Birds of Saudi Arabia

Endemic to Saudi Arabia

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Asir MagpiePica asirensis

All regular species

• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Crested LarkGalerida cristata
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Common HoopoeUpupa epops
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
• Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
• Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• Namaqua DoveOena capensis
• Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• White WagtailMotacilla alba
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• House CrowCorvus splendens
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramii
• Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
• Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
• Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
• Arabian BabblerArgya squamiceps
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
• Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
• Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
• Yemen LinnetLinaria yemenensis
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
• Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
• Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
• Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
• Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
• Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
• Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
• Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
• Arabian WheatearOenanthe lugentoides
• Yemen ThrushTurdus menachensis
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
• BlackstartOenanthe melanura
• Arabian SerinCrithagra rothschildi
• Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
• Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
• African SilverbillEuodice cantans
• Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
• Little Rock ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
• Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
• Eurasian CootFulica atra
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
• Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
• Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
• Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
• White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
• Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
• Brown Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus umbrovirens
• Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
• Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
• Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
• Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
• Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
• Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
• BluethroatLuscinia svecica
• Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
• Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
• African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Arabian SunbirdCinnyris hellmayri
• Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
• Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
• Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
• Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Arabian WarblerCurruca leucomelaena
• Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
• Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
• Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
• Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Arabian PartridgeAlectoris melanocephala
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
• Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
• Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
• Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Arabian WaxbillEstrilda rufibarba
• Yemen WarblerCurruca buryi
• Common BuzzardButeo buteo
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Common SwiftApus apus
• WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
• Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
• White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
• Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
• Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Buff-breasted WheatearOenanthe bottae
• Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga
• GarganeySpatula querquedula
• White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
• Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
• European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
• European RollerCoracias garrulus
• African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
• Arabian WoodpeckerDendrocoptes dorae
• Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
• Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
• Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
• Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
• HamerkopScopus umbretta
• Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
• Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
• Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
• Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
• Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
• Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
• Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
• Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
• Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
• Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
• Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
• Green-winged TealAnas crecca
• European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
• Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
• Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
• White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
• Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
• Philby's PartridgeAlectoris philbyi
• Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nana
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
• Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
• Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
• Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
• Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
• Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
• African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
• Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
• Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
• Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
• Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
• Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
• Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
• Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
• Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
• White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
• Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
• Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
• Garden WarblerSylvia borin
• Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
• Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
• Arabian Scops OwlOtus pamelae
• Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
• Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
• European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
• White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
• Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
• Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
• Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
• Water RailRallus aquaticus
• Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
• Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
• Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
• Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
• Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
• Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
• Yemen SerinCrithagra menachensis
• Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
• Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
• Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
• Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
• Little OwlAthene noctua
• Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
• Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
• Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
• Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
• Rufous-capped LarkCalandrella eremica
• Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordi
• African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
• Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
• Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
• Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
• Sinai RosefinchCarpodacus synoicus
• Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
• Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
• Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
• Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
• Arabian Golden SparrowPasser euchlorus
• Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
• Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
• Arabian Eagle-OwlBubo milesi
• Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
• African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
• Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
• Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Common PochardAythya ferina
• Goliath HeronArdea goliath
• Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
• Arabian LarkEremalauda eremodites
• Eastern Orphean WarblerCurruca crassirostris
• Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
• Common CuckooCuculus canorus
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
• Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
• Sooty FalconFalco concolor
• Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
• Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
• Black StorkCiconia nigra
• Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
• Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
• Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
• Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
• Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
• Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
• Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
• Montane NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus
• Greylag GooseAnser anser
• Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
• European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
• Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
• Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
• Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
• Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
• Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
• Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
• Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
• Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
• Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
• Corn CrakeCrex crex
• Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
• GadwallMareca strepera
• Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
• Little CrakeZapornia parva
• Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
• Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
• Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
• African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
• Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
• Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
• Thick-billed LarkRamphocoris clotbey
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• White StorkCiconia ciconia
• Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
• Arabian Golden-winged GrosbeakRhynchostruthus percivali
• Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
• Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
• Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
• Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
• Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
• Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
• Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
• Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
• Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
• Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis
• Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
• Demoiselle CraneGrus virgo
• Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
• Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
• Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
• Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
• Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
• Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
• Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
• Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
• Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
• Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
• See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularis
• Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
• Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
• Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
• Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
• Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
• Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
• Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
• Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
• Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
• Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
• Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
• Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
• Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
• Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
• Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
• Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
• Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
• Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
• Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
• Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
• Common CraneGrus grus
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
• Rüppell's WarblerCurruca ruppeli
• European RobinErithacus rubecula
• Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
• Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
• Pale MartinRiparia diluta
• MerlinFalco columbarius
• Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
• River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
• Armenian GullLarus armenicus
• Syrian SerinSerinus syriacus
• Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
• Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
• Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
• Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
• European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
• Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
• Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Common OstrichStruthio camelus
• Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
• BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
• Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
• Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
• Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
• Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
• Asir MagpiePica asirensis

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
• European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
• Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
• Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
• Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
• Eurasian DotterelEudromias morinellus
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
• Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
• Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus
• Desert OwlStrix hadorami
• European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
• Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
• Long-eared OwlAsio otus
• Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
• Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
• Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
• Great SnipeGallinago media
• Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
• Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
• Mediterranean Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens
• Cyprus WarblerCurruca melanothorax
• Eversmann's RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus
• Turkestan Short-toed LarkAlaudala heinei