Birds of the United Arab Emirates

List of Common Birds Found in the United Arab Emirates

Native Birds

• African Collared Dove
• African Silverbill
• Arabian Babbler
• Arabian Bustard
• Arabian Partridge
• Arabian Warbler
• Asian Koel
• Barn Swallow
• Bar-tailed Lark
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-headed Gull
• Black-winged Kite
• Black-winged Plover
• Black-winged Stilt
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
• Blue Rock Thrush
• Booted Eagle
• Bridled Tern
• Caspian Gull
• Cattle Egret
• Chaffinch
• Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
• Clamorous Reed Warbler
• Collared Dove
• Common Blackbird
• Common Hoopoe
• Common House Martin
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Myna
• Common Redstart
• Common Ringed Plover
• Common Stonechat
• Common Swift
• Common Whitethroat
• Crested Barbet
• Crested Lark
• Desert Lark
• Desert Wheatear
• Egyptian Vulture
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Kestrel
• Eurasian Moorhen
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• European Bee-eater
• European Goldfinch
• European Starling
• European Turtle Dove
• Golden Oriole
• Graceful Prinia
• Graceful Prinia
• Gray-headed Swamphen
• Gray Heron
• Gray Plover
• Great Egret
• Greater Flamingo
• Greater Sand Plover
• Green Heron
• Gull-billed Tern
• Hooded Wheatear
• Houbara Bustard
• House Crow
• House Sparrow
• Hume’s Wheatear
• Indian Cormorant
• Indian Pond Heron
• Indian Roller
• Indian Silverbill
• Isabelline Wheatear
• Kentish Plover
• Lappet-faced Vulture
• Laughing Dove
• Lesser Crested Tern
• Lesser Kestrel
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Little Egret
• Little Green Bee-eater
• Little Ringed Plover
• Little Tern
• Mallard
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Namaqua Dove
• Pale Crag Martin
• Pallid Scops Owl
• Pallid Swift
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pied Kingfisher
• Pied Wheatear
• Plain Leaf Warbler
• Purple Heron
• Purple Sunbird
• Purple Swamphen
• Red-rumped Swallow
• Red-wattled Lapwing
• Rock Sparrow
• Rosy Starling
• Sandwich Tern
• Scaly-breasted Munia
• Shikra
• Short-toed Snake Eagle
• Slender-billed Gull
• Socotra Cormorant
• Song Thrush
• Sooty Falcon
• Spanish Sparrow
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Spotted Sandgrouse
• Spur-winged Lapwing
• Steppe Buzzard
• Steppe Eagle
• Swift Tern
• Western Marsh Harrier
• Western Osprey
• Western Reef Heron
• Whiskered Tern
• White-cheeked Bulbul
• White-collared Kingfisher
• White-eared Bulbul
• White Spectacled Bulbul
• White-tailed Eagle
• White-tailed Lapwing
• White-throated Kingfisher
• White Wagtail
• White-winged Tern
• Yellow-vented Bulbul
• Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Non-native Birds

• Alexandrine Parakeet
• Bank Myna
• Barbary Partridge
• Black Francolin
• Brahminy Starling
• Common Myna
• Egyptian Goose
• Golden-backed Weaver
• Gray Francolin
• Gray Crowned Crane
• Indian Peafowl
• Indian Pied Starling
• Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
• Red-vented Bulbul
• Red-whiskered Bulbul
• Rose-ringed Parakeet
• Scaly-breasted Munia
• Shikra
• Somali Ostrich
• Streaked Weaver
• White-eared Bulbul

Some of the best birding sites in the UAE include Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, Al Wathba Wetland Reserve, and the artificial Al Qudra Lakes. The peak birding season in the United Arab Emirates typically occurs during the winter months, from November to March.