Saudi Arabia · Mecca Province
KAUST – Safaa Golf Club
186 species and 7,058 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and September–October, with up to 77 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
White WagtailMotacilla alba
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia50 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 186 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 186 species recorded here
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at KAUST – Safaa Golf Club?
April and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 77 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at KAUST – Safaa Golf Club?
186 species, from 7,058 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at KAUST – Safaa Golf Club in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe, Spur-winged Lapwing, Laughing Dove, Western Cattle Egret and Common Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.