Birds to See in Saudi Arabia in June
50 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
50 bird species on our list for Saudi Arabia are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Hoopoe and Kestrel. New this month: Barn Owl.
New in June1
Leaving after last month50
- Chiffchaff
- Yellow Wagtail
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Red-backed Shrike
- Common Redstart
- European Bee-eater
- Common Sandpiper
- Great Cormorant
- Blackcap
- Black-headed Gull
- Sand Martin
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Willow Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Whitethroat
- Wheatear
- Little Stint
- Green Sandpiper
- Woodchat Shrike
- Common Snipe
- Ruff
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Dunlin
- Whinchat
- Grey Wagtail
- Black Redstart
- Tree Pipit
- Wood Sandpiper
- Golden Oriole
- Sanderling
- Wryneck
- Temminck's Stint
- Northern Shoveler
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- House Martin
- European Turtle-dove
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Garden Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Nightingale
- Corncrake
- Avocet
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Corn Bunting
- Nightjar
- Cuckoo
- Meadow Pipit
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Hobby
- Spotted Crake
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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