Saudi Arabia · Jazan Province
Al Sadd Lake
205 species and 6,665 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 108 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Arabian BabblerArgya squamicepsSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 205 species recorded here
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Arabian Waxbill Estrilda rufibarba
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Buff-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe bottae
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Al Sadd Lake?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 108 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Al Sadd Lake?
205 species, from 6,665 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Al Sadd Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Black Kite, Squacco Heron and Little Grebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.