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
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
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