Uncommon Birds in Qatar
Our list for Qatar has 60 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 13 winter visitors, 40 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Qatar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 60, most common first
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Aug–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
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