Field checklist
Birds of Djibouti
278 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Abyssinian Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | Zosteropidae | NE | |
| African Collared Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | Columbidae | LC | |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | Columbidae | LC | |
| African Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | Monarchidae | LC | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | Motacillidae | LC | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | Strigidae | NE | |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | Estrildidae | LC | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | Otididae | NT | |
| Arabian Golden Sparrow | Passer euchlorus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Arabian Warbler | Curruca leucomelaena | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Armenian Gull | Larus armenicus | Laridae | LC | |
| Asian Desert Warbler | Curruca nana | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | Rallidae | LC | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Accipitridae | NE | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Black Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Recurvirostridae | NE | |
| Blackstart | Oenanthe melanura | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Bleating Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | Coliidae | LC | |
| Bonelli’s Eagle | Aquila fasciata | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Laridae | LC | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | |
| Brown Woodland Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | Phylloscopidae | LC | |
| Bruce’s Green Pigeon | Treron waalia | Columbidae | LC | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | Picidae | LC | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Laridae | LC | |
| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | Pteroclidae | LC | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | Emberizidae | NE | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Phylloscopidae | NE | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Falconidae | NE | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rallidae | LC | |
| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | Struthionidae | LC | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | Dromadidae | LC | |
| Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Cricket Warbler | Spiloptila clamans | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Diederik Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Djibouti Spurfowl E | Pternistis ochropectus | Phasianidae | CR | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Eastern Chanting Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Accipitridae | VU | |
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Eastern Subalpine Warbler | Curruca cantillans | Sylviidae | NE | |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Anatidae | LC | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | Malaconotidae | NE | |
| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Oriolidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Falconidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Upupidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Haematopodidae | NT | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | Burhinidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Picidae | LC | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Meropidae | LC | |
| European Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Laridae | LC | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Coraciidae | LC | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Columbidae | VU | |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | Corvidae | LC | |
| Gambaga Flycatcher | Muscicapa gambagae | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Anatidae | LC | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | Cisticolidae | NE | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Laniidae | LC | |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Pelecanidae | LC | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Laridae | LC | |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Phoenicopteridae | LC | |
| Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Accipitridae | VU | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Greyish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | Strigidae | LC | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Laridae | LC | |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | Scopidae | LC | |
| Hemprich’s Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Heuglin’s Bustard | Neotis heuglinii | Otididae | LC | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Accipitridae | CR | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Corvidae | LC | |
| Indian Stone-curlew | Burhinus indicus | Burhinidae | LC | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Laniidae | LC | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Kittlitz’s Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Large Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Phoenicopteridae | NT | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | Laniidae | LC | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Falconidae | LC | |
| Lesser Masked Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Levant Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza brevipes | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | Pteroclidae | LC | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Podicipedidae | LC | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | Strigidae | LC | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | Locustellidae | LC | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | Apodidae | LC | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | Motacillidae | NE | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Anatidae | LC | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | Laniidae | LC | |
| Menetries’s Warbler | Curruca mystacea | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Nile Valley Sunbird | Hedydipna metallica | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | Macrosphenidae | NE | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Anatidae | LC | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Anatidae | LC | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | Strigidae | LC | |
| Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | Picidae | LC | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Emberizidae | LC | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Pandionidae | LC | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Pale Rockfinch | Carpospiza brachydactyla | Passeridae | LC | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Accipitridae | NT | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Recurvirostridae | LC | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | Corvidae | LC | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | Pelecanidae | LC | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Laniidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha | Buphagidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Red-fronted Prinia | Prinia rufifrons | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | Laniidae | LC | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Reichenow’s Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | Fringillidae | LC | |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Columbidae | LC | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Rüppell’s Vulture | Gyps rueppelli | Accipitridae | CR | |
| Rüppell’s Weaver | Ploceus galbula | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Saunders’s Tern | Sternula saundersi | Laridae | LC | |
| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | Accipitridae | VU | |
| Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | Burhinidae | LC | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Short-toed Snake Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Somali Courser | Cursorius somalensis | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Somali Crow | Corvus edithae | Corvidae | LC | |
| Somali Ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | Struthionidae | VU | |
| Somali Sparrow | Passer castanopterus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Somali Starling | Onychognathus blythii | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | Turdidae | LC | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Falconidae | VU | |
| Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | Laridae | LC | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | Coliidae | LC | |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | Columbidae | LC | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Spotted Sandgrouse | Pterocles senegallus | Pteroclidae | LC | |
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | Burhinidae | LC | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata | Emberizidae | LC | |
| Swainson’s Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | Passeridae | LC | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | Charadriidae | NE | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Anatidae | LC | |
| Upcher’s Warbler | Hippolais languida | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Verreaux’s Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | Strigidae | LC | |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Western Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Ardea ibis | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Western Orphean Warbler | Curruca hortensis | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Western Reef Heron | Egretta gularis | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Motacillidae | LC | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Accipitridae | CR | |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | Cuculidae | NE | |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | Laridae | LC | |
| White-crowned Starling | Lamprotornis albicapillus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| White-crowned Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| White-eyed Gull | Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus | Laridae | LC | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Accipitridae | CR | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | Meropidae | LC | |
| White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Laridae | LC | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Phylloscopidae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Phylloscopidae | LC | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | Phasianidae | LC |
This checklist lists the species that have profiles on this site, not every species ever recorded in the country. Taxonomy: AviList. Status: IUCN Red List category.