Birds to See in Qatar in August
52 bird species on our list for Qatar are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Kentish Plover and Barn Swallow. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, European Bee-eater, Great Cormorant and Kestrel and 23 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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.
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All 52 birds in August
52 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 6.22% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.87% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.69% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.37% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.07% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.01% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.01% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.96% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.91% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.79% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.79% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.79% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.71% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.68% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.56% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.56% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.53% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.53% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.51% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.33% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.30% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon31–39 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.25% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.25% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.23% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.18% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Aug
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