I worked in Saudi Arabia from September 21st 2011 until July 15th 2014. I saw 332 species on the conservative Clements count used by e-bird.
I intend to return after some service in Oman and the list immediately below are the next most like 39 birds to be seen and where I am most likely to see them.
There is lots more birding in Saudi Arabia to be done!
Species
|
Where it is most
likely
|
Dark chanting
goshawk
|
SW western slopes
|
Hobby
|
passage
|
Levant sparrowhawk
|
West coast passage
|
Black shouldered
kite
|
SW western slopes
|
Bonelli’s eagle
|
Tabuk (Bajda) and
south west
|
Sandwich tern
|
East coast
|
Red-billed tropic
bird
|
Off Farasan
islands, far SW esp March
|
Red-wattled lapwing
|
East (esp. Khafji
and Jubail) and esp. in winter
|
Parasitic jaeger
|
Off SW coast
|
Klaas’ cuckoo
|
SW western
hillsides summer
|
Dideric’s cuckoo
|
SW uplands summer
|
Lanner falcon
|
SW
|
Peregrine falcon
|
Coasts passage
|
Little crake
|
SW winter and all
passage
|
Lesser flamingo
|
Jizan coast
|
Common crane
|
North west winter
|
Stone curlew
|
North winter esp NW
coast
|
Western barn owl
|
Zulfi and Kharj
|
Short eared owl
|
North winter
|
Little owl
|
North semi desert
|
Arabian spotted
eagle owl
|
SW wadis
|
Montane nightjar
|
SW uplands
|
Plain nightjar
|
SW western hillsides
summer
|
Pied kingfisher
|
Northern and
central water winter
|
Indian roller
|
East winter
|
Dunns lark
|
Northern not
degraded semi-desert (central in winter too)
|
Blandford’s lark
|
SW highlands
|
Basra reed warbler
|
Mid west to north
east passage
|
Hume’s whitethroat
|
East coast winter
|
Wood warbler
|
SW winter
|
Sub alpine warbler
|
NW winter
|
Red breasted
flycatcher
|
Passage: east to
north west
|
Robin
|
NW and NE winter
|
Rook
|
Arar winter
|
Red rumped wheatear
|
Far NNW farms
|
Black-crowned
Tchagra
|
SW western slopes and wadis
|
Greenfinch
|
North winter
|
Arabian
Golden-winged Grosbeak
|
SW western hillsides
|
European linnet
|
Northern farms
winter
|
My Saudi list and when and where first seen
Species | Location | Date |
Grey Heron | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Purple Heron | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Little Egret | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Cattle Egret | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Squacco Heron | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Common Moorhen | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Laughing Dove | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Green Bee-eater | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Red-tailed Shrike | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Crested Lark | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Barn Swallow | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Red-rumped Swallow | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
White-eared Bulbul | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Black Scrub-Robin | Wadi Hanifah | 29-Sep-11 |
Booted Eagle | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
Green Sandpiper | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
Namaqua Dove | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
Eurasian Hoopoe | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
Common Kestrel | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
Willow Warbler | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
Isabelline Wheatear | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
Common Myna | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
House Sparrow | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
Indian Silverbill | Wadi Hanifah | 6-Oct-11 |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 20-Oct-11 |
Spotted Crake | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 20-Oct-11 |
Little Ringed Plover | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 20-Oct-11 |
Dunlin | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 20-Oct-11 |
Isabelline Shrike | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 20-Oct-11 |
White Wagtail | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 20-Oct-11 |
Sand Partridge | Al Ha'ir dam | 27-Oct-11 |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Al Ha'ir dam | 27-Oct-11 |
Rock Dove | Al Ha'ir dam | 27-Oct-11 |
Desert Lark | Al Ha'ir dam | 27-Oct-11 |
Graceful Prinia | Al Ha'ir dam | 27-Oct-11 |
Blue Rock-Thrush | Al Ha'ir dam | 27-Oct-11 |
Blackstart | Al Ha'ir dam | 27-Oct-11 |
Red-tailed Wheatear | Al Ha'ir dam | 27-Oct-11 |
Great Egret | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 27-Oct-11 |
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 27-Oct-11 |
Common Sandpiper | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 27-Oct-11 |
Masked Shrike | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 27-Oct-11 |
Brown-necked Raven | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 27-Oct-11 |
Wheatear | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 27-Oct-11 |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 27-Oct-11 |
Spanish Sparrow | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 27-Oct-11 |
Streaked Weaver | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 27-Oct-11 |
Ring-necked Parakeet | Al Sharbatly Village compound, Jeddah | 2-Nov-11 |
House Crow | Al Sharbatly Village compound, Jeddah | 2-Nov-11 |
White-spectacled Bulbul | Al Sharbatly Village compound, Jeddah | 2-Nov-11 |
Nile Valley Sunbird | Al Sharbatly Village compound, Jeddah | 2-Nov-11 |
Rueppell's Weaver | Al Sharbatly Village compound, Jeddah | 2-Nov-11 |
Striated Heron | Corniche, Jeddah | 3-Nov-11 |
Black-winged Stilt | Corniche, Jeddah | 3-Nov-11 |
Kentish Plover | Corniche, Jeddah | 3-Nov-11 |
Common Ringed Plover | Corniche, Jeddah | 3-Nov-11 |
Ruddy Turnstone | Corniche, Jeddah | 3-Nov-11 |
White-eyed Gull | Corniche, Jeddah | 3-Nov-11 |
Steppe Eagle | Wadi Uranah | 5-Nov-11 |
Black Kite | Wadi Uranah | 5-Nov-11 |
African Silverbill | Wadi Uranah | 5-Nov-11 |
Fan-tailed Raven | south Taif | 6-Nov-11 |
Arabian Babbler | south Taif | 6-Nov-11 |
Black Redstart | south Taif | 6-Nov-11 |
Tristram's Starling | south Taif | 6-Nov-11 |
Yemen Linnet | south Taif | 6-Nov-11 |
Greater Flamingo | Coast near Dhahban, Jeddah | 7-Nov-11 |
Western Reef-Heron | Coast near Dhahban, Jeddah | 7-Nov-11 |
Common Redshank | Coast near Dhahban, Jeddah | 7-Nov-11 |
Little Stint | Coast near Dhahban, Jeddah | 7-Nov-11 |
Crab Plover | Coast near Dhahban, Jeddah | 7-Nov-11 |
Slender-billed Gull | Coast near Dhahban, Jeddah | 7-Nov-11 |
Whiskered Tern | Coast near Dhahban, Jeddah | 7-Nov-11 |
White-throated Kingfisher | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 11-Nov-11 |
Bluethroat | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 11-Nov-11 |
Desert Wheatear | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 11-Nov-11 |
Red Avadavat | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 11-Nov-11 |
Red-vented Bulbul | Al Waha compound, Riyadh | 13-Nov-11 |
Booted Warbler | Al Waha compound, Riyadh | 13-Nov-11 |
Northern Shoveler | Kharj fish and turf farm | 17-Nov-11 |
Northern Lapwing | Kharj fish and turf farm | 17-Nov-11 |
Spur-winged Lapwing | Kharj fish and turf farm | 17-Nov-11 |
