Common Birds in Bahrain
Our list for Bahrain has 73 common birds recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 26 winter visitors, 44 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bahrain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 73, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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