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Bird
Monitoring and Protection Team (BMAPT)
At the Kuwait
Environment Protection Society (KEPS)
ANNUAL REPORT 2004
CONTENTS
Membership and
Contacts Page
2
The Year
2004
Page 4
The Need for Bird Monitoring and Protection in Kuwait Page
5
The Kuwait Bird
List
Page 7
The Main List of Species of
Birds Page 7
The Species of Birds of Captive Origin
Page 16
The Species of Birds Requiring Confirmation
Page 17
Notes on Selected Bird Species in the Year 2004
Page20
MEMBERSHIP
AND CONTACTS
Board of
Directors
Chairman:
Khalid Al-Nasrallah
Deputy Chairman
and Bird Recorder: Mahmoud Shihab
Secretary:
Brian Foster
Liaison
Officer: Abdalla
Al-Fadhel
Kuwait-based
Members
Shaikha Amthal
Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Abdalla
Al-Fadhel
Khalid
Al-Ghanim
Misha´l
Al-Jeriwi
Khalid
Al-Nasrallah
Fahad
Al-Mansori
Hussain
Al-Qallaf
Musaad
Al-Saleh
Abdulrahman
Al-Sirhan
Abdul-Muhsen
Al-Suraye´a
Andrew Bailey
Pekka
Fagel
Brian
Foster
Eisa
Ramadan
Mahmoud
Shihab
Communications With The Team
All
communications with the team, including records of the occurrence
and breeding of all species of birds, descriptions of vagrant
species of birds, and notice of intended visits to Kuwait, should be
addressed to:
Khalid
Al-Nasrallah, Chairman, BMAPT
Post: P.O.Box 1896, Safat, 13019, KUWAIT
Tel: (965) 484 8256
Pager: (965) 960 6799
Fax: (965) 483 7856
Email: khalid@kuwaitbirds.com
and/or Brian
Foster, Secretary, BMAPT
Tel: (965) 6436377
Email: brian_foster_uk@yahoo.co.uk
THE YEAR 2004
The Year 2004
was important for the consolidation of the position of BMAPT and for
the expansion of its activities.
During the year:
There was
considerable regeneration of plant and animal life in the Sabah
Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve, Sulaibikhat Nature Reserve, Jahra Pool
Reserve and most of the oilfields, due to fencing. This resulted in
an increase in bird life in all these places.
There was
greater coverage of birds in Kuwait, due to the addition of Khalid
Al-Ghanim to the team and the arrival in Kuwait of Brian Foster and
Pekka Fagel, resulting in a significant increase in bird records.
Two new species
were added to the Kuwait List: Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
and Oriental Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis).
Several species
were discovered to breed for the first time in Kuwait.
The Annual
Report 2003 was published on the internet and printed copies were
distributed in Kuwait and the United Kingdom.
The team
continued to manage and develop its nature reserve at Sulaibikhat
Bay.
A number of
important breeding records, including several first records for
Kuwait, were submitted to the Atlas of Breeding Birds of Arabia
(ABBA).
The Eighth
Edition of the Kuwait Bird List, following the nomenclature and
order used by the Association of European Rarities Committees (AERC)
was adopted, and is published in this report.
This annual
report, the fifth for Kuwait, demonstrates the increasing influence
and effectiveness of BMAPT in the fields of bird monitoring and
protection.
THE NEED FOR
BIRD MONITORING AND PROTECTION IN KUWAIT
Bird populations
are being monitored in Kuwait to find out if human activities or
environmental changes are affecting them.
The most common
breeding birds in Kuwait are House Sparrow, Laughing Dove,
White-eared Bulbul, Common Mynah and Feral Pigeon. These species
have increased in numbers because the greening of Kuwait City has
provided food and habitats for them.
Oasis farm
areas at Jahra, Abdali and Wafra are the breeding sites of species
such as White-throated Kingfisher, Black-crowned Sparrow-lark and
Spanish Sparrow.
Kuwait’s small
offshore islands are important because they support breeding
colonies of seabirds such as Lesser Crested Tern, White-cheeked Tern
and Bridled Tern. The large island of Bubiyan is an important
breeding site for Western Reef Egret, Grey Heron, Eurasian
Spoonbill, Crab Plover, Slender-billed Gull, Gull-billed Tern,
Caspian Tern, Greater Crested Tern and possibly other species.
Some species
tolerant of arid conditions, such as various larks and
Cream-coloured Courser, breed in the desert areas and wadi systems.
A number of
reedbed warblers, Little Crake and Common Moorhen breed at the
sewage outfalls, and other species probably do so.
Many species
pass through Kuwait on spring and autumn migration because it is at
a crossroads of migration routes between breeding grounds in Asia
and winter quarters in southern Arabia, Africa and the Indian
subcontinent. The most common migrant landbirds are Common Swift,
European Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Short-toed Lark, Sand
Martin, Barn Swallow, Common Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler.
Mud-flats
around the coast are important resting and feeding areas for migrant
herons, egrets, waders, gulls and terns. A number of reedbeds,
freshwater pools, sewage outfalls and flooded sabkha areas are used
by migrant waterside birds.
Birds arriving
in Kuwait for the winter include White Wagtail, Eurasian Robin,
Bluethroat, Song Thrush and Asian Desert Warbler.
Some species
such as Greater Flamingo, Barn Owl and Rose-ringed Parakeet can be
found in Kuwait in various seasons without necessarily breeding.
Bird
populations in Kuwait have completely recovered from the
environmental damage at the end of the Iraqi invasion, and some have
increased. The main threats to birds in Kuwait now are over-grazing,
shooting, disturbance, building and oil lakes.
Over-grazing
reduces both plant and animal food for birds, and removes habitats
for nesting and roosting birds. Restrictions on grazing in the east
of Kuwait have been introduced.
There has been
some reduction in shooting in recent years, but it still is fairly
severe in some areas. Shooting is mainly for sport, although some
species, such as European Turtle Dove and Barred Warbler, are eaten
as delicacies. The species most commonly shot in Kuwait are European
Turtle Dove, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, European Bee-eater and Barn
Swallow. Indiscriminate shooting results in the reduction of some
raptors and regionally scarce species.