Temminck's Stint | Kharj fish and turf farm | 17-Nov-11 |
Rosy Starling | Kharj fish and turf farm | 17-Nov-11 |
Mallard | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 24-Nov-11 |
Osprey | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 24-Nov-11 |
Pallid Swift | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 24-Nov-11 |
Rock Martin | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 24-Nov-11 |
Common Chiffchaff | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 24-Nov-11 |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Al Fal compound, Riyadh | 1-Dec-11 |
Grey Wagtail | Riyadh Intercontinental Hotel | 8-Dec-11 |
Hypocolius | Riyadh Intercontinental Hotel | 8-Dec-11 |
Common Snipe | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 9-Dec-11 |
Great Grey Shrike | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 9-Dec-11 |
Tawny Pipit | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 9-Dec-11 |
Eurasian Coot | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 15-Dec-11 |
Asian Desert Warbler | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 15-Dec-11 |
Long-billed Pipit | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 15-Dec-11 |
Water Pipit | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 15-Dec-11 |
White-tailed Wheatear | tip close to Dirab | 16-Dec-11 |
Mourning Wheatear | wadi east of Dirab | 16-Dec-11 |
Eurasian Wryneck | Al Ha'ir old village | 16-Dec-11 |
Wood Sandpiper | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 22-Dec-11 |
Citrine Wagtail | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 22-Dec-11 |
Black Stork | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 23-Dec-11 |
Meadow Pipit | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 23-Dec-11 |
Long-legged Buzzard | Al Sahba | 23-Dec-11 |
Marsh Sandpiper | Al Sahba | 23-Dec-11 |
Ruff | Al Sahba | 23-Dec-11 |
Common Pochard | Wadi Al Thumayah | 23-Dec-11 |
Tufted Duck | Wadi Al Thumayah | 23-Dec-11 |
Greater Hoopoe-Lark | desert SW of Kharj | 23-Dec-11 |
Bar-tailed Lark | desert SW of Kharj | 23-Dec-11 |
Imperial Eagle | Al Monsor Dairy Farm | 29-Dec-11 |
Cream-colored Courser | Al Monsor Dairy Farm | 29-Dec-11 |
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Al Monsor Dairy Farm | 29-Dec-11 |
Lesser Short-toed Lark | Al Monsor Dairy Farm | 29-Dec-11 |
Skylark | Al Monsor Dairy Farm | 29-Dec-11 |
Desert Finch | Al Monsor Dairy Farm | 29-Dec-11 |
Northern Goshawk | Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh | 7-Jan-12 |
Eurasian Teal | river south of pivot fields | 13-Jan-12 |
Common Quail | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 13-Jan-12 |
Garganey | river south of pivot fields | 27-Jan-12 |
Ferruginous Duck | river south of pivot fields | 27-Jan-12 |
Oriental Honey-buzzard | King Fadh park, Najran | 2-Feb-12 |
Palestine Sunbird | King Fadh park, Najran | 2-Feb-12 |
Olive-rumped Serin | King Fadh park, Najran | 2-Feb-12 |
Common Buzzard | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 7-Feb-12 |
Woodchat Shrike | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 7-Feb-12 |
Little Grebe | river south of pivot fields | 9-Feb-12 |
African Collared-Dove | Al Waha compound, Riyadh | 10-Feb-12 |
Pied Wheatear | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 16-Feb-12 |
Lesser Whitethroat | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 17-Feb-12 |
Bank Myna | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 17-Feb-12 |
Alpine Swift | river south of pivot fields | 17-Feb-12 |
Little Bittern | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 23-Feb-12 |
