Birds to See in Bahrain in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 33 birds in January
33 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 4.47% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 4.47% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 3.13% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.88% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.68% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.85% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.85% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.85% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.79% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.73% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.60% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.60% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.47% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.28% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.28% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.21% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.21% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.09% in Jan
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.96% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.89% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.83% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.83% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.77% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.64% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.64% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.58% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.45% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.19% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.19% in Jan
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