Common Birds in United Arab Emirates
Our list for United Arab Emirates has 59 common birds recorded regularly there: 29 residents, 1 summer visitor, 23 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United Arab Emirates in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 59, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
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