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VAGRANTS
Common Name Scientific Name Family/Scientific Name Description
Chats and Thrushes continued
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Chats/Turdidae Black-tailed brownish wheatear
from North Africa and Middle
East
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii Chats/Turdidae Large wheatear, in Middle East

White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Chats/Turdidae Blackish wheatear from Middle
East
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens Chats/Turdidae Piebald wheatear, in Middle East
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Chats/Turdidae Small dark wheatear from
Middle East and extreme
E Europe
Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta Chats/Turdidae Large wheatear, in Middle East
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha Chats/Turdidae Large wheatear, in Middle East
Persian Wheatear Oenanthe Chats/Turdidae Dark wheatear, in Middle East
xanthoprymna
Varied Thrush Zoothera naevia Thrushes/Turdidae Small thrush from W North
America
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Thrushes/Turdidae Small, spotted thrush from
North America
Veery Catharus fuscescens Thrushes/Turdidae Tiny spotted thrush from North
America
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Thrushes/Turdidae Small spotted thrush from
North America
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Thrushes/Turdidae Small spotted thrush from
North America
Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor Thrushes/Turdidae Colourful thrush from Asia
American Robin Turdus migratorius Thrushes/Turdidae Large thrush from North
America
Babblers
Fulvous Babbler Turdoides fulvus Babblers/Timaliidae Thrush-like bird, in North Africa
Arabian Babbler Turdoides squamiceps Babblers/Timaliidae Pale, thrush-like bird, in Middle East

Warblers and Allies
Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis Warblers/Sylviidae Small, long-tailed warbler, in
Middle East
Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquita Warblers/Sylviidae Small, long-tailed warbler, in
Middle East
Gray's Grasshopper Locustella fasciolata Warblers/Sylviidae Shy warbler from Asia
Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus Warblers/Sylviidae Large reed warbler, in Middle
East
Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon Warblers/Sylviidae Large reed warbler-like bird
from Asia
Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis Warblers/Sylviidae Rare reed warbler, in Middle East

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