Birds to See in Qatar in September
74 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September27
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Red-backed Shrike
- Black-headed Gull
- Common Redstart
- Wheatear
- Bluethroat
- Common Snipe
- Common Quail
- Little Tern
- Woodchat Shrike
- Mallard
- Tree Pipit
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Common Reed-warbler
- Montagu's Harrier
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Golden Oriole
- Nightingale
- Grey Wagtail
- Northern Shoveler
- Glossy Ibis
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Common Swift
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Wryneck
- Red-necked Phalarope
- House Martin
Leaving after last month5
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
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(30)Present outside the breeding season
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Passage migrants
(29)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
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