Birds to See in Bahrain in August
17 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
17 bird species on our list for Bahrain are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Kentish Plover, Little Stint and Ruddy Turnstone. New this month: House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove and Kentish Plover and 12 more.
New in August16
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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