Bird AlbumEritrea · Maekel Region
Asmara
152 species and 424 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 13 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morioSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Filfil Forest31 km109 species
- Massawa65 km120 species
- Keren72 km70 species
All 152 species recorded here
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Ethiopian Cisticola Cisticola lugubris
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Asmara?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 13 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Asmara?
152 species, from 424 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Asmara in November?
The most recorded in November: Speckled Pigeon, Pied Crow and Red-winged Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.