Birds to See in Bahrain in October
50 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October23
- Black-headed Gull
- Pied Wagtail
- Great Cormorant
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Pallid Swift
- Greater Flamingo
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Kestrel
- Great White Egret
- Little Ringed Plover
- Great Grey Shrike
- Glossy Ibis
- Mallard
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Little Grebe
- Green Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- Temminck's Stint
- Common Kingfisher
- Spotted Redshank
- Sanderling
- Hobby
Leaving after last month4
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(25)Present outside the breeding season
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(24)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Oct–May
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–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