Bird AlbumYemen · Hadhramaut Governorate
Wadi Sirhan
105 species and 1,180 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and October, with up to 35 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythiiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Socotra15 km104 species
- Qalansiyah60 km85 species
All 105 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Socotra Sparrow Passer insularis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Socotra Sunbird Chalcomitra balfouri
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Socotra Scops Owl Otus socotranus
- Socotra Buzzard Buteo socotraensis
- Socotra Starling Onychognathus frater
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Socotra Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus socotranus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- 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 Wadi Sirhan?
February and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 35 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wadi Sirhan?
105 species, from 1,180 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wadi Sirhan in November?
The most recorded in November: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, Red-knobbed Coot, Common Sandpiper and Laughing Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.