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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Bahrain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 73, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantCommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 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