Birds of special interest

Popular Birds at Desert National Park

While birdwatchers can spot a diverse variety of bird species at the Desert National Park, there are some which are rare and cannot be spotted anywhere else. If you get in touch with Aliyar Rojan before your trip, he can keep you updated about sightings in various regions.

Great Indian Bustard

Categorised among critically endangered species, it is one of the heaviest flying birds. It is found in the dry desert region of India and is also common in eastern Pakistan.

Merlin

The merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere, with numerous subspecies throughout North America and Eurasia

Cream-colored

The cream-colored courser is a wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. Both parts of the scientific name derive from Latin cursor, “runner”, from currere, “to run” which describes their

Finsch's wheatear Birds

Finsch’s wheatear is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of the family Muscicapidae

Red-tailed wheatear

The red-tailed wheatear, also known as the rusty-tailed wheatear, Persian wheatear or Afghan wheatear, is a small passerine bird breeding in mountainous areas of south-west and central Asia.

Bimaculated lark

The bimaculated lark breeds in warm temperate countries eastwards from Turkey into Central Asia. It is the eastern counterpart of its relative, the calandra lark.

Houbara bustard

The houbara bustard, also known as African houbara, is a relatively small bustard native to North Africa, where it lives in arid habitats. The global population is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2014.

Desert lark

The desert lark breeds in deserts and semi-deserts from Morocco to western India. It has a very wide distribution and faces no obvious threats, and surveys have shown that it is slowly increasing in numbers as it expands its range.

Greater hoopoe-lark Birds

The greater hoopoe-lark is a passerine bird which is a breeding resident of arid, desert and semi-desert regions from the Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

Common starling Birds

The common starling or European starling, also known simply as the starling in Great Britain and Ireland, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm long and has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of year.

Eastern imperial eagle

The eastern imperial eagle is a large bird of prey that breeds in southeastern Europe and extensively through West and Central Asia. Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa, the Middle East and South and East Asia.

Asian desert warbler

The Asian desert warbler is a typical warbler which breeds in the deserts of central and western Asia and the extreme east of Europe, and migrating to similar habitats in southwestern Asia and the far northeast of Africa in winter.