Kuwait Birds 3

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Cettiidae (Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies)

**Cetti’s Warbler** *Cettia cetti*
دُخَّلَةُ إتْشَتِيَّةٌ

Phylloscopidae (Leaf Warblers & Allies)

**Wood Warbler** *Phylloscopus sibilatrix*
ذُعَرَةٌ غَابِيَّةٌ

**Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler** *Phylloscopus orientalis*
دُخَّلَةٌ بُونلِيَّةٌ شَرْقِيَّةٌ

Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei — **Hume’s Leaf Warbler** *Phylloscopus humei*
دُخَّلَةٌ إهْيُومِيَّةٌ

Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus — **Yellow-browed Warbler** *Phylloscopus inornatus*
ذُعَرَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ حَاجِبٍ

Dusky Warbler on a date palm tree leaf — **Dusky Warbler** *Phylloscopus fuscatus*
دُخَّلَةٌ مُعْتِمَةٌ

Plain Leaf Warbler perching on a branch — **Plain Leaf Warbler** *Phylloscopus neglectus*
ذُعَرَةٌ مُصْمَتَةٌ

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus — **Willow Warbler** *Phylloscopus trochilus*
ذُعَرَةٌ صَفْفَافِيَّةٌ

Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus — **Caucasian Chiffchaff** *Phylloscopus lorenzii*
ذُعَرَةٌ جَبَلِيَّةٌ

**Common Chiffchaff** Phylloscopus collybita ذُعَرَةٌ شَائِعَةٌ

Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus — **Green Warbler** *Phylloscopus nitidus*
ذُعَرَةٌ خَضْرَاءُ

Acrocephalidae (Reed Warblers & Allies)

**Basra Reed Warbler** *Acrocephalus griseldis*
دَخْنَاءُ بِصْرِيَّةٌ

**Great Reed Warbler** *Acrocephalus arundinaceus*
دَخْنَاءُ كَبِيرَةٌ

**Clamorous Reed Warbler** *Acrocephalus stentoreus brunnescens*
دَخْنَاءُ هِنْدِيَّةٌ

Moustached Warbler on a reed stem — **Moustached Warbler** *Acrocephalus melanopogon*
دَخْنَاءُ مُشّوْرَبَةٌ

**Sedge Warbler** *Acrocephalus schoenobaenus*
دَخْنَاءُ بَرْدِيَّةٌ

Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola — **Paddyfield Warbler** *Acrocephalus agricola*
دَخْنَاءُ أَرُزِّيَّةٌ

**Blyth’s Reed Warbler** *Acrocephalus dumetorum*
دَخْنَاءُ إبْلايثِيَّةٌ

Caspian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus (scirpaceus) fuscus — **Eurasian Reed Warbler** *Acrocephalus (scirpaceus) fuscus*
دَخْنَاءُ قَزْوِينِيَّةٌ

Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris — **Marsh Warbler** *Acrocephalus palustris*
دَخْنَاءُ مُسْتَنْقَعِيَّةٌ

**Booted Warbler** *Iduna caligata*
دَخْنَاءُ سَوْقَاءُ

Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama — **Sykes’s Warbler** *Iduna rama*
دَخْنَاءُ سَايْكسيَّةٌ

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida — **Eastern Olivaceous Warbler** *Iduna pallida*
دَخْنَاءُ زَيْتِىَّةٌ شَرْقِيَّةٌ

**Upcher’s Warbler** *Hippolais languida*
دَخْنَاءُ وَادِيَّةٌ

Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
(Photo not available)

**Icterine Warbler** *Hippolais icterina*
دَخْنَاءُ صَفْرَاءُ

Locustellidae (Grassbirds & Allies)

Eastern Grasshopper Warbler hoping on grass — **Common Grasshopper Warbler** *Locustella naevia straminea*
دُخَّلَةٌ جُنْدُبِيَّةٌ شَرْقِيَّةٌ

A River Warbler sitting on a log — **River Warbler** *Locustella fluviatilis*
دُخَّلَةٌ نَهْرِيَّةٌ

Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides — **Savi’s Warbler** *Locustella luscinioid*
دُخَّلَةٌ سَافِيِّةٌ

