Check List 21(4): 750-754, doi: 10.15560/21.4.750
First confirmed record of Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819), Pectoral Sandpiper (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae), at King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve, Saudi Arabia
expand article infoAbdulaziz Mubarak Al-Qahtani‡, Abdelwahab Chedad§, Nuwayyir Mohammad Alshammari|, Mohammed Hamed Altalhi‡, Hazem Abdullah Al-Asmari§, Abdulrahaman Salem Alzahrani‡, Hussein H. Alkhamis§, Abdullah Mohammed Alowaifeer‡, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei|
‡ The King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia§ Green Sustainability Company for Environmental Services, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia| King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Corresponding author: Abdullah Mohammed Alowaifeer ( a.alowaifeer@karnr.gov.sa )

Corresponding author: Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei ( afrefaei@ksu.edu.sa )

Academic editor: Virat Jolli
© Abdulaziz Mubarak Al-Qahtani, Abdelwahab Chedad, Nuwayyir Mohammad Alshammari, Mohammed Hamed Altalhi, Hazem Abdullah Al-Asmari, Abdulrahaman Salem Alzahrani, Hussein H. Alkhamis, Abdullah Mohammed Alowaifeer, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei.
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Citation: Al-Qahtani AM, Chedad A, Alshammari NM, Altalhi MH, Al-Asmari HA, Alzahrani AS, Alkhamis HH, Alowaifeer AM, Alrefaei AF (2025) First confirmed record of Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819), Pectoral Sandpiper (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae), at King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve, Saudi Arabia. Check List 21(4): 750-754. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.4.750
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Abstract
As part of regular bird surveys across various biotopes within the King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve (KARR), including natural and artificial wetlands, two individuals of Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) were recorded for the first time in Umm Al Thiyabah, a natural wetland in central Saudi Arabia. This record marks the first confirmed occurrence of this species in any national nature reserve in the country, and only the third nationally, following previous reports from Qatif and Abqaiq. The species is rare vagrant in Saudi Arabia.
Keywords
Arabian Peninsula, avifauna, diversity, migration, wetlands