Birds to See in Qatar in November
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.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 89 birds in November
89 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 5.32% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.18% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.70% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.58% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.37% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon31–39 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.32% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.20% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.86% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.67% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.67% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.65% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.60% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.53% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.53% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.50% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.47% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.47% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.44% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.44% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.42% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.39% in Nov
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.38% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.32% in Nov
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.27% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.21% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.21% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.21% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.16% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.15% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.12% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.10% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
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