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Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae)
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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...
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2025 Saudi Birding Tours
Following the success and excitement of recent tours, I am offering three nine-day tours of Saudi's southwest in 2025. The February 2025...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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