# Birds of Somalia: all 709 species on record (part 2 of 5)

> Part 2 of 5 of Birds of Somalia: all 709 species on record, from Sombre Nightjar.

Source page: https://calankii.com/en/nature/birds-of-somalia-2/
Last checked: 2026-11-13
Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com)

Part 2 of 5 of [Birds of Somalia: all 709 species on record](/en/nature/birds-of-somalia/). Sources are listed on part 1.

This list is in 5 parts: [1](/en/nature/birds-of-somalia/) · **2** · [3](/en/nature/birds-of-somalia-3/) · [4](/en/nature/birds-of-somalia-4/) · [5](/en/nature/birds-of-somalia-5/)

## Full list (709 species)

| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Sombre Nightjar](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496969) | *Caprimulgus fraenatus* | Caprimulgidae | LC | 21 |
| [Plain Nightjar](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496848) | *Caprimulgus inornatus* | Caprimulgidae | LC | 31 |
| [Standard-winged Nightjar](https://www.gbif.org/species/7431467) | *Caprimulgus longipennis* | Caprimulgidae | LC | 1 |
| [Large-tailed Nightjar](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496890) | *Caprimulgus macrurus* | Caprimulgidae | LC | 1 |
| [Nubian Nightjar](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496975) | *Caprimulgus nubicus* | Caprimulgidae | LC | 49 |
| [Fiery-necked Nightjar](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496865) | *Caprimulgus pectoralis* | Caprimulgidae | LC | 1 |
| [Rufous-cheeked Nightjar](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496941) | *Caprimulgus rufigena* | Caprimulgidae | LC | 1 |
| [Star-spotted Nightjar](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496980) | *Caprimulgus stellatus* | Caprimulgidae | LC | 2 |
| [Pennant-winged Nightjar](https://www.gbif.org/species/7675358) | *Caprimulgus vexillarius* | Caprimulgidae | LC | 1 |
| [Kentish Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480311) | *Charadrius alexandrinus* | Charadriidae | LC | 19 |
| [Caspian Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480308) | *Charadrius asiaticus* | Charadriidae | LC | 6 |
| [Tibetan Sand Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/11705322) | *Charadrius atrifrons* | Charadriidae | LC | 7 |
| [Little Ringed Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/7937336) | *Charadrius dubius* | Charadriidae | LC | 11 |
| [Common Ringed Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/9566659) | *Charadrius hiaticula* | Charadriidae | LC | 36 |
| [Greater Sand-Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480297) | *Charadrius leschenaultii* | Charadriidae | LC | 24 |
| [White-fronted Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480288) | *Charadrius marginatus* | Charadriidae | LC | 5 |
| [Kittlitz's Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480317) | *Charadrius pecuarius* | Charadriidae | LC | 4 |
| [Three-banded Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480325) | *Charadrius tricollaris* | Charadriidae | LC | 12 |
| [Pacific Golden-Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480331) | *Pluvialis fulva* | Charadriidae | LC | 5 |
| [Black-bellied Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480327) | *Pluvialis squatarola* | Charadriidae | VU | 86 |
| [Crowned Lapwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/5229137) | *Vanellus coronatus* | Charadriidae | LC | 108 |
| [Sociable Lapwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/5229138) | *Vanellus gregarius* | Charadriidae | CR | 1 |
| [Senegal Lapwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/5229139) | *Vanellus lugubris* | Charadriidae | LC | 4 |
| [Wattled Lapwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/5229150) | *Vanellus senegallus* | Charadriidae | LC | 1 |
| [Spur-winged Lapwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/5229142) | *Vanellus spinosus* | Charadriidae | LC | 94 |
| [Black-headed Lapwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/5229143) | *Vanellus tectus* | Charadriidae | LC | 21 |
| [African Openbill](https://www.gbif.org/species/5229411) | *Anastomus lamelligerus* | Ciconiidae | LC | 15 |
