Birds of Oman

Water Rail Little Crake Ballion’s Crake Spotted Crake Ruddy-breasted Crake juv juv juv juv ad ad ad ad ad ad ad ad   ...

80 PLATE 33: CORN CRAKE, WATERHENS AND SWAMPHENS Corn Crake Crex crex pm L: 29. W: 50. Skulking, rarely seen out of cover unless ...

Corn Crake White-breasted Waterhen Watercock Grey-headed Swamphen African Swamphen juv ad ad ad ad imm ad winter ...

82 PLATE 34: GALLINULES, MOORHENS AND COOTS Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni V L: 23. W: 50. Smaller, more elegant than Common ...

Allen’s Gallinule Common Moorhen Lesser Moorhen Red-knobbed Coot Eurasian Coot juv juv juv juv ad ad ad ad winter ad summer ...

84 PLATE 35: LARGE PIED SHOREBIRDS Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus PM, WV L: 43. W: 83. Large black-and-white wader ...

Eurasian Oystercatcher Crab-plover Black-winged Stilt Pied Avocet juv juv ad ad ad ad winter ad summer ...

86 PLATE 36: LAPWINGS Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus pm, wv L: 30. Unmistakable with long, thin, upturned crest and greenish ...

Northern Lapwing Spur-winged Lapwing Grey-headed Lapwing Red-wattled Lapwing White-tailed Lapwing Sociable Lapwing ad winter ad ...

88 PLATE 37: LARGE PLOVERS AND JACANA Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola PM, WV L: 29. W: 77. Larger than the golden plovers with ...

Grey Plover Pacific Golden Plover European Golden Plover American Golden Plover Pheasant-tailed Jacana 1st-winter winter ad wint ...

90 PLATE 38: SMALL PLOVERS I Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus V L: 21. W: 60. Brownish, dry-country plover; in non-breedi ...

Eurasian Dotterel Little Ringed Plover Common Ringed Plover Kentish Plover winter winter winter winter ad summer ad summer  sum ...

92 PLATE 39: SMALL PLOVERS II Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus PM, WV L: 20. W: 51. This species is split into two groups: ...

Lesser Sand Plover Greater Sand Plover Caspian Plover winter winter winter  summer ad summer ad summer ...

94 PLATE 40: SNIPES AND WOODCOCK Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus pm, wv L: 18 (incl. bill 4cm). W: 40. Very small with short bil ...

Great Snipe Jack Snipe Common Snipe Pin-tailed Snipe Eurasian Woodcock ...

96 PLATE 41: DOWITCHERS AND GODWITS Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus pm, wv L: 28. W: 49. Plumage and structure res ...

Long-billed Dowitcher Asian Dowitcher Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit winter juv moulting to 1st-winter winter winter wint ...

98 PLATE 42: WHIMBREL AND CURLEWS Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus PM, WV L: 41. W: 83. Smaller and slightly darker than Eurasian Curl ...