Birds to See in Qatar in September
74 bird species on our list for Qatar are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Hoopoe and Barn Swallow. New this month: Western Marsh-harrier, Red-backed Shrike, Black-headed Gull and Common Redstart and 23 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 74 birds in September
74 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 5.63% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.26% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.44% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.38% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.21% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.09% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.91% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.88% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.84% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.67% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.65% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.63% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.60% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon31–39 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.46% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.44% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.44% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.33% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.26% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.26% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.21% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.21% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.19% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.19% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Sep · 0.09% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in 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