Birds of OmanThere are about 495 bird species in Oman, including its coastal waters and surrounding islands. Of those, only about 80 species are resident, all others are migrants on their way between Asia and Africa. These pages contain our account of spottings and photography of birds in Oman over the period August 2009 to May 2010. Photos shown on this web site are available FOR SALE. Currently we have information available on about 125 bird species listed as native to Oman (32 of which were observed by us elsewhere), with about 100 thumbnail images for those species of which we have reasonable-quality photos (more thumbnails are available for species seen by us in Australia).
Birds observed by us are identified using the field guide "Birds of
the Middle East" by Porter, Christensen and Schiermacker-Hansen.
The consecutive numbering scheme in this guide from 1994 is quite
outdated. We attempt here to group the species observed in Oman
into family groups as used by M. Morcombe
The navigation bar above (second tier) provides links to a number of high-level pages and, in addition, to each of the family groups of birds, following the "Field Guide to Australian Birds" by M. Morcombe. Hovering your cursor above the numbers, you will see which bird families each group comprises. All birds presented on these pages are listed in an INDEX. Lists of bird species spotted in specific locations
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