Fujairah birds
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Fujairah Fauna: The Great Egret
The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or great white egret or great white…
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Fujairah's Flora and Fauna
Fujairah Fauna: Eurasian Hoopoe
Hoopoes (/ˈhuːpuː/) are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive “crown” of feathers. Three living and one extinct…
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Fujairah’s Fauna: The Little Green Bee-eaters
This is an abundant and fairly tame bird, familiar throughout its range. It is a bird which breeds in open…
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Fujairah’s Fauna: Western Reef Heron
Scientific Name: Egretta gularis SIZE: 65 cm long HABITAT: on rocky or sandy shores and reefs, also found around estuaries,…
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Fujairah Flora and Fauna: The Common Sandpiper
The adult is 18–20 cm (7.1–7.9 in) long with a 32–35 cm (13–14 in) wingspan. It has greyish-brown upperparts, white underparts, short dark-yellowish legs…
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Fujairah Flora and Fauna: Eurasian Scops Owl
The Common Scops Owl is a nocturnal bird, most active from after sunset to midnight. Roosts by day in trees,…
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