Common Birds in Saudi Arabia
Our list for Saudi Arabia has 63 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 2 summer visitors, 24 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Saudi Arabia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 63, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–May
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