BIRDS SEEN IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND OMAN, DECEMBER 1996
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This was our first trip to this region and a delightful holiday taking in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat, all very nice cities. The selection of birds is interesting in that it includes mainly European species but a few commonly seen in India.
     
bar-tailed godwit gull-billed tern little swift
black-headed gull herring gull oystercatcher
collared dove hooded crow pale crag martin
common gull house sparrow redshank
common myna Hume's wheatear red-tailed wheatear
common sandpiper Indian roller red-vented bulbul
cormorant Kentish plover reef heron
crested lark kestrel ring-necked parakeet
curlew common kingfisher Sandwich tern
Egyptian vulture laughing dove sooty gull
graceful warbler lesser black-backed gull stonechat
great grey shrike lesser crested tern white wagtail
grey heron little egret white-eared bulbul
grey plover little green heron TOTAL: 41
     
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