John Walshe: Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia Life List OSME, All records Record(s) 1 to 311 of 311 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius Turkey '09 2 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar Turkey '09 3 See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis Turkey '09 4 Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi Israel '01 5 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus Turkey '09 6 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Israel '01 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser Turkey '09 8 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Turkey '09 9 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Turkey '09 10 Gadwall Anas strepera Turkey '09 11 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Israel '01 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Israel '01 13 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Israel '01 14 Northern Pintail Anas acuta Israel '01 15 Garganey Anas querquedula Israel '01 16 Eurasian Teal Anas [crecca] crecca Israel '01 17 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris Turkey '09 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Turkey '09 19 Common Pochard Aythya ferina Turkey '09 20 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Turkey '09 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Turkey '09 22 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Turkey '09 23 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Turkey '09 24 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Israel '01 25 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Turkey '09 26 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Turkey '09 27 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Turkey '09 28 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Israel '01 29 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Israel '01 30 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Israel '01 31 Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita Turkey '09 32 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Israel '01 33 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Israel '01 34 Little Bittern Ixobrychus [minutus] minutus Israel '01 35 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Israel '01 36 Striated Heron Butorides striata Israel '01 37 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Israel '01 38 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Turkey '09 39 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Israel '01 40 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Israel '01 41 Great Egret Ardea alba Turkey '09 42 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Israel '01 43 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis Israel '01 44 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Turkey '09 45 Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmeus Turkey '09 46 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax [carbo] carbo Israel '01 47 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Turkey '09 48 Black Kite Milvus [migrans] migrans Israel '01 49 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Israel '01 50 Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus Israel '01 51 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus Israel '01 52 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Israel '01 53 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Israel '12 54 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Israel '01 55 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Israel '01 56 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Israel '01 57 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Israel '01 58 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo [rufinus] rufinus Israel '01 59 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina Israel '01 60 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga Israel '01 61 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis Israel '01 62 Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca Israel '01 63 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Turkey '09 64 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciatus Israel '01 65 Booted Eagle Aquila pennata Israel '01 66 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Turkey '09 67 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Israel '01 68 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Turkey '09 69 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Israel '12 70 Saker Falcon Falco cherrug Turkey '09 71 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Israel '01 72 Great Bustard Otis tarda Turkey '09 73 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Israel '01 74 Water Rail Rallus [aquaticus] aquaticus Israel '01 75 Little Crake Porzana parva Israel '01 76 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Israel '01 77 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Turkey '09 78 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Israel '01 79 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Israel '01 80 Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo Israel '01 81 Common Crane Grus grus Israel '12 82 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Turkey '09 83 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Turkey '09 84 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Israel '01 85 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Turkey '09 86 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Turkey '09 87 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Israel '01 88 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Turkey '09 89 White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus Israel '01 90 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Turkey '09 91 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Israel '01 92 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Israel '01 93 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Israel '01 94 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Israel '01 95 Common Snipe Gallinago [gallinago] gallinago Israel '01 96 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Israel '01 97 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Israel '01 98 Common Redshank Tringa totanus Israel '01 99 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Israel '01 100 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Israel '01 101 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Israel '01 102 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Israel '01 103 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Israel '01 104 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Turkey '09 105 Little Stint Calidris minuta Israel '01 106 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Israel '01 107 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Turkey '09 108 Dunlin Calidris alpina Israel '01 109 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Turkey '09 110 Ruff Philomachus pugnax Israel '01 111 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Israel '01 112 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Israel '01 113 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Israel '01 114 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Israel '01 115 Common Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Israel '01 116 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Turkey '09 117 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii Turkey '09 118 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus Turkey '09 119 Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus Israel '01 120 White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus Israel '01 121 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Israel '01 122 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Turkey '09 123 Armenian Gull Larus armenicus Turkey '09 124 Lesser Black-backed/Baltic/Heuglin's Gull Larus fuscus Israel '01 125 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Turkey '09 126 Little Tern Sternula (albifrons) albifrons Turkey '09 127 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Israel '01 128 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Turkey '09 129 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Turkey '09 130 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Turkey '09 131 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata Israel '01 132 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis Israel '01 133 Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus Israel '01 134 Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii Israel '01 135 Rock Dove Columba livia Israel '01 136 Stock Dove Columba oenas Turkey '09 137 Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Turkey '09 138 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Israel '01 139 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Israel '01 140 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Turkey '09 141 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Israel '01 142 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Israel '01 143 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Israel '01 144 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Turkey '09 145 Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei Turkey '09 146 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops Turkey '09 147 Hume's Owl Strix butleri Israel '01 148 Little Owl Athene noctua Turkey '09 149 Long-eared Owl Asio otus Turkey '09 150 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Turkey '09 151 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Israel '01 152 Common Swift Apus apus Israel '01 153 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Israel '01 154 Little Swift Apus affinis Turkey '09 155 European Roller Coracias garrulus Turkey '09 156 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Turkey '09 157 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Israel '01 158 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Israel '01 159 Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Israel '01 160 