🇶🇦Animals recorded in Qatar

Which animals have been recorded in Qatar? 1,966 occurrence records cover 92 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 11133537 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include house mouse, Laughing Dove, Aphaniosoma gallagheri.

• 1,966 records
• 92 species
• 15 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include house mouse, Laughing Dove, Aphaniosoma gallagheri. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Qatar

	Animal	Group	Records
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	23
	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	13
	Aphaniosoma gallagheri	Insecta Chyromyidae	12
	White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis	Aves Pycnonotidae	9
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	9
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	5
	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Aves Columbidae	5
	Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	5
	Sundevall's Jird Meriones crassus	Mammalia Muridae	5
	Neoechinorhynchus qatarensis	Eoacanthocephala Neoechinorhynchidae	4
	Pitted Beetle Adesmia cancellata	Insecta Tenebrionidae	4
	Coleusia janani	Malacostraca Leucosiidae	4
	Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis	Aves Ardeidae	3
	Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Aves Scolopacidae	3
	Namaqua Dove Oena capensis	Aves Columbidae	3
	Great Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor	Aves Laniidae	3
	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Aves Phoenicopteridae	3
	Asian dwarf honey bee Apis florea	Insecta Apidae	2
	migratory locust Locusta migratoria	Insecta Acrididae	2
	Pearly Goatfish Parupeneus margaritatus	— Mullidae	2
	Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	Aves Podicipedidae	2
	Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	Aves Accipitridae	2
	Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	Aves Scolopacidae	2
	Dunlin Calidris alpina	Aves Scolopacidae	2
	Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	2
	Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	Aves Motacillidae	2
	Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps	Aves Alaudidae	2
	Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	Aves Recurvirostridae	2
	Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei	Aves Laridae	2
	Darkling beetle Opatroides punctulatus	Insecta Tenebrionidae	2
	Mud dauber Sceliphron madraspatanum	Insecta Sphecidae	2
	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Aves Laridae	2
	Orostylis dohae	— Graffillidae	1
	Ensign wasp Evania appendigaster	Insecta Evaniidae	1
	Beet Webworm Moth Spoladea recurvalis	Insecta Crambidae	1
	Scuttle fly Megaselia scalaris	Insecta Phoridae	1
	Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica	Insecta Sphingidae	1
	Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata	Insecta Libellulidae	1
	Western pygmy blue butterfly Brephidium exilis	Insecta Lycaenidae	1
	American Cockroach Periplaneta americana	Insecta Blattidae	1
	smooth bum coral Heteropsammia cochlea	Anthozoa Dendrophylliidae	1
	Pantropical Jumper Plexippus paykulli	Arachnida Salticidae	1
	Smallscaled Terapon Terapon puta	— Terapontidae	1
	Largescaled terapon Terapon theraps	— Terapontidae	1
	blackfin scad Alepes melanoptera	— Carangidae	1
	Birdbeak burrfish Cyclichthys orbicularis	— Diodontidae	1
	Sulphur goatfish Upeneus sulphureus	— Mullidae	1
	Bigeye Scad Selar crumenophthalmus	— Carangidae	1
	Cheekspot Blenny Parablennius opercularis	— Blenniidae	1
	Starry Puffer Arothron stellatus	— Tetraodontidae	1
	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Aves Pandionidae	1
	Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	Aves Ardeidae	1
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	1
	Greater Sand-Plover Charadrius leschenaultii	Aves Charadriidae	1
	Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	Aves Charadriidae	1
	Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Aves Charadriidae	1
	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Aves Scolopacidae	1
	Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	Aves Laridae	1
	Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	Aves Laridae	1
	Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	Aves Scolopacidae	1