Bird AlbumUnited Arab Emirates · Emirate of Dubai
Dubai Pivot Fields
265 species and 49,909 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 139 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola134 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 265 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ra's al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary – Mangrove Hide11 km167 species
- Al Marmoom DCR – Al Qudra Pivots38 km218 species
All 265 species recorded here
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dubai Pivot Fields?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 139 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dubai Pivot Fields?
265 species, from 49,909 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dubai Pivot Fields in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Yellow Wagtail, Western Marsh Harrier, White Wagtail, Isabelline Wheatear and Water Pipit.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.