Mission Impossible? Separating Yellow-billed from Medium Egret in ArabiaIn 2023, eBird released a taxonomic update, and as with previous revisions, birders on the Arabian Peninsula have found themselves...
Attention! Epic Tour Offering in February 2025!Embark with Saudi Birding on an extraordinary birdwatching odyssey through an array of captivating landscapes in Saudi Arabia. Join us as...
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...
2024 - 2025 Saudi Birding ToursFollowing the success and excitement of the July and October tours, I am offering three eight-day tours of Saudi's southwest in 2024 and...
Fall 2023 Arabian Endemics TourTour Dates: October 6 - October 13, 2023 Participants: Clyde Blum, Jacob Bourgeois, Frank Clayton, Jon Gallagher, Jim Hein, Mark Houston,...
Questing for Gold: 2023 Saudi Birding Summer Tour! Tour Dates: July 1 - 7, 2023 Participants: Max Berlijn, John Clark, Rob Dobson, Tim Doran, Enno Ebels, and Rob Leighton Leader: Gregory...
Getting Out of the Mire! African vs Gray-headed SwamphenRecently a misidentified swamphen from Qatar in my eBird review queue brought my attention to the fact the small Gulf nation has both...
Birding the Greater Jeddah AreaWhen I first moved to Saudi Arabia, I'd often heard the expression "Jeddah ghair" (Jeddah is different), owing to the perception of the...
Birding Saudi's NortheastSaudi's northeast is a major industrial and commercial center in the Kingdom. The region borders Kuwait to the north and the Persian Gulf...