Birds of Saudi Arabia

I found and photographed a Pharaoh Eagle Owl near Ushaiqer, north-west of Riyadh, an uncommon species found in the Saudi Arabian deserts, wi...

I found a few photos I took a few years ago of a Pharaoh Eagle Owl in flight so have added them below. The Pharaoh Eagle Owl is distributed...

The Pharaoh Eagle Owl that was present in Dhahran Hills disappeared for some time as it favoured trees for resting out of the sun were trim...

I took a few photos recently of a nesting Pharaoh Eagle Owl. The bird had four young but when I was present only two were seen. A male was ...

I saw and photographed a Pharaoh Eagle Owl recently in the desert in the Eastern Province. Records suggest it is an uncommon bird in the Sa...

I saw a pale B. a. desertorum Pharaoh Eagle Owl earlier in the year and took a few photos of it shown below. The Pharaoh Eagle Owl is dist...

Whilst birding at Abu Hadriyah Arnold found a couple of very good birds. Both are found in the region but neither are common or easy to pho...

Mansur was back in his native Zulfi area mid-November and managed to see some very good birds including two species of Owl of which one wou...

Ajmal Thaha saw and photographed a Pharaoh Eagle Owl on 11 November. It is uncommon in the Saudi Arabian deserts but they Ajmal went to the...

I received an e-mail from Husain Alfraid, who has an interest in photographing birds and wildlife. He mentioned that for the past couple of...

Whilst birding near Jubail Phil found a juvenile Pharaoh Eagle Owl Bubo ascalaphus sitting on a track. The bird flew along the track and e...

Viv Wilson went out birding around the Tabuk area last weekend and saw a number of good birds including a couple of surprises. He found a P...

Whilst birding near Tabuk, Viv Wilson found a Pharaoh Eagle Owl Bubo ascalaphus sitting in a tree. Interestingly Lou Regen...