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
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Feb
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaScarceUncommon19–23 cm
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusScarceUncommon18–20 cm
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoScarceUncommon51–57 cm
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceUncommon34–58 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