Birds to See in Bahrain in September
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.
On the move in September
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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 31 birds in September
31 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 3.80% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 3.42% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.92% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.66% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.41% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.15% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.03% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.90% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.77% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.77% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.52% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.52% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.39% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.39% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.39% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.27% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.27% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.14% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.01% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.01% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.01% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.01% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.89% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.89% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.89% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.89% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.76% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.63% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantCommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep · 0.38% in 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