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2024 - 2025 Saudi Birding Tours

Following 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 Tour

Tour 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 Swamphen

Recently a misidentified swamphen from Qatar in my eBird review queue brought my attention to the fact the small Gulf nation has both...

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...

Birding the Greater Jeddah Area

When 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 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...

Saudi Arabia's First-ever International Bird Tour!

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...

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