Birds of Oman

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• FOREWORD Plate Page


• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


• INTRODUCTION
  
  
  • Taxonomy, nomenclature and sequence
  
  
  • Illustrations and identification text
  
  
  • Bird topography
  
  
  • Voice
  
  
  • Habitat
  
  
  • Maps and status
  
  
  • Code of conduct and submit ting records
  
  
  
  


• SPECIES ACCOUNTS


• Ducks, geese and swans ANATIDAE 1–5 16 –


• Buttonquails TURNICIDAE


• Partridges, francolins and quails PHASIANIDAE


• Storm-petrels HYDROBATIDAE


• Petrels and shearwaters PROCELLARIIDAE 8 –9 30–


• Grebes PODICIPEDIDAE


• Flamingos PHOENICOPTERIDAE


• Storks CICONIIDAE


• Cranes GRUIDAE


• Ibises and spoonbills THRESKIORNITHIDAE


• Herons, egrets and bit terns ARDEIDAE 13 –16 40–


• Pelicans PELECANIDAE


• Frigatebirds FREGATIDAE


• Gannets and boobies SULIDAE


• Cormorants PHALACROCORACIDAE


• Vultures, hawks, buzzards and eagles ACCIPITRIDAE 19 –27 52–


• Falcons FALCONIDAE 28 –30 70 –


• Bustards OTIDIDAE


• Stone-curlews and thick-knees BURHINIDAE


• Rails, crakes, moorhens and coots RALLIDAE 32–34 78–


• Oystercatchers HAEMATOPODIDAE


• Crab-plover DROMADIDAE


• Stilts and avocets RECURVIROSTRIDAE


• Plovers CHARADRIIDAE 36 –39 84–


• Jacanas JACANIDAE


• Snipes and sandpipers SCOLOPACIDAE 40 – 48 94–


• Coursers and pratincoles GLAREOLIDAE


• Gulls, terns and skimmers LARIDAE 50 –58 114 –13


• Skuas STERCORARIIDAE


• Sandgrouse PTEROCLIDAE


• Pigeons and doves COLUMBIDAE 61– 63 13 6 –


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  • Parrots PSITTACIDAE
  
  
  • Cuckoos CUCULIDAE 64 – 65 142–14
  
  
  • Nightjars CAPRIMULGIDAE
  
  
  • Barn owls TYTONIDAE
  
  
  • Owls STRIGIDAE 66–68 146–
  
  
  • Swif ts APODIDAE
  
  
  • Rollers CORACIIDAE
  
  
  • Hoopoes UPUPIDAE
  
  
  • Woodpeckers PICIDAE
  
  
  • Kingfishers ALCEDINIDAE
  
  
  • Bee-eaters MEROPIDAE
  
  
  • Bush-shrikes MALACONOTIDAE
  
  
  • Shrikes LANIIDAE 73 –74 160 –
  
  
  • Orioles ORIOLIDAE
  
  
  • Drongos DICRURIDAE
  
  
  • Laughingthrushes and babblers LEIOTHRICHIDAE
  
  
  • Monarchs and paradise-flycatchers MONARCHIDAE
  
  
  • Hypocolius HYPOCOLIIDAE
  
  
  • Penduline-tits REMIZIDAE
  
  
  • Bulbuls PYCNONOTIDAE
  
  
  • Crows and jays CORVIDAE
  
  
  • Larks ALAUDIDAE 78–80 170 –
  
  
  • Swallows and martins HIRUNDINIDAE 81– 8 2 176 –1
  
  
  • Bush warblers CETTIIDAE
  
  
  • Streaked Scrub Warbler SCOTOCERCIDAE
  
  
  • Cisticolas CISTICOLIDAE
  
  
  • Leaf warblers PHYLLOSCOPIDAE 84 – 85 182–
  
  
  • Reed warblers ACROCEPHALIDAE 86 – 89 186 –
  
  
  • Grassbirds and allies LOCUSTELLIDAE
  
  
  • Sylviid babblers SYLVIIDAE 89 –91 192–
  
  
  • White-eyes ZOSTEROPIDAE
  
  
  • Starlings STURNIDAE 92–93 198 –20
  
  
  • Thrushes TURDIDAE 94–95 202–
  
  
  • Chats and flycatchers MUSCICAPIDAE 95 –10 4 204–
  
  
  • Sunbirds NECTARINIIDAE
  
  
  • Sparrows PASSERIDAE
  
  
  • Weavers PLOCEIDAE
  
  
  • Waxbills, munias and allies ESTRILDIDAE
  
  
  • Accentors PRUNELLIDAE
  
  
  • Wagtails and pipits MOTACILLIDAE 10 9 –112 232–
  
  
  • Finches FRINGILLIDAE 113 –114 240 –
  
  
  • Buntings EMBERIZIDAE 114 –116 242–
  
  
  • REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
  
  
  • CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF OMAN
  
  
  • INDE X