Birds to See in Qatar in February
82 bird species on our list for Qatar are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail and Pallid Swift. New this month: Wheatear, Curlew Sandpiper, Woodchat Shrike and Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush and 10 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
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 82 birds in February
82 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 6.13% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.86% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.44% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.60% in Feb
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.55% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.28% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon31–39 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.23% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.18% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.11% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.89% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.84% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.63% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.56% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.56% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.54% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.50% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.49% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.47% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.46% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.43% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.35% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.29% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in Feb
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.22% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.19% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.18% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.18% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Feb
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Feb
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Feb
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.14% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.11% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.11% in Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.10% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb · 0.04% in Feb
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