Birds to See in Saudi Arabia in August
81 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
81 bird species on our list for Saudi Arabia are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow, Hoopoe and European Bee-eater. New this month: Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike and Greenshank and 32 more.
New in August36
- Yellow Wagtail
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Red-backed Shrike
- Greenshank
- European Bee-eater
- Great Cormorant
- Sand Martin
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Willow Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Whitethroat
- Wheatear
- Grey Plover
- Woodchat Shrike
- Great White Egret
- Dunlin
- Whinchat
- Grey Wagtail
- Tree Pipit
- Sanderling
- Garganey
- Common Kingfisher
- Temminck's Stint
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Crag Martin
- House Martin
- European Turtle-dove
- Montagu's Harrier
- Mallard
- Desert Finch
- Marsh Warbler
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Cuckoo
- Greylag Goose
- Woodpigeon
- Swan Goose
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(18)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made