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 · Oct
Share 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
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–May
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–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