To all budding Ornithologists - Can anyone tell me the type of bird that we have seen recently flying in flocks over Doha? They looks as though they might be on their way to migrate somewhere and my children want to know what they are. Thanks
Ok I do not know much about the birds, but I asked a local person/hunter about this. Do you mean the bigger black birds? They are called Looha in Arabic. They migrate here in winter and come from Iran & Russia. They stay around water. According to the Bird Book of Qatar I guess it would be the Socotra Cormorants (totally black). They are referred to as the Batman bird in the book.
Depending on the color of the birds you saw, but did not mention, they could be, according to the book the black headed gulls (black head - white body) which are joined by hundreds. They come from Central Asia.
Hope this is the info you are looking for and you can tell your kids.
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hehehe i saw also this morning the flack of birds flying so beautiful
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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flying as " V " Shape? i think Mighty Ducks flying before the hockey game :D
There were flamingoes in Dukhan a couple of weeks ago. Lot's of those big black gulls too, in the UK we call them cormorants.
yea i saw them yesday morning and were ALOT ALOT OF THEM migrating southwards
Thanks for all your replies - I will tell the kids what I have found out. Regardless of what they though - isnt it just an amazing sight?
falcons maybe
Ok I do not know much about the birds, but I asked a local person/hunter about this. Do you mean the bigger black birds? They are called Looha in Arabic. They migrate here in winter and come from Iran & Russia. They stay around water. According to the Bird Book of Qatar I guess it would be the Socotra Cormorants (totally black). They are referred to as the Batman bird in the book.
Depending on the color of the birds you saw, but did not mention, they could be, according to the book the black headed gulls (black head - white body) which are joined by hundreds. They come from Central Asia.
Hope this is the info you are looking for and you can tell your kids.
Aisha-Taweela