Additions and Corrections
to the Oman Bird List,
Edition 6,
by Jens Eriksen, Dave E. Sargeant and Reginald Victor, SQU 2003
This list should be read with a copy of OBL6 where the used abbreviations are explained. Scientific names are given only for species new to the Oman Bird List. All records have been approved by the Oman Bird Records Committee (OBRC). The total number of accepted species in Oman now stands at 497 excluding species considered escapes unless these have established sustainable, feral populations.
Updated 3 June 2008
35 Jouanin's Petrel. New max: 1,350 at Ras Janjari (D) 12 Nov 2004
36 Cory's Shearwater. Nine records. One at Mirbat (D) 29 Jun 2006
38 Pale-footed Shearwater. New max: 1,800 at Ras al Khabbah (B) 23 Sep 2004
43 Sooty Shearwater. Eight records. Two at Ras al Hadd (B) 6-7 May 2004 [P], one at Ras al Khabbah (B) 30 Jun 2006, one at Ras Janjari (D) 22 Oct 2006, one off Muscat (B) 27 Apr 2007 [P]
49 Persian Shearwater. New max: 5,470 at Ras Janjari (D) 23 Sep 2005
67 Red-footed Booby. Three records. Adult at Mukhaizna (D) 18 Jun 2007 [P]
71A Cape Gannet Morus capensis. Vagrant. One record. Adult at Shinayz, Hallaniyat islands (D), 12 Mar 2004 [P]
72 Cormorant. New max: 6,200 at Khawr Barr al Hikman (C) 11 Jan 2005
88 White Pelican. Eight records. Four at East Khawr (D) 20-22 Feb 2005 [P], adult at Al Ansab Lagoons (B) Jan 2007 [P], one at Wadi Baqlat (D) 19 Nov 2007 [P], later at East Khawr (D) 27 Dec 2007 [P]
89 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus. Vagrant. Three records. One at Shinas (B) 10-11 Jan 2005 [P], one at Qurayyat (B) 11-15 Feb 2005 [P] and one at Al Ansab Lagoons (B) 22 Oct 2005 - 24 Mar 2006 [P]
92 Great Frigatebird Fregata minor. Vagrant. One record. One at al Fahl Island (B) 11-18 Jun 1982 [P]
98 Little Bittern. New max: 157 Khawr Taqah (D) 3 May 2005
99 Yellow Bittern. New max: 8 East Khawr (D) 30 April 2004
104 Night Heron. New max: 75 Al Ansab Lagoons (B) 27 Oct 2007
111 Cattle Egret. New max: 440 at Jarziz Farm, Salalah (C) 31 Jan 2007
125A Black-headed Heron. Five records. One at Salalah (D) 9 Dec 1986
131 Black Stork. Six records. Up to two at Khawr Rawri (D), one of them later at East Khawr (D) 2-14 Nov 2004 [P]; immature at Khawr Rawri (D) 27 Dec 2006 [P], up to seven at Khawr Rawri (D) 16 Nov - 4 Dec 2007 [P]
142 Sacred Ibis. Six records. Adult at West Khawr (D) 14 Jan 2004 [P], one at Thumrayt (D) 23 Jul 2005 and one at East Khawr (D) 23 Sep - 25 Nov 2005 [P]
146A African Spoonbill. Four records. Adult at West Khawr (D) 14 Jan 2004 [P]
160 Lesser White-fronted Goose. Three records. Adult at Khawr Sawli (D) 13 Dec 2006 [P]
170 Egyptian Goose. Three records. Two at Safah (B) 15 Jan 2005 [P]
232 Crested Honey Buzzard. Eight records. One at Khawr Taqah (D) 31 Dec 2002 [P], one at Dawkah (D) 13 Nov 2003
235 Black-winged Kite. Seven records. One at Al Qurm Park (B) 27-29 Aug 2004 [P] and one at Sinaw (B) 20 Feb 2006 [P]
242 Pallas's Fish Eagle. Four records. One at Al Ansab Lagoons (B) 3-4 Nov 2004 [P]
247 Egyptian Vulture. New max: 500 at Al Amerat Waste Disposal Site (B) 19 Jan 2007
272 Shikra. Nine records. One at Qatbit (C) 25 Mar 2004
275 White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa. Vagrant. One record. One at Ayn Najar (C) 22 Mar 2004
292 Lesser Spotted Eagle. Nine records. One at Qurayyat (B) 2 Dec 2005 [P]
294 Steppe Eagle. New max: 600 at Raysut dump (D) 10 Nov 2007
299 Bonelli's Eagle. New max: 6 at Wadi Darbat (D) 23 Oct 2006
365 Chukar. New max: 420 at Sayh (A) 21 Dec 2007
431 Red-knobbed Coot. Five records. One at Salalah (D) 21 Apr 2005
482 Dotterel. Nine records. one at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 23-25 Dec 2003, two there 2-5 Jan 2005 [P], one there 13 Nov 2006 [P], one there 8 Nov 2007 [P]
484 Pacific Golden Plover. New max: 400+ at Khawr al Baleed, Salalah (D) 6 Apr 2006
