Birds of Eritrea
285 species recorded at 4 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
White-cheeked TuracoMenelikornis leucotis
Ethiopian OrioleOriolus monacha
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
White-rumped BabblerTurdoides leucopygia
Nyanza SwiftApus niansaeMost recorded
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
Little SwiftApus affinis
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
House CrowCorvus splendens
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
House SparrowPasser domesticusHotspots with the most records
- AsmaraMaekel Region152 species
- Filfil ForestNorthern Red Sea Region109 species
- MassawaNorthern Red Sea Region120 species
- KerenAnseba Region70 species
All species recorded · 285
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- 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
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- 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
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Banded Barbet Lybius undatus
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Ethiopian Cisticola Cisticola lugubris
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia
- White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra xanthopygia
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi