Birds of Yemen
139 species recorded at 3 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresMost recorded
Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
Socotra SparrowPasser insularis
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little StintCalidris minuta
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaHotspots with the most records
- Wadi SirhanHadhramaut Governorate105 species
- QalansiyahHadhramaut Governorate85 species
- SocotraHadhramaut Governorate104 species
All species recorded · 139
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
- Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- 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
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
- Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Socotra Buzzard Buteo socotraensis
- Socotra Scops Owl Otus socotranus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus
- Socotra Warbler Incana incana
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii
- Socotra Starling Onychognathus frater
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Socotra Sunbird Chalcomitra balfouri
- Socotra Sparrow Passer insularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Socotra Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus socotranus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Socotra Bunting Emberiza socotrana