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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Qatar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 60, most common first
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Dec
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaScarceUncommon13–14 cm
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusScarceUncommon41–46 cm
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