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
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarceCommon40–44 cm
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan–May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantCommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusScarceCommon20–27 cm
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantCommon23–29 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–May
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantCommon22–24 cmRegularly May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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