Birds of Saudi Arabia

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Table 1. Birds of Saudi Arabia

	Common Name	Scientific Name	Date	Location
1	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
2	Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata	29/12/2011	Wetland, near Dammam Airport
3	Eurasian Teal	Anas crecca	29/12/2011	Wetland, near Dammam Airport
4	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
4	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	29/12/2011	Wetland, near Dammam Airport
5	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
5	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
6	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	24/12/2010	Dammam Corniche
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
7	Socotra Cormorant	Phalacrocorax nigrogularis		Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
8	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons, Jubial Reserve
9	Striated Heron	Butorides striata	30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
10	Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
11	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
11	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
12	Western Reef Egret	Egretta gularis	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
13	Western Great Egret	Egretta alba	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
14	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			29/12/2011	Dammam Port
15	Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
15	Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	29/12/2011	Dammam Port
16	Greater Spotted Eagle	Aquila clanga	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
17	Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons, Jubial Reserve
			29/12/2011	Wetland, near Dammam Airport
			29/12/2011	Wetland, near Dammam Airport
18	Long-legged Buzzard	Buteo rufinus	22/12/2011	Hotat Bani Tamim
19	Dark Chanting Goshawk	Melierax metabates	11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
20	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			24/12/2010	Dammam Corniche
			28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
21	Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni	11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
21	Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni	26/12/2011	Almughtara Farm - Wadi Hanifa - Riyadh
22	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			08/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			29/12/2011	Wetland, near Dammam Airport
23	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
24	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			24/12/2011	Jubail Industrial City
			28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			29/12/2011	Dammam Port
			29/12/2011	Wetland, near Dammam Airport
25	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
26	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	24/12/2010	Dammam Corniche
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			29/12/2011	Dammam Port
27	Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	24/12/2010	Dammam Corniche
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
			28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			29/12/2011	Dammam Port
28	Lesser Sand Plover	Charadrius mongolus	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
29	Greater Sand Plover	Charadrius leschenaultii	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
30	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	29/12/2011	Dammam Port
31	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
32	Sanderling	Calidris alba	24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
32	Sanderling	Calidris alba	29/12/2011	Dammam Port
33	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	24/12/2010	Dammam Corniche
			30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
			28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			29/12/2011	Dammam Port
34	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	24/12/2010	Dammam Corniche
			30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
			29/12/2011	Dammam Port
35	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
35	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	29/12/2011	Dammam Port
36	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
37	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			29/12/2011	Dammam Port
38	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	29/12/2011	Dammam Port
39	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	24/12/2010	Dammam Corniche
			30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
40	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	24/12/2010	Dammam Corniche
			30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
41	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
42	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
43	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
44	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
45	Slender-billed Gull	Chroicocephalus genei	24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
			28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			29/12/2011	Dammam Port
46	Caspian Gull	Larus cachinnans	28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
47	Baltic Gull	Larus fuscus fuscus	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
48	Heuglin’s Gull	Larus fuscus heuglini	24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
			29/12/2011	Dammam Port
49	Steppe Gull	Larus barabensis	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
50	White-eyed Gull	Larus leucophthalmus	30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
50	White-eyed Gull	Larus leucophthalmus	28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
51	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
51	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
52	Lesser Crested Tern	Sterna bengalensis	24/12/2010	Dammam Corniche
			30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
			24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
53	Rock Dove	Columba livia	22/12/2011	Ibex Reserve
54	Feral Pigeon	Columba livia (domest.)	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			10/04/2011	Salah-Aldin district - Riyadh
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			26/12/2011	Almughtara Farm - Wadi Hanifa - Riyadh
			27/12/2011	Makkah
			28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
55	Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis	28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
56	Eurasian Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Dec. 2010	Near Riyadh
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			22/12/2011	Hotat Bani Tamim
			26/12/2011	Almughtara Farm - Wadi Hanifa - Riyadh
			28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
			30/12/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
57	Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	Dec. 2010	Riyadh
			08/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			10/04/2011	Salah-Aldin district - Riyadh
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			22/12/2011	Hotat Bani Tamim
			26/12/2011	Almughtara Farm - Wadi Hanifa - Riyadh
			28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
58	Common Swift	Apus apus	08/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			27/12/2011	Jeddah
59	Pallid Swift	Apus pallidus	13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
60	Alpine Swift	Apus melba	13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
61	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	31/12/2010	Peace Park, Riyadh
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
62	White-throated Kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis	31/12/2010	Peace Park, Riyadh
63	European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			15/04/2011	Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
64	Blue-cheecked Bee-eater	Merops persicus	11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
64	Blue-cheecked Bee-eater	Merops persicus	14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
65	Little Green Bee-eater	Merops orientalis	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			22/12/2011	Hotat Bani Tamim
			26/12/2011	Almughtara Farm - Wadi Hanifa - Riyadh
			28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
66	Crested Lark	Galerida cristata	18/12/2010	Near Riyadh
			08/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
67	Greater Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla	18/12/2010	Near Riyadh
67	Greater Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla	22/12/2011	Dairy Farm
68	Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			30/12/2010	Makkah
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			27/12/2011	Makkah
69	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	08/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
70	Common House Martin	Delichon urbicum	29/12/2010	Al-Madeenah
71	Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris	18/12/2010	Near Riyadh
72	Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta	24/12/2011	Opposite Royal Commission For Jubail
72	Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta	24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
73	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	13/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
73	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	14/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
74	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			29/12/2011	Wetland, near Dammam Airport
			30/12/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
75	Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava	13/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			14/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons
			29/12/2011	Wetland, near Dammam Airport
76	Black Bush Robin	Cercotrichas podobe	18/12/2010	Near Riyadh
			10/04/2011	Central Riyadh
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			22/12/2011	Diary Farm
			28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
77	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
78	Pied Wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka	24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
79	Finsch's Wheatear	Oenanthe finschii	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
80	Maghreb Wheatear	Oenanthe halophila	11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
81	Mourning Wheatear	Oenanthe lugens	18/12/2010	Near Riyadh
82	Blackstart	Cercomela melanura	22/12/2011	Ibex Reserve
83	Kurdish Wheatear	Oenanthe xanthoprymna	09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
84	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	24/12/2011	Opposite Royal Commission For Jubail
85	Graceful Prinia	Prinia gracilis	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			08/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
86	Menetries's Warbler	Sylvia rubescens	28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
87	Moustached Warbler	Acrocephalus melanopogon	24/12/2011	Sabkhat al-Fasl Lagoons, Jubial Reserve
88	Eurasian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
89	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
89	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
90	Turkestan Shrike	Lanius (isabellinus) phoenicuroides	08/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
90	Turkestan Shrike	Lanius (isabellinus) phoenicuroides	09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
91	White-spectacled Bulbul	Pycnonotus xanthopygos	17/12/2010	Salah-Aldin district - Riyadh
			10/04/2011	Salah-Aldin district - Riyadh
			22/12/2011	Hotat Bani Tamim
			28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
92	White-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus leucotis	Dec. 2010	Near Riyadh & Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			10/04/2011	Salah-Aldin district - Riyadh
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			22/12/2011	Diary Farm
			24/12/2011	Jubail Industrial City
			26/12/2011	Almughtara Farm - Wadi Hanifa - Riyadh
93	Nile Valley Sunbird	Anthreptes metallicus	28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
94	Arabian Babbler	Turdoides squamiceps	28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
95	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			10/04/2011	Salah-Aldin district - Riyadh
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			24/12/2011	Jubail Industrial City
			26/12/2011	Almughtara Farm - Wadi Hanifa - Riyadh
			28/12/2011	Jeddah South Corniche and Central
96	Brown-necked Raven	Corvus ruficollis	22/11/2012	Hotat Bani Tamim
97	House Crow	Corvus splendens	30/12/2010	Jeddah South Corniche
97	House Crow	Corvus splendens	24/12/2011	Opposite Royal Commission For Jubail
98	Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	24/12/2011	Opposite Royal Commission For Jubail
99	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Dec. 2010	Riyadh
			08/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			10/04/2011	Salah-Aldin district - Riyadh
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			13/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			13/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Playing Field, Salah Al-Din District, Riyadh
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			22/12/2011	Hotat Bani Tamim
			24/12/2011	Jubail Industrial City
			24/12/2011	Abu Ali – Jubial Reserve
			26/12/2011	Almughtara Farm - Wadi Hanifa - Riyadh
			27/12/2011	Makkah
			28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
100	Spanish Sparrow	Passer hispaniolensis	22/12/2011	Hotat Bani Tamim
101	Ruppell's Weaver	Ploceus galbula	14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
101	Ruppell's Weaver	Ploceus galbula	28/12/2011	Alrak, Alghwlaa, near Jeddah
102	Indian Silverbill	Lonchura malabarica	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			14/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
103	Red Avadavat	Amandava amandava	Dec. 2010	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
104	Desert Finch	Carduelis obsoleta	18/12/2010	Near Riyadh
105	Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana	08/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			09/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir
			11/04/2011	Wadi Hanifa, Al-Ha'ir

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