Bird AlbumUnited Arab Emirates · Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Mushrif Palace Gardens
215 species and 53,846 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and October, with up to 100 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
House CrowCorvus splendens
Rock DoveColumba livia
Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Abu Dhabi Golf and Equestrian Club1 km237 species
- Al Wathba Wetland Reserve30 km239 species
All 215 species recorded here
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mushrif Palace Gardens?
March–April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 100 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mushrif Palace Gardens?
215 species, from 53,846 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mushrif Palace Gardens in November?
The most recorded in November: White Wagtail, Common Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler and Eurasian Collared Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.