Uncommon Birds in Saudi Arabia
Our list for Saudi Arabia has 76 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 3 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors, 40 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
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 76, most common first
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
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