Birds to See in Qatar in October
84 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
84 bird species on our list for Qatar are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Hoopoe and Barn Swallow. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Pallid Swift and Chiffchaff and 18 more.
New in October22
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
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
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
(38)Present outside the breeding season
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(31)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Oct–Jun
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
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