Birds to See in Qatar in March
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.
On the move in March
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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 84 birds in March
84 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 5.69% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.97% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.70% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.26% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.21% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon31–39 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.16% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.08% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.85% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.80% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.78% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.61% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.57% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.53% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.46% in Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.46% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.46% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.46% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.40% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.34% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.27% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.17% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.06% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in 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