Birds to See in Bahrain in November
54 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in November11
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Passage migrants
(27)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Nov
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
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