Birds to See in Bahrain in September
31 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
31 bird species on our list for Bahrain are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Kentish Plover and Hoopoe. New this month: Grey Heron, Dunlin, Greenshank and Ringed Plover and 11 more.
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep
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