Birds of Somalia
310 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Somali FiscalLanius somalicus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
White-crowned StarlingLamprotornis albicapillus
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
BlackstartOenanthe melanura
Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Common HoopoeUpupa epopsMost recorded
Little SwiftApus affinis
Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Somali CrowCorvus edithae
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Abyssinian SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
Black KiteMilvus migransHotspots with the most records
- Mansoor HotelMaroodi Jeeh86 species
- Ambassador HotelMaroodi Jeeh85 species
- Mogadishu – vicinityBanaadir127 species
- Daalo Forest Reserve IBASanaag97 species
- Tuuyo Plains, SomalilandTogdheer Region74 species
- Banade PlainsSool51 species
- Las Geel Rock DrawingsMaroodi Jeeh57 species
- BerberaMaroodi Jeeh34 species
- El AfweynSanaag14 species
- HargeisaMaroodi Jeeh28 species
All species recorded · 310
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Little Brown Bustard Heterotetrax humilis
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- 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
- Somali Pigeon Columba oliviae
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- White-winged Collared Dove Streptopelia reichenowi
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Somali Crow Corvus edithae
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
- Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Lesser Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon hamertoni
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Somali Lark Corypha somalica
- Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Rufous-capped Lark Calandrella eremica
- Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Somali Thrush Turdus ludoviciae
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Somali Wheatear Oenanthe phillipsi
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Juba Weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Somali Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus louisae
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Warsangli Linnet Linaria johannis
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura