Tour Dates: April 18 - 26, 2025 Duration: 9 days Species Recorded: 238 Participants: Bert de Bruin, Miguel Demeulemeester, Arthur Geilvoet, Piet Opstaele, Michel Watelet, Graham Woods Leader: Gregory Askew Co-leader: Ibrahim Al Shwamin Avian Highlights: Helmeted Guineafowl Harlequin Quail Arabian Partridge Philby's Partridge Rameron Pigeon Great Spotted Cuckoo Nubian Nightjar Montane Nightjar Plain Nightjar Red-knobbed Coot Greater Painted-Snipe Small Buttonquail Crab-Plover

Tour Dates: February 15 - 28, 2025 Participants: Jonathan Angliss, John Bjorkman, Jeff Hopkins, Wayne Kidder, Cuneyt Ozdal, Bob Tallyn, Robert Tizard Leader: Gregory Askew Co-guides: James Conder and Ibrahim Al Shwamin Southwest Highlights: Harlequin Quail Arabian Partridge Philby's Partridge Rameron Pigeon Dusky Turtle-Dove White-browed Coucal Nubian Nightjar Red-knobbed Coot Small Buttonquail Crab-Plover White-eyed Gull Saunders's Tern Lesser Flamingo Black Stork Abdim's St

According to the Birds of the Middle East (3rd ed.), the native range of White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis) is from Iraq, Iran, to...

Tour Dates: November 8 - 22, 2024 Guests: Kristi and Peter Guide: Gregory Askew Avian Highlights: See-see Partridge Sand Partridge Harlequin Quail Arabian Partridge Chukar Philby's Partridge Rameron Pigeon Red-eyed Dove White-browed Coucal Nubian Nightjar Red-knobbed Coot Terek Sandpiper Broad-billed Sandpiper Small Buttonquail Crab-Plover White-eyed Gull Lesser Flamingo Black Stork Yellow-billed Egret Goliath Heron Hamerkop Pink-backed Pelican Oriental Honey-Buzzard Cinereou

Tour Dates: October 5 - 13, 2024 Guests: Jonathan Franzen and Charles Hood Guide: Gregory Askew Avian Highlights: Sand Partridge Arabian Partridge Philby's Partridge Lesser Flamingo Rameron Pigeon Dusky Turtle-Dove African Collared-Dove Red-eyed Dove Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse White-browed Coucal Pied Cuckoo Egyptian Nightjar Nubian Nightjar Montane Nightjar Plain Nightjar African Palm Swift Red-knobbed Coot Terek Sandpiper Broad-billed Sandpiper Crab-Plover Black-winged Pra

Despite soaring temperatures and a string of unexpected challenges, Saudi Birding’s June 2024 tour delivered exceptional birding across Saudi Arabia—from Arabian Lark in the deserts around Riyadh to the endemic-rich highlands of Asir and the Afrotropical-influenced lowlands of Jazan. Highlights included Arabian Partridge, Asir Magpie, Arabian Scops-Owl, Arabian Eagle-Owl, Montane and Plain Nightjars, Helmeted Guineafowl, and nearly the full suite of Arabian endemics, all shar

A male African Stonechat perched atop a juniper tree near the edge of the Raydah Escarpment in the Asir Region. A female was also...

Update (July 28, 2025): New evidence from the Jazan region confirms the presence of Medium Egret ( Ardea intermedia ) in southwestern...

Originally posted January 4, 2022 A Taxonomic Tangle The Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis ) is a small, brownish, long-tailed warbler of...