Cisticolidae (Cisticolas & Allies)

**Zitting Cisticola** *Cisticola juncidis*
نِمْنِمَةٌ مُخَطَّطَةٌ

Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis — **Graceful Prinia** *Prinia gracilis*
نِمْنِمَةٌ ذَنُوبٌ

Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes & Allies)

Afghan Babbler Turdoides (caudata) huttoni — **Afghan Babbler** *Turdoides (caudata) huttoni*
بَلَنْصِيٌّ أَفْغَانِيٌّ

Sylviidae (Sylviid Babblers)

**Eurasian Blackcap** *Sylvia atricapilla*
دُخَّلَةٌ مُقَلْنَسَةٌ أَوْرَاسِيَّةٌ

**Garden Warbler** *Sylvia borin*
دُخَّلَةٌ مُؤْدَنَةٌ

Barred Warbler on date palm leaves — **Barred Warbler** *Sylvia nisoria*
دُخَّلَةٌ كَحْلاَءُ

Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca — **Lesser Whitethroat** *Sylvia curruca*
زَوْرَاءٌ صَغِيرَةٌ

Hume's Whitethroat on ground — **Hume’s Whitethroat** *Sylvia althaea*
زَوْرَاءٌ إهْيُومِيَّةٌ

**Eastern Orphean** **Warbler** *Sylvia crassirostris*
دُخَّلَةٌ حَدَائِقِيَّةٌ شَرْقِيَّةٌ

Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana — **Asian Desert Warbler** *Curruca nana*
دُخَّلَةٌ صَحْرَاوِيَّةٌ آسْيَوِيَّةٌ

Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis — **Common Whitethroat** *Sylvia communis*
زَوْرَاءٌ شَائِعَةٌ

**Ménétries’s Warbler** *Curruca mystacea*
دُخَّلَةٌ رَأْسَاءُ

Regulidae (Goldcrests, Kinglets)

Goldcrest Regulus regulus — **Goldcrest** *Regulus regulus*
مُذْهَبَةُ قُنَّةٌ

Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
صَعْوَةٌ

Sturnidae (Starlings, Rhabdornis)

**Bank Myna** *Acridotheres ginginianus*
مَايْنَا ضِفِّيَّةٌ

**Common Myna** *Acridotheres tristis*
مَايْنَا شَائِعَةٌ

**Rose-coloured Starling** *Pastor roseus*
زَرْزُورٌ وَرْدٌ

Common Starling on bermuda grass — **Common Starling** *Sturnus vulgaris*
زَرْزُورٌ شَائِعٌ

Turdidae (Thrushes)

**Ring Ouzel** *Turdus torquatus*
ضُجْرَةٌ

**Common Blackbird** *Turdus merula*
شُحْرُورٌ أَوْرَاسِيٌّ

Black-throated Thrush standing on the ground — Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
سُمْنَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ زُورٍ

Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
(Photo not available)

Fieldfare Turdus pilaris — **Fieldfare** *Turdus pilaris*
سُمْنَةٌ حَقْلِيَّةٌ

Redwing perching on date palm leaves — **Redwing** *Turdus iliacus*
حَمْرَاءُ جَنَاحٍ

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos — **Song Thrush** *Turdus philomelos*
سُمْنَةٌ مُغَرِّدَةٌ

**Mistle Thrush** *Turdus viscivorus*
سُمْنَةٌ دِبْقِيَّةٌ

Muscicapidae (Chats & Old World Flycatchers)

A Black Scrub Robin fanning its tail — **Black Scrub Robin** *Cercotrichas podobe*
سُوَادِيَّةٌ

**Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin** *Cercotrichas galactotes*
شَوَّالَةٌ

**Spotted Flycatcher** *Muscicapa striata*
ذُبَابِيٌّ مُنَقَّطٌ

A European Robin standing on a branch — **European Robin** *Erithacus rubecula*
حِنَّائِيٌّ أَوْرُوبِيٌّ

Bluethroat on a tree — **Bluethroat** *Luscinia svecica*
زَرْقَاءُ صَدْرٍ

Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia — **Thrush Nightingale** *Luscinia luscinia*
عَنْدَلِيبٌ

