Tour Dates: July 1 - 7, 2023 Participants: Max Berlijn, John Clark, Rob Dobson, Tim Doran, Enno Ebels, and Rob Leighton Leader: Gregory...

Update (October 2025): The Swamphen Relump As of Avilist v2025 , the Purple Swamphen complex ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) has been lumped back into a single species after review by the AviList Taxonomic Committee. This unified treatment brings together the former Western ( P. porphyrio ), Gray-headed ( P. poliocephalus ), and African Swamphen ( P. madagascariensis ) back under one wide-ranging species. Because eBird and Clements are transitioning to the new AviList taxonomy, b

When I first moved to Saudi Arabia, I'd often heard the expression "Jeddah ghair" (Jeddah is different), owing to the perception of the...

Saudi's northeast is a major industrial and commercial center in the Kingdom. The region borders Kuwait to the north and the Persian Gulf...

Highlights: Harlequin Quail (Arabian) (E ssp) Arabian Partridge (E) Philby's Partridge (E) Nubian Nightjar Abyssinian (Montane) Nightjar Crab-Plover White-eyed Gull (NE) African Openbill Abdim's Stork Black-headed Heron Intermediate Egret Tawny Eagle Arabian Scops-Owl (E) Arabian Eagle-Owl (E) Abyssinian Roller Arabian Woodpecker (E) Asir Magpie (E) Thick-billed Lark Arabian Lark (NE) Rufous-capped Lark (NE) "Mangrove Reed Warbler" Yemen Warbler (E) Arabian Warbler (NE) "Mang

This past Friday brought me back down to the borderland area between the UAE and Qatar in the hopes of documenting the carpenteri...

This is a video recording of an online talk I gave to the Fort Worth Audubon Society in Fort Worth, Texas about birding in Saudi Arabia....

A recent long weekend at work gave my wife and I the opportunity we needed to finally visit Al Jouf, the northernmost region in Saudi...

Ever since I was a kid growing up in New England I’ve loved listening to the sounds of birdlife—rapt by the rich symphony of a dawn...