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Life recorded in Saudi Arabia

Every species with an occurrence record in Saudi Arabia, most-recorded first: 1,092,666 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

All lifeBirdsMammalsRay-finned fishLizards & snakesAmphibiansInsectsSpiders & kinMolluscsFlowering plants (dicots)Monocots: grasses, palms, orchidsFernsMossesMushrooms & brackets
  1. 1Black StorkCiconia nigra · Ciconiidae · 18,154 records
  2. 2Griffon VultureGyps fulvus · Accipitridae · 8,516 records
  3. 3House SparrowPasser domesticus · Passeridae · 8,250 records
  4. 4Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis · Columbidae · 7,850 records
  5. 5Rock PigeonColumba livia · Columbidae · 5,557 records
  6. 6White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos · Pycnonotidae · 5,252 records
  7. 7Crested LarkGalerida cristata · Alaudidae · 4,661 records
  8. 8Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto · Columbidae · 3,920 records
  9. 9Common MynaAcridotheres tristis · Sturnidae · 3,778 records
  10. 10Barn SwallowHirundo rustica · Hirundinidae · 3,504 records
  11. 11Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops · Upupidae · 3,288 records
  12. 12Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula · Ploceidae · 3,118 records
  13. 13Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus · Falconidae · 3,017 records
  14. 14Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis · Cisticolidae · 2,929 records
  15. 15White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis · Pycnonotidae · 2,887 records
  16. 16Grey HeronArdea cinerea · Ardeidae · 2,846 records
  17. 17Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus · Recurvirostridae · 2,644 records
  18. 18Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys · Meropidae · 2,633 records
  19. 19Namaqua DoveOena capensis · Columbidae · 2,583 records
  20. 20Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus · Charadriidae · 2,477 records
  21. 21Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe · Muscicapidae · 2,441 records
  22. 22Little EgretEgretta garzetta · Ardeidae · 2,414 records
  23. 23Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta · Hirundinidae · 2,405 records
  24. 24Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis · Ardeidae · 2,298 records
  25. 25White WagtailMotacilla alba · Motacillidae · 2,295 records
  26. 26Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis · Ardeidae · 2,283 records
  27. 27House CrowCorvus splendens · Corvidae · 2,244 records
  28. 28Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus · Rallidae · 2,167 records
  29. 29Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramii · Sturnidae · 2,166 records
  30. 30Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea · Nectariniidae · 2,142 records
  31. 31Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos · Scolopacidae · 2,106 records
  32. 32Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava · Motacillidae · 2,078 records
  33. 33Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides · Ardeidae · 2,022 records
  34. 34Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita · Phylloscopidae · 1,955 records
  35. 35Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii · Laridae · 1,951 records
  36. 36Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula · Charadriidae · 1,872 records
  37. 37Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus · Charadriidae · 1,802 records
  38. 38Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina · Muscicapidae · 1,777 records
  39. 39Arabian BabblerTurdoides squamiceps · Leiothrichidae · 1,760 records
  40. 40Common RedshankTringa totanus · Scolopacidae · 1,744 records
  41. 41Common GreenshankTringa nebularia · Scolopacidae · 1,674 records
  42. 42Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor · Laniidae · 1,641 records
  43. 43Little StintCalidris minuta · Scolopacidae · 1,639 records
  44. 44Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei · Laridae · 1,617 records
  45. 45Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis · Podicipedidae · 1,605 records
  46. 46Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia · Laridae · 1,539 records
  47. 47Yemen LinnetLinaria yemenensis · Fringillidae · 1,494 records
  48. 48Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus · Accipitridae · 1,474 records
  49. 49Black KiteMilvus migrans · Accipitridae · 1,416 records
  50. 50European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster · Meropidae · 1,409 records
  51. 51Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica · Laridae · 1,371 records
  52. 52Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres · Scolopacidae · 1,357 records
  53. 53Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus · Zosteropidae · 1,354 records
  54. 54Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus · Laniidae · 1,336 records
  55. 55Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus · Corvidae · 1,310 records
  56. 56Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio · Laniidae · 1,289 records
  57. 57OspreyPandion haliaetus · Pandionidae · 1,264 records
  58. 58WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus · Scolopacidae · 1,253 records
  59. 59Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus · Muscicapidae · 1,242 records
  60. 60Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola · Charadriidae · 1,231 records
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