**Common Nightingale** *Luscinia megarhynchos*
هَزَارٌ شَائعٌ

White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis — **White-throated Robin** *Irania gutturalis*
حِنَّائِيٌّ أَزْوَرُ

**Collared Flycatcher** *Ficedula albicollis*
ذُبَابِيٌّ مُطَوَّقٌ

Semi-collared Flycatcher perching on a branch — **Semi-collared Flycatcher** *Ficedula semitorquata*
ذُبَابِيٌّ نِصْفُ مُطَوَّقٍ

Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva — **Red-breasted** **Flycatcher** *Ficedula parva*
ذُبَابِيٌّ أَحْمَرُ صَدْرٍ

**Taiga Flycatcher** Ficedula albicilla
ذُبَابِيٌّ تَايْجِيٌّ

**Eversmann’s Redstart** *Phoenicurus erythronotus*
حُمَيْرَاءٌ كَتْفَاءُ

Black Redstart on a branch — **Asian Black Redstart** *Phoenicurus ochruros phoenicuroides*
حُمَيْرَاءٌ سَوْدَاءُ آسْيَوِيَّةٌ

Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus — **Common Redstart** *Phoenicurus phoenicurus*
حُمَيْرَاءٌ شَائِعَةٌ

Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis — **Common Rock Thrush** *Monticola saxatilis*
سُمْنَةٌ صَخْرِيَّةٌ شَائعَةٌ

Blue Rock Thrush perching on a rock — **Blue Rock Thrush** *Monticola solitarius*
سُمْنَةٌ صَخْرِيَّةٌ زَرْقَاءُ غَرْبِيَّةٌ

**Whinchat** *Saxicola rubetra*
بِرْقَشٌ أَحْمَرُ

**European Stonechat** *Saxicola rubicola*
بِرْقَشٌ أَوْرُوبِيٌّ

**Caspian Stonechat** *Saxicola maurus hemprichii*
بِرْقَشٌ قَزْوينِيٌّ

Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata — **Pied Bush Chat** *Saxicola caprata*
بِرْقَشٌ أَبْقَعٌ

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe — **Northern Wheatear** *Oenanthe oenanthe*
دُرْجَةٌ شَمَالِيَّةٌ

**Isabelline Wheatear** *Oenanthe isabellina*
دُرْجَةٌ شَائعَةٌ

Hooded Wheatear on the ground — **Hooded Wheatear** *Oenanthe monacha*
فَقَاقَةٌ مُقَلْنَسَةٌ

Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti — **Desert Wheatear** *Oenanthe deserti*
فَقَاقَةٌ صَحْرَاوِيَّةٌ

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca — **Eastern Black-eared Wheatear** *Oenanthe melanoleuca*
فَقَاقَةٌ غَشْوَاءُ شَرْقِيَّةٌ

Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka — **Pied Wheatear** *Oenanthe pleschanka*
فَقَاقَةٌ بَقْعَاءُ

Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
(Photo not available)

White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga — **White-crowned Wheatear** *Oenanthe leucopyga*
فَقَاقَةٌ شَكْلاَءُ

Hume's Wheatear raising wing while landing — **Hume’s Wheatear** *Oenanthe albonigra*
فَقَاقَةٌ إهْيُومِيَّةٌ

**Finsch’s Wheatear** *Oenanthe finschii*
فَقَاقَةٌ قَنْفَاءُ

Eastern Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens — **Eastern Mourning Wheatear** *Oenanthe lugens*
فَقَاقَةٌ حَزِينَةٌ شَرْقِيَّةٌ

Kurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna — **Kurdish Wheatear** *Oenanthe xanthoprymna*
فَقَاقَةٌ كُرْدِيَّةٌ

Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia — **Red-tailed Wheatear** *Oenanthe chrysopygia*
فَقَاقَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ ذَنَبٍ

Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

**Purple Sunbird** *Cinnyris asiaticus*
تُمَّيْـرٌ أُرْجُوَانٌ

Passeridae (Old World Sparrows & Snowfinches)

