Birds to See in Qatar in May
63 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
63 bird species on our list for Qatar are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Spotted Flycatcher and Willow Warbler. New this month: Gull-billed Tern, Marsh Warbler, Cattle Egret and Golden Oriole and 4 more.
New in May8
Leaving after last month25
- Pied Wagtail
- Black-headed Gull
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- Green Sandpiper
- Purple Heron
- Woodchat Shrike
- Mallard
- Tree Pipit
- Great White Egret
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Ruff
- Montagu's Harrier
- Eurasian Skylark
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Common Swift
- Cuckoo
- White-winged Tern
- European Turtle-dove
- Avocet
- Spotted Redshank
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- Egyptian Goose
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
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
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(22)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–May
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Mar–May
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Feb–May
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
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