Birds to See in Bahrain in February
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.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At 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 43 birds in February
43 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 4.73% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 4.31% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 3.60% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.47% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.40% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.26% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.98% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.98% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.84% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.77% in Feb
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.69% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.55% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.34% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.20% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.20% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.06% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.06% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.99% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.99% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.92% in Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.85% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.78% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.78% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.71% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.71% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.71% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantCommon23–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.71% in Feb
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.64% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.64% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.56% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.56% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.56% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.49% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.42% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.42% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.35% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.28% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Feb
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