Birds of Yemen
Yemen hosts 266 regularly occurring species in this directory, 10 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
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
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii
- Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
- Socotra SparrowPasser insularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
- Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordi
- Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
- 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
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- 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
- Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Christmas FrigatebirdFregata andrewsi