Birds to See in Bahrain in November
54 bird species on our list for Bahrain are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Grey Heron, Rock Dove and Lesser Black-backed Gull. New this month: Chiffchaff, Western Marsh-harrier, Bluethroat and Wood Sandpiper and 7 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 54 birds in November
54 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 5.22% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 4.92% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 3.17% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.35% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.27% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.27% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.71% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.67% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.63% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.58% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.54% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.37% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.28% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.15% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.15% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.07% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.03% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.03% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.94% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.94% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.90% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.90% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.86% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.81% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantCommon23–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.73% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.64% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.64% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.60% in Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.60% in Nov
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.60% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.56% in Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.56% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.47% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.47% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov · 0.38% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.34% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.34% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.30% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.21% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.17% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
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