Birds of Eritrea
Eritrea hosts 270 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
- Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Ethiopian Bee-eaterMerops lafresnayii
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazze
- Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
- Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriata
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis
- Erckel's SpurfowlPternistis erckelii
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- White-rumped BabblerTurdoides leucopygia
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Little Rock ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Banded BarbetLybius undatus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertex
- Black-billed BarbetLybius guifsobalito
- Black-billed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus somaliensis
- Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordi
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
- Wattled IbisBostrychia carunculata
- Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloides
- White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
- Black-winged LovebirdAgapornis taranta
- Rüppell's Black ChatMyrmecocichla melaena
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Rüppell's Robin-ChatCossypha semirufa
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
- Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
- Ethiopian CisticolaCisticola lugubris
- Yellow-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra xanthopygia
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Abyssinian SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
- White-billed StarlingOnychognathus albirostris
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia
- Nyanza SwiftApus niansae
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Brown Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus umbrovirens
- White-collared PigeonColumba albitorques
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African ThrushTurdus pelios
- Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Rouget's RailRougetius rougetii
- Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
- White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
- Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
- Clapperton's SpurfowlPternistis clappertoni
- Brown-tailed Rock ChatOenanthe scotocerca
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- White-headed BabblerTurdoides leucocephala
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Ethiopian White-eyeZosterops poliogastrus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
- Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri
- Ethiopian OrioleOriolus monacha
- Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
- Green-backed EremomelaEremomela canescens
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- BlackstartOenanthe melanura
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostris
- Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
- Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
- Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus