Whilst birding the Tanoumah area in
summer 2016 I saw a good number of Yemen Thrushes Turdus menachensis including a pair of adults feeding a very young
juvenile on the ground. I am not certain if the bird could fly as it was very
young but the parents were in close attendance and hopefully it made it to
adulthood. The Yemen Thrush is endemic to the southwest Arabia and in Saudi
Arabia occurs in the highlands of the Asir mountains where it is a locally common
breeding resident in Juniper, especially the Jebel Soudah area. It is mainly
seen between 2000 – 3000 metres.
