
Oman
06 October 2018 – 21 October 2018
Finally we - the Walser Brothers - managed to organize a trip to Oman. We were mainly interested in sightseeing, hiking, boat trips, mammals and birds.
Visited Sites
- Wadi Hadik 06 October 2018 – 07 October 2018
- Al Sawadi 06 October 2018
- Jabal Shams 09 October 2018 – 10 October 2018
- Ras al Hadd 10 October 2018 – 11 October 2018
- Ra's al Khabbah 11 October 2018
- Filim 12 October 2018
- Al Wusta Wildlife Reserve 13 October 2018 – 14 October 2018
- Qitbit 15 October 2018
- Jabal Samhan 17 October 2018 – 20 October 2018
- Ayn Humran 17 October 2018
- Tawi Attair 18 October 2018
- Ayn Razat 18 October 2018
- Raysut Settling Pools 19 October 2018
- Raysut Waste Dump 19 October 2018
General Travelling Information
At Muscat we hired a 4WD with which we drove down to Salalah. Back to Muscat we travelled by plane. The one way fee for the car was quite expensive but to drive through the Empty Quarter was a great experience.
Species List
Order: systematic | alphabetic
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Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala details sounds
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Bruce's Green-Pigeon Treron waalia details sounds
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Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus details sounds
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Al Wusta Wildlife Reserve
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Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus details sounds
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Al Wusta Wildlife Reserve
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Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii details sounds
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enroute
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Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus details sounds
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Qitbit
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Ayn Humran
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Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius details sounds
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Ayn Humran
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Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus details sounds
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Ayn Razat
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Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis details sounds
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enroute
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Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus details sounds
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Al Sawadi
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White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus details sounds
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Filim
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Crab-Plover Dromas ardeola details sounds
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Ras al Hadd
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Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus details sounds
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Ra's al Khabbah
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Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax details sounds
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Ras al Hadd
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Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus details sounds
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Ras al Hadd
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Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii details sounds
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Raysut Settling Pools
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Brown Booby Sula leucogaster details sounds
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Ras al Hadd
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Masked Booby Sula dactylatra details sounds
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Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis details sounds
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Al Sawadi
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African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus details sounds
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enroute
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Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus details sounds
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enroute
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Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga details sounds
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Raysut Waste Dump
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Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus details sounds
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enroute
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Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis details sounds
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Raysut Waste Dump
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Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca details sounds
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Tawi Attair
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Raysut Waste Dump
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Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata details sounds
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Tawi Attair
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Arabian Scops-Owl Otus pamelae details sounds
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Ayn Humran
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Ayn Razat
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Eurasian Scops-Owl Otus scops details sounds
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Qitbit
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Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi details sounds
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Ayn Razat
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Desert Owl Strix hadorami details sounds
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enroute
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Omani Owl Strix butleri details sounds
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Wadi Hadik
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Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala details sounds
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Ayn Razat
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European Roller Coracias garrulus details sounds
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enroute
big influx
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Sooty Falcon Falco concolor details sounds
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Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus details sounds
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enroute
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African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis details sounds
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Ayn Razat
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Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus details sounds
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Qitbit
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Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis details sounds
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Qitbit
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Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus details sounds
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enroute
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Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes details sounds
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Filim
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Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps details sounds
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Qitbit
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Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus details sounds
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Ayn Razat
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Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula details sounds
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enroute
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Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea details sounds
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Qitbit
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Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps details sounds
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enroute
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Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii details sounds
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enroute
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Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis details sounds
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Qitbit
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Blackstart Oenanthe melanura details sounds
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Ayn Humran
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Persian Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia details sounds
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Wadi Hadik
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Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis details sounds
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Jabal Shams
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Arabian Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus percivali details sounds
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Ayn Razat
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Yemen Serin Crithagra menachensis details sounds
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Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi details sounds
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enroute
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Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata details sounds
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Jabal Shams
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enroute
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Published: 26 May 2020
Last updated: 26 May 2020
Last updated: 26 May 2020