Birds of Saudi Arabia

Apart from the endemics the area also held resident African Stonechat, Dusky Turtle Dove, Pale Crag Martin, Fan-tailed Raven, Graceful Prini...

Whilst birding the Bisha area in the late afternoon in July we came across a large gathering of Hamerkop. Birds were originally seen perched...

Malaki (Jizan) Dam Lake, near Abu Arish is probably the best birding location in the Kingdom and when we were there, we saw quite a few bird...

Whilst birding the western mountains we visited an area near Abha called the Talea Valley. This is a very good birding location with several...

Whilst birding the Talea Valley near Abha I came across a Hammerkop on two separate days at a small pool of water. The bird was shy and wou...

Marios Mantzourogiannis is a bird photographer and bird watcher from the west coast of Saudi Arabia at KAUST. He went to Ra...

Malaki Dam (also known as Malakiyah, Wadi Jizan Dam or Hakima Dam) is probably the largest and most variable expanse of freshwater habitats ...