Update (July 28, 2025):  New evidence from the Jazan region confirms the presence of Medium Egret ( Ardea intermedia ) in southwestern...

Originally posted January 4, 2022 A Taxonomic Tangle The Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis ) is a small, brownish, long-tailed warbler of...

Prior to November 2017, when I first moved to Saudi Arabia, only six observations of Asir Magpie Pica asirensis, a range-restricted...

December 2020 broke the spell. After three years of trying, I finally tracked down the Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites, and not once...

On January 15, my daughter and I were out at Al Asfar Lake in Al Ahsa, conducting the first of a series of shorebird surveys for 2021....