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Birding the Al Baha Region

Highlights: Arabian Partridge Philby's Partridge Bruce's Green-Pigeon Alpine Swift African Palm-Swift European Honey-Buzzard African Gray...

Saudi Birding in Abha: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly! (January 2020)

So I spent the morning yesterday doing recces in three wooded wadis around Jebel Soudah in the Asir Province. Both had the tall(ish?)...

Jewels in the Crown: Introducing the Endemic Birds of Arabia

While the Republic of Yemen, which includes the island archipelago of Socotra, dubbed the “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean”, boasts the...

An Interview with Dr. Duha Al Hashimi, The First Female Birdwatcher in Saudi Arabia*

While I can’t speak to the verity of the appellation in the title—”the first female birdwatcher” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—which a...