Birds to See in Qatar in April
80 bird species on our list for Qatar are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Willow Warbler. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, Whitethroat and Little Bittern and 10 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Qatar’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 80 birds in April
80 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 6.94% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.28% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.93% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.61% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.53% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.07% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.05% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.84% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.68% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.55% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.55% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.54% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon31–39 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.53% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.50% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.49% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.49% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.47% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.35% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.30% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.23% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.20% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr · 0.05% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made