| [Abdim's Stork](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481915) | *Ciconia abdimii* | Ciconiidae | LC | 91 |
| [White Stork](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481912) | *Ciconia ciconia* | Ciconiidae | LC | 3 |
| [Woolly-necked Stork](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481918) | *Ciconia episcopus* | Ciconiidae | NT | 3 |
| [African woollyneck](https://www.gbif.org/species/10891903) | *Ciconia microscelis* | Ciconiidae | LC | 4 |
| [Black Stork](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481909) | *Ciconia nigra* | Ciconiidae | LC | 1 |
| [Saddle-billed Stork](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481904) | *Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis* | Ciconiidae | NT | 3 |
| [Marabou Stork](https://www.gbif.org/species/9772663) | *Leptoptilos crumenifer* | Ciconiidae | LC | 32 |
| [Marabou Stork](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481946) | *Leptoptilos crumeniferus* | Ciconiidae | LC | 1 |
| [Yellow-billed Stork](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481936) | *Mycteria ibis* | Ciconiidae | LC | 10 |
| [Yellow-breasted Apalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492725) | *Apalis flavida* | Cisticolidae | LC | 50 |
| [Black-headed Apalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492702) | *Apalis melanocephala* | Cisticolidae | LC | 9 |
| [Gray Wren-Warbler](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492742) | *Calamonastes simplex* | Cisticolidae | LC | 67 |
| [Green-backed Camaroptera](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231296) | *Camaroptera brachyura* | Cisticolidae | LC | 36 |
| [Grey-backed Camaroptera](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231298) | *Camaroptera brevicaudata* | Cisticolidae | NE | 12 |
| [Desert Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492800) | *Cisticola aridulus* | Cisticolidae | LC | 45 |
| [Siffling Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492819) | *Cisticola brachypterus* | Cisticolidae | LC | 4 |
| [Pectoral-patch Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492811) | *Cisticola brunnescens* | Cisticolidae | LC | 5 |
| [Rattling Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/7340518) | *Cisticola chiniana* | Cisticolidae | LC | 1 |
| [Ashy Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492790) | *Cisticola cinereolus* | Cisticolidae | LC | 24 |
| [Winding Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492804) | *Cisticola galactotes* | Cisticolidae | LC | 16 |
| [Coastal Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/6100909) | *Cisticola haematocephalus* | Cisticolidae | LC | 3 |
| [Zitting Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492822) | *Cisticola juncidis* | Cisticolidae | LC | 5 |
| [Tiny Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/6086478) | *Cisticola nana* | Cisticolidae | LC | 2 |
| [Croaking Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492810) | *Cisticola natalensis* | Cisticolidae | LC | 7 |
| [Rufous Cisticola](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492832) | *Cisticola rufus* | Cisticolidae | LC | 3 |
| [Yellow-vented Eremomela](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492973) | *Eremomela flavicrissalis* | Cisticolidae | LC | 19 |
| [Yellow-bellied Eremomela](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492977) | *Eremomela icteropygialis* | Cisticolidae | LC | 56 |
| [Graceful Prinia](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492748) | *Prinia gracilis* | Cisticolidae | LC | 17 |
| [Pale Prinia](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492745) | *Prinia somalica* | Cisticolidae | LC | 50 |
| [Tawny-flanked Prinia](https://www.gbif.org/species/2492762) | *Prinia subflava* | Cisticolidae | LC | 15 |
| [Red-fronted Warbler](https://www.gbif.org/species/7340671) | *Urorhipis rufifrons* | Cisticolidae | NE | 118 |
| [White-headed Mousebird](https://www.gbif.org/species/5229463) | *Colius leucocephalus* | Coliidae | LC | 15 |
| [Speckled Mousebird](https://www.gbif.org/species/5229467) | *Colius striatus* | Coliidae | LC | 61 |
| [Blue-naped Mousebird](https://www.gbif.org/species/2482321) | *Urocolius macrourus* | Coliidae | LC | 163 |
| [White-collared Pigeon](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231834) | *Columba albitorques* | Columbidae | LC | 2 |
| [Rameron Pigeon](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231873) | *Columba arquatrix* | Columbidae | LC | 27 |
| [Speckled Pigeon](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231817) | *Columba guinea* | Columbidae | LC | 391 |
| [Rock Pigeon](https://www.gbif.org/species/2495414) | *Columba livia* | Columbidae | LC | 33 |
| [Somali Pigeon](/en/nature/somali-pigeon/) | *Columba oliviae* | Columbidae | LC | 35 |
| [Namaqua Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/2495342) | *Oena capensis* | Columbidae | LC | 245 |
| [Laughing Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/6101223) | *Spilopelia senegalensis* | Columbidae | LC | 357 |
| [Ring-necked Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/2495667) | *Streptopelia capicola* | Columbidae | LC | 227 |
| [Mourning Collared-Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/2495674) | *Streptopelia decipiens* | Columbidae | LC | 202 |
| [Dusky Turtle-Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/2495699) | *Streptopelia lugens* | Columbidae | LC | 7 |
| [White-winged Collared-Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/2495658) | *Streptopelia reichenowi* | Columbidae | LC | 14 |
| [African Collared-Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/2495688) | *Streptopelia roseogrisea* | Columbidae | LC | 178 |
| [Red-eyed Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/2495707) | *Streptopelia semitorquata* | Columbidae | LC | 122 |
| [European Turtle-Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/2495708) | *Streptopelia turtur* | Columbidae | VU | 1 |
| [Bruce's Green-Pigeon](https://www.gbif.org/species/2495756) | *Treron waalia* | Columbidae | LC | 31 |
| [Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231793) | *Turtur chalcospilos* | Columbidae | LC | 47 |
| [Tambourine Dove](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231790) | *Turtur tympanistria* | Columbidae | LC | 12 |
| [Abyssinian Roller](https://www.gbif.org/species/2475373) | *Coracias abyssinicus* | Coraciidae | LC | 1 |
| [Lilac-breasted Roller](https://www.gbif.org/species/2475360) | *Coracias caudatus* | Coraciidae | LC | 116 |
| [European Roller](https://www.gbif.org/species/2475365) | *Coracias garrulus* | Coraciidae | LC | 17 |
| [Rufous-crowned Roller](https://www.gbif.org/species/2475375) | *Coracias naevius* | Coraciidae | LC | 82 |
| [Broad-billed Roller](https://www.gbif.org/species/5228294) | *Eurystomus glaucurus* | Coraciidae | LC | 12 |
| [Pied Crow](https://www.gbif.org/species/2482519) | *Corvus albus* | Corvidae | LC | 156 |
| [Cape Crow](https://www.gbif.org/species/2482521) | *Corvus capensis* | Corvidae | LC | 30 |
| [Common Raven](https://www.gbif.org/species/2482492) | *Corvus corax* | Corvidae | LC | 10 |
| [Thick-billed Raven](https://www.gbif.org/species/2482503) | *Corvus crassirostris* | Corvidae | LC | 10 |
| [Somali Crow](/en/nature/somali-crow/) | *Corvus edithae* | Corvidae | LC | 188 |
| [Fan-tailed Raven](https://www.gbif.org/species/2482497) | *Corvus rhipidurus* | Corvidae | LC | 47 |
| [Brown-necked Raven](https://www.gbif.org/species/2482479) | *Corvus ruficollis* | Corvidae | LC | 25 |
| [House Crow](https://www.gbif.org/species/2482499) | *Corvus splendens* | Corvidae | LC | 127 |
| [White-browed Coucal](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231960) | *Centropus superciliosus* | Cuculidae | LC | 42 |
| [Blue Malkoha](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496449) | *Ceuthmochares aereus* | Cuculidae | LC | 1 |
| [Dideric Cuckoo](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496333) | *Chrysococcyx caprius* | Cuculidae | LC | 20 |
| [African Emerald Cuckoo](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496324) | *Chrysococcyx cupreus* | Cuculidae | LC | 1 |
| [Klaas's Cuckoo](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496316) | *Chrysococcyx klaas* | Cuculidae | LC | 11 |
| [Great Spotted Cuckoo](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496464) | *Clamator glandarius* | Cuculidae | LC | 14 |
| [Pied Cuckoo](https://www.gbif.org/species/2496468) | *Clamator jacobinus* | Cuculidae | LC | 14 |
| [Common Cuckoo](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231918) | *Cuculus canorus* | Cuculidae | LC | 13 |
| [African Cuckoo](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231916) | *Cuculus gularis* | Cuculidae | LC | 2 |
| [Red-chested Cuckoo](https://www.gbif.org/species/5231903) | *Cuculus solitarius* | Cuculidae | LC | 1 |
| [Fork-tailed Drongo](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493963) | *Dicrurus adsimilis* | Dicruridae | LC | 160 |
| [Square-tailed Drongo](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493983) | *Dicrurus ludwigii* | Dicruridae | LC | 22 |
| [Crab-Plover](https://www.gbif.org/species/5229199) | *Dromas ardeola* | Dromadidae | LC | 81 |
| [Ortolan Bunting](https://www.gbif.org/species/2491482) | *Emberiza hortulana* | Emberizidae | LC | 7 |
| [Somali Bunting](https://www.gbif.org/species/2491576) | *Emberiza poliopleura* | Emberizidae | LC | 92 |
| [Striolated Bunting](https://www.gbif.org/species/2491585) | *Emberiza striolata* | Emberizidae | LC | 15 |
| [Cinnamon-breasted Bunting](https://www.gbif.org/species/2491491) | *Emberiza tahapisi* | Emberizidae | LC | 17 |
| [Yellow Flycatcher](https://www.gbif.org/species/2486663) | *Erythrocercus holochlorus* | Erythrocercidae | LC | 7 |
| [Cut-throat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493707) | *Amadina fasciata* | Estrildidae | LC | 48 |
| [Common Waxbill](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493660) | *Estrilda astrild* | Estrildidae | LC | 14 |
| [Black-cheeked Waxbill](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493663) | *Estrilda charmosyna* | Estrildidae | LC | 15 |
| [Crimson-rumped Waxbill](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493654) | *Estrilda rhodopyga* | Estrildidae | LC | 10 |
| [African Silverbill](https://www.gbif.org/species/7340335) | *Euodice cantans* | Estrildidae | LC | 22 |
| [Indian Silverbill](https://www.gbif.org/species/5789082) | *Euodice malabarica* | Estrildidae | LC | 1 |
| [Peters's Twinspot](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493646) | *Hypargos niveoguttatus* | Estrildidae | LC | 2 |
| [Red-billed Firefinch](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493680) | *Lagonosticta senegala* | Estrildidae | LC | 198 |
| [Black-and-white Mannikin](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493613) | *Lonchura bicolor* | Estrildidae | LC | 8 |
| [Orange-winged Pytilia](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493718) | *Pytilia afra* | Estrildidae | LC | 2 |
| [Green-winged Pytilia](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493716) | *Pytilia melba* | Estrildidae | LC | 81 |
| [Red-cheeked Cordonbleu](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493723) | *Uraeginthus bengalus* | Estrildidae | LC | 10 |
| [Blue-capped Cordonbleu](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493725) | *Uraeginthus cyanocephalus* | Estrildidae | LC | 11 |
| [Purple Grenadier](https://www.gbif.org/species/2493724) | *Uraeginthus ianthinogaster* | Estrildidae | LC | 50 |
| [Amur Falcon](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480998) | *Falco amurensis* | Falconidae | LC | 1 |
| [Lanner Falcon](https://www.gbif.org/species/8014966) | *Falco biarmicus* | Falconidae | LC | 49 |
| [Saker Falcon](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481034) | *Falco cherrug* | Falconidae | EN | 1 |
| [Sooty Falcon](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481061) | *Falco concolor* | Falconidae | VU | 4 |
| [African Hobby](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481045) | *Falco cuvierii* | Falconidae | LC | 1 |
| [Eleonora's Falcon](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481037) | *Falco eleonorae* | Falconidae | LC | 4 |
| [Lesser Kestrel](https://www.gbif.org/species/9584698) | *Falco naumanni* | Falconidae | LC | 9 |
| [Peregrine Falcon](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481047) | *Falco peregrinus* | Falconidae | LC | 23 |
| [Greater Kestrel](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481010) | *Falco rupicoloides* | Falconidae | LC | 33 |
| [Eurasian Hobby](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481035) | *Falco subbuteo* | Falconidae | LC | 14 |
| [Eurasian Kestrel](https://www.gbif.org/species/9616058) | *Falco tinnunculus* | Falconidae | LC | 96 |
| [Pygmy Falcon](https://www.gbif.org/species/2481096) | *Polihierax semitorquatus* | Falconidae | LC | 60 |
| [Lesser Frigatebird](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480186) | *Fregata ariel* | Fregatidae | LC | 2 |
| [Great Frigatebird](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480187) | *Fregata minor* | Fregatidae | LC | 3 |
| [Northern Grosbeak-Canary](https://www.gbif.org/species/6100983) | *Crithagra donaldsoni* | Fringillidae | LC | 19 |
| [White-bellied Canary](https://www.gbif.org/species/6100984) | *Crithagra dorsostriata* | Fringillidae | LC | 157 |
| [Yellow Canary](https://www.gbif.org/species/6100997) | *Crithagra flaviventris* | Fringillidae | LC | 15 |
| [Reichenow's Seedeater](https://www.gbif.org/species/6100992) | *Crithagra reichenowi* | Fringillidae | LC | 12 |
| [Streaky Seedeater](https://www.gbif.org/species/6101002) | *Crithagra striolata* | Fringillidae | LC | 1 |
| [Brimstone Canary](https://www.gbif.org/species/6100973) | *Crithagra sulphurata* | Fringillidae | LC | 5 |
| [Brown-rumped Seedeater](https://www.gbif.org/species/6101000) | *Crithagra tristriata* | Fringillidae | LC | 72 |
| [Warsangli Linnet](https://www.gbif.org/species/8026134) | *Linaria johannis* | Fringillidae | NT | 27 |
| [Somali Grosbeak](https://www.gbif.org/species/5788919) | *Rhynchostruthus louisae* | Fringillidae | NT | 50 |
| [Golden-winged Grosbeak](https://www.gbif.org/species/2494340) | *Rhynchostruthus socotranus* | Fringillidae | LC | 1 |
| [Cream-colored Courser](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480740) | *Cursorius cursor* | Glareolidae | LC | 32 |
| [Somali Courser](/en/nature/somali-courser/) | *Cursorius somalensis* | Glareolidae | LC | 56 |
| [Temminck's Courser](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480745) | *Cursorius temminckii* | Glareolidae | LC | 1 |
| [Black-winged Pratincole](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480758) | *Glareola nordmanni* | Glareolidae | NT | 2 |
| [Madagascar Pratincole](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480754) | *Glareola ocularis* | Glareolidae | NT | 3 |
| [Collared Pratincole](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480757) | *Glareola pratincola* | Glareolidae | LC | 14 |
| [Double-banded Courser](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480738) | *Rhinoptilus africanus* | Glareolidae | LC | 73 |
| [Bronze-winged Courser](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480735) | *Rhinoptilus chalcopterus* | Glareolidae | LC | 1 |
| [Three-banded Courser](https://www.gbif.org/species/2480737) | *Rhinoptilus cinctus* | Glareolidae | LC | 45 |
| [Common Crane](https://www.gbif.org/species/2474950) | *Grus grus* | Gruidae | LC | 1 |
| [Eurasian Oystercatcher](https://www.gbif.org/species/7788295) | *Haematopus ostralegus* | Haematopodidae | NT | 13 |
| [African Finfoot](https://www.gbif.org/species/2474345) | *Podica senegalensis* | Heliornithidae | LC | 1 |
| [Lesser Striped-Swallow](https://www.gbif.org/species/6095032) | *Cecropis abyssinica* | Hirundinidae | LC | 8 |
| [Eastern Red-rumped Swallow](https://www.gbif.org/species/9717283) | *Cecropis daurica* | Hirundinidae | LC | 1 |
| [Common House-Martin](https://www.gbif.org/species/2489214) | *Delichon urbicum* | Hirundinidae | LC | 3 |
| [Ethiopian Swallow](https://www.gbif.org/species/5230790) | *Hirundo aethiopica* | Hirundinidae | LC | 265 |
| [White-throated Swallow](https://www.gbif.org/species/5230776) | *Hirundo albigularis* | Hirundinidae | LC | 6 |


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