Birds to See in Bahrain in December
38 bird species on our list for Bahrain are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Grey Heron and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Sparrowhawk.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Bahrain’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 38 birds in December
38 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 4.98% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 4.89% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.92% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.75% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.66% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.40% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.97% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.97% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.80% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.80% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.72% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.72% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.63% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.55% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.55% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.46% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.12% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.12% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.03% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.94% in Dec
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.94% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.86% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.86% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.77% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.69% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.60% in Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.60% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.60% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.52% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.52% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.43% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.43% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.34% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Dec · 0.34% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantCommon23–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Dec
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