Tuesday, February 9, 2016

South of Saudi Arabia Wed May 27, 2015 6:36 AM





25 species (+1 other taxa) total

1 Philby's Partridge Alectoris philbyi
heard
3 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
1 Shikra Accipiter badius - African ssp.
2 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
4 Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocopos dorae
1 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
2 African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
3 Common Magpie Pica pica - Asir Mapie an Emdimic to South of Saudi specifically Asir Province.
7 Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
3 Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]
2 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
7 White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
8 Brown Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
1 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
6 Arabian Warbler Sylvia leucomelaena
6 Sylvia sp. Sylvia sp.
4 White-breasted White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
6 Arabian Babbler Turdoides squamiceps -South Arabian Race with white eyes.
4 Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
5 Little Rock-Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
1 Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides
4 Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis
8 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
4 Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii
5 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
2 Rueppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula

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