**House Sparrow** *Passer domesticus*
عُصْفُورٌ دُورِيٌّ

Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis — **Spanish Sparrow** *Passer hispaniolensis*
عُصْفُورٌ أَسْبَانِيٌّ

**Dead Sea Sparrow** *Passer moabiticus*
عُصْفُورٌ فِلَسْطِينِيٌّ

Pale Rockfinch on ground near water — **Pale Rockfinch** *Carpospiza brachydactyla*
عُصْفُورٌ صَخْرِيٌّ فَاتِحٌ

Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis — **Yellow-throated Sparrow** *Gymnoris xanthocollis*
عُصْفُورٌ أَصْفَرُ زَوْرٍ

Ploceidae (Weavers)

**Rüppell’s Weaver** *Ploceus galbula*
تُبُشِّرٌ

Estrildidae (Waxbills, Munias & Allies)

Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica — **Indian Silverbill** *Lonchura* *malabarica*
فِضِيُّ مِنْقَارٍ هِنْدِيٌّ

Prunellidae (Accentors)

**Radde’s Accentor** *Prunella ocularis*
شَوْكِيٌّ أَدْغَمُ

Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
(Photo not available)

**Dunnock** *Prunella modularis*
شَوْكِيٌّ أَوْرُوبِيٌّ

Motacillidae (Wagtails, Pipits)

**Forest Wagtail** *Dendronanthus indicus*
أَصْقَعٌ غَابِيٌّ

Western Wagtail Motacilla (flava) beema — Western Wagtail Motacilla flava beema رَاعِيَةٌ مُرْمَدَةٌ

Eastern Yellow Wagtail
رَاعِيَةٌ شَرْقِيَّة
(Photo not available)

A beautiful male Citrine Wagtail in breeding plumage — **Citrine Wagtail** *Motacilla citreola*
رَاعِيَةٌ صَقْعَاءُ

A male Grey Wagtail feeding on the ground — **Grey Wagtail** *Motacilla cinerea*
رَاعِيَةٌ زَرْقَاءُ

White Wagtail Motacilla alba — **White Wagtail** *Motacilla alba*
أَصْقَعٌ أَبْيَضُ

Richard’s Pipit standing in grass — **Richard’s Pipit** *Anthus richardi*
جُشْنَةٌ رِيتْشَارْدِيَّةٌ

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris — **Tawny Pipit** *Anthus campestris*
جُشْنَةٌ صَحْمَاءُ

Meadow Pipit standing on green grass — **Meadow Pipit** *Anthus pratensis*
جُشْنَةٌ مُرُوجِيَّةٌ

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis — **Tree Pipit** *Anthus trivialis*
جُشْنَةٌ شَجَرِيَّةٌ

Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni — **Olive-backed Pipit** *Anthus hodgsoni*
جُشْنَةٌ زَيْتُونِيَّةُ

Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus , female — **Red-throated Pipit** *Anthus cervinus*
جُشْنَةٌ حِنَائيَّةٌ

Buff-bellied Pipit on the ground — **Buff-bellied Pipit** *Anthus rubescens japonicus*
جُشْنَةٌ نَبْطَاءُ سَيْبيرِيَّةٌ

Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta — **Water Pipit** *Anthus spinoletta coutelli*
جُشْنَةٌ مَائِيَّةٌ قَوْقَازِيَّةٌ

Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias)

Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs — **Common Chaffinch** *Fringilla* *coelebs*
شُرْشُورٌ ظَالِمٌ

Brambling Fringilla montifringilla — **Brambling** *Fringilla montifringilla*
شُرْشُورٌ جَبَلِيٌّ

Hawfinch feeding Ziziphus Spina-christi fruit — **Hawfinch** *Coccothraustes coccothraustes*
أَشْدَقٌ كَرَزِيٌّ

**Trumpeter Finch** *Bucanetes githagineus*
نُغَرٌ شَائِعٌ

Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus — **Mongolian Finch** *Bucanetes mongolicus*
نُغَرٌ مَنْغُولِيٌّ

Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus — **Common Rosefinch** *Carpodacus* erythrinus
حَسُّونٌ وَرْدٌ

