Birds to See in Qatar in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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.
Other months
All 76 birds in January
76 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 6.19% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.24% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.99% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.80% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.43% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.27% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon31–39 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.00% in Jan
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.93% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.81% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.78% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.71% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.71% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.68% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.68% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.68% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.63% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.59% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.49% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.48% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.44% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.41% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.41% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.39% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.37% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.36% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.36% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.36% in Jan
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.34% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.29% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.24% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Jan
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.19% in Jan
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.17% in Jan
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.17% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.15% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
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