Bird AlbumDjibouti
Khor Ambado
67 species and 387 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 47 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Djibouti City – Ambouli estuary12 km81 species
- Djibouti City – Kempinski Hotel14 km78 species
- La Siesta plage14 km57 species
- Camp Lemonnier15 km132 species
- Tidal Flats near Turtle Island17 km115 species
- Douda WTP18 km103 species
All 67 species recorded here
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Khor Ambado?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 47 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Khor Ambado?
67 species, from 387 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.