Birds to See in Bahrain in January
33 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
33 bird species on our list for Bahrain are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Grey Heron, Black-headed Gull and Great Cormorant. New this month: Pallid Swift, Barn Swallow, Little Bittern and Ruff and 1 more.
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Jan–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jan–May
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