Birds to See in United Arab Emirates in September
113 bird species on our list for United Arab Emirates are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Hoopoe and Grey Heron. New this month: Pallid Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Red-backed Shrike and Nightingale and 14 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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.
Other months
All 113 birds in September
113 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.48% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.95% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.79% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.76% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.66% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.62% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.61% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.55% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.48% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.39% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.29% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.27% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusWinter visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Sep
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixScarceRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusWinter visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
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