Birds to See in Bahrain in April
67 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
67 bird species on our list for Bahrain are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Kentish Plover, Rock Dove and Grey Heron. New this month: Common Tern, Spotted Flycatcher, Bar-tailed Godwit and Eurasian Oystercatcher and 18 more.
New in April22
- Common Tern
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Little Ringed Plover
- Whinchat
- European Bee-eater
- European Turtle-dove
- Little Bittern
- Wood Sandpiper
- Coot
- Temminck's Stint
- Sand Martin
- Tree Pipit
- Blackcap
- Common Swift
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Grey Wagtail
- Meadow Pipit
- Sanderling
- Hobby
- Black Redstart
Leaving after last month4
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(24)Present outside the breeding season
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(41)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–May
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Oct–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Jan–May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–May
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jan–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made