Birds of Oman

Eurasian Collared Dove African Collared Dove Red Turtle Dove Laughing Dove Namaqua Dove   ad ad ad ad ad dark individual displ ...

140 PLATE 63: GREEN PIGEON AND PARAKEETS Bruce’s Green Pigeon Treron waalia RB, mb L: 31. Unmistakable, brightly coloured dove w ...

Bruce’s Green Pigeon Alexandrine Parakeet Rose-ringed Parakeet Plum-headed Parakeet       ad ...

142 PLATE 64: CUCKOOS I Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus pm, wv L: 43. Large with stout bill, short wings and rather long tail. ...

Asian Koel Jacobin Cuckoo Great Spotted Cuckoo Common Cuckoo Diederik Cuckoo rufous morph dark morph pale morph         ...

144 PLATE 65: CUCKOOS II AND NIGHTJARS Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cocomantis passerinus V L: 22. Rather small cuckoo. Male and most fem ...

Grey-bellied Cuckoo Common Hawk-Cuckoo European Nightjar Egyptian Nightjar Nubian Nightjar    ad ad juv juv ad ...

146 PLATE 66: BARN OWL AND SCOPS OWLS Western Barn Owl Tyto alba rb L: 35. W: 89. Strikingly pale, with creamy-buff upperparts, ...

Western Barn Owl Pallid Scops Owl Arabian Scops Owl Eurasian Scops Owl ...

148 PLATE 67: LARGER OWLS Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus rb L: 50. A large owl, cinnamon or ginger in tone, with most of lowe ...

Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Desert Owl Spotted Eagle-Owl Omani Owl milesi ...

150 PLATE 68: SMALLER AND MEDIUM-SIZED OWLS Little Owl Athene noctua RB L: 22. Small with round, flat-crowned head and long legs ...

Little Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl lilith ...

152 PLATE 69: SWIFTS Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba pm, wv L: 21. W: 57. Shape and behaviour as Common and Pallid Swifts, but m ...

Alpine Swift Common Swift Forbes-Watson’s Swift Pallid Swift Pacific Swift Little Swift ...

154 PLATE 70: ROLLERS, HOOPOE AND WRYNECK Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis RB L: 30. Stocky and multicoloured; told at all ag ...

Indian Roller European Roller Lilac-breasted Roller Eurasian Hoopoe Eurasian Wryneck ad ad ad ad lorti ...

156 PLATE 71: KINGFISHERS White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis V L: 26. Large, brightly coloured kingfisher with enormou ...

Grey-headed Kingfisher Collared Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher Common Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher White-throated Kingfisher ad a ...

158 PLATE 72: BEE-EATERS AND TCHAGRA White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis V L: 30. More elegant than European Bee-eater, e ...