Kuwait Ramsar wetland
Bubiyan Island
72 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
13 species in January.3 species in February.12 species in March.59 species in April.23 species in May.5 species in June.1 species in July.0 species in August.2 species in September.1 species in October.13 species in November.0 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
72 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 72Speciesrecorded more than once
- 8Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 648Recordsopen records within 15 km
- 1Raptors
- 3Owls
- 14Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 35Songbirds
- 5Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 72 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Pallid Scops-OwlOtus brucei
Waders14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Songbirds35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Rufous-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- White-throated robinIrania gutturalis
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan18°/7°19 mm
- Feb21°/9°10 mm
- Mar27°/14°7 mm
- Apr32°/19°10 mm
- May40°/25°1 mm
- Jun44°/29°1 mm
- Jul46°/31°1 mm
- Aug46°/31°1 mm
- Sep42°/27°0 mm
- Oct36°/22°4 mm
- Nov26°/15°15 mm
- Dec20°/9°15 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bubiyan Island.
Island in Kuwait
Bubiyan Island is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Kuwait.
72 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 648 open records.
The most recorded are the Western Reef Heron, the Slender-billed Gull and the Crab-plover.
4 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Abadan Ayatollah Jami International Airport (ABD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 65 km in a straight lineCar hire at KWI airport (Kuwait City)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Other places nearby.
Bubiyan Island
Kuwait
- 41Birdyas Score
- 72Species
- 8Migrants
- 1Threatened
Arzhan and Parishan Protected Area
Iran · 358 km
- 40Birdyas Score
- 48Species
- 17Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q781268) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 648 open bird records within 15 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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