Birds to See in Bahrain in May
39 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
39 bird species on our list for Bahrain are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Red-backed Shrike, Willow Warbler and Kentish Plover. New this month: Red-backed Shrike, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Golden Oriole and Whitethroat and 1 more.
Leaving after last month33
- Pied Wagtail
- Great Cormorant
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Dunlin
- Greenshank
- Redshank
- Curlew
- Grey Plover
- Ringed Plover
- Greater Flamingo
- Common Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Little Ringed Plover
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Great Grey Shrike
- European Turtle-dove
- Woodchat Shrike
- Coot
- Green Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- Temminck's Stint
- Sand Martin
- Tree Pipit
- Blackcap
- Common Swift
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Grey Wagtail
- Meadow Pipit
- Purple Heron
- Sanderling
- Black Redstart
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(25)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Nov–May
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Jan–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–May
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
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