Common Swift | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 23-Feb-12 |
Menetries's Warbler | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 23-Feb-12 |
Starling | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 23-Feb-12 |
Arabian Partridge | Al Baha | 1-Mar-12 |
Dusky Turtle-Dove | Al Baha | 1-Mar-12 |
Common House-Martin | Al Baha | 1-Mar-12 |
White-breasted White-eye | Al Baha | 1-Mar-12 |
Little Rock-Thrush | Al Baha | 1-Mar-12 |
Siberian Stonechat | Al Baha | 1-Mar-12 |
Arabian Wheatear | Al Baha | 1-Mar-12 |
Yemen Thrush | Al Baha | 1-Mar-12 |
Song Thrush | Al Baha | 1-Mar-12 |
Cretzschmar's Bunting | Al Baha | 1-Mar-12 |
Philby's Partridge | Al Baha | 2-Mar-12 |
Arabian Woodpecker | Al Baha | 2-Mar-12 |
Scrub Warbler | Al Baha | 2-Mar-12 |
Brown Woodland-Warbler | Al Baha | 2-Mar-12 |
Redstart | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 8-Mar-12 |
Black-eared Wheatear | Al Ha'ir new quarry pools | 8-Mar-12 |
Eurasian Reed-Warbler | river south of pivot fields | 8-Mar-12 |
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Mansouriyah | 9-Mar-12 |
Eurasian Crag-Martin | Mansouriyah | 15-Mar-12 |
Nightingale | Bird ringing centre, Al Ha'ir | 16-Mar-12 |
Pallid Harrier | Rawdhat Khuraim | 23-Mar-12 |
European Bee-eater | Rawdhat Khuraim | 23-Mar-12 |
Lesser Kestrel | Rawdhat Khuraim | 23-Mar-12 |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Rawdhat Khuraim | 23-Mar-12 |
Whitethroat | Rawdhat Khuraim | 23-Mar-12 |
Tree Pipit | Rawdhat Khuraim | 23-Mar-12 |
Red-throated Pipit | Rawdhat Khuraim | 23-Mar-12 |
Pale Rockfinch | Rawdhat Khuraim | 23-Mar-12 |
White Stork | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 28-Mar-12 |
Eurasian Oystercatcher | Jizan bay | 5-Apr-12 |
Grey Plover | Jizan bay | 5-Apr-12 |
Pacific Golden-Plover | Jizan bay | 5-Apr-12 |
Lesser Sand-Plover | Jizan bay | 5-Apr-12 |
Whimbrel | Jizan bay | 5-Apr-12 |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Jizan bay | 5-Apr-12 |
Curlew Sandpiper | Jizan bay | 5-Apr-12 |
White-cheeked Tern | Jizan bay | 5-Apr-12 |
Lesser Crested Tern | Jizan bay | 5-Apr-12 |
African Palm-Swift | Jizan bay | 5-Apr-12 |
Pink-backed Pelican | Jizan city | 5-Apr-12 |
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Jizan city | 5-Apr-12 |
Abyssinian Roller | Sabya countryside | 5-Apr-12 |
African Grey Hornbill | Wadi ar Rayth | 5-Apr-12 |
Arabian Warbler | Wadi ar Rayth | 5-Apr-12 |
Common Greenshank | Jizan industrial city | 6-Apr-12 |
Sanderling | Jizan industrial city | 6-Apr-12 |
Sooty Gull | Jizan industrial city | 6-Apr-12 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Jizan industrial city | 6-Apr-12 |
Caspian Tern | Jizan industrial city | 6-Apr-12 |
White-throated Robin | Bird ringing centre, Al Ha'ir | 12-Apr-12 |
Ortolan Bunting | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 12-Apr-12 |
Red-backed Shrike | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 19-Apr-12 |
Terek Sandpiper | Riyadh river, further south | 19-Apr-12 |
Eurasian Blackcap | Mansouriyah | 20-Apr-12 |
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Mansouriyah | 20-Apr-12 |
Spotted Flycatcher | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 20-Apr-12 |
Great Cormorant | Lake Asfar, Hofuf | 26-Apr-12 |
Little Tern | Lake Asfar, Hofuf | 26-Apr-12 |
Common Cuckoo | Lake Asfar, Hofuf | 26-Apr-12 |
Lesser Grey Shrike | Lake Asfar, Hofuf | 26-Apr-12 |
Clamorous Reed-Warbler | Lake Asfar, Hofuf | 26-Apr-12 |
Whinchat | Lake Asfar, Hofuf | 26-Apr-12 |
European Roller | upper Wadi Hanifah | 3-May-12 |
Upcher's Warbler | Wadi Arar lakes,KSA | 10-May-12 |
