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Buff-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)
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Mission Impossible? Separating Yellow-billed from Medium Egret in Arabia
Update (July 28, 2025): New evidence from the Jazan region confirms the presence of Medium Egret ( Ardea intermedia ) in southwestern...
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...
eBirders Shining a Brighter Light on the Distribution, Habitat, and Vocalizations of the Asir Magpie
Prior to November 2017, when I first moved to Saudi Arabia, only six observations of Asir Magpie Pica asirensis, a range-restricted...
The Arabian Lark, Desert Enigma
December 2020 broke the spell. After three years of trying, I finally tracked down the Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites, and not once...
Pale Sand Martin vs. Common Sand Martin
On January 15, my daughter and I were out at Al Asfar Lake in Al Ahsa, conducting the first of a series of shorebird surveys for 2021....
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