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Animals in Qatar

9 animal species on file have openly licensed sighting records from Qatar, 1 of them threatened. Records include captive animals and introduced populations.

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Species recorded
9
Threatened
1
Groups represented
4
Sighting records
758
Fiji: 11 speciesTanzania: 21 speciesW. Sahara: 8 speciesCanada: 38 speciesUnited States of America: 61 speciesKazakhstan: 13 speciesUzbekistan: 10 speciesPapua New Guinea: 11 speciesIndonesia: 26 speciesArgentina: 22 speciesChile: 18 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 21 speciesSomalia: 13 speciesKenya: 20 speciesSudan: 21 speciesChad: 12 speciesHaiti: 9 speciesDominican Rep.: 10 speciesRussia: 32 speciesBahamas: 12 speciesFalkland Is.: 5 speciesNorway: 26 speciesGreenland: 14 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 15 speciesTimor-Leste: 5 speciesSouth Africa: 35 speciesLesotho: 6 speciesMexico: 28 speciesUruguay: 13 speciesBrazil: 31 speciesBolivia: 9 speciesPeru: 17 speciesColombia: 19 speciesPanama: 18 speciesCosta Rica: 19 speciesNicaragua: 13 speciesHonduras: 12 speciesEl Salvador: 12 speciesGuatemala: 13 speciesBelize: 16 speciesVenezuela: 15 speciesGuyana: 8 speciesSuriname: 12 speciesFrance: 45 speciesEcuador: 18 speciesPuerto Rico: 13 speciesJamaica: 10 speciesCuba: 14 speciesZimbabwe: 14 speciesBotswana: 12 speciesNamibia: 33 speciesSenegal: 21 speciesMali: 11 speciesMauritania: 7 speciesBenin: 17 speciesNiger: 9 speciesNigeria: 21 speciesCameroon: 14 speciesTogo: 7 speciesGhana: 14 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 17 speciesGuinea: 11 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 8 speciesLiberia: 12 speciesSierra Leone: 12 speciesBurkina Faso: 6 speciesCentral African Rep.: 12 speciesCongo: 10 speciesGabon: 11 speciesEq. Guinea: 13 speciesZambia: 12 speciesMalawi: 12 speciesMozambique: 15 specieseSwatini: 8 speciesAngola: 14 speciesBurundi: 8 speciesIsrael: 26 speciesLebanon: 16 speciesMadagascar: 14 speciesPalestine: 11 speciesGambia: 9 speciesTunisia: 14 speciesAlgeria: 19 speciesJordan: 13 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 13 speciesQatar: 9 speciesKuwait: 10 speciesIraq: 13 speciesOman: 16 speciesVanuatu: 8 speciesCambodia: 8 speciesThailand: 22 speciesLaos: 8 speciesMyanmar: 13 speciesVietnam: 19 speciesNorth Korea: 4 speciesSouth Korea: 15 speciesMongolia: 12 speciesIndia: 33 speciesBangladesh: 12 speciesBhutan: 9 speciesNepal: 12 speciesPakistan: 16 speciesAfghanistan: 11 speciesTajikistan: 9 speciesKyrgyzstan: 9 speciesTurkmenistan: 7 speciesIran: 20 speciesSyria: 15 speciesArmenia: 13 speciesSweden: 36 speciesBelarus: 15 speciesUkraine: 24 speciesPoland: 25 speciesAustria: 22 speciesHungary: 18 speciesMoldova: 14 speciesRomania: 18 speciesLithuania: 18 speciesLatvia: 18 speciesEstonia: 23 speciesGermany: 51 speciesBulgaria: 20 speciesGreece: 21 speciesTurkey: 23 speciesAlbania: 15 speciesCroatia: 20 speciesSwitzerland: 20 speciesLuxembourg: 19 speciesBelgium: 32 speciesNetherlands: 42 speciesPortugal: 32 speciesSpain: 36 speciesIreland: 26 speciesNew Caledonia: 17 speciesSolomon Is.: 8 speciesNew Zealand: 23 speciesAustralia: 36 speciesSri Lanka: 12 speciesChina: 24 speciesTaiwan: 18 speciesItaly: 28 speciesDenmark: 40 speciesUnited Kingdom: 43 speciesIceland: 16 speciesAzerbaijan: 10 speciesGeorgia: 16 speciesPhilippines: 20 speciesMalaysia: 17 speciesBrunei: 5 speciesSlovenia: 18 speciesFinland: 28 speciesSlovakia: 17 speciesCzechia: 24 speciesEritrea: 7 speciesJapan: 49 speciesParaguay: 7 speciesYemen: 14 speciesSaudi Arabia: 16 speciesCyprus: 13 speciesMorocco: 23 speciesEgypt: 23 speciesLibya: 9 speciesEthiopia: 12 speciesDjibouti: 6 speciesUganda: 14 speciesRwanda: 11 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 13 speciesMacedonia: 14 speciesSerbia: 16 speciesMontenegro: 17 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 11 speciesS. Sudan: 10 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale

Which well-known animals are recorded in Qatar?

The most looked-up species with records here.

LC, Least Concern
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Anatidae

DD, Data Deficient
Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Apidae

What kinds of animals are recorded in Qatar?

  1. Birds

    mallard, european robin, peregrine falcon, common kingfisher …

    6 species

  2. Reptiles

    green turtle

    1 species

  3. Fish

    whale shark

    1 species

  4. Insects

    honey bee

    1 species

Which threatened animals are recorded in Qatar?

Species listed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The category is global, not specific to Qatar.

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
Whale sharkRhincodon typusRhincodontidaeEndangered61

All animals recorded in Qatar

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
MallardAnas platyrhynchosAnatidaeLeast Concern365
European robinErithacus rubeculaMuscicapidaeLeast Concern39
Peregrine falconFalco peregrinusFalconidaeLeast Concern53
Common kingfisherAlcedo atthisAlcedinidaeLeast Concern140
Common ostrichStruthio camelusStruthionidaeLeast Concern11
Western barn owlTyto albaTytonidaeLeast Concern53
Honey beeApis melliferaApidaeData Deficient3
Green turtleChelonia mydasCheloniidaeLeast Concern33
Whale sharkRhincodon typusRhincodontidaeEndangered61

Method: a species is listed if GBIF holds at least one CC0 or CC BY occurrence record for it in Qatar. Zoo animals, escapes and introduced populations are included, and native species nobody has recorded are missing. See the methodology.