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Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae)

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A Morning with Magpies in Billahmer: Bittersweet Encounters with One of the World’s Rarest Birds

Magpies belong to the Corvidae family, famously intelligent birds that include ravens, crows, and jays. The name ‘magpie’ derives from...

Jizan to Al Namas: A Saudi Birding Epic (July 2020)

Total Avian Species: 151 Total Endemics and Near-Endemics: 17 Highlights: Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris mitratus Harlequin Quail...

Long-billed vs. African Pipit

Visiting birders to the Asir highlands of southwest Saudi Arabia would do well to familiarize themselves with the two resident pipit...

Stalking the Sublime: Target Acquired in Asir Province! (June 2020)

Why do we bird? The standing theory is that our passion is a sublimation of primal predatory instincts. To be sure, birders employ their...

Saudi Birding in Abha: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly! (January 2020)

So I spent the morning yesterday doing recces in three wooded wadis around Jebel Soudah in the Asir Province. Both had the tall(ish?)...

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