Bird AlbumDjibouti
La Siesta plage
57 species and 469 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 27 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 – Kempinski Hotel2 km78 species
- Djibouti City – Ambouli estuary5 km81 species
- Tidal Flats near Turtle Island6 km115 species
- Camp Lemonnier6 km132 species
- Douda Mangroves8 km85 species
- Douda WTP9 km103 species
All 57 species recorded here
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at La Siesta plage?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 27 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at La Siesta plage?
57 species, from 469 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.