Appendix 1: Migratory bird species and their numbers trapped during Spring off 
1990 -1992 on Qummali Island. 
Bird Species 
1990 
(April - May) 
1991 
1992 
1 Little Bittern {Ixobrychus minutus) 
61 
2 QuaW (Cotumix cotumi)^ 
81 
372 
198 
3 Spotted Crake {Porzana porzana) 
49 
07 
4 Com Crake (Crex crex) 
25 
06 
03 
5 Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtui) 
12 
6 Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephaL 
02 
20 
7 Rol le r ( Coracias garmlus) 
44 
8 Hoopoe {Upupa epops) 
01 
07 
9 Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) 
106 
1 0 Rufous Bush Chat ( Cercotrichas galactotes) 
267 
455 
605 
1 1 Nightingale [Luscinia megarhynchos) 
565 
482 
499 
12 White-throated Robin {Irania gutturalis) 
262 
395 
1 3 Redstart {Phoenicurus phoenicurus) 
626 
511 
813 
14 Wheatear (Oenanf/ie oenanf^e) 
173 
46 
37 
15 Rock Thrush {Monticola saxatilis) 
410 
597 
16 Song Thrush (rurcfusp/iz/ome/os) 
01 
03 
17 Sedge \N arb\er (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) 395 
393 
410 
1 8 Reed Wartler (A. scirpaceus) 
161 
442 
711 
1 9 Great Reed Warbler (A. arundinaceus) 
646 
409 
494 
20 Barred Warbler [Sylvia nisoria) 
402 
506 
2 1 Lesser Whitethroat (S. curruca) 
131 
37 
32 
22 Whitethroat (S. communis) 
651 
573 
819 
23 Blackcap (S. afncap///a) 
151 
431 
197 
24 Chiffchaff [Phylloscopus collybita) 
507 
514 
1,024 
25 Willow Warbler (P. froc/7//L/s) 
248 
302 
489 
26 Spotted Flycatcher {Muscicapa striata) 
43 
22 
14 
27 Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus) 
12 
09 
28 Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus) 
1,349 
1.214 
1,517 
29 Red-backed Shrike (L collurio) 
1,046 
662 
1,002 
30 Lesser Grey Shrike {L minoi) 
141 
126 
296 
31 Great Grey Shrike {L excubitot) 
319 
207 
401 
32 Masked Shrike [L nubicus) 
03 
20 
33 Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) 
417 
08 
15 
Total 
8,214 
8,305 
11,140 
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