Birds to See in United Arab Emirates in April
135 bird species on our list for United Arab Emirates are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Pallid Swift and Hoopoe. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, Golden Oriole and Little Bittern and 7 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From United Arab Emirates’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 135 birds in April
135 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.89% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.10% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.85% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.68% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.55% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.51% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.41% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.33% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.33% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.32% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.17% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.12% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusWinter visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusWinter visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in 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