Disturbance by
camping and other activities is now prevented by the Public
Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources, the
Environment Public Authority and the Kuwait Environment Protection
Society in the National Park and in Nature Reserves at Jahra Pool,
Doha and Sulaibikhat Bay.
The recent
security fencing around various large oil fields has stopped
grazing, shooting and most disturbance there, and has effectively
created very large nature reserves where the vegetation is
regenerating naturally.
Building
sometimes creates new habitats for birds to nest or roost in, but
chalet building along the coastline prevents the breeding of Kentish
Plover and possibly of other species.
Some of the oil
lakes have naturally dried out and some others have been covered
over. However, others remain, for example at Bahra, where some birds
die by being trapped in oil residues.
The
establishment of more nature reserves, increased control of
shooting, environmental education and publicity to increase public
awareness are some of the best ways of protecting birds in Kuwait.
KUWAIT BIRD
LIST (EIGHTH EDITION)
Published by the
Bird Records Committee,
Bird Monitoring
and Protection Team,
Kuwait
Environment Protection Society,
Kuwait.
The Kuwait Bird List has been
divided, for present convenience, into:
(1) The Main List of Species of
Birds, (2) The Species of Birds of Captive Origin and (3) The
Species of Birds Requiring Confirmation.
(1) MAIN LIST
OF SPECIES OF BIRDS
The Main List of
Species of Birds comprises those species of birds which are judged
to have definitely occurred in a wild state, or those species of
birds originally of captive origin which have subsequently become
established, in Kuwait.
A - Abundant:
occurs annually in very large numbers (10,000+).
VC - Very
Common: occurs annually in large numbers (1,000 - 9,999).
C - Common:
occurs annually in moderate numbers (100 - 999).
U - Uncommon:
occurs annually in small numbers (10 - 99).
S - Scarce:
occurs annually in very small numbers (1 - 9).
R - Rare: does
not occur annually but has occurred more than 10 times in total.
V - Vagrant:
has occurred less than 10 times in total.
I - Irregular:
occurs, not necessarily every year, in very variable numbers.
E - Extinct:
exists no longer.
B - Breeds
annually.
HB - Has bred.
SPECIES AND MAIN STATUS
Ostrich
(Struthio camelus)
EHB
Mute Swan
(Cygnus olor)
V
Greater
White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) V
Greylag Goose
(Anser anser) R
Ruddy Shelduck
(Tadorna ferruginea) R
Common Shelduck
(Tadorna tadorna) C
Eurasian Wigeon
(Anas penelope) U
Gadwall (Anas
strepera)
U
Common Teal
(Anas crecca) C
Mallard (Anas
platyrhynchos) S
Northern Pintail
(Anas acuta)
U
Garganey
(Anas querquedula)
U
Northern
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
U
Marbled Duck
(Marmaronetta angustirostris) V
Common Pochard
(Aythya ferina) R
Ferruginous Duck
(Aythya nyroca) V
Tufted Duck
(Aythya fuligula)
R
Red-breasted
Merganser (Mergus serrator) V
Common Quail
(Coturnix coturnix) C
Little Grebe
(Tachybaptus ruficollis) SHB
Great Crested
Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) R
Horned Grebe
(Podiceps auritus) V
Black-necked
Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) U
Audubon's
Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) V
Red-billed
Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) V
Great Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax carbo) VC
Socotra
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) UHB
Pygmy Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax pygmeus) V
Great White
Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) RHB
Dalmatian
Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
V
Great Bittern
(Botaurus stellatus)
S
Little Bittern
(Ixobrychus minutus)
UB
Black-crowned
Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) SHB
Squacco Heron
(Ardeola ralloides) U
Cattle Egret
(Bubulcus ibis)
U
Western Reef
Egret (Egretta gularis) VCB
Little Egret
(Egretta garzetta)
U
Great Egret
(Egretta albus)
U
Grey Heron
(Ardea cinerea)
VCB
Purple Heron
(Ardea purpurea) U
Black Stork
(Ciconia nigra)
V
White Stork
(Ciconia ciconia)
R
Glossy Ibis
(Plegadis falcinellus)
U
Sacred Ibis
(Threskiornis aethiopicus) V
Eurasian
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
CB
Greater Flamingo
(Phoenicopterus roseus) VCHB
European Honey
Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) S
Crested Honey
Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus) S
Black-shouldered
Kite (Elanus caeruleus) V
Black Kite
(Milvus migrans)
C
Egyptian Vulture
(Neophron percnopterus) S
Eurasian Griffon
Vulture (Gyps fulvus) S
Eurasian Black
Vulture (Aegypius monachus) R
Short-toed Eagle
(Circaetus gallicus) U
Western Marsh
Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) U
Hen Harrier
(Circus cyaneus)
R
Pallid Harrier
(Circus macrourus)
C
Montagu's
Harrier (Circus pygargus)
U
Northern Goshawk
(Accipiter gentilis) R
Eurasian
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
U
Shikra
(Accipiter badius)
S
Levant
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes)
R
Common Buzzard
(Buteo buteo) VC
Long-legged
Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) U
Lesser Spotted
Eagle (Aquila pomarina) V
Greater Spotted
Eagle (Aquila clanga) C
Steppe Eagle
(Aquila nipalensis) VC
Imperial Eagle
(Aquila heliaca)
U
Golden Eagle
(Aquila chrysaetos) V
Booted Eagle
(Hieraaetus pennatus) S
Bonelli's Eagle
(Hieraaetus fasciatus) R
Osprey
(Pandion haliaetus)
S
Lesser Kestrel
(Falco naumanni) C
Common Kestrel
(Falco tinnunculus) UHB
Red-footed
Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
V
Merlin (Falco
columbarius)
R
Eurasian Hobby
(Falco subbuteo) U
Sooty Falcon
(Falco concolor)
V
Lanner (Falco
biarmicus)
R
Saker (Falco
cherrug)
R
Peregrine
(Falco peregrinus)
R
Barbary Falcon
(Falco pelegrinoides) V
Water Rail
(Rallus aquaticus)
UHB
Spotted Crake
(Porzana porzana) U
Little Crake
(Porzana parva)
UB
Baillon's Crake
(Porzana pusilla)
S
Corn Crake
(Crex crex)
U
Common Moorhen
(Gallinula chloropus) UB
Purple Swamp-Hen
(Porphyrio porphyrio) VHB
Eurasian Coot
(Fulica atra)
CB
Common Crane
(Grus grus) V
Demoiselle Crane
(Anthropoides virgo) V
Macqueen's
Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueeni) SHB
Eurasian
Oystercatcher (Haematopus haematopus) C
Black-winged
Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) CHB
Pied Avocet
(Recurvirostra avosetta) C
Crab Plover
(Dromas ardeola) VCB
Stone-Curlew
(Burhinus oedicnemus) U
Cream-coloured
Courser (Cursorius cursor) CB
Collared
Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
C
Black-winged
Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) U
Little Ringed
Plover (Charadrius dubius) U
Common Ringed
Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) C
Kentish Plover
(Charadrius alexandrinus) VC
Lesser Sand
Plover (Charadrius mongolus) C
Greater Sand
Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) C
Caspian Plover
(Charadrius asiaticus) U
Eurasian
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
R
Pacific Golden
Plover (Charadrius fulva) S
Grey Plover
(Charadrius squatarola) C
Spur-winged
Lapwing (Hoplopterus spinosus) V
Red-wattled
Lapwing (Hoplopterus indicus) SHB
Sociable Lapwing
(Vanellus gregarius) V
White-tailed
Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus) U
Northern Lapwing
(Vanellus vanellus) S
Great Knot
(Calidris tenuirostris)
U
Red Knot
(Calidris canutus)
V
Sanderling
(Calidris alba)
C
Little Stint
(Calidris minuta)
VC
Temminck's Stint
(Calidris temminckii) U
Curlew Sandpiper
(Calidris ferruginea) C
Dunlin
(Calidris alpina)
VC
Broad-billed
Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus) U
Ruff
(Philomachus pugnax)
U
Jack Snipe
(Lymnocryptes minimus) S
Common Snipe
(Gallinago gallinago) C
Great Snipe
(Gallinago media)
R
Eurasian
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) R
Black-tailed
Godwit (Limosa limosa)
U
Bar-tailed
Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
C
Whimbrel
(Numenius phaeopus) C
Slender-billed
Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) V
Eurasian Curlew
(Numenius arquata) VC
Spotted Redshank
(Tringa erythropus) S
Common Redshank
(Tringa totanus) VC
Marsh Sandpiper
(Tringa stagnatilis) C
Common
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) C
Green Sandpiper
(Tringa ochropus) U
Wood Sandpiper
(Tringa glareola) C
Terek Sandpiper
(Xenus cinereus) C
Common Sandpiper
(Tringa hypoleucos) U
Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres) C
Red-necked
Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) U
Red Phalarope
(Phalaropus fulicarius) V
Pomarine Skua
(Stercorarius pomarinus) U
Arctic Skua
(Stercorarius parasiticus) U
Long-tailed Skua
(Stercorarius longicaudus) V
Pallas's Gull
(Larus ichthyaetus) C
Mediterranean
Gull (Larus melanocephalus) V
Little Gull
(Larus minutus)
V
Black-headed
Gull (Larus ridibundus)
A
Slender-billed
Gull (Larus genei)
AB
Mew Gull
(Larus canus)
S
Lesser
Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
C
Caspian Gull
(Larus cachinnans) VC
Gull-billed Tern
(Gelochelidon nilotica) VCB
Caspian Tern
(Sterna caspia) CB
Greater Crested
Tern (Sterna bergii) CB
Lesser Crested
Tern (Sterna bengalensis) CB
Sandwich Tern
(Sterna sandvicensis) U
Common Tern
(Sterna hirundo) U
White-cheeked
Tern (Sterna repressa) VCB
Bridled Tern
(Sterna anaethetus) VCB
Little Tern
(Sterna albifrons)
C
Saunders's Tern
(Sterna saundersi) U
Whiskered Tern
(Chlidonias hybrida) U
White-winged
Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) UB
Spotted
Sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus) IHB
Chestnut-bellied
Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) V
Black-bellied
Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) R
Pin-tailed
Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) IHB
Feral Pigeon
(Columba livia)
AB
Stock Dove
(Columba oenas)
V
Common
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) S
Eurasian
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) VCB
European Turtle
Dove (Streptopelia turtur) VCHB
Oriental Turtle
Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) R
Laughing Dove
(Streptopelia senegalensis) AB
Namaqua Dove
(Oena capensis) UB
Rose-ringed
Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) CHB
Great Spotted
Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) R
Common Cuckoo
(Cuculus canorus) U
Barn Owl
(Tyto alba)
SHB
European Scops
Owl (Otus scops) C
Eurasian Eagle
Owl (Bubo bubo) SB
Little Owl
(Athene noctua)
UB
Long-eared Owl
(Asio otus)
V
Short-eared Owl
(Asio flammeus) R
European
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) U
Egyptian
Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
U
Alpine Swift
(Apus melba)
S
Common Swift
(Apus apus)
A
Pallid Swift
(Apus pallidus)
VCB
Little Swift
(Apus affinis)
R
White-throated
Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) UB
Common
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
S
Pied Kingfisher
(Ceryle rudis)
S
Blue-cheeked
Bee-eater (Merops persicus) AHB
European
Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
A
European Roller
(Coracias garrulus) C
Indian Roller
(Coracias benghalensis) S
Eurasian Hoopoe
(Upupa epops) C
Eurasian Wryneck
(Jynx torquilla) U
Black-crowned
Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps) CB
Dunn's Lark
(Eremalauda dunni) UHB
Bar-tailed Lark
(Ammomanes cinctura) UB
Desert Lark
(Ammomanes deserti) UHB
Greater Hoopoe
Lark (Alaemon alaudipes) CB
Thick-billed
Lark (Rhamphocoris clotbey) RHB
Calandra Lark
(Melanocorypha calandra) V
Bimaculated Lark
(Melanocorypha bimaculata) UHB
Greater
Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) AB
Lesser
Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) VCB
Crested Lark
(Galerida cristata) VCB
Wood Lark
(Lullula arborea)
R
Eurasian Skylark
(Alauda arvensis) U
Oriental Skylark
(Alauda gulgula) S
Temminck's Lark
(Eremophila bilopha) UHB
Sand Martin
(Riparia riparia)
A
Rock Martin
(Ptyonoprogne fuligula) V
Eurasian Crag
Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) S
Barn Swallow
(Hirundo rusticola)
A
Red-rumped
Swallow (Hirundo daurica) C
Common House
Martin (Delichon urbica) A
Richard's Pipit
(Anthus richardi)
R
Blyth's
Pipit (Anthus godlewskii)
V
Tawny Pipit
(Anthus campestris) VC
Olive-backed
Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) R
Tree Pipit
(Anthus trivialis)
C
Meadow Pipit
(Anthus pratensis) S
Red-throated
Pipit (Anthus cervinus) VC
Water Pipit
(Anthus spinoletta)
C
Buff-bellied
Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
