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
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
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