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
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–May
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
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