Common Birds in Qatar
Our list for Qatar has 69 common birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 1 summer visitor, 34 winter visitors and 20 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Qatar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 69, most common first
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
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