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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Saudi Arabia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaScarceUncommon13–14 cm
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisPassage migrantUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec
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