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African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus felix)
A male African Stonechat perched atop a juniper tree near the edge of the Raydah Escarpment in the Asir Region. A female was also...
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Mission Impossible? Separating Yellow-billed from Medium Egret in Arabia
In 2023, eBird released a taxonomic update, and as with previous revisions, birders on the Arabian Peninsula have found themselves...
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The Prinias of Eastern Arabia: Graceful (P. gracilis) vs Delicate (P. lepida)
Originally posted January 4, 2022 A Taxonomic Tangle The Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis) is a small, brownish, long-tailed warbler of...
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Getting Out of the Mire! African vs Gray-headed Swamphen
Recently a misidentified swamphen from Qatar in my eBird review queue brought my attention to the fact the small Gulf nation has both...
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The Arabian Lark, Desert Enigma
December 2020 broke the spell. After three years of trying, I finally tracked down the Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites, and not once...
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