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VAGRANTS
       Common Name     Scientific Name  Family/Scientific Name  Description
       Woodpeckers
       Northern Flicker  Colaptes auratus  Woodpeckers/Picidae  Colourful woodpecker from
                                                        North America
       Levaillant's Green   Picus vaillantii  Woodpeckers/Picidae  Large, scarce green woodpecker,
       Woodpecker                                       in North Africa
       Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  Sphyrapicus varius  Woodpeckers/Picidae  Small woodpecker from
                                                        North America
       Larks
       Hoopoe Lark     Alaemon alaudipes  Larks/Alaudidae  Large pale lark, in Middle East
       Thick-billed Lark  Rhamphocoris clotbey  Larks/Alaudidae  Heavy desert lark, in North Africa

       Bimaculated Lark  Melanocorypha  Larks/Alaudidae  Large lark, rare in Middle East
                       bimaculata
       White-winged Lark  Melanocorypha  Larks/Alaudidae  Large lark from Asia
                       leucoptera
       Black Lark      Melanocorypha  Larks/Alaudidae   Stocky lark from Asia
                       yeltoniensis
       Hume's Short-toed Lark  Calandrella acutirostris  Larks/Alaudidae  Small lark, vagrant in Middle
                                                        East, from Asia
       Oriental Skylark  Alauda gulgula  Larks/Alaudidae  Plain lark from Middle East

       Chestnut-headed   Eremopterix signata  Larks/Alaudidae  Small, sparrow-like lark from
       Sparrow-lark                                     Africa
       Black-crowned   Eremopterix nigriceps  Larks/Alaudidae  Small, finch-like lark, in
       Sparrow-lark                                     Middle East
       Dunn's Lark     Eremalauda dunni  Larks/Alaudidae  Small plain lark, rare in
                                                        Middle East
       Temminck's Lark  Eremophila bilopha  Larks/Alaudidae  Pale, horned, desert-living lark,
                                                        in Middle East
       Martins and Swallows
       Tree Swallow    Tachycineta bicolor  Swallows/Hirundinidae  Glossy green and white
                                                        swallow from North America
       Plain Martin    Riparia paludicola  Swallows/Hirundinidae  Small brown martin, in North
                                                        Africa
       Ethiopian Swallow  Hirundo aethiopica  Swallows/Hirundinidae  Long-tailed swallow from Africa
       Wire-tailed Swallow  Hirundo smithii  Swallows/Hirundinidae   Slender swallow from Africa

       Rock Martin     Ptyonoprogne fuligula  Swallows/Hirundinidae  Small, pale Crag Martin-like bird,
                                                        in Middle East
       Pipits
       Buff-bellied Pipit  Anthus rubescens  Pipits and wagtails/   Dark-legged pipit from North
                                     Motacillidae       America
       Berthelot's Pipit  Anthus berthelotii  Pipits and wagtails/  Small pipit, in Canary Islands
                                     Motacillidae       and Madeira
       Long-billed Pipit  Anthus similis  Pipits and wagtails/  Large, pale, mountainside pipit,
                                     Motacillidae       in Middle East


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