Birds of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia hosts 374 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Saudi Arabia
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- 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
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- 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
- 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
- Arabian WaxbillEstrilda rufibarba
- 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
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Buff-breasted WheatearOenanthe bottae
- 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
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- 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
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Philby's PartridgeAlectoris philbyi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Thick-billed LarkRamphocoris clotbey
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Eversmann's RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus