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VAGRANTS
Common Name Scientific Name Family/Scientific Name Description
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns continued
Elegant Tern Sterna elegans Terns/Sternidae Long-billed tern from Caribbean
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Terns/Sternidae Dark, tern-like seabird from
tropical oceans
Skimmers
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris Skimmers/Rhynchopidae Long-billed bird, vagrant in
Middle East, from Africa
Auks
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus Auks/Alcidae Small, Little Auk-like seabird
antiquus from N Pacific
Parakeet Auklet Cyclorrhynchus Auks/Alcidae Small auk-like seabird from
psittacula N Pacific
Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella Auks/Alcidae Small Puffin-like seabird from
N Pacific
Tufted Puffin Lunda cirrhata Auks/Alcidae Large dark puffin from N Pacific

Sandgrouse
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Sandgrouse/Pterocliidae Partridge-like bird, vagrant in
W Europe, from Asia
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii Sandgrouse/Pteroclididae Small, barred sandgrouse, in
Middle East
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus Sandgrouse/Pteroclididae Large pale sandgrouse, in
Middle East
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus Sandgrouse/Pteroclididae Pale sandgrouse, in Middle East
Chestnut-bellied Pterocles exustus Sandgrouse/Pterocliidae Large sandgrouse, in Middle East
Sandgrouse
Pigeons and Doves
Yellow-eyed Dove Columba eversmanni Pigeons and Doves/ Small pigeon from Africa
Columbidae
Bolle's Pigeon Columba bollii Pigeons and Doves/ Dark pigeon, endemic to
Columbidae Canary Islands
Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae Pigeons and Doves/ Dark pigeon, endemic to
Columbidae Canary Islands
Trocaz Pigeon Columba trocaz Pigeons and Doves/ Dark pigeon, endemic to Madeira
Columbidae
Laughing Dove Streptopelia Pigeons and Doves/ Small dark dove, in Middle East
senegalensis Columbidae
Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Pigeons and Doves/ Dark dove from Asia
Columbidae
African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea Pigeons and Doves/ Brown and pinkish dove, vagrant
Columbidae in Middle East, from Africa
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Pigeons and Doves/ Tiny, long-tailed dove, in
Columbidae Middle East
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Pigeons and Doves/ Sharp-tailed, Collared Dove-like
Columbidae species from North America

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