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Turkey '09 161 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Israel '01 162 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Israel '01 163 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Israel '01 164 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor Turkey '09 165 Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus Turkey '09 166 Red-backed Shrike Lanius [cristatus] collurio Turkey '09 167 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Turkey '09 168 Great Grey Shrike Lanius [excubitor] excubitor Israel '01 169 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Israel '01 170 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Israel '01 171 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus [oriolus] oriolus Turkey '09 172 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius Turkey '09 173 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Turkey '09 174 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Turkey '09 175 Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus Turkey '09 176 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Turkey '09 177 House Crow Corvus splendens Israel '01 178 Rook Corvus frugilegus Turkey '09 179 Hooded Crow Corvus [corone] cornix Israel '01 180 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis Israel '01 181 Northern Raven Corvus corax Israel '01 182 Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus Israel '01 183 Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris Turkey '09 184 Coal Tit Periparus ater Turkey '09 185 Great Tit Parus major Turkey '09 186 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Turkey '09 187 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Israel '01 188 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus Turkey '09 189 Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes Israel '01 190 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Turkey '09 191 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Israel '01 192 Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura Israel '01 193 Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti Israel '01 194 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Israel '01 195 Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens Turkey '09 196 Crested Lark Galerida [cristata] cristata Israel '01 197 Woodlark Lullula arborea Turkey '09 198 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis Turkey '09 199 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula Israel '12 200 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Turkey '09 201 White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos Israel '01 202 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Israel '01 203 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Israel '01 204 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Turkey '09 205 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula Israel '01 206 House Martin Delichon urbicum Israel '01 207 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Israel '01 208 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Turkey '09 209 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Israel '01 210 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus [collybita] collybita Israel '01 211 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus [bonelli] orientalis Israel '01 212 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus [arundinaceus] arundinaceus Israel '01 213 Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus Israel '01 214 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon Turkey '09 215 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Israel '01 216 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Turkey '09 217 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Israel '01 218 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Israel '01 219 Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida Turkey '09 220 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Turkey '09 221 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Cyprus '11 222 Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta Israel '01 223 Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis Israel '01 224 Iraq Babbler Turdoides altirostris Turkey '09 225 Arabian Babbler Turdoides squamiceps Israel '01 226 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Israel '01 227 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia [curruca] curruca Israel '01 228 Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia [hortensis] crassirostris Turkey '09 229 Arabian Warbler Sylvia leucomelaena Israel '01 230 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Israel '01 231 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata Cyprus '11 232 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala Cyprus '11 233 Ménétriés's Warbler Sylvia mystacea Turkey '09 234 Rüppell's Warbler Sylvia ruppeli Israel '01 235 Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax Cyprus '11 236 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Cyprus '11 237 Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi Turkey '09 238 Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer Turkey '09 239 Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota Turkey '09 240 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Turkey '09 241 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Cyprus '11 242 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Turkey '09 243 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris Turkey '09 244 Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii Israel '01 245 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula Israel '01 246 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Israel '01 247 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Israel '01 248 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Turkey '09 249 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Turkey '09 250 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Turkey '09 251 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Israel '01 252 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Cyprus '11 253 Western Siberian Stonechat Saxicola [torquatus] maurus Turkey '09 254 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Israel '01 255 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Israel '01 256 Kurdistan Wheatear Oenanthe [xanthoprymna] xanthoprymna Turkey '09 257 Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca Cyprus '11 258 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Israel '01 259 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Israel '01 260 Eastern Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe [lugens] lugens Israel '01 261 Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii Turkey '09 262 White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Israel '01 263 Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha Israel '01 264 Blackstart Oenanthe melanura Israel '01 265 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Israel '01 266 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Turkey '09 267 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Cyprus '11 268 Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata Israel '01 269 Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea Israel '01 270 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Israel '01 271 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Israel '01 272 Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus Israel '01 273 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Turkey '09 274 Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla Turkey '09 275 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Turkey '09 276 Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis Turkey '09 277 White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis Turkey '09 278 Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica Israel '01 279 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Turkey '09 280 Radde's Accentor Prunella ocularis Turkey '09 281 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla [flava] flava Israel '01 282 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Israel '01 283 White Wagtail Motacilla alba Israel '01 284 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Israel '01 285 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis Israel '12 286 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Israel '01 287 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Israel '01 288 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus (rubescens) japonicus Israel '01 289 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Israel '01 290 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Turkey '09 291 Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus Turkey '09 292 European Serin Serinus serinus Israel '12 293 European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris Israel '01 294 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Israel '01 295 Twite Carduelis flavirostris Turkey '09 296 Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina Israel '01 297 Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus Turkey '09 298 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Israel '01 299 Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus Turkey '09 300 Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta Israel '01 301 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Turkey '09 302 Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus Israel '12 303 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Cyprus '11 304 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Israel '01 305 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Turkey '09 306 Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani Turkey '09 307 Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea Turkey '09 308 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana Israel '01 309 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Israel '01 310 Striolated Bunting Emberiza [striolata] striolata Israel '12 311 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Turkey '09