trip to Oman (1 Viewer)

started the trip on 24th of July.

two days in Muscat, i have seen.

Indian Roller (lifer)8-P
Graceful pirina
Rose necked parakeet
Common Myna
Red vented bulbul
Gray Francloin (i think) about 10 in the hotel garden, (lifer) 8-P
Red Watelled lapeing. (lifer) 8-P
common sandpiper
purple sunbird (lifer) 8-P
Egyptian vulture (lifer) 8-P

Jabal Alakhdar region (27-29th July)

House sparrows
Indian silverbills
Swifts (not sure of the ID)
Desert lark (lifer) 8-P
Hume's wheatear (lifer) 8-P
Egyptian vulture
Striolated bunting
voice similar to the graceful pirina but sure not, could it be scrub warbler

Sallalah (30 - 1st of Aug)

Garceful pirina many with young ones
Swift (not sure of the iD)
Shining sunbird (lifer) 8-P
a large gray sunbird thought it might be Socotra but now i think its maybe imm shining sunbird.
Kestrel
Tirstam Starling (lifer) 8-P
Sooty Gulls
Lesser crested terns
Laughing dove
African Collared dove
Red shanks
Ruppell's weaver
Indian Silverbills
Cinnamon breasted bunting. (lifer) 8-P

Holy cow, you got another lifer since I last spoke with you Duha! Sounds like this was a very productive holiday for you

OMG Doux!!! What a wonderful time you had in Oman lass.

All those Lifer's you got too. You lucky girl!

Duha, the swifts would be Forbes-Watson's.

The sunbird was definitely Shining. However, you don't find African Collared Dove in the Salalah area.

andyb39 said:

Duha, the swifts would be Forbes-Watson's.

The sunbird was definitely Shining. However, you don't find African Collared Dove in the Salalah area.

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I think Forbes-Watson's Swift is only in Dhofar and Duha mentions swifts from much further northeast. My guess is they may have been Pallid but it's hard to know without more information.

African Collared Dove is certainly found in Dhofar, but maybe not so much in the immediate vicinity of Salalah. It's quite a lot rarer than Collared Dove.

Sounds like a wonderful trip Doux! Congratulations on all the Lifers!

Chris

Andrew Whitehouse said:

I think Forbes-Watson's Swift is only in Dhofar and Duha mentions swifts from much further northeast. My guess is they may have been Pallid but it's hard to know without more information.

African Collared Dove is certainly found in Dhofar, but maybe not so much in the immediate vicinity of Salalah. It's quite a lot rarer than Collared Dove.

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I meant the swifts Duha saw around Salalah. The ones at Jabal Al Akhdar woulds have been Pallid for sure.