Birds to See in Qatar in April
80 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April14
Residents
(14)Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Aug–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(34)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–May
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Feb–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Mar–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Oct–Jun
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Apr
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Nov–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