Bird AlbumEritrea · Northern Red Sea Region
Massawa
120 species and 264 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Filfil Forest55 km109 species
- Asmara65 km152 species
All 120 species recorded here
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
How many bird species have been seen at Massawa?
120 species, from 264 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.