V
Yellow Wagtail
(Motacilla flava)
VC
Citrine Wagtail
(Motacilla citreola)
S
Grey Wagtail
(Motacilla cinerea)
U
White Wagtail
(Motacilla alba)
A
White-eared
Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys) AB
Red-vented
Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) CB
Grey Hypocolius
(Hypocolius ampelinus) U
Winter Wren
(Troglodytes troglodytes) V
Dunnock
(Prunella modularis)
V
Black-throated
Accentor (Prunella atrogularis) V
Rufous-tailed
Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) CB
Black Scrub
Robin (Cercotrichas podobe) V
European Robin
(Erithacus rubecula) U
Thrush
Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
U
Common
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) U
Bluethroat
(Luscinia svecica)
C
White-throated
Robin (Irania gutturalis) U
Eversmann's
Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus) V
Black Redstart
(Phoenicurus ochruros) U
Common Redstart
(Phoenicurus phoenicurus) VC
Whinchat
(Saxicola rubetra)
U
Common Stonechat
(Saxicola torquatus) U
Isabelline
Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellinus) VC
Northern
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) C
Pied Wheatear
(Oenanthe pleschanka) VC
Black-eared
Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) U
Desert Wheatear
(Oenanthe deserti) VC
Finsch's
Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)
S
Mourning
Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens) U
Kurdish Wheatear
(Oenanthe xanthoprymna) S
Red-tailed
Wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia) S
Hooded Wheatear
(Oenanthe monacha) V
Hume's Wheatear
(Oenanthe alboniger) V
White-crowned
Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopygia) R
Rufous-tailed
Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis) U
Blue Rock Thrush
(Monticola solitarius) U
Ring Ouzel
(Turdus torquatus)
V
Common Blackbird
(Turdus merula) S
Dusky Thrush
(Turdus naumanni) V
Dark-throated
Thrush (Turdus ruficollis) R
Fieldfare
(Turdus pilaris)
R
Song Thrush
(Turdus philomelos) C
Redwing
(Turdus iliacus)
R
Mistle Thrush
(Turdus viscivorus) R
Cetti's Warbler
(Cettia cetti)
U
Zitting
Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
V
Graceful Prinia
(Prinia gracilis)
CB
Common
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) S
River Warbler
(Locustella fluviatilis)
U
Savi's Warbler
(Locustella luscinioides) U
Moustached
Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) UB
Sedge Warbler
(Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) C
European Reed
Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) VCB
Marsh Warbler
(Acrocephalus palustris) C
Blyth's
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) V
Basra Reed
Warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis) C
Great Reed
Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) CHB
Oriental Reed
Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) V
Clamorous Reed
Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) U
Eastern
Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais pallida)
VCB
Syke's Warbler
(Hippolais rama) S
Upcher's Warbler
(Hippolais languida) C
Olive-tree
Warbler (Hippolais olivetorum)
V
Icterine Warbler
(Hippolais icterina) S
Blackcap
(Sylvia atricapilla)
VC
Garden Warbler
(Sylvia borin)
U
Barred Warbler
(Sylvia nisoria)
U
Lesser
Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
C
Eastern Orphean
Warbler (Sylvia crassirostris) U
Common
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) VC
Asian Desert
Warbler (Sylvia nana) C
Ménétries’s
Warbler (Sylvia mystacea) C
Greenish Warbler
(Phylloscopus trochiloides) R
Yellow-browed
Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) R
Hume's Leaf
Warbler (Phylloscopus humei) V
Wood Warbler
(Phylloscopus sibilitrax) S
Mountain
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus) R
Common
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
A
Willow Warbler
(Phylloscopus trochilus) A
Spotted
Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
VC
Red-breasted
Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) S
Semi-collared
Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata) U
Common Babbler
(Turdoides caudatus) V
Eurasian
Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) U
Eurasian Golden
Oriole (Oriolus oriolus) CHB
Isabelline
Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
C
Red-backed
Shrike (Lanius collurio)
VC
Lesser Grey
Shrike (Lanius minor)
U
Southern Grey
Shrike (Lanius meridionalis) C
Woodchat Shrike
(Lanius senator) CHB
Masked Shrike
(Lanius nubicus) C
House Crow
(Corvus splendens) UB
Rook (Corvus
frugilegus)
V
Brown-necked
Raven (Corvus ruficollis) SHB
Common Starling
(Sturnus vulgaris) VC
Rosy Starling
(Sturnus roseus) S
Common Myna
(Acridotheres tristis) VCB
Bank Myna
(Acridotheres ginginianus) UB
House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus) AB
Spanish Sparrow
(Passer hispaniolensis) VCB
Dead Sea Sparrow
(Passer moabiticus) V
Pale Rockfinch
(Petronia brachydactyla) UHB
Chestnut-shouldered Sparrow (Petronia xanthocollis)
UB
Indian
Silverbill (Euodice malabarica)
UHB
Common Chaffinch
(Fringilla coelebs) R
Brambling
(Fringilla montifringilla)
R
European
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
R
European Siskin
(Carduelis spinus) R
Common Linnet
(Carduelis cannabina) R
Desert Finch
(Rhodospiza obsoleta) V
Trumpeter Finch
(Bucanetes githagineus) U
Common Rosefinch
(Carpodacus erythrinus) S
Yellowhammer
(Emberiza citrinella) V
Rock Bunting
(Emberiza cia)
V
Cinereous
Bunting (Emberiza cineracea) S
Ortolan Bunting
(Emberiza hortulana) C
Rustic Bunting
(Emberiza rustica)
V
Little Bunting
(Emberiza pusilla)
R
Common Reed
Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) R
Red-headed
Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps) R
Black-headed
Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala) S
Corn Bunting
(Emberiza calandra) C
OTHER
SPECIES:
(2) SPECIES OF
BIRDS OF CAPTIVE ORIGIN
The Species of
Birds of Captive Origin are those species whose occurrence is judged
to involve, either certainly or probably, only deliberately released
or escaped individuals of species which have bred or been recorded
in the wild elsewhere in the OSME region, but which are not
established breeders in Kuwait.