**European Greenfinch** *Chloris chloris*
حَسُّونٌ أَخْضَرُ

**Desert Finch** *Rhodospiza obsoleta*
نُغَرٌ صَحْرَاوِيٌّ

**Common Linnet** *Carduelis cannabina*
حَسُّونٌ تُفَاحِيٌّ

**European Goldfinch** *Carduelis carduelis*
حَسُّونٌ أَذْهَبٌ أَوْرُوبِيٌّ

**Eurasian Siskin** *Carduelis spinus*
حَسُّونٌ شَوْكِيٌّ

**Corn Bunting** *Emberiza calandra*
دُرْسَةٌ قَمْحِيَّةٌ

Yellowhammer perching on a branch — **Yellowhammer** *Emberiza citrinella*
دُرْسَةٌ أَوْرُوبِيَّةٌ

Rock Bunting Emberiza cia — **Rock Bunting** *Emberiza cia*
دُرْسَةٌ صَخْرِيَّةٌ

Grey-necked Bunting drinking water from a pool — **Grey-necked Bunting** *Emberiza buchanani*
دُرْسَةٌ رَمْدَاءُ

**Eastern Cinereous Bunting** *Emberiza cineracea semenowi*
دُرْسَةٌ ذَقْنَاءُ

Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana — **Ortolan Bunting** *Emberiza hortulana*
دُرْسَةٌ شَعِيرِيَّةٌ

Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata — **Striolated Bunting** *Emberiza striolata*
دُرْسَةٌ مُخَطَّطَةٌ

**Little Bunting** Emberiza pusilla
دُرْسَةٌ صَغيرَةٌ

Rustic Bunting on a mound — **Rustic Bunting** *Emberiza rustica*
دُرْسَةٌ صَدْآءُ

Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala — **Black-headed Bunting** Emberiza melanocephala
دُرْسَةٌ رَأْسَاءُ

**Red-headed Bunting** *Emberiza bruniceps*
دُرْسَةٌ دَرْعَاءُ

Common Reed Bunting perching on reed stem — **Common Reed Bunting** *Emberiza schoeniclus*
دُرْسَةٌ قَصَبيَّةٌ

Acknowledgement:

I would like to thank Pekka Fagel and Gary Brown who blogged in this website and shared their photos over the past years.
I also thank all of those who allowed me the use of their photographs in this blog.
Special thanks goes Rashed Al-Hajji, Humoud Al-Shaiji, Mike Pope, Mohd Khorshed, Omar Al-Shaheen and Ammar Al-Jeraiwi, Nawaf Ahmed, Ahmad Al Ali, Chris Lansdell, Daniel Mauras, Marc Lucas, and Chaiwat Chinuparawat. Photographer’s names can be seen while hovering on all photographs in the gallery.

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Cettiidae (Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies)

Phylloscopidae (Leaf Warblers & Allies)

Acrocephalidae (Reed Warblers & Allies)

Locustellidae (Grassbirds & Allies)

Cisticolidae (Cisticolas & Allies)

Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes & Allies)

Sylviidae (Sylviid Babblers)

Regulidae (Goldcrests, Kinglets)

Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Sturnidae (Starlings, Rhabdornis)

Turdidae (Thrushes)

Muscicapidae (Chats & Old World Flycatchers)

Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Passeridae (Old World Sparrows & Snowfinches)

Ploceidae (Weavers)

Estrildidae (Waxbills, Munias & Allies)

Prunellidae (Accentors)

Motacillidae (Wagtails, Pipits)

Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias)

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Cettiidae (Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies)

Phylloscopidae (Leaf Warblers & Allies)

Acrocephalidae (Reed Warblers & Allies)

Locustellidae (Grassbirds & Allies)

Cisticolidae (Cisticolas & Allies)

Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes & Allies)

Sylviidae (Sylviid Babblers)

Regulidae (Goldcrests, Kinglets)

Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Sturnidae (Starlings, Rhabdornis)

Turdidae (Thrushes)

Muscicapidae (Chats & Old World Flycatchers)

Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Passeridae (Old World Sparrows & Snowfinches)

Ploceidae (Weavers)

Estrildidae (Waxbills, Munias & Allies)

Prunellidae (Accentors)

Motacillidae (Wagtails, Pipits)

Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias)

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