Birds to See in Qatar in March
84 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
84 bird species on our list for Qatar are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail and Hoopoe. New this month: Willow Warbler, European Bee-eater, Common Redstart and Sand Martin and 14 more.
New in March18
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
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(41)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Aug–May
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(28)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Feb–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Oct–Jun
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Mar–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
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