Birds to See in Qatar in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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.
Other months
All 84 birds in October
84 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 5.34% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.19% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.37% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.18% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.17% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.15% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon31–39 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.87% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.84% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.81% in Oct
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.77% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.76% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.74% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.68% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.55% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.54% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.53% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.49% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Oct
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.44% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Oct
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.40% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.39% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.37% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Oct
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.27% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.26% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.25% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.22% in Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.22% in Oct
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.21% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.19% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.18% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.15% in Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.08% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.08% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Oct
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
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