Birds to See in Bahrain in February
43 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
43 bird species on our list for Bahrain are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Black-headed Gull, Pied Wagtail and Grey Heron. New this month: Little Tern, Hoopoe, Black-crowned Night-heron and Gull-billed Tern and 11 more.
New in February15
Leaving after last month5
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(16)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Oct–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