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Tag: Black Scrub Robin

Rare and unusual birds seen in Saudi Arabia in first half of 2017

Rare and unusual birds seen in Saudi Arabia in first half of 2017

January 2, 2018December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington 1 Comment

An adult and juvenile Bewick’s Swan Cygnus (columbianus) bewickii near Al Jawf 14-15 December 2016 with three more adults in the north of the Kingdom 19 December 2016 being only the third to seventh records of the species for the Kingdom. Four See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis, including a calling male, were at a remote desert […]

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Another Black Scrub Robin – Sarrar, Eastern Province

Another Black Scrub Robin – Sarrar, Eastern Province

March 25, 2017December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Whilst birding the Sarrar area of the Eastern Province Phil Roberts and I found two Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe a species that has only been recorded five times in the Eastern Province making this sixth record as posted about earlier. Amazingly we then found a third bird some kilometres further down the main road […]

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