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

Owing to its high number of endemic flora and fauna, the Socotran Archipelago has been dubbed "the Gal á pagos of the Indian Ocean"....

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

Tour Dates: June 14 - 21, 2024 Participants: Keith Betton, Franz and Henk Hendriks, Raphael Jordan, Wiel Poelmans, Peter de Rouw, and David Ward Leader: Gregory Askew Co-leader: James Conder Avian Highlights: Helmeted Guineafowl Harlequin Quail Arabian Partridge Philby's Partridge Rameron Pigeon Dusky Turtle-Dove Red-eyed Dove Bruce's Green-Pigeon White-browed Coucal Pied Cuckoo Dideric Cuckoo Nubian Nightjar Montane Nightjar Plain Nightjar Alpine Swift African Palm Swift Red

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...

Tour Dates: October 6 - October 13, 2023 Participants: Clyde Blum, Jacob Bourgeois, Frank Clayton, Jon Gallagher, Jim Hein, Mark Houston, Nigel Marven, Joseph P, Fred Todt Leader: Gregory Askew Co-leader: James Conder Avian Highlights: Harlequin Quail Arabian Partridge Philby's Partridge Rameron Pigeon Nubian Nightjar Red-knobbed Coot Small Buttonquail White-eyed Gull Brown Noddy Abdim's Stork European Honey-Buzzard Oriental Honey-Buzzard Gabar Goshawk Arabian Scops-Owl Arabi