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Life recorded in United Arab Emirates

Every species with an occurrence record in United Arab Emirates, most-recorded first: 2,004,904 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

All lifeBirdsMammalsRay-finned fishLizards & snakesAmphibiansInsectsSpiders & kinMolluscsFlowering plants (dicots)Monocots: grasses, palms, orchidsFernsMossesMushrooms & brackets
  1. 1Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis · Columbidae · 54,570 records
  2. 2House SparrowPasser domesticus · Passeridae · 53,420 records
  3. 3White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis · Pycnonotidae · 50,031 records
  4. 4Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto · Columbidae · 49,852 records
  5. 5Common MynaAcridotheres tristis · Sturnidae · 48,226 records
  6. 6Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus · Charadriidae · 43,685 records
  7. 7Rock PigeonColumba livia · Columbidae · 33,873 records
  8. 8Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus · Nectariniidae · 33,862 records
  9. 9Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus · Phasianidae · 30,425 records
  10. 10Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida · Cisticolidae · 30,124 records
  11. 11Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops · Upupidae · 29,884 records
  12. 12House CrowCorvus splendens · Corvidae · 28,908 records
  13. 13Grey HeronArdea cinerea · Ardeidae · 28,356 records
  14. 14Crested LarkGalerida cristata · Alaudidae · 27,959 records
  15. 15Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus · Recurvirostridae · 27,958 records
  16. 16Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys · Meropidae · 27,176 records
  17. 17Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer · Pycnonotidae · 23,347 records
  18. 18Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos · Scolopacidae · 23,148 records
  19. 19Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis · Coraciidae · 23,041 records
  20. 20White WagtailMotacilla alba · Motacillidae · 22,302 records
  21. 21Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica · Estrildidae · 21,012 records
  22. 22Rose ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri · Psittacidae · 20,744 records
  23. 23Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis · Podicipedidae · 20,728 records
  24. 24Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus · Charadriidae · 20,633 records
  25. 25Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis · Ardeidae · 19,086 records
  26. 26Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor · Laniidae · 18,902 records
  27. 27Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus · Accipitridae · 18,885 records
  28. 28Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus · Phoenicopteridae · 18,196 records
  29. 29Pallid SwiftApus pallidus · Apodidae · 18,006 records
  30. 30Little StintCalidris minuta · Scolopacidae · 17,896 records
  31. 31Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus · Laridae · 17,863 records
  32. 32Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis · Ardeidae · 16,523 records
  33. 33Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus · Rallidae · 16,424 records
  34. 34MallardAnas platyrhynchos · Anatidae · 15,863 records
  35. 35Common GreenshankTringa nebularia · Scolopacidae · 14,867 records
  36. 36Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus · Falconidae · 14,727 records
  37. 37Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca · Anatidae · 14,595 records
  38. 38Barn SwallowHirundo rustica · Hirundinidae · 14,532 records
  39. 39Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta · Hirundinidae · 14,233 records
  40. 40Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina · Muscicapidae · 13,597 records
  41. 41Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus · Laniidae · 13,507 records
  42. 42Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus · Acrocephalidae · 13,433 records
  43. 43Common SnipeGallinago gallinago · Scolopacidae · 12,547 records
  44. 44Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo · Phalacrocoracidae · 12,523 records
  45. 45Common RedshankTringa totanus · Scolopacidae · 12,024 records
  46. 46Eurasian TealAnas crecca · Anatidae · 11,969 records
  47. 47RuffCalidris pugnax · Scolopacidae · 11,961 records
  48. 48Little EgretEgretta garzetta · Ardeidae · 11,818 records
  49. 49WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus · Scolopacidae · 11,698 records
  50. 50Great EgretArdea alba · Ardeidae · 11,431 records
  51. 51Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata · Scolopacidae · 11,222 records
  52. 52Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti · Muscicapidae · 11,066 records
  53. 53Lesser WhitethroatSylvia curruca · Sylviidae · 10,883 records
  54. 54Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula · Charadriidae · 10,640 records
  55. 55Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita · Phylloscopidae · 10,580 records
  56. 56Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii · Scolopacidae · 9,979 records
  57. 57Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei · Laridae · 9,373 records
  58. 58Tawny PipitAnthus campestris · Motacillidae · 9,208 records
  59. 59Wood SandpiperTringa glareola · Scolopacidae · 9,202 records
  60. 60Water PipitAnthus spinoletta · Motacillidae · 9,145 records
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