255 species · 1 endemic · 33 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Endemic to Djibouti
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
House CrowCorvus splendens
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
BlackstartOenanthe melanura
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Somali SparrowPasser castanopterus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Little StintCalidris minuta
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Rosy-patched BushshrikeRhodophoneus cruentus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Abyssinian SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
SanderlingCalidris alba
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Red-fronted PriniaPrinia rufifrons
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
Little SwiftApus affinis
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
RuffCalidris pugnax
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Great EgretArdea alba
Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
Arabian WarblerCurruca leucomelaena
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
DunlinCalidris alpina
European RollerCoracias garrulus
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Common SwiftApus apus
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Djibouti SpurfowlPternistis ochropectus
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Little TernSternula albifrons
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Somali CrowCorvus edithae
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Arabian Golden SparrowPasser euchlorus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalis
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephala
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
Yellow-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra xanthopygia
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Common OstrichStruthio camelus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
Sooty FalconFalco concolor
Common TernSterna hirundo
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
Brown Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus umbrovirens
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanes
Sombre Rock ChatOenanthe dubia
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
African Grey FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens- Brown-tailed Rock ChatOenanthe scotocerca
Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallax
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Purple RollerCoracias naevius
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
Rusty-breasted WheatearOenanthe frenata
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
Groundscraper ThrushTurdus litsitsirupa