Bird AlbumYemen · Hadhramaut Governorate
Socotra
104 species and 522 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 37 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
- Wadi Sirhan15 km105 species
- Qalansiyah75 km85 species
All 104 species recorded here
- Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Socotra Sparrow Passer insularis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Socotra Sunbird Chalcomitra balfouri
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Socotra Warbler Incana incana
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Socotra Bunting Emberiza socotrana
- Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi
- Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus
- Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Socotra Buzzard Buteo socotraensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Socotra Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus socotranus
- Socotra Starling Onychognathus frater
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Socotra Scops Owl Otus socotranus
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Socotra?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 37 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Socotra?
104 species, from 522 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.