Saudi Birding

Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae)

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A Morning with Magpies in Billahmer: Bittersweet Encounters with One of the World’s Rarest Birds

Magpies belong to the Corvidae family, famously intelligent birds that include ravens, crows, and jays. The name ‘magpie’ derives from...

Long-billed vs. African Pipit

Visiting birders to the Asir highlands of southwest Saudi Arabia would do well to familiarize themselves with the two resident pipit...

Possible Breeding Basra Reed Warbler in Riyadh Province

On a visit to Riyadh in May 2019, I headed to Al Ha’ir in the hopes of gathering further evidence Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus...

The Lesser Whitethroat Complex

After all the driving out to Tarout Island and Futaih and then back again yesterday, I decided to stay local this lovely Saturday...

Grey Francolin in the KSA – Status Unknown

This past weekend* my wife and I secreted ourselves away in the Ramada hotel in Bahrain for some very un-Saudi recreation. Can’t say more...

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