Birds to See in Bahrain in October
50 bird species on our list for Bahrain are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Grey Heron and Kentish Plover. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Pied Wagtail, Great Cormorant and Spotted Flycatcher and 19 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 50 birds in October
50 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 4.48% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 3.99% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.56% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.41% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.37% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.82% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.63% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.63% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.43% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.43% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.38% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.38% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.33% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.23% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.23% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.23% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.23% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.18% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.18% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.03% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.94% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.94% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.89% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.79% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.74% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.69% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.69% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.69% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantCommon23–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.69% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.64% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.59% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.49% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.44% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.44% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.39% in Oct
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.39% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.30% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct · 0.25% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantCommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantCommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
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