Saudi Birding

Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)

2023 Arabian Endemics Tour!

I am excited to announce that I am offering a personally guided tour of Saudi's southwest in October 2023. Spaces are filling up, so...

Birding Saudi's Northeast

Saudi's northeast is a major industrial and commercial center in the Kingdom. The region borders Kuwait to the north and the Persian Gulf...

This Saturday! May Big Day of Birding 2022

As part of the third Global Bird Weekend and in celebration of World Migratory Bird Day, Saturday, May 14 is the Cornell Lab of...

The Last Hurrah! A Guided Tour with Saudi Birding

Highlights: Harlequin Quail (Arabian) (E ssp) Arabian Partridge (E) Philby's Partridge (E) Nubian Nightjar Abyssinian (Montane) Nightjar...

"A Thousand Welcomes to Saudi Arabia" │ Discover the Thrill of Saudi Birding

Contents Arranging an eVisa When to Visit Avian Specialties by Region The Eastern Region The Central Regions The Northwestern Regions The...

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...

Borderland Birding in Al Batha

This past Friday brought me back down to the borderland area between the UAE and Qatar in the hopes of documenting the carpenteri...

A Kingdom of Birds: Birding in Saudi Arabia

This is a video recording of an online talk I gave to the Fort Worth Audubon Society in Fort Worth, Texas about birding in Saudi Arabia....

Birding the Al Jouf Region

A recent long weekend at work gave my wife and I the opportunity we needed to finally visit Al Jouf, the northernmost region in Saudi...