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 · Oct
Share 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
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
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