Please use the form below to contact us, either for general enquiries, requesting bird guidance, or submitting bird records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
QBRC particularly welcomes reports of bird sightings that are considered to be rare<\/strong>, or vagrant<\/strong>, or which may be first<\/strong> records for the country. These require credible substantiation of their date, location, circumstances, and identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taxa categorised as First<\/strong>, Vagrant <\/strong>or Rare<\/strong> must be supported by a full description, ideally supported by photographic evidence. Please consult the current Qatar List<\/a> accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For these records, observers are urged to submit a completed rare bird submission form available here for download in MS Word<\/a> format. Records of sightings of birds can be submitted directly to the Recorder via the form below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Definitions of the categories used in the Qatar List are as follows<\/p>\n\n\n\n First – An official rarity, being potentially the first record of occurrence of this taxa in the wild in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vagrant – An official rarity, being recorded on no more than five occasions in the wild in Qatar<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rare – An official rarity, being of highly irregular and infrequent occurrence in the wild in Qatar<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scarce – Of irregular and infrequent occurrence in the wild in Qatar, and\/or of notable international conservation concern<\/p>\n\n\n\n Common – Of regular and frequent occurrence in the wild in Qatar and not of international conservation concern<\/p>\n\n\n\n