Birds of Bahrain
Bahrain hosts 202 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Sooty FalconFalco concolor
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus