Birds of Qatar
Qatar hosts 261 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus
- Eversmann's RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Small PratincoleGlareola lactea
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
- Sooty FalconFalco concolor
- Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
- Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis