Birds of Djibouti
Djibouti hosts 230 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Djibouti
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- 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
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- 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
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- 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
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
- 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
- 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
- Yellow-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra xanthopygia
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- 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
- 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
- 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