Birds to See in Qatar in November
89 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
89 bird species on our list for Qatar are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail and Rose-ringed Parakeet. New this month: Bluethroat, Stonechat, Water Pipit and Corn Bunting and 13 more.
New in November17
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
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
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
(46)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Feb
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Passage migrants
(28)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Nov
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–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