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birding...Kuwait |
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George Gregory
Birds of Kuwait - A Portraitby Abdullah Alfadhel 2005 has checklist of all 380 birds known from the country...See Fatbirder Review available from NHBS Environment BookstoreISBN: 999063274X Buy this book from NHBS.com Birds of the Middle EastR.F. Porter, S. Christensen, P. Schiermacker-Hansen Hardcover - 350 pages (September 1996) T & AD Poyser (UK)ISBN: 0856610763 Buy this book from NHBS.com Birds of the State of Kuwaitby George Gregory can be ordered by emailing the author at: mailto:mbriggs@gibobs.fsworld.co.ukSee Fatbirder Review ISBN: 0955141605 Buy this book from NHBS.com Important Bird Areas in the Middle EastM I Evans, S M Andrews (Illustrator); A J Long (Illustrator) Paperback (September 1994) Birdlife InternationalISBN: 0946888280 Buy this book from NHBS.com Kuwait Pocket GuideKuwait Publishing House, PO Box 1446, Safat 13015 Kuwait. Tel: +965 244 9686. Fax: +965 243 6956. Email: paulkpg@hotmail.com.
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Bird Monitoring and Protection Team (BMAPT)The Bird Monitoring and Protection Team (BMAPT) has the aims of monitoring and protecting both resident and migratory birds in Kuwait. Its functions include recording both common and rare birds, taking biometrics, monitoring birds in nature reserves and elsewhere, establishing and managing new reserves, and increasing public awareness of birds in Kuwait and of the necessity of protecting them. It is committed to the free flow of information about birds in Kuwait, and to close cooperation with Kuwait governmental bodies, and international ornithological and bird protection organizations... BirdLife Kuwaithttp://www.birdlifemed.org/Contries/kuwait/kuwait.htmlLocated at the south-east corner of the western Palearctic realm, Kuwait possesses a fairly rich avifauna despite its small size and harsh climate, with more than 280 species having been recorded; however, probably only 16 species breed on the mainland and only eight of them regularly, the rest being passage migrants or winter visitors. Species from the adjacent Indo-Malayan and Afrotropical realms from minor components of the avifauna, but records indicated. Kuwait Environmental Protection SocietyPO Box 1896, Safat 13019, Kuwait In Arabic & English - Working to create an environmental and scientific method of public thinking in order to establish the necessary remedial legislation for the protection of environmental against pollution...
Biodiversity and Protected Areashttp://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/Bio_cou_414.pdfWetlandshttp://www.wetlands.org/Notes on Al-Jahra Pool Nature Reserve etc...
Travelling Birder 2000 [March] - Steve Hollidayhttp://www.osme.org/osmetrip/kuwtrip1.html...First full day and a drive, with my hosts, around Kuwait city. Interesting species included several sightings of Palm Dove, White-cheeked Bulbul, Common Mynah and on the coast Black- necked Grebes, Slender-billed Gulls, Cormorants, Western Reef Herons and Caspian Tern. An Egyptian Nightjar (south of Souq Sharq) flying over the beach was a big surprise. A brief visit to the mudflats at Sulaibikhat Bay (west of city) revealed 2,000+ Greater Flamingo`s, 3 Crab Plovers, a variety of waders, terns and gulls, both Pied and Black-eared Wheatears and 4 adult Armenian Gulls... 2005 [January] - Charlie Mooreshttp://www.charliesbirdblog.com/~charlie/KWI31jan05/KWI31jan05.htmlAlmost the first birds we saw was one of the target species I hinted at earlier: two Hoopoe Larks. Almost totally inconspicuous when standing still, these wonderful birds are transformed when they spread their wings into magnificent bounding flashes of black and white which quickly disappear over the horizon. Which unfortunately is exactly what they did...and despite some dextrous driving by George we never quite managed to catch them up again. Still, a very good start indeed, especially as we had decent but distant views of the day's only Bar-tailed Desert Lark at the same time... 2006 [April] - Rami Lindroos, Ilkka Sahi & Keijo Wahlrooshttp://www.hawar-islands.com/kuwait_birding/Finns_trip_report.htmOur trip was made at the best spring migration time, and in our opinion it succeeded well both technically and in the matter of birds seen. The total number of observed species was 160, of which we saw 9 -13 new Western Palearctic species each. In different seasons it should be possible to see some more interesting species, which we missed on this trip. Local birders were most helpful and also the general hospitality was top class. In this report we give some basic instructions for birders planning a trip to Kuwait, as well as details of our own trip... 2006 [April] - Tommy Frandsen et alhttp://www.hawar-islands.com/kuwait_birding/kuwait_trip_report_April_2006.htmlThis trip report covers the observations and itinerary of a full time birding trip to Kuwait for ten days in April 2006. The main purpose of the trip was to find out about the birding in the country as well as trying to see some specific species difficult to see elsewhere in the Western Palearctic, or maybe finding a surprise or two. Main target species were Socotra Cormorant, Caspian Plover, Egyptian Nightjar, Basra Reed Warbler, and Grey Hypocolius. We saw all but Caspian Plover – apparently it was too late in the season for that species...
Birding Palhttp://birdingpal.org/Kuwait.htmLocal birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...
Birding Kuwaithttp://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/14_stub.phpPhotographic BLOG Birds of Kuwaithttp://www.alsirhan.com/Kuwait`s Birdshttp://www.arabianwildlife.com/archive/vol2.2/kuw.htmKuwait`s wildlife highlights are to be discovered among its birds - both resident breeding species and migratory forms. The breeding list for mainland Kuwait is relatively small, at around 16 species, of which the Desert Larks are perhaps the most prominent. What the country lacks in resident breeding species is more than compensated for by its long list of temporary visitors. Since Kuwait lies on a cross-roads for several important migratory routes the total bird count for the country is significant at around 280 species... Sandgrouse [OSME Periodical]http://www.osme.org/sand262/kuwait.html2004 sightings
Birds Of Kuwait – A Portraithttp://www.kuwaitphoto.com/Gallery of bird pictures... Photographer - Alsirhanhttp://www.alsirhan.com/Birds of Kuwait [plus other flora and fauna] |
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