Bird list for the 2012 tour
With Jon Feenstra as leader
- Column A: A '1' indicates that the species was seen during our inaugural 2012 tour
- Column B: Number of days this species was observed on the 2012 tour
- Column C: Maximum daily count for this species on the 2012 tour
- Column D: H = Heard only; N = Nesting activity observed
| A | B | C | D | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egyptian Goose | 2 | 1 | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 1 | Mallard | 2 | 15 | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 1 | Garganey | 2 | 3 | Anas querquedula | |
| 1 | Green-winged (Common) Teal | 1 | 4 | Anas crecca crecca | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | ||||
| 1 | Chukar | 2 | 4 | Alectoris chukar | |
| 1 | Sand Partridge | 1 | 2 | Ammoperdix heyi | |
| Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | ||||
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | ||||
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | ||||
| Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus | ||||
| 1 | Little Grebe | 4 | 2 | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 1 | Black Stork | 2 | 3 | Ciconia nigra | |
| 1 | White Stork | 1 | 1 | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | ||||
| 1 | Grey Heron | 3 | 6 | Ardea cinerea | |
| 1 | Purple Heron | 3 | 10 | Ardea purpurea | |
| 1 | Great Egret | 1 | 1 | Ardea alba | |
| 1 | Little Egret | 5 | 30 | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | ||||
| 1 | Cattle Egret | 2 | 1 | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 1 | Squacco Heron | 4 | 2 | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 1 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 4 | 6 | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 1 | Glossy Ibis | 1 | 1 | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 1 | Eurasian Spoonbill | 1 | 1 | Platalea leucorodia | |
| 1 | Osprey | 1 | 1 | Pandion haliaetus | |
| 1 | European Honey Buzzard | 2 | 2 | Pernis apivorus | |
| 1 | Black Kite | 3 | 2 | Milvus migrans | |
| 1 | Egyptian Vulture | 1 | 1 | Neophron percnopterus | |
| 1 | Eurasian Griffon | 1 | 1 | Gyps fulvus | |
| 1 | Short-toed Eagle | 6 | 2 | Circaetus gallicus | |
| 1 | Western Marsh Harrier | 2 | 2 | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 1 | Pallid Harrier | 2 | 2 | Circus macrourus | |
| 1 | Montagu's Harrier | 1 | 1 | Circus pygargus | |
| 1 | Levant Sparrowhawk | 1 | 2 | Accipiter brevipes | |
| 1 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | 5 | 4 | Accipiter nisus | |
| 1 | Eurasian "Steppe" Buzzard | 10 | 55 | Buteo buteo vulpinus | |
| 1 | Long-legged Buzzard | 2 | 3 | Buteo rufinus | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | ||||
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | ||||
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | ||||
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | ||||
| Bonelli's Eagle | Hieraaetus fasciatus | ||||
| 1 | Booted Eagle | 2 | 2 | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 1 | Lesser Kestrel | 1 | 8 | Falco naumanni | |
| 1 | Common Kestrel | 7 | 4 | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | ||||
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | ||||
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | ||||
| Barbary Falcon | Falco pelegrinoides | ||||
| Houbara Bustard | Chlamydotis undulata | ||||
| 1 | Little Crake | 1 | 2 | Porzana parva | |
| 1 | Common Coot | 4 | 10 | Fulica atra | |
| 1 | Common Moorhen | 3 | 5 | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 1 | Spur-winged Plover | 4 | 35 | Hoplopterus spinosus | |
| 1 | Common Ringed Plover | 1 | 1 | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 1 | Little Ringed Plover | 3 | 3 | Charadrius dubius | |
| 1 | Kentish Plover | 2 | 1 | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadirus leschenaultii | ||||
| 1 | Black-winged Stilt | 2 | 20 | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | ||||
| 1 | Common Sandpiper | 5 | 10 | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 1 | Green Sandpiper | 2 | 3 | Tringa ochropus | |
| 1 | Common Greenshank | 3 | 4 | Tringa nebularia | |
| 1 | Marsh Sandpiper | 2 | 3 | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 1 | Wood Sandpiper | 3 | 10 | Tringa glareola | |
| 1 | Black-tailed Godwit | 1 | 1 | Limosa limosa | |
| 1 | Little Stint | 3 | 20 | Calidris minuta | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | ||||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | ||||
| 1 | Dunlin | 1 | 1 | Calidris alpina | |
| 1 | Ruff | 3 | 25 | Philomachus pugnax | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | ||||
| 1 | Common Snipe | 1 | 1 | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor | ||||
| 1 | Collared Pratincole | 2 | 6 | Glareola pratincola | |
| 1 | Slender-billed Gull | 2 | 30 | Larus genei | |
| 1 | Common Black-headed Gull | 2 | 10 | Larus ridibundus | |
| 1 | White-eyed Gull | 1 | 1 | Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | ||||
| 1 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 3 | 50 | Larus fuscus | |
| 1 | Gull-billed Tern | 1 | 32 | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 1 | Caspian Tern | 1 | 1 | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | ||||
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | ||||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | ||||
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | ||||
| Spotted Sandgrouse | Pterocles senegallus | ||||
| Crowned Sandgrouse | Pterocles coronatus | ||||
| 1 | Rock Pigeon | 12 | 20 | N | Columba livia |
| 1 | Eurasian Collared Dove | 10 | 30 | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 1 | Laughing Dove | 12 | 6 | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| 1 | European Turtle Dove | 4 | 2 | Streptopelia turtur | |
| 1 | Namaqua Dove | 2 | 2 | Oena capensis | |
| 1 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | 2 | 6 | Psittacula krameri | |
| 1 | Common Cuckoo | 3 | 3 | Cuculus canorus | |
| Eurasian Scop's Owl | Otus scops | ||||
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | ||||
| Hume's Owl | Strix butleri | ||||
| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | ||||
| Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | ||||
| 1 | Alpine Swift | 1 | 3 | Apus melba | |
| 1 | Common Swift | 7 | 10 | Apus apus | |
| 1 | Pallid Swift | 3 | 6 | Apus pallidus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinus | ||||
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | ||||
| 1 | White-throated Kingfisher | 3 | 3 | Hacyon smyrnensis | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | ||||
| 1 | Pied Kingfisher | 3 | 5 | Ceryle rudis | |
| 1 | Green Bee-eater | 2 | 1 | Merops orientalis | |
| 1 | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | 1 | 1 | Merops persicus | |
| 1 | European Bee-eater | 2 | 15 | Merops apiaster | |
| 1 | Eurasian Hoopoe | 8 | 5 | Upupa epops | |
| 1 | Eurasian Wryneck | 2 | 1 | Jynx torquilla | |
| 1 | Syrian Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | N | Dendrocopus syriacus |
| 1 | Northern (Arabian Great Grey) Shrike | 1 | 1 | Lanius excubitor aucheri | |
| 1 | Lesser Grey Shrike | 2 | 1 | Lanius minor | |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | ||||
| 1 | Masked Shrike | 7 | 3 | Lanius nubicus | |
| 1 | Woodchat Shrike | 3 | 4 | Lanius senator | |
| 1 | Eurasian Golden Oriole | 1 | 1 | Oriolus oriolus | |
| 1 | Eurasian Jay | 2 | 6 | Garrulus glandarius | |
| 1 | House Crow | 3 | 10 | Corvus splendens | |
| 1 | Carrion "Hooded" Crow | 2 | 5 | Corvus corone cornix | |
| 1 | Brown-necked Raven | 5 | 15 | Corvus ruficollis | |
| 1 | Fan-tailed Raven | 2 | 10 | Corvus rhipidurus | |
| Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | ||||
| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | ||||
| 1 | Bar-tailed Lark | 1 | 2 | Ammomanes cincturus | |
| 1 | Desert Lark | 5 | 10 | Ammonomanes deserti | |
| 1 | Greater Short-toed Lark | 1 | 3 | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| Lesser Short-toed Lark | Calandrella rufescens | ||||
| Dunn's Lark | Eremalauda dunni | ||||
| 1 | Crested Lark | 6 | 10 | Galerida cristata | |
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea | ||||
| 1 | Temminck's Lark | 1 | 4 | Eremophila bilopha | |
| 1 | Bank Swallow (Collared Sand Martin) | 4 | 20 | Riparia riparia | |
| 1 | Rock Martin | 7 | 50 | N | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 1 | Barn Swallow | 11 | 100 | Hirundo rustica | |
| 1 | Red-rumped Swallow | 1 | 1 | Hirundo daurica | |
| 1 | Northern House Martin | 5 | 15 | Delichon urbica | |
| 1 | Great Tit | 4 | 8 | N | Parus major |
| 1 | Blue Tit | 1 | 2 | Parus caeruleus | |
| 1 | White-Spectacled Bulbul | 8 | 20 | Pycnonotus xanthopygos | |
| 1 | White-eared Bulbul | 3 | 15 | Pycnonotus leucotis | |