Chukar
(Alectoris chukar)
See-see
Partridge (Ammoperdix griseogularis)
Black Francolin
(Francolinus francolinus)
Grey Crowned
Crane (Balearica regulorum)
African Collared
Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea), including Barbary
Dove (which has bred), and
Albinos
Bruce's Green
Pigeon (Treron waalia)
Alexandrine
Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
Budgerigar
(Melopsittacus undulatus)
Yellow-vented
Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Bearded
Reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
Black Drongo
(Dicrurus macrocercus)
Common Magpie
(Pica pica)
Wattled
Starling (Creatophora cineracea)
Brahminy Myna
(Sturnus pagodarum)
Streaked Weaver
(Ploceus manyar)
Red Avadavat
(Amandava amandava)
Zebra Waxbill
(Amandava subflava)
OTHER
SPECIES:
(3) THE SPECIES
OF BIRDS REQUIRING CONFIRMATION
The Species of
Birds Requiring Confirmation are those species which have been
published as occurring in Kuwait, but which require confirmation
because:
1- no
description was written for any record,
2- one or more
descriptions are available, but are judged not to be acceptable by
modern standards, or
3- the
identification was not claimed or listed as completely certain.
Wilson's
Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
African Darter
(Anhinga rufa)
Indian Pond
Heron (Ardeola grayii)
Lesser
White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
Long-tailed
Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Common Scoter (Melanitta
nigra)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta
fusca)
Red Kite (Milvus
milvus)
Eleonora’s
Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis
apricaria)
Purple
Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Armenian Gull (Larus
armenicus)
Iceland Gull
(Larus glaucoides)
Great
Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Kittiwake (Rissa
tridactyla)
Roseate Tern (Sterna
dougalli)
Black Tern
(Chlidonias niger)
Striated Scops
Owl (Otus brucei)
Tawny Owl
(Strix aluco)
Hume’s Tawny
Owl (Strix butleri)
Green
Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
Long-billed
Pipit (Anthus similis)
Guldenstadt’s
Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)
Blackstart
(Cercomela melanura)
Eastern Pied
Wheatear (Oenanthe picata)
Scrub Wheatear
(Scotocerca inquieta)
Paddyfield
Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
Melodious
Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)
Spectacled
Warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)
Subalpine
Warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
Sardinian
Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
Cyprus Warbler
(Sylvia melanothorax)
Ruppell’s
Warbler (Sylvia rueppelli)
Bonelli’s
Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli)
Radde’s Warbler
(Phylloscopus schwarzi)
Dusky Warbler
(Phylloscopus fuscatus)
Collared
Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
Pied Flycatcher
(Ficedula hypoleuca)
Iraq Babbler (Turdoides
altirostris)
Hooded Crow (Corvus
corone cornix)
Arabian Golden
Sparrow (Passer euchlorus)
Serin (Serinus
serinus)
Cretzschmar’s
Bunting (Emberiza caesia)
House Bunting (Emberiza
striolata)
NOTES ON
SELECTED SPECIES IN THE YEAR 2004
Greylag Goose
(Anser anser)
One found dead
at Ras Subiya on 2.2.2004.
Common Shelduck
(Tadorna tadorna)
Maximum 120 at
Sulaibikhat Bay on 20.2.2004.
Eurasian Wigeon
(Anas penelope)
Maximum 35 on
Warba Island on 29.1.2004.
Gadwall
(Anas strepera)
One male at
Sabah Al-Salem on 29.10.2004 and two at Jahra East Outfall on
25.11.2004.
Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos)
Maximum nine at
Sulaibikhat Bay on 30.1.2004.
Northern
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Three at Sabah
Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 11.11.2004.
Northern
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Maximum 48 at
Sulaibikhat on 26.11.2004.
Crested Honey
Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
One at Abdali
Farms on 12.4.2004. A juvenile in the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve
on 22.9.2004.
Hen Harrier
(Circus cyaneus)
Single adult
males at Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 8.9.2004 and on Bubiyan
Island on 21.9.2004.
Northern
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
One found dead
at Hujaijah on 16.4.2004.
Shikra
(Accipiter badius)
A juvenile male
found dead at Hujaijah on 1.10.2004, a juvenile female found dead at
Hujaijah on 15.10.2004, a juvenile male in the Sabah Al-Ahmed
Natural Reserve on 16.10.2004, two juveniles found dead at Al-Abraq
Al-Khabari on 22.10.2004 and a juvenile seen at Sabriya Farm on
19.11.2004. A remarkable year for this species.
Levant
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes)
Two on Bubiyan
Island on 21.9.2004, an adult male at Sabriya Farm on 1.10.2004 and
a juvenile found dead at Al-Abraq Al-Khabari on 15.11.2004. A very
good year for this species.
Long-legged
Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
An adult at
Jahra Farms on 11.6.2004 was present in the breeding season.
Booted Eagle
(Hieraaetus pennatus)
Singles in the
Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 11.3.2004 and 26.3.2004, and at
Hujaijah on 16.4.2004.
Lesser Kestrel
(Falco naumanni)
A wintering bird
in the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 2.1.2004 and 15.1.2004.
Sooty Falcon
(Falco concolor)
Singles on a
wrecked ship off Bubiyan Island on 29.4.2004, at Fintas on 31.5.2004
and at Jahra Farms on 8.10.2004.
Saker (Falco
cherrug)
One trapped at
Adaira on 6.10.2004.
Great Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax carbo)
Maximum 850 at
Sulaibikhat Bay on 17.3.2004.
Socotra
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis)
Singles at
Al-Zour on 22.1.2004, 13.5.2004 and 14.5.2004. A poor year for this
species, although coverage at Al-Zour was reduced.
Little Bittern
(Ixobrychus minutus)
Confirmed
breeding at Sabah Al-Salem on 8.6.2004 and at Sewer Plant Reeds on
14.6.2004, with not-fully-grown juveniles observed.
Squacco Heron
(Ardeola ralloides)
An adult was
seen carrying food at Sewer Plant Reeds on 8.6.2004.
Cattle Egret
(Bubulcus ibis)
Maximum 15 at
Jahra Farms on 1.1.2004.
Western Reef
Egret (Egretta gularis)
Observed nesting
on Bubiyan Island from 18.3.2004, with eggs and pulli observed on
25.3.2004.
Little Egret
(Egretta garzetta)
Maximum four at
Sabah Al-Salem on 2.12.2004, presumably wintering birds.
Grey Heron
(Ardea cinerea)
Observed nesting
on Bubiyan Island on 18.3.2004, with eggs and pulli observed on
25.3.2004.
Purple Heron
(Ardea purpurea)
Maximum 20 at
Pipeline Beach on 5.9.2004.
Eurasian
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Observed nesting
on Bubiyan Island on 18.3.2004, with eggs and pulli observed on
15.4.2004.
Greater
Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Maximum 2000 at
Sulaibikhat Bay on 4.2.2004.
Common Quail
(Coturnix coturnix)
Maximum three at
Sabah Al-Salem on 5.10.2004.
Water Rail
(Rallus aquaticus)
Small numbers
continued to be resident at Sabah Al-Salem and at Jahra East
Outfall.
Spotted Crake
(Porzana porzana)
Small numbers
continued to be resident at Sabah Al-Salem and at Jahra East
Outfall.
Little Crake
(Porzana parva)
Small numbers
continued to be resident at Sabah Al-Salem where breeding was
confirmed on 31.5.2004 and on 14.9.2004, with not-fully-grown
juveniles observed.
Eurasian Coot
(Fulica atra)
Confirmed
breeding at Sabah Al-Salem on 14.5.2004, with two non-flying
juveniles observed.
Macqueen's
Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueeni)
Two in the Sabah
Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve from 24.12.2004. A single reported in
northern Kuwait in mid-December.
Eurasian
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Maximum 175 on
Bubiyan Island on 4.2.2004.
Black-winged
Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Maximum 31 at
Sulaibikhat Bay on 15.3.2004. Two recently-fledged juveniles were at
Sewer Plant Reeds on 1.6.2004 but must have hatched elsewhere.
Crab Plover
(Dromas ardeola)
About 1500
active nest holes found on Bubiyan Island on 28.4.2004, making a
total of about 1600 known active nest holes - probably the largest
breeding area in the world.
Collared
Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
Maximum 10 on
Bubiyan Island on 7.5.2004.
Little Ringed
Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Maximum eight at
Sabah Al-Salem on 5.10.2004.
Caspian Plover
(Charadrius asiaticus)
One at
Sulaibikhat Nature Reserve on 23.8.2004. One at Sabah Al-Salem on
23.9.2004. Probably greatly under-recorded.
Eurasian
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
Five in the
Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 11.11.2004.
Pacific Golden
Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
One at
Sulaibikhat Bay on 9.1.2003.
Grey Plover
(Pluvialis squatarola)
Maximum 27 at
Sulaibikhat Bay on 30.1.2004.
Northern
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Six in the Sabah
Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve from 17.11.2004 - 10.12.2004.
Red-wattled
Lapwing (Hoplopterus indicus)
Seven at Abdali
Farms on 18.3.2004. One at Jahra East Outfall on 25.10.2004.
Great Knot
(Calidris tenuirostris)
11 on eastern
Bubiyan Island on 11.3.2004, 19 on western Bubiyan island on
25.3.2004 and seven on eastern Bubiyan Island on 18.10.2004. The
first records for Kuwait of a species that is probably regular in
winter.
Little Stint
(Calidris minutus)
Maximum 200 at
Jahra East Outfall on 24.9.2004.
Curlew
Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Maximum 9 at
Sabah Al-Salem on 13.5.2004.
Broad-billed
Sandpiper (Limicola falcinella)
Maximum 17 on
Bubiyan Island on 18.10.2004.
Ruff
(Philomachus pugnax)
Maximum 11 at
Sewer Plant Reeds on 5.9.2004.
Bar-tailed
Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Maximum 180 on
Bubiyan and Warba Islands on 25.3.2004.
Green Sandpiper
(Tringa ochropus)
Maximum 11 at
Jahra East Outfall on 5.12.2004.
Wood Sandpiper
(Tringa glareola)
Maximum 17 on
Bubiyan Island on 29.4.2004.
Common
Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Maximum three at
Jahra East Outfall on 2.5.2004.
Terek Sandpiper
(Xenus cinereus)
Maximum 270 on
Warba Island on 29.1.2004.
Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)
Maximum 18 on
Bubiyan Island on 18.10.2004.
Pallas’s Gull
(Larus icthyaetus)
Maximum 38 at
Al-Zour on 16.1.2004.
Slender-billed
Gull (Larus genei)
About 1500 pulli
in crèches, 250 attending adults, 100 nests and 15 eggs were
discovered on Bubiyan Island on 28.5.2004.
