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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Saudi Arabia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 63, most common first
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–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