| 1 | Scrub Warbler | 3 | 2 | Scotocerca inquieta | |
| 1 | Cetti's Warbler | 4 | 1 | Cettia cetti | |
| 1 | Willow Warbler | 5 | 3 | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 1 | Common Chiffchaff | 3 | 3 | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| 1 | Eastern Bonelli's Warber | 2 | 4 | Phylloscopus orientalis | |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus siliatrix | ||||
| 1 | Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | 4 | 4 | Hippolais pallida | |
| 1 | Upcher's Warbler | 3 | 2 | Hippolais languida | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | ||||
| 1 | Moustached Warbler | 2 | 1 | Acrocephalus melaopogon | |
| 1 | Eurasian Reed-Warbler | 3 | 20 | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| 1 | Graceful Prinia | 5 | 6 | Prinia gracilis | |
| 1 | Blackcap | 10 | 100 | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | ||||
| Barred Warbler | Sylvia nisoria | ||||
| 1 | Eastern Orphean Warbler | 2 | 1 | Sylvia crassirostris | |
| Red Sea Warbler | Sylvia leucomelaena | ||||
| 1 | Greater Whitethroat | 2 | 4 | Sylvia communis | |
| 1 | Lesser Whitethroat | 10 | 25 | Sylvia curruca | |
| 1 | Spectacled Warbler | 2 | 1 | Sylvia conspicillata | |
| 1 | Sardinian Warbler | 2 | 6 | Sylvia melanocpehalus | |
| Arabian Babbler | Turdoides squamiceps | ||||
| Winter Wren | Trgolodytes troglodytes | ||||
| 1 | Spotted Flycatcher | 1 | 2 | Muscicapa striata | |
| 1 | Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | 2 | 1 | Cercotrichus galactotes | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | ||||
| 1 | Thrush Nightingale | 2 | 2 | Luscinia luscinia | |
| 1 | Common Nightingale | 3 | 2 | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| 1 | Bluethroat | 1 | 1 | Luscnina svecica | |
| Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | ||||
| 1 | Collared Flycatcher | 1 | 1 | Ficedula aldicollis | |
| 1 | Semi-collared Flycatcher | 3 | 1 | Ficedula semitorquata | |
| 1 | Common Redstart | 4 | 4 | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| 1 | Black Redstart | 1 | 1 | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| 1 | Common Rock Thrush | 2 | 1 | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | ||||
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | ||||
| 1 | Common Stonechat | 1 | 1 | Saxicola torquata | |
| 1 | Blackstart | 1 | 1 | Cercomela melanura | |
| 1 | White-tailed (White-crowned) Wheatear | 2 | 3 | Oenanthe leucopyga | |
| 1 | Hooded Wheatear | 1 | 1 | Oenanthe monacha | |
| 1 | Northern Wheatear | 4 | 2 | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 1 | Mourning Wheatear | 1 | 1 | Oenanthe lugens | |
| Mourning "Basalt" Wheatear | Oenanthe lugens basalti | ||||
| Red-rumped Wheatear | Oenanthe moesta | ||||
| 1 | Black-eared Wheatear | 7 | 4 | Oenanthe hispanica | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | ||||
| 1 | Isabelline Wheatear | 1 | 1 | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| 1 | Eurasian Blackbird | 6 | 10 | Turdus merula | |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | ||||
| 1 | Tristram's Starling | 6 | 10 | Onychognathus tristramii | |
| 1 | Palestine Sunbird | 5 | 10 | Nectarina osea | |
| 1 | Western Yellow Wagtail | 3 | 6 | Motacilla flava | |
| 1 | White Wagtail | 5 | 15 | Motacilla alba alba | |
| 1 | Tawny Pipit | 2 | 1 | Anthus campestris | |
| 1 | Long-billed Pipit | 1 | 1 | Anthus similis | |
| 1 | Tree Pipit | 4 | 3 | Anthus trivialis | |
| 1 | Red-throated Pipit | 3 | 6 | Anthus cervinus | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | ||||
| 1 | Ortolan Bunting | 8 | 15 | Emberiza hortulana | |
| 1 | Cretzschmar's Bunting | 1 | 1 | Emberiza caesia | |
| 1 | House Bunting | 1 | 3 | Emberiza striolata | |
| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | ||||
| 1 | Trumpeter Finch | 2 | 2 | Bucanetes githagineus | |
| Desert Finch | Rhodospiza obsoleta | ||||
| 1 | Pale Rosefinch | 1 | 30 | Carpodacus synoicus | |
| Syrian Serin | Serinus syriacus | ||||
| 1 | European Greenfinch | 4 | 6 | N | Carduelis chloris |
| 1 | European Goldfinch | 2 | 10 | Carduelis carduelis | |
| 1 | Common Linnet | 2 | 2 | Carduelis cannabina | |
| 1 | House Sparrow | 12 | 50 | N | Passer domesticus |
| 1 | Spanish Sparrow | 1 | 1 | Passer hispanolensis | |
| Dead Sea Sparrow | Passer moabiticus | ||||
| Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | ||||
| 1 | Indian Silverbill | 1 | 6 | Euodice malabarica |