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VAGRANTS
Common Name Scientific Name Family/Scientific Name Description
Cuckoos and Coucals
Didric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius Cuckoos/Cuculidae Green and white cuckoo, vagrant
in Middle East, from Africa
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus Cuckoos/Cuculidae Small cuckoo from Asia
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus Cuckoos/Cuculidae Small cuckoo from North
erythrophthalmus America
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis Coucals/Centropodidae Black-capped, rufous cuckoo, in
North Africa
Owls
Pale Scops Owl Otus brucei Owls/Strigidae Small eared owl, rare in
Middle East
Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Owls/Strigidae Large, eared owl, in Middle East
Hume's Tawny Owl Strix butleri Owls/Strigidae Small, pale desert owl, in North
Africa and Middle East
Marsh Owl Asio capensis Owls/Strigidae Small Short-eared Owl-like bird,
in North Africa
Nightjars
Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus Nightjars/Caprimulgidae Small nightjar, rare in Middle East
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Nightjars/Caprimulgidae Pale nightjar, rare in Middle East
Swifts
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Swifts/Apodidae Large swift from Asia
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Swifts/Apodidae Dumpy swift from North America
Plain Swift Apus unicolor Swifts/Apodidae All-dark swift, in Canary Islands
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Swifts/Apodidae Large swift from Asia
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Giant Kingfishers/ Big kingfisher from North
Cerylidae America
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Giant Kingfishers/ Large, black and white kingfisher,
Cerylidae in Middle East
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Halcyon Kingfishers/ Big, red-billed kingfisher, in
Dacelonidae Middle East
Bee-Eaters
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Bee-eaters/Meropidae Greenish bee-eater from
Middle East
Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Bee-eaters/Meropidae Small, bright bee-eater, in
Middle East
Rollers
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Rollers/Coracidae Colourful roller, vagrant in Middle
East, from South Asia
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