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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Qatar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 69, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–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