Bird AlbumSomalia · Banaadir
Mogadishu – vicinity
127 species and 309 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, with up to 13 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 127 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Somali Crow Corvus edithae
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus
- Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mogadishu – vicinity?
July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 13 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mogadishu – vicinity?
127 species, from 309 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mogadishu – vicinity in November?
The most recorded in November: African Sacred Ibis and Northern Carmine Bee-eater.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.