marsh-Harrier - Circus aeruginosus (1)

  Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus (5)

  Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus (1)

  Buzzard - Buteo buteo (5)

  Steppe Eagle - Aquila nipalensis (3)

  Lesser Kestrel -Falco naumanni (3)

  Kestrel -Falco tinnunculus

  Hobby – Falco subbutteo (New record - 1)

  Sooty Falcon -Falco concolor (Breeding)

  Chukar -Alectoris chukar (Breeding)

  Grey Francolin -Francolinus pondicerianus (Breeding)

  Water Rail – Rallus aquaticus (1)

  Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus (1)

  Cream-Coloured Courser - Cursorius cursor

  Grey Plover -Pluvialis squatarola

  Ringed Plover -Charadrius hiaticula

  Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius

  Kentish Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus (Breeding)

  Lesser Sand Plover - Charadrius mongolus

  Greater Sand Plover - Charadrius leschenaultii

  Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago (1)

  Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa

  Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica

  Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus

  Curlew - Numenius arquata

  Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus (3)

  Common Redshank - Tringa totanus

  Marsh Sandpiper - Tringa stagnatilis (1)

  Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia

  Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus

  Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola

  Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus

  Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos

  Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres

  Great Knot - Calidris tenuirostris (2)

  Sanderling - Calidris alba

  Little Stint - Calidris minute

  Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea

  Dunlin - Calidris alpina

  Ruff - Philomachus pugnax

  Pomarine Skua - Stercorarius pomarinus (2)

  Yellow-legged Gull - Larus cachinnans

  Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus

  Great Black-headed Gull - Larus ichthyaetus (1)

  Black-headed Gull - Larus ridibundus

  Slender-billed Gull - Larus genei

  Gull-billed Tern - Sterna nilotica (Breeding)

  Caspian Tern -Sterna caspia (Breeding)

  Lesser Crested Tern -Sterna bengalensis (Breeding)

  Common Tern -Sterna hirundo

  Little Tern -Sterna albifrons

  Saunders' Tern -Sterna saundersi (Breeding)

  White-cheeked Tern -Sterna repressa (Breeding)

  Bridled Tern -Sterna anaethetus (Breeding)

  Stock Pigeon - Columba oenas (Breeding)

  Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto (Breeding)

  Turtle Dove – Streptopelia turtur (1)

  Palm Dove – Streptopelia senegalensis (Breeding)

  Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri (New record - 1)

  Barn Owl - Tyto alba (1)

  Scops Owl - Otus Scops (1)

  Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus (1)

  Nightjar - caprimulgus europaeus (New record - 1)

  Common Swift - Apus apus

  Common Kingfisher -Alcedo atthis

  Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - Merops persicus

  Bee-eater - Merops apiaster

  Roller - Coracias garrulus

  Wryneck – Jynx torquilla (1)

  Hoopoe - Upupa epops

  Black-crowned finch Lark - Eremopterix nigriceps (Breeding)

  Bar-tailed Lark - Ammomanes cincturus (Breeding)

  Desert Lark - Ammomanes deserti (Breeding)

  Hoopoe-Lark - Alaemon alaudipes (Breeding)

  Short-toed Lark - Calandrella brachydactyla

  Lesser Short-toed Lark - Calandrella rufescens

  Crested Lark - Galerida cristata (Breeding)

  Sky Lark - Alauda arvensis

  Swallow   - Hirundo rustica

  Sand Martin - Riparia riparia

  White Wagtail - Motacilla alba

  Citrine Wagtail - Motacilla citreola (4)

  Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla flava

  Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea (3)

  Tawny Pipit - Anthus campestris

  Meadow Pipit – Anthus trivialis (5)

  Red-throated Pipit - Anthus cervinus (4)

  Water Pipit - Anthus spinoletta

  White-cheeked Bulbul - Pycnonotus leucogenys (1)

  Rufous Bushchat - Cercotrichas galactotes (Breeding)

  Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos

  Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica (4)

  White Throated Robin – Irania gutturalis (3)

  Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros (New records - 1)

  Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus

  Whinchat - Saxicola rubetra (2)

  Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola (6)

  Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe (3)

  Mourning Wheatear - Oenanthe lugens

  Pied Wheatear - Oenanthe pleschanka

  Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica

  Red-tailed Wheatear - Oenanthe xanthoprymna

  Desert Wheatear - Oenanthe deserti

  Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina

  Blue Rock-Thrush - Monticola solitarius

  Rock-Thrush - Monticola saxatilis

  Ring Ouzel - Turdus torquatus (1)

  Black Throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis (1)

  Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus (1)

  Graceful Prinia - Prinia gracilis (1)

  Sedge Warbler – Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (1)

  Reed-Warbler - Acrocephalus scirpaceus (3)

  Marsh Warbler - Acrocephalus palustris (1)

  Olivaceous Warbler - Hippolais pallida

  Upcher's Warbler - Hippolais languida

  Orphean Warbler – Sylvia hortensis (1)

  Barred Warbler – Sylvia nisoria

  Whitethroat - Sylvia communis

  Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca

  Desert Warbler - Sylvia nana

  Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla

  Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus

  Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

  Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata

  Golden Oriole – Oriolus oriolus (1)

  Isabelline Shrike - Lanius isabellinus

  Red-backed Shrike - Lanius collurio

  Lesser Grey Shrike - Lanius minor

  Great Grey Shrike - Laniuus excubitor (Breeding)

  Woodchat Shrike - Lanius senator

  Common Mynah - Acridotheres tristis (Breeding)

  House Sparrow - Passer domesticus (Breeding)

  Ortolan Bunting - Emberiza hortulana

  Black Headed Bunting – Emberiza melanocephala (2)

  24 Breeding and 153 species observed