Birds to See in Qatar in August
52 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in August27
- Spotted Flycatcher
- European Bee-eater
- Great Cormorant
- Kestrel
- Yellow Wagtail
- Whitethroat
- Redshank
- Sand Martin
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Little Egret
- Dunlin
- Grey Plover
- Green Sandpiper
- Gull-billed Tern
- Little Ringed Plover
- Greater Flamingo
- Purple Heron
- Squacco Heron
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great White Egret
- Cattle Egret
- Sanderling
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Temminck's Stint
- Common Tern
- Garganey
Leaving after last month3
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
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
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
(27)Present outside the breeding season
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Aug–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