Sedge Warbler | Wadi Arar lakes,KSA | 10-May-12 |
Trumpeter Finch | Wadi Arar lakes,KSA | 10-May-12 |
Great Reed-Warbler | Arar city parkland.KSA | 11-May-12 |
Eurasian Nightjar | al Jouf, KSA | 11-May-12 |
Collared Pratincole | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 18-May-12 |
Glossy Ibis | south of Taif | 18-Aug-12 |
Little Swift | south of Taif | 18-Aug-12 |
Gambaga Flycatcher | south of Taif | 18-Aug-12 |
Thrush Nightingale | south of Taif | 18-Aug-12 |
Semicollared Flycatcher | south of Taif | 18-Aug-12 |
Striolated Bunting | south of Taif | 18-Aug-12 |
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | south of Taif | 18-Aug-12 |
Yemen Serin | south of Taif | 18-Aug-12 |
Marsh Warbler | Al Baha | 19-Aug-12 |
Arabian Waxbill | Al Baha | 19-Aug-12 |
Bruce's Green-Pigeon | south of Baha | 19-Aug-12 |
Yemen Warbler | south of Baha | 19-Aug-12 |
Violet-backed Starling | south of Baha | 19-Aug-12 |
Shining Sunbird | Doos area, North of Baha | 20-Aug-12 |
Olive-tree Warbler | Ash Shafa, Taif | 21-Aug-12 |
Sand Martin | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 21-Sep-12 |
Barred Warbler | Heet | 28-Sep-12 |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Jizan industrial city | 28-Sep-12 |
Eurasian Curlew | Jizan industrial city | 28-Sep-12 |
Saunders's Tern | Jizan industrial city | 28-Sep-12 |
Gull-billed Tern | Jizan industrial city | 28-Sep-12 |
European Turtle-Dove | Desert stop, 150km east of Riyadh | 3-Oct-12 |
Grey-headed Swamphen | Sebkhet al Fasl | 4-Oct-12 |
Pied Avocet | Sebkhet al Fasl | 4-Oct-12 |
White-winged Tern | Sebkhet al Fasl | 4-Oct-12 |
Great Crested Grebe | High tide roost, Khobar | 5-Oct-12 |
Black-tailed Godwit | Dammam coast | 5-Oct-12 |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Dammam coast | 5-Oct-12 |
Black-headed Gull | Dammam coast | 5-Oct-12 |
Great Crested Tern | Dammam coast | 5-Oct-12 |
Common Kingfisher | Near Riyadh cricket club | 9-Nov-12 |
Sociable Lapwing | North of Tabuk | 15-Nov-12 |
Stonechat | North of Tabuk | 15-Nov-12 |
Corn Bunting | North of Tabuk | 15-Nov-12 |
Common Raven | Haql road out of Tabuk | 15-Nov-12 |
Finsch's Wheatear | Haql road out of Tabuk | 15-Nov-12 |
Moustached Warbler | Waste water lake, Tabuk | 16-Nov-12 |
Goldfinch | south of Tabuk | 16-Nov-12 |
Temminck's Lark | East of Rumah | 23-Nov-12 |
Short-toed Snake-Eagle | river south of pivot fields | 20-Dec-12 |
Great Snipe | river south of pivot fields | 20-Dec-12 |
Gadwall | river south of pivot fields | 21-Dec-12 |
Northern Pintail | river south of pivot fields | 21-Dec-12 |
Great Bittern | Lake Maliki | 27-Dec-12 |
White-tailed Lapwing | Lake Maliki | 27-Dec-12 |
Spotted Redshank | Lake Maliki | 27-Dec-12 |
White-browed Coucal | Lake Maliki | 27-Dec-12 |
Fan-tailed Warbler | Lake Maliki | 27-Dec-12 |
Red-eyed Dove | Fifa | 28-Dec-12 |
Singing Bushlark | Road north of Jizan | 28-Dec-12 |
Arabian Golden Sparrow | Road north of Jizan | 28-Dec-12 |
Griffon Vulture | Escarpment north of Dhurma | 24-Jan-13 |
Egyptian Vulture | Wadi Rabigh | 31-Jan-13 |
Barbary Falcon | Wadi Rabigh | 31-Jan-13 |
Greater Sand-Plover | Thuwal | 31-Jan-13 |
African Reed-Warbler | Thuwal | 31-Jan-13 |
Hooded Wheatear | "Edge of the world", Riyadh | 8-Feb-13 |
Brown Booby | Mangroves north of Al Shuqaiq | 14-Feb-13 |
Great White Pelican | Mangroves north of Al Shuqaiq | 14-Feb-13 |
Collared Kingfisher | Mangroves north of Al Shuqaiq | 14-Feb-13 |
Helmeted Guineafowl | Wadi Juwa | 15-Feb-13 |
Tawny Eagle | Wadi Juwa | 15-Feb-13 |
Bimaculated Lark | Zulfi | 2-Mar-13 |
Rueppell's Warbler | Desert south of Duba road, Tabuk | 7-Mar-13 |
