Kuwait · Al Jahra Governorate
Sulaibiya Pivot Fields - Southern Section
234 species and 17,044 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 120 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jahra East Outfall ( al Jodailyat)11 km269 species
- Al Jahra Reserve (Restricted access)13 km316 species
- Abraq Al-Habari78 km257 species
All 234 species recorded here
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia
- Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields - Southern Section?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 120 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields - Southern Section?
234 species, from 17,044 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields - Southern Section in November?
The most recorded in November: Long-legged Buzzard, Northern Lapwing, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Collared Dove and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.