Schmutzgeier
Birds of this ecoregion include wheatears ("Oenanthe isabellina", "O. deserti"), desert warbler ("Sylvia nana"), brown-necked raven ("Corvus ruficollis"), the endangered houbara bustard ("Chlamydotis undulata"), black-bellied sandgrouse ("Pterocles orientalis"), golden eagle ("Aquila chrysaetos"), steppe eagle ("Aquila rapax"), Egyptian vulture ("Neophron percnopterus"), and the saker falcon ("Falco cherrug").