Birds to See in Qatar in January
76 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
76 bird species on our list for Qatar are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail and Great Cormorant. New this month: Chiffchaff, Little Tern, Great Crested Grebe and Black-tailed Godwit and 4 more.
New in January8
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
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(47)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Feb
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jul–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Nov–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