This is a list of rare bird species that usually have been seen less than 15 times or have not been recorded for at least more than 10 years ago. If you see any of the vagrants on this list, please report them to the Kuwait Ornithological Rarity Committee, KORC using the KORC Form on this website. Describe the bird as much as you can, especially noting the features that differentiate it from similar common species. If you have taken photographs, please upload them with the Form. KORC members will convene to review your sighting and let you know by emailing you with their decision. Click here for Kuwait Bird List

Last updated: 18 September 2026 (117 vagrant species, and 4 subspecies)

Mute Swan Cygnus olor

Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator

Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina

Greater Scaup Aythya marila

Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor

Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus

Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena

Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus

Stock Dove Columba oenas

Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo

Common Crane Grus grus

Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis

White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria

Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus

Little Curlew Numenius minutus

Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola

Great Snipe Gallinago media

Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura

Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

Red Knot Calidris canutus

Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum

Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus

Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini

Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan

Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus

Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii

Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus

Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica

Jouanin’s Petrel Bulweria fallax

Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris

Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus

Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel

Masked Booby Sula dactylatra

African Darter Anhinga rufa

Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus

African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus

Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

Little Heron Butorides atricapilla

Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii

Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromandus

Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos

Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis

Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus

Amur Falcon Falco amurensis

Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae

Sooty Falcon Falco concolor

Barbary Falcon Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides

Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

Arabian Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor aucheri

Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus

Rook Corvus frugilegus

Carrion Crow Corvus corone cornix

Mesopotamian Crow Corvus cornix capellanus

Great Tit Parus major

Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris

Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey

Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum

Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon

Booted Warbler Iduna caligata

Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola

Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum

Pale Martin Riparia diluta

Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis

Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola

Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis

Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus

Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus

Goldcrest Regulus regulus

Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus

Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus

Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe

Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla

Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis

European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata

Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha

Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata

Hume’s Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus

Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis

Radde’s Accentor Prunella ocularis

Dunnock Prunella modularis

Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus

Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis

Masked Wagtail Motacilla alba personata

Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii

Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni

Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus

European Greenfinch Chloris chloris

Common Linnet Linaria cannabina

Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus

Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata

Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla

Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica

Rock Bunting Emberiza cia

Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella