Birds of Somalia
Somalia hosts 304 regularly occurring species in this directory, 5 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Somalia
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- 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
- 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
- Somali FiscalLanius somalicus
- 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
- 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
- Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
- 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
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriata
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
- Buff-crested BustardLophotis gindiana
- Little Rock ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Grey Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- 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
- 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
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordi
- 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
- Kori BustardArdeotis kori
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Taita FiscalLanius dorsalis
- Nyanza SwiftApus niansae
- Straw-tailed WhydahVidua fischeri
- Three-streaked TchagraTchagra jamesi
- Magpie StarlingSpeculipastor bicolor
- Somali CrombecSylvietta isabellina
- Heuglin's BustardNeotis heuglinii
- Somali PigeonColumba oliviae
- 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
- 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
- Pygmy BatisBatis perkeo
- Thick-billed RavenCorvus crassirostris
- 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
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- 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
- 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
- Spotted Palm ThrushCichladusa guttata
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
- Red WeaverAnaplectes jubaensis