484A American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica. Vagrant. One record. One at Sur Sewage Plant (B) 23 Nov - 25 Dec 2003 [P]
485 European Golden Plover. Rare passage migrant and winter visitor early Sep - early Jan [the * has been removed from this species]
491 Sociable Plover. New max: 13 at Sahnawt Farm, Salalah (D) 17 Nov 2005
493 Northern Lapwing. New max: 8 at Jarziz Farm, Salalah (D) 9 Nov 2007
507 Pectoral Sandpiper. Nine records. One at East Khawr (D) 26 Oct 2005 [P], one there 13-17 Nov 2007 [P]
516 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis. Vagrant, one record. One at Sahnawt Farm, Salalah (D) 26 Oct 2005 [P]
517 Ruff. New max: 500 at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 13 Oct 2004
529 Woodcock. Two records. One at Hilf (E) 18 Nov 2004
570 South Polar Skua. Two records. One at Ras al Hadd (B) 24 Sep 2004
571 Sooty Gull. New max: 35,000 at Salalah beaches (D) 20 Nov 2006
572 White-eyed Gull. Nine records. Adult at Taqah (D) 17 Nov 2006 and adult at Salalah (D) 25 Dec 2006
591.2 Siberian Gull. New max: 15,000 at Salalah beaches (D) 20 Nov 2006
628 White-winged Black Tern. New max: 700 at Jarziz Farm, Salalah (D) 13 Apr 2006
665 Rock Dove. New max: 900 (single flock) at Sall Ala (A) 22 Dec 2007
668 Stock Dove. Two records. One at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 5 Nov 1999
670 Wood Pigeon. The race breeding in the mountains of northern Oman resembles C. p. iranica [P]
684A African Collared Dove. Correction: the breeding record at East Khawr (D) 22 May 2002 could not be confirmed and has been deleted. Three records. Two at Thumrayt (D) 24 Aug - 1 Sep 2004 and one there 22 Jul 2006
686 Red Turtle Dove. Four records. Adult male at Dawkah (D) 4 Oct 2006, adult at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 1 Feb and 27 Mar 2008 [P]
690 Laughing Dove. New max: 2,000 at Jarziz Farm, Salalah (D) 23 Nov 2006
692 Namaqua Dove. New max: 13 at Shinas (B) 22 Nov 2006
722 Plaintive Cuckoo. Three records. 1-2 at Hilf (E) 18-27 Oct 2006 [P]
734B Koel. New max: 9 at Hilf (E) 12 Jan 2005
829 Grey-headed Kingfisher. New max: 30 at Wadi Darbat (D) 6 Oct 2005
831A Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata. Vagrant. Three records. Two at Khawr Kharfot (D) 18 Sep 2000; one at Khawr Taqah (D) 1-25 Nov 2004 [P]; one at Khawr al Maghsayl (D) 10-25 Nov 2004 [P]
843 Indian Roller. New max: 650 at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 23 Sept 2004
846 Hoopoe. New max: 36 at Wadi Darbat (D) 21 Nov 2007
957 Desert Lark. New max: 150 at Wadi Andhur (D) 13 Dec 2007
975 Small Skylark. Rare, but regular winter visitor to Sun Farms, Sohar (B) in small numbers
980 Brown-throated Sand Martin. Six records. One at Al Qurm Park (B) 21 Mar 2004
981A Pale Martin. Two records. One at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 26-27 Mar 2004
991 Crag Martin. New max: 40 at Sayh (A) 21 April 2004
994 Wire-tailed Swallow. Four records. One at East Khawr, Salalah (D) 25 Dec 2003, adult at Sahnawt Farm, Salalah (D) 3-4 Jan 2004 [P], one at Al Ansab Lagoons (B) 18 Nov 2005
996 Streak-throated Swallow. Four records. Two immatures at Sidrah (B) 17 Jul 2006 and adult at Qatbit (C) 14 Dec 2006
1004 Blyth's Pipit. Four records. One at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 15 Nov 2003, one at Masirah (E) 23-24 Nov 2005 and two at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 17 Dec 2006
1005 Tawny Pipit. New max: 220 at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 14 Nov 2003
1007 Long-billed Pipit. New max: 53 Ar Rawdah (A) 27 Nov 2003
1011 Meadow Pipit. Eight records. Several at Khasab (A) 27-28 Dec 2003
1014A Buff-bellied Pipit. Four records. One at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 24 Nov 2003, one there 26 Dec 2004 - at least 22 Jan 2005 [P] and one there 5-20 Nov 2005
1016
Forest Wagtail.
Five records. One at
Hilf (E) 18-19 Nov 2003 [P],
1118 Eversmann's Redstart. Female at Sunub (B) 12 Feb 2004 [P]; only the second record outside Musandam.
1020 White Wagtail. New max: 5,000 Salalah (D) 27 Nov 2003. One of race leucopsis at Al Ansab Lagoons (B) 15 Mar 2005
1035 White-cheeked Bulbul. New max: 60 at Ras As Sawadi (B) 5 Nov 2007
1035B Red-vented Bulbul. New max: 22 at Ras as Sawadi (B) 20 Nov 2005
1049 Grey Hypocolius. New max: 27 at Thumrayt (D) 22 Feb 2005
1088 Radde's Accentor Prunella ocularis. Vagrant. One record. One at Sayh (A) 17 Nov 2004
1095 Rufous Bush Robin. New max: 162 at Najd Research Station (D) 29 Apr 2005
1103 Thrush Nightingale. Ten records. One at Hilf (E) 3 Nov 2002
1106 Bluethroat. New max: 17 at Buraymi Sewage Plant (B) 27 Feb 2004
1121 Black Redstart. New max: 78 at Sayq Plateau (B) 2 Dec 2004
1139 Stonechat. One of the form 'Caspian Stonechat' at Thumrayt (D) 29 Dec 2006 [P]
1141 Pied Stonechat. Five records. One at Al Qurm Park (B) 5 Oct 2004 [P] and one at Sayh (A) 21-22 Apr 2005
1147 Pied Wheatear, race vittata. Five records. One at Wadi Sall Al Ala (A) 28 Mar 2004 [P]
1147A Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca. Vagrant, one record. Male at Qatbit (C) 8 Mar 2004 [P]
1148 Black-eared Wheatear. Rare passage migrant late-Mar to mid-May and early-Sep to late-Oct [the * has been removed from this species]
1152 Red-tailed Wheatear. New max: 69 Ar Rawdah (A) 27 Nov 2003
1154 Mourning Wheatear. Nine records. Adult male at Ar Rawdah (A) 27-28 Nov 2003 [P], one at Ar Rawdah (A) 30-31 Dec 2004 [P]
1156 Hume's Wheatear. New max: 72 at Ar Rawdah (A) 27 Nov 2003
1157 White-crowned Black Wheatear. Seven records. Adult at Qurayyat (B) 18 Jan - 9 Feb 2006
1162 Little Rock Thrush. A review of this species lead to all records being deleted.
1186 Ring Ouzel. Rare winter visitor from late-Nov to late-Feb with one record in late-Oct and one in mid-Mar [the star has been removed from this species]
1196 Song Thrush. New dates for third record: one at Qatbit (C) 24 Dec 2002 - 8 Feb 2003 [P]
1200 Song Thrush. New max: 10 at Sayh (A) 5 Jan 2005
1202 Mistle thrush. Seven records. Two adults at Hilf (E) 30-31 Dec 2006
1231 Scrub Warbler. New max: 20 at Wadi Khabb Shamsi (A) 28 Feb 2006
1236 Grasshopper Warbler. Rare autumn passage migrant mid-Aug to early-Oct with one record in mid-Jan and one in mid-Mar. The star has been removed from this species.
1238 Savi's Warbler. Nine records. One at Thumrayt (D) 10 Sep 2005
1239 Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon. Two records. One at Thumrayt (D) 11-13 Apr 2001, one there 23 Dec 2007 [P]
1241 Moustached Warbler. Seven records. One at Al Ansab Lagoons (B) 6 Nov 1999
1247 Paddyfield Warbler. Nine records. One at Thumrayt (D) 27 Oct 2003; one trapped at Al Qurm Park (B) 25 Mar 2004 [P]; one at Qatbit (C) 7 May 2006; one at Thumrayt (D) 28 Sep 2006
1248 Blyth's Reed Warbler. Three records. One at Al Ansab Lagoons (B) 27 Dec 2004 and one at Thumrayt (D) 31 Mar 2006
1258 Olive-tree Warbler. Two records. One at Sidab (C) 28 Sep 2001
1266 Ménétries's Warbler. New max: 55 at Qatbit (C) 9 Mar 2006
1267 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala. Vagrant. One record. One at Thumrayt (D) 29 Sep 2004 [V]
1271 Arabian Warbler. New max: 25 at Ayn Hamran (D) 20 Sep 2005
1273 Barred Warbler. New max: 8 at Bukha (A) 23 Apr 2004
1274A Hume's Lesser Whitethroat. Two records. One at Sur Sewage Farm (B) 33 Nov 2003
1274B Desert Lesser Whitethroat. New max: 77 at Ar Rawdah (A) 27 Nov 2003
1300 Yellow-browed Warbler. Six records. One at Hilf (E) 17-21 Nov 2003, one at Ghaftayn (C) 8 Feb 2005 [P], one at Al Qurm Park (B) 13 May 2005, one at Hilf (E) 20 Oct - 1 Dec 2006 [P]
1301 Hume's Warbler. Seven records. One at Qatbit (C) 15 Dec 2006
1307 Bonelli's Warbler. Four records. One at Thumrayt (D) 3 Oct 2004 [V], one there 7 Apr 2008 [P]
1312 Willow Warbler. New max: 200 at Sayh (A) 21 April 2004
1327 Blue-and-white Flycatcher. Two records. Immature male at Sahnawt Farm, Salalah (D) 14 Nov 2006 [P]
1334 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica. Vagrant. One record. First winter bird at Hilf (E) 25-26 Oct 2006 [P]
1343 Red-breasted Flycatcher. New max: 20 at Al Ghaftayn (C) 3 Nov 2007
1349 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca. Vagrant. One record. Female at Qatbit (C) 21-22 Oct 2004
1504 White-breasted White-eye. New max: 200+ at Wadi Darbat (D) 4 Apr 2006
1516 Bay-backed Shrike. Rare passage migrant late-Mar to early-May. A pair bred at Ar Rawdah (A) [WA29] 22 Apr 2004, first breeding record for Oman [the star has been removed from this species]
1517 Long-tailed Shrike. Rare passage migrant and winter visitor mid-Oct to early-Apr [the star has been removed from this species]
1549 Magpie Pica pica. Vagrant. One record. One at Qurm (B) 15 Oct 2004 to at least 1 Mar 2005 [P]
1577 Brahminy Starling. Nine records. One at Thumrayt (D) 30 Sep 2003, one at Qatbit (C) 13 Nov 2003, one at Al Hijj (C) 20 Nov 2003, one at Al Jerry (A) 29 Nov 2003 [P], one at Al Ghaftayn (C) 28 Dec 2003 - 8 Jan 2004 [P], one at Hilf (E) 2 Nov 2005
1587 Common Mynah. New max: 3,000 at Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 13 Aug 2007
1588 Bank Mynah. Six records. One at Al Bustan Palace Hotel (B) 15 Mar 2002
1602 Yellow-throated Sparrow. New max: 1,000 at Ras al Hamra (B) 22 Aug 2004
1619 African Silverbill. New max: 500 at Jarziz farm, Salalah (D) 24 Nov 2005
1620B Scaly-breasted Munia. Feral, sustainable populations have established themselves at Al Qurm Natural Park near Muscat (B) and on farmlands near Salalah (D)
1646 Yemen Serin. New max: 100 at Jabal Al Qamar (D) 10 Nov 2007
1676 Trumpeter Finch. New max: 300 at Jabal Qatar (B) 4 Feb 2005
1864 African Rock Bunting. New max: 500+ at Wadi Darbat (D) 4 Apr 2006
1866 Ortolan Bunting. New max: 132 at Sayh (A) 10 Apr 2006
1867 Grey-necked Bunting. Three records. Up to five at Sayh (A) 26 Mar - 15 Apr 2004 [P]
1873 Rustic Bunting. Four records. One on ferry to Masirah 2 Mar 2004 [P]
1874 Little Bunting. Six records. One at Thumrayt (D) 5 Nov 2003; adult male at Sayq (B) 11 Mar 2005; adult at Abu Najib 16 Nov 2006
1880
Red-headed Bunting.
Four records. One at
Sun Farms, Sohar (B) 3 Mar 2002
Escapes
129 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis. One record. Two flying over border into Oman at Khatmat Milahah (B) 19 Dec 1998
1612D Baya Weaver. One record. One at Al Qurm Park (B) 4 May - 12 Nov 2004
1612E Red-billed Quelea Quelea erythrops. One records. One at Al Qurm Park (B) 6-7 Apr 2004 [P]
1614B Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephala. One record. Male at Al Qurm Park (B) 17-23 Oct 2004 [P]