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
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
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