Bird checklists and reports

The Annotated Bird Checklist is again availabe for download (Word format). Updated weekly, so make sure you have the latest copy.

Download the Annotated checklist

The Short Bird Checklist is also availabe for download (Word format).

Download the Short Bird Checklist

Annual reports are available here:

Download 2010

The UAE bird records database is kept with Wildlife Recorder, a program developed by the British company Wildlife Computing.
It has a built in database of all the worlds Bird species and subspecies, all the worlds Mammals, European and North American Dragonflies and Butterflies.
The below reports are generated from Wildlife Recorder.

Google Earth: All known UAE records linked to site.

With a single click on a sitename you will see how many species that have been recorded on that single site, including escapes.
You will need Google Earth installed on your computer.

Download Google Earth file - Updated 19.05.2013 with 277,136 records. This is a great tool for any visiting or resident birder!

Also check out UAE on eBird

Year-lists available below, sorted by species

2005 - 315 species Download 2005 report

2006 - 340 species Download 2006 report

2007 - 323 species Download 2007 report

2008 - 326 species Download 2008 report

2009 - 322 species Download 2009 report

2010 - 323 species Download 2010 report

2011 - 343 species Download 2011 report

2012 - 352 species Download 2012 report

2013 - 306 species Download 2013 report - updated 18.05.2013

UAE Abundance Diagram

Via eBird, check here

Literature:

The three must-have bird books for the region are:

- Birds of the Middle East 2nd edition by Richard Porter and Simon Aspinall.
Published in 2010, Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd.

- Birds of the United Arab Emirates by Richard Porter and Simon Aspinall
Published in 2011, Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd.

- Collins Bird Guide 2nd edition by Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom and Peter J Grant.
Published in 2010, Harper Collins
Also available in large format

An excellent off-road guide to the UAE is the UAE Off-Road
Publisher: Explorer Publishing
An offered UAE website is found here

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Odonata checklist

A checklist of UAE Damselflies and Dragonflies with links to species photographed in the UAE is found here
Damselflies & Dragonflies

The above checklist is based on An Updated Illustrated Checklist of Dragonflies and Damselflies of the UAE by Gary R. Feulner, Robert W. Reimer and Richard J. Hornby, published in Tribulus vol. 17 (2007), pp. 37-62 , which also includes basic information about the habitats and behaviour of UAE species.
Download checklist

That article has been supplemented by Errata and Addenda: Updated Illustrated Checklist of Dragonflies of the UAE -- including a third species of Ischnura damselfly by Reimer, Feulner and Hornby in Tribulus vol. 18 (2009), pp. 28-36.
Link here
 

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Other lists

Two lists, one of UAE terrestrial mammals the other of reptiles and amphibians can be found below.
They have links to photos of species photographed in the UAE.

Mammals

Reptiles & amphibians

The same list, which is made by the Terrestrial Environment Research Centre is found here
Download checklist

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An introduction to UAE insects and other arthropods by Brigitte Howarth can be found here
Download checklist

And a good article online here