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CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF OMAN
This checklist contains all the species recorded on the official Oman Bird List as at June 2017 (528 species). Non-naturalised
escapes are excluded. It follows the order adopted by the International Ornithological Congress (IOC, see Introduction) but may
differ from the sequence in the main text, as the latter has sometimes been changed for presentational reasons.
❑ Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
❑ Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
❑ Greylag Goose Anser anser
❑ Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
❑ Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
❑ Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
❑ Mute Swan Cygnus olor
❑ Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii
❑ Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
❑ Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
❑ Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
❑ Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
❑ Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
❑ Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
❑ Gadwall Anas strepera
❑ Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
❑ Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
❑ Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
❑ Northern Pintail Anas acuta
❑ Garganey Anas querquedula
❑ Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
❑ Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
❑ Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
❑ Common Pochard Aythya ferina
❑ Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
❑ Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
❑ Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
❑ Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
❑ Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala
❑ Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
❑ Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus
❑ Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
❑ Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
❑ Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
❑ White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina
❑ Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica
❑ Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis
❑ Matsudaira's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma matsudairae
❑ Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
❑ Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
❑ Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
❑ Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
❑ Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
❑ Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes
❑ Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus