Birds of Yemen

Endemic to Yemen

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Socotra SparrowPasser insularis
• Socotra SunbirdChalcomitra balfouri
• Socotra BuzzardButeo socotraensis
• Socotra WarblerIncana incana
• Socotra StarlingOnychognathus frater
• Socotra Golden-winged GrosbeakRhynchostruthus socotranus
• Socotra CisticolaCisticola haesitatus
• Socotra Scops OwlOtus socotranus
• Socotra BuntingEmberiza socotrana
• Abd al-Kuri SparrowPasser hemileucus

All regular species

• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Socotra SparrowPasser insularis
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
• Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
• Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
• House CrowCorvus splendens
• Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
• Socotra White-eyeZosterops socotranus
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Socotra SunbirdChalcomitra balfouri
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• Socotra BuzzardButeo socotraensis
• White WagtailMotacilla alba
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
• Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramii
• Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
• Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
• Crested LarkGalerida cristata
• Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Socotra WarblerIncana incana
• Socotra StarlingOnychognathus frater
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Arabian WheatearOenanthe lugentoides
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
• Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus
• Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys
• Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
• Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
• Socotra Golden-winged GrosbeakRhynchostruthus socotranus
• Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
• Arabian PartridgeAlectoris melanocephala
• Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
• Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
• Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
• Socotra CisticolaCisticola haesitatus
• Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Little Rock ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• BlackstartOenanthe melanura
• Buff-breasted WheatearOenanthe bottae
• Yemen LinnetLinaria yemenensis
• GarganeySpatula querquedula
• Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallax
• Yemen SerinCrithagra menachensis
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
• Common HoopoeUpupa epops
• Arabian SerinCrithagra rothschildi
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus
• Arabian BabblerArgya squamiceps
• Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Socotra Scops OwlOtus socotranus
• Brown Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus umbrovirens
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
• Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
• Namaqua DoveOena capensis
• Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
• Common BuzzardButeo buteo
• Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• African SilverbillEuodice cantans
• Yemen ThrushTurdus menachensis
• Forbes-Watson's SwiftApus berliozi
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Socotra BuntingEmberiza socotrana
• European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
• Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Arabian SunbirdCinnyris hellmayri
• HamerkopScopus umbretta
• Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
• Arabian WaxbillEstrilda rufibarba
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
• Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
• Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
• Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
• Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
• Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
• Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
• Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
• White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• Arabian WoodpeckerDendrocoptes dorae
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
• Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
• Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
• African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
• Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
• Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
• Arabian WarblerCurruca leucomelaena
• Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
• Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
• Yemen WarblerCurruca buryi
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
• Arabian Golden-winged GrosbeakRhynchostruthus percivali
• Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
• Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
• Tawny EagleAquila rapax
• Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
• Philby's PartridgeAlectoris philbyi
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
• White StorkCiconia ciconia
• Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
• Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
• Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
• Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
• Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
• Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
• Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
• Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
• Green-winged TealAnas crecca
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
• Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
• Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
• Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
• Arabian Golden SparrowPasser euchlorus
• Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
• Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
• Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
• Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
• Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
• Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
• Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
• Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
• Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
• White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
• Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
• Eurasian CootFulica atra
• Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
• European RollerCoracias garrulus
• White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
• Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
• Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
• Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
• Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
• Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
• Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
• Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga
• Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
• Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
• Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordi
• Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
• Rufous-capped LarkCalandrella eremica
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Common SwiftApus apus
• Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
• Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
• Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
• Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
• Common PochardAythya ferina
• African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
• Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
• Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
• White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
• Common CuckooCuculus canorus
• Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
• Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
• Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
• Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
• Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
• Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
• Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
• Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
• Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
• Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
• Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
• Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
• Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
• Arabian Scops OwlOtus pamelae
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
• White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
• Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
• Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
• European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
• Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
• Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
• GadwallMareca strepera
• Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
• BluethroatLuscinia svecica
• Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
• Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
• Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
• White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
• Little CrakeZapornia parva
• Arabian Eagle-OwlBubo milesi
• Abd al-Kuri SparrowPasser hemileucus
• European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
• Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
• Goliath HeronArdea goliath
• Water RailRallus aquaticus
• Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
• Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
• Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
• Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
• Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
• Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
• White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
• Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
• Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
• Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
• Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
• Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
• Black StorkCiconia nigra
• Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
• Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
• Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
• Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
• Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
• Christmas FrigatebirdFregata andrewsi
• Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha