Birds to See in Saudi Arabia in July
48 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
48 bird species on our list for Saudi Arabia are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Hoopoe, Eurasian Collared Dove and Kestrel. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Little Stint, Green Sandpiper and Ruff and 3 more.
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly 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