Rare Birds in United Arab Emirates
Our list for United Arab Emirates has 34 rare birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 12 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
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 34, most common first
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoScarceRare51–57 cm
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Aug–May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Jan
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly Nov–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