Uncommon Birds in United Arab Emirates
Our list for United Arab Emirates has 77 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 4 summer visitors, 28 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 77, most common first
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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