Sinai Rosefinch | Desert south of Duba road, Tabuk | 7-Mar-13 |
Northern Harrier | Waste water lake, Tabuk | 8-Mar-13 |
Jack Snipe | Waste water lake, Tabuk | 8-Mar-13 |
Cyprus Wheatear | Wadi Rabigh | 14-Mar-13 |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Yanbu waste treatment lake | 14-Mar-13 |
Eastern Orphean Warbler | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 4-Apr-13 |
Cinereous Bunting | KSU university farm | 10-Apr-13 |
Montagu's Harrier | Al Ha'ir pivot fields and river | 12-Apr-13 |
Black-winged Pratincole | Farm near Mithnab | 25-Apr-13 |
Garden Warbler | Abha dam | 2-May-13 |
Shikra | South of Tanumah | 2-May-13 |
Grey-headed Kingfisher | South of Tanumah | 2-May-13 |
African Paradise-Flycatcher | South of Tanumah | 2-May-13 |
Common Magpie | South of Tanumah | 2-May-13 |
Red-breasted Wheatear | South of Tanumah | 2-May-13 |
Eurasian Golden Oriole | Farm on edge of Abha | 3-May-13 |
Greater Painted-Snipe | Sabya waste water lakes | 16-May-13 |
Pied Cuckoo | Sabya waste water lakes | 16-May-13 |
Abdim's Stork | Ad Dabi town | 16-May-13 |
Gabar Goshawk | Ad Dabi town | 16-May-13 |
White-throated Bee-eater | Ad Dabi town | 16-May-13 |
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse | Abu Arish waste water lakes | 16-May-13 |
Nubian Nightjar | Abu Arish waste water lakes | 16-May-13 |
Socotra Cormorant | South corniche Khobar | 6-Jun-13 |
Common Tern | South corniche Khobar | 6-Jun-13 |
Black-headed Bunting | Jebel Lawz | 13-Jun-13 |
Egyptian Nightjar | KSU university farm | 3-Sep-13 |
European Honey-buzzard | Thuwal | 20-Sep-13 |
Corn Crake | Thuwal | 20-Sep-13 |
African Swamphen | Thuwal | 20-Sep-13 |
Demoiselle Crane | Thuwal | 20-Sep-13 |
Black-necked Grebe | Half Moon Bay | 3-Oct-13 |
Chukar | Jebel Lawz | 17-Oct-13 |
Sardinian Warbler | Haql | 17-Oct-13 |
Little Bunting | Haql | 17-Oct-13 |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Haql road out of Tabuk | 17-Oct-13 |
Eurasian Wigeon | Waste water lake, Tabuk | 19-Oct-13 |
Water Rail | Waste water lake, Tabuk | 19-Oct-13 |
Red-necked Phalarope | Sebkhet al Fasl | 8-Nov-13 |
Caspian Plover | Southern farms, Wadi Dawasar | 29-Nov-13 |
Merlin | Desert SE of Tabarjal | 13-Dec-13 |
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl | Tabarjal and near-by farms | 14-Dec-13 |
European Golden-Plover | South corniche Khobar | 3-Jan-14 |
Hamerkop | Wadi Haly | 10-Jan-14 |
Common Shelduck | Sebkhet al Fasl | 17-Jan-14 |
Pallas's Gull | Sebkhet al Fasl | 17-Jan-14 |
Thick-billed Lark | Below Buwaiq escarpment, North of Thumamah | 7-Feb-14 |
Muscovy Duck | Riyadh river, further south | 21-Mar-14 |
Common Ostrich | Mahazat As-Sayd reserve | 11-Apr-14 |
Lappet-faced Vulture | Mahazat As-Sayd reserve | 11-Apr-14 |
Macqueen's Bustard | Mahazat As-Sayd reserve | 11-Apr-14 |
Rameron Pigeon | Raydah escarpment | 10-May-14 |
Brown Noddy | Jizan-Farasans ferry | 6-Jun-14 |
Goliath Heron | Farasan Kabir harbour | 6-Jun-14 |
Sooty Falcon | Mangroves on Farasan kabir | 6-Jun-14 |
Bridled Tern | Boat trip round smaller Farasan islands | 7-Jun-14 |
African Stonechat | Azizah | 4-Jul-14 |
great list, it seemed that you have enjoyed birding in Saudi more than many here including me.
ReplyDeletemy life list here in Jeddah is only 131.
Duha, I travelled everywhere in Saudi Arabia for this. From Arar to Wadi Dawasir to Tabuk to Jizan etc If you had a family outing to Abha and Jizan or even Wadi Rabigh you could add many more!
ReplyDeleteHi, do you any information about bird site and bird guide in farasan island, KSA? Thank you.
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