Birds of Djibouti

227 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded in November

House CrowCorvus splendens

Somali SparrowPasser castanopterus

Speckled PigeonColumba guinea

Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri

African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus

Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica

Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii

Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis

Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata

Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus

Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula

Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis

Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga

Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica

Most recorded

Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus

Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos

Rock DoveColumba livia

Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis

Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus

Namaqua DoveOena capensis

Barn SwallowHirundo rustica

African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea

Crab-ploverDromas ardeola

Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis

Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps

Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula

Little StintCalidris minuta

Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica

Hotspots with the most records

Camp LemonnierDjibouti132 species
Tidal Flats near Turtle IslandDjibouti115 species
Douda MangrovesDjibouti85 species
Decan Wildlife RefugeDjibouti101 species
Douda WTPDjibouti103 species
Djibouti City – Ambouli estuaryDjibouti81 species
Plage de GhoubetDikhil Region71 species
La Siesta plageDjibouti57 species
Djibouti City – Kempinski HotelDjibouti78 species
Khor AmbadoDjibouti67 species

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All species recorded · 227

Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Common Swift Apus apus
Little Swift Apus affinis
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
Rock Dove Columba livia
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
Little Crake Zapornia parva
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
Striated Heron Butorides striata
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Great Egret Ardea alba
Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
Shikra Tachyspiza badia
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
European Roller Coracias garrulus
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
House Crow Corvus splendens
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Somali Crow Corvus edithae
Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena
Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii
Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus
Arabian Golden Sparrow Passer euchlorus
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
African Silverbill Euodice cantans
Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata