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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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