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VAGRANTS
Common Name Scientific Name Family/Scientific Name Description
Warblers and Allies continued
Desert Warbler Sylvia nana Warblers/Sylviidae Pale, sandy warbler from
N Africa and Middle east
Tristram's Warbler Sylvia deserticola Warblers/Sylviidae Small, Whitethroat-like warbler,
in North Africa
Ménétrie's Warbler Sylvia mystacea Warblers/Sylviidae Rare migrant warbler, in Middle
East
Arabian Warbler Sylvia leucomelaena Warblers/Sylviidae Dark-headed warbler, in Middle
East
Two-barred Greenish Phylloscopus Warblers/Sylviidae Small warbler (like Greenish
Warbler (trochiloides) Warbler) from Asia
plumbeitarsus
Green Warbler Phylloscopus Warblers/Sylviidae Small warbler from Asia
(trochiloides) nitidus
Eastern Crowned Phylloscopus coronatus Warblers/Sylviidae Small leaf warbler from Asia
Leaf Warbler
Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus Warblers/Sylviidae Small leaf warbler from Asia
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Kinglets/Regulidae Tiny Goldcrest-like bird from
North America

Flycatchers
Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Flycatchers/Muscicapidae Plain flycatcher from Asia

Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Tyrant Flycatchers/ Greenish flycatcher from
Tyrannidae North America
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Tyrant Flycatchers/ Small, dull flycatcher from
Tyrannidae North America
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Nuthatches/Sittidae Small, stripe-headed nuthatch
from North America
Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota Nuthatches/Sittidae Large nuthatch, in Middle East
Krüper’s Nuthatch Sitta krueperi Nuthatches/Sittidae Small, dark-capped nuthatch, in
Middle East
Sunbirds
Nile Valley Sunbird Anthreptes metallicus Sunbirds/Nectariniidae Tiny, dark nectar-eater, in
Middle East
Palestine Sunbird Nectarinia osea Sunbirds/Nectariniidae Long-tailed nectar-eater, in
Middle East
Crows
Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus Crows/Corvidae Short-tailed raven, in North Africa
and Middle East
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis Crows/Corvidae Somewhat thinner-billed raven, in
North Africa and Middle East
House Crow Corvus splendens Crows/Corvidae Grey and black crow, introduced
in Middle East from India
Daurian Jackdaw Corvus dauuricus Crows/Corvidae Pied jackdaw from Asia

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