344 species · 6 endemic · 80 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Endemic to Somalia
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
Little SwiftApus affinis
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Somali CrowCorvus edithae
Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensis
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
House CrowCorvus splendens
White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Abyssinian SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Somali FiscalLanius somalicus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
Speke's WeaverPloceus spekei
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
BlackstartOenanthe melanura
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Somali WheatearOenanthe phillipsi
Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Somali Bee-eaterMerops revoilii
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
White-crowned StarlingLamprotornis albicapillus
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Somali SparrowPasser castanopterus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalis
African Grey FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
White-browed Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
Red-fronted PriniaPrinia rufifrons
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Red-bellied ParrotPoicephalus rufiventris
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
Rosy-patched BushshrikeRhodophoneus cruentus
Purple RollerCoracias naevius
Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
BrubruNilaus afer
Somali CourserCursorius somalensis
Golden-breasted StarlingLamprotornis regius- Little Brown BustardHeterotetrax humilis
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Little OwlAthene noctua
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Rock DoveColumba livia
Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens- Somali ThrushTurdus ludoviciae
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Hunter's SunbirdChalcomitra hunteri
Somali BuntingEmberiza poliopleura
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
Acacia TitMelaniparus thruppi
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita- Lesser Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon hamertoni
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Banded ParisomaCurruca boehmi
Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriata
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
Buff-crested BustardLophotis gindiana
Little Rock ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris
Gillett's LarkCalendulauda gilletti
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Double-banded CourserSmutsornis africanus
Grey Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogaster
Pale PriniaPrinia somalica
Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalus
Brown Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus umbrovirens
Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
Somali Short-toed LarkAlaudala somalica- Violet-breasted SunbirdCinnyris chalcomelas
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Cape CrowCorvus capensis
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephala
Black-billed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus somaliensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordi
Rufous-capped LarkCalandrella eremica
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix signatus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
European RollerCoracias garrulus
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
Shelley's StarlingLamprotornis shelleyi
Socotra White-eyeZosterops socotranus- Somali Golden-winged GrosbeakRhynchostruthus louisae
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
Kori BustardArdeotis kori
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
Taita FiscalLanius dorsalis
Nyanza SwiftApus niansae
Straw-tailed WhydahVidua fischeri
Three-streaked TchagraTchagra jamesi
Magpie StarlingSpeculipastor bicolor
Short-tailed LarkSpizocorys fremantlii
Somali CrombecSylvietta isabellina
Heuglin's BustardNeotis heuglinii- Somali PigeonColumba oliviae
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Striated HeronButorides striata
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellus
Mouse-colored Penduline TitAnthoscopus musculus
Red-naped BushshrikeLaniarius ruficeps
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Black-faced SandgrousePterocles decoratus
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
Juba WeaverPloceus dichrocephalus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Little StintCalidris minuta
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
Long-tailed FiscalLanius cabanisi
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
Blue-capped Cordon-bleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus
Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
Vulturine GuineafowlAcryllium vulturinum- Ashy CisticolaCisticola cinereolus
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
Rufous ChattererArgya rubiginosa
Pygmy BatisBatis perkeo
Thick-billed RavenCorvus crassirostris
Arabian WarblerCurruca leucomelaena
Black-cheeked WaxbillBrunhilda charmosyna
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
Northern BrownbulPhyllastrephus strepitans
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Donaldson Smith's NightjarCaprimulgus donaldsoni- Philippa's CrombecSylvietta philippae
- Warsangli LinnetLinaria johannis
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
Golden Palm WeaverPloceus bojeri
Bristle-crowned StarlingOnychognathus salvadorii
Northern Grosbeak-CanaryCrithagra donaldsoni- Fire-fronted BishopEuplectes diadematus
Great EgretArdea alba
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
Spotted Palm ThrushCichladusa guttata
Mediterranean Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens
Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
White-winged Collared DoveStreptopelia reichenowi
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
Eastern Golden WeaverPloceus subaureus
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
Slender-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus clarus
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanes
Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
Pangani LongclawMacronyx aurantiigula
Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
Coastal CisticolaCisticola haematocephalus
Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
Yellow-vented EremomelaEremomela flavicrissalis
Malindi PipitAnthus melindae- Obbia LarkSpizocorys obbiensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Ashy FlycatcherFraseria caerulescens
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
Masked BoobySula dactylatra
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Grey SunbirdCyanomitra veroxii
Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosterna
Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherina
White-rumped BabblerTurdoides leucopygia
Chestnut-naped SpurfowlPternistis castaneicollis
Scaly ChattererArgya aylmeri
Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
Red WeaverAnaplectes jubaensis
Ethiopian ThrushTurdus simensis