Lesser
Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Maximum 152 on
Bubiyan island on 4.2.2004.
Caspian Gull
(Larus cachinnans)
Maximum 338 on
Bubiyan Island on 4.2.2004.
Gull-billed
Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
617 nests, many
with eggs and young, on Bubiyan and Warba Islands on 25.3.2004.
Caspian Tern
(Sterna caspia)
About 250 nests
with eggs and young on Bubiyan Island on 15.4.2004.
Greater Crested
Tern (Sterna bergii)
About 600 nests
with eggs and young on Bubiyan Island on 15.4.2004.
Lesser Crested
Tern (Sterna bengalensis)
Maximum 320 on
Bubiyan Island on 4.2.2004.
Sandwich Tern
(Sterna sandvicensis)
Maximum 25 at
Al-Zour on 22.1.2004.
White-winged
Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
10 were on
Bubiyan Island on 7.5.2004. Seven at Jahra East Outfall on 21.5.2004
included a juvenile that must have hatched nearby, possibly at South
Doha Nature Reserve. 14 were at Sabah Al-Salem on 23.9.2004.
Stock Dove
(Columba oenas)
A single at Umm
Al-Aish on 30.11.2004.
Common
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
One at Jahra
Farms on 13.5.2004 and four at Abdali Farms on 17.9.2004.
African Collared
Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea)
Two birds in the
Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve throughout the year. One at Sabah
Al-Salem on 14.5.2004. At least two at Kabd from 1.9.2004 to the end
of the year. This species may be about to colonise Kuwait.
Rufous Turtle
Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
Juveniles at
Rawdatain on 17.9.2004, Bubiyan Island on 21.9.2004 and the Sabah
Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 25.10.2004.
Namaqua Dove
(Oena capensis)
Birds were seen
at Power Plant Reeds, Jahra, Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve,
Bnaider, Sabah Al-Salem, Abdali Farms and Hujaijah. This species has
successfully colonised Kuwait.
Rose-ringed
Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Confirmed
breeding at Abu Halifa in May, and at Jahra Farms in June
(apparently the first confirmed breeding records in Kuwait).
Great Spotted
Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
Up to two in the
Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve from 19.3.2004 to at least 26.3.2004.
Barn Owl
(Tyto alba)
One at Salmiya
on 10.11.2004.
Alpine Swift
(Apus melba)
One on Bubiyan
Island on 7.5.2004.
White-throated
Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
At least one
bird at Jahra Farms throughout the year, with others recorded at
Fahaheel, Abdali Farms and Al-Abraq Al-Khabari from October to
December.
European Roller
(Coracias garrulus)
An adult in
possible breeding habitat at Judailiyat (ABBA square NB35) from 9 to
at least 25 July, and a newly-fledged juvenile in the same square at
Sulaibikhat Nature Reserve on 19 July. However, there is some chance
that breeding was not in this square.
Black-crowned
Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)
Up to four in
the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve throughout the year. Family
parties of adults with newly-fledged young seen at southern Abdali
Farms (NB36) on 14 May and at Sewer Plant Reeds on 8 June.
Dunn's Lark
(Eremalauda dunni)
Up to two were
recorded in the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve throughout the year,
with a flightless juvenile photographed on 19.5.2004 (1st
Kuwait breeding record). Two at Bahra on 14.5.2004.
Greater Hoopoe
Lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
Maximum five in
the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 22.4.2004.
Greater
Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachdactyla)
Female
photographed on nest in Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve in May.
Eurasian
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Maximum nine in
the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 8.1.2004.
Rock Martin
(Ptyoprogne fuligula)
One at Jahra
East Outfall on 5.12.2004.
Crag Martin
(Ptyoprogne rupestris)
One at Hujaijah
on 30.4.2004.
Barn Swallow
(Hirundo rustica)
A fully-fledged
juvenile flying together with a pair of adults over Jahra Pool on 11
June. The juvenile must almost certainly have hatched in Kuwait, but
the exact ABBA square is uncertain. Additionally, there was an adult
male perched at Jahra Farms on the same day. The inaccessible area
of Jahra Ponds seems a possible breeding site.
Olive-backed
Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
Single birds at
Al-Abraq Al-Khabari on 3.12.2004 and at Jahra Farms on 6.12.2004.
Citrine Wagtail
(Motacilla citreola)
One at Sewer
Plant Reeds on 5.9.2004.
Grey Hypocolius
(Hypocolius ampelinus)
Singles were at
Al-Zour on 1.1.2004, 9.1.2004, 21.1.2004, 26.1.2004 and 20.2.2004.
At least 25 were in the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve from 3 to
13.11.2004 and a single was at Jahra Farms on 6.12.2004. About 25
birds roosted in Kuwait City from 10-13.11.2004.
Rufous-tailed
Scrub Robin (Cercotriches galactotes)
About 15 pairs
were on territory at the Mohammed Al-Ajmi Farm, Abdali, in May.
Confirmed breeding at Sabriya Farm on 10.6.2004 and at Jahra Pool
Reserve on 11.6.2004.
White-throated
Robin (Irania gutturalis)
Maximum four at
Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 26.3.2004.
Eversmann's
Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)
A male at
Sabriya Farm on 23.1.2004.
Finsch's
Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)
Singles at Power
Plant Reeds on 23.9.2004, and at Al-Abraq Al-Khabari from 3.12.2004
to the end of the year.
Kudish Wheatear
(Oenanthe xanthoprymna)
Singles in the
Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 11.3.2004 and 26.3.2004.
Red-tailed
Wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia)
One at Qaisat on
8.10.2004.
Blue Rock
Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
Maximum six in
the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 11.3.2004.
Common
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Singles at
Al-Abraq Al-Khabari from 15.11.2004 and at Jahra Farms on
10.12.2004.
Dark-throated
Thrush (Turdus ruficollis)
Three at the
Mohammed Al-Ajmi Farm, Abdali on 17.1.2003 and seven at Jahra Farms
on 7.2.2003.
Savi's Warbler
(Locustella lusciniodes)
One singing at
Jahra East Outfall for months from 1.5.2003.
Moustached
Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
One singing at
Sabah Al-Salem on 8.6.2004.
European Reed
Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Confirmed
breeding at Sewer Plant Reeds on 14.6.2004 with six young observed.
Clamorous Reed
Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
Pairs observed
and song heard for months from February at Jahra East Outfall, Sabah
Al-Salem and Sewer Plant Reeds.
Great Reed
Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
Pairs observed
and song heard for months from March at Jahra East Outfall and Sewer
Plant Reeds.
Oriental Reed
Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)
One at Tulha on
20.4.2004.
Basra Reed
Warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis)
One singing at
Sewer Plant Reeds on 8.6.2004. Otherwise recorded at Al-Zour, Abdali
Farms, Jahra Farms, Sabah Al-Salem and Jahra East Outfall.
Eastern
Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais pallida)
Maximum 12 at
Abdali Farms on 30.4.2004, with song heard there from 12.4.2004.
Confirmed breeding at Sabriya Farm on 10.6.2004.
Syke's Warbler
(Hippolais rama)
Singles in
possible breeding habitat at Abdali Farms on 8.5.2004 and 3.6.2004,
and at Qaisat on 8.5.2004. Also, a bird seemingly intermediate
between Syke's Warbler and Olivaceous Warbler at Abdali Farms on
8.5.2004. Single migrants in the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on
26.3.2004 and at Hujaijah on 1.10.2004.
Icterine
Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
One in the Sabah
Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on .
Eastern Orphean
Warbler (Sylvia crassirostris)
Two in the Sabah
Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 26.3.2004, and one there on 10.9.2004.
Barred Warbler
(Sylvia nisoria)
Maximum three at
Al-Zour on 2.5.2003.
Willow Warbler
(Phylloscopus trochilus)
One at Abdali
Farms on 23.1.2004 was apparently wintering.
Greenish
Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
One at Subiya on
29.4.2004.
Spotted
Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Maximum 8 at
Jahra Farms on 13.5.2004.
Red-breasted
Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
Maximum five at
Al-Abraq Al-Khabari on 22.10.2004.
Common Babbler
(Turdoides caudatus)
A single at
Al-Zour between 10.4.2004 and 29.4.2004 could have been the
previously long-staying bird reappearing. A group of at least four
at Abdali Farms on 10.9.2004 included one singing bird.
Eurasian Golden
Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
Pair first seen
at Jahra Farms on 21.5.2004 (presumably missed previously), then two
not-fully-grown juveniles at on 6.6.2004 (1st Kuwait confirmed
breeding record), and an adult female and one juvenile seen there on
11.6.2004. Six adults at Sabriya Farm on 8.5.2004, with a pair
remaining until at least 27.5.2004 and an adult female until at
least 10.6.2004. An adult female on Green Island on 22.5.2004. This
species appears to be a secretive breeder and could well have bred
undiscovered before in Kuwait.
Red-backed
Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Maximum 120 on
Bubiyan Island on 7.5.2004.
Lesser Grey
Shrike (Lanius minor)
Maximum three at
Al-Zour on 16.5.2004.
Southern Grey
Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
Maximum three at
Al-Zour on 8.3.2004.
House Crow
(Corvus splendens)
One at Shuwaikh
on 4.6.2004.
Brown-necked
Raven (Corvus ruficollis)
One found dead
at Ras Subiya on 17.9.2004.
Rosy Starling
(Sturnus roseus)
Singles at Dasma
on 16.1.2004, at Tulha on 14.5.004 and at Al-Zour on 11.5.2004, two
at Salmiya on 1.9.2004, and three at Sharq on 18.9.2004.
Bank Mynah
(Acridotheres ginginianus)
Two at Sabah
Al-Salem on 14.5.2004. Two at Jahra Farms on 21.5.2004 and
10.6.2004.
Spanish Sparrow
(Passer hispaniolensis)
A small colony
built nests, but then abandoned them, at the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural
Reserve, in March. A juvenile was at Jahra Farms on 13.5.2004. Up to
four adults at Sabriya Farm from April and three newly fledged
juveniles there on 10.6.2004.
Chestnut-shouldered Sparrow (Petronia xanthocollis)
At least one
pair present from 16.4.2004 at Tulha in the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural
Reserve, and breeding confirmed by a not-fully-grown juvenile
photographed there several times in May. One in possible breeding
habitat at Abdali Farms on 8.5.2004. Two at Sabriya Farm on
3.6.2004.
Red Avadavat
(Amandava amandava)
A male at Sabah
Al-Salem on 13.6.2004.
Indian
Silverbill (Euodice malabarica)
Maximum 25 at
Al-Rai on 22.1.2004. One or two also recorded at Al-Zour, Sabah
Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve and at Salem Al-Salem, where breeding was
confirmed on 11.6.2004, with two not-fully-grown juveniles were
accompanied by two adults.
European
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
One in the Sabah
Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 20.5.2004.
European Siskin
(Carduelis spinus)
Maximum 19 at
Al-Abraq Al-Khabari on 19.12.2004.
Desert Finch
(Rhodospiza obsoleta)
An adult female
and a juvenile in the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 20.5.2004. A
juvenile at Jahra Farms on 11.6.2004. One at Al-Abraq Al-Khabari on
15.11.2004.
Trumpeter Finch
(Bucanetes githagineus)
Two in the Sabah
Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 20.5.2004, and one there on 10 and 11
September.
Common
Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
Singles in the
Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 20.5.2004 and 28.8.2004.
Cinereous
Bunting (Emberiza cineracea)
Up to three in
the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve from 19.3.2004 until at least
26.3.2004.
Ortolan Bunting
(Emberiza hortulana)
Maximum 11 in
the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 16.4.2004.
Black-headed
Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
At least two in
the Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 13.5.2004, and one there on
8.9.2004.
Corn Bunting
(Milaria calandra)
Maximum 18 at
Sabah Al-Salem on 2.12.2004.
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