JEDDAH: A tiny seabird that typically spends much of its life in the open ocean has made a rare appearance inland in Saudi Arabia, providing researchers with one of the most unusual bird records ever documented in the Kingdom. The King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority announced the first confirmed sighting of a red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) inside the reserve, a record considered among the rarest bird observations documented in Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula.

JEDDAH: A tiny seabird that typically spends much of its life in the open ocean has made a rare appearance inland in Saudi Arabia, providing researchers with one of the most…

RIYADH: The King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority has documented nine rare migratory bird species in the reserve for the first time. In a major scientific milestone,…