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Birds of Somalia: all 709 species on record (part 2 of 5)
GBIF holds records of 709 bird species from Somalia. Of these, the IUCN Red List places 6 in Critically Endangered, 10 in Endangered and 11 in Vulnerable; 635 are Least Concern. Several, such as the Somali pigeon, Somali thrush and Somali lark, live nowhere else in the world.
Part 2 of 5 of Birds of Somalia: all 709 species on record. Sources are listed on part 1.
This list is in 5 parts: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
Full list (709 species)
| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sombre Nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus | Caprimulgidae | LC | 21 |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | Caprimulgidae | LC | 31 |
| Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | Caprimulgidae | LC | 1 |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | Caprimulgidae | LC | 1 |
| Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus | Caprimulgidae | LC | 49 |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | Caprimulgidae | LC | 1 |
| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | Caprimulgidae | LC | 1 |
| Star-spotted Nightjar | Caprimulgus stellatus | Caprimulgidae | LC | 2 |
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | Caprimulgidae | LC | 1 |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | Charadriidae | LC | 19 |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | Charadriidae | LC | 6 |
| Tibetan Sand Plover | Charadrius atrifrons | Charadriidae | LC | 7 |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Charadriidae | LC | 11 |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadriidae | LC | 36 |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Charadriidae | LC | 24 |
| White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | Charadriidae | LC | 5 |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | Charadriidae | LC | 4 |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | Charadriidae | LC | 12 |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae | LC | 5 |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | 86 |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | Charadriidae | LC | 108 |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Charadriidae | CR | 1 |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | Charadriidae | LC | 4 |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | Charadriidae | LC | 1 |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Charadriidae | LC | 94 |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | Charadriidae | LC | 21 |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | Ciconiidae | LC | 15 |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | Ciconiidae | LC | 91 |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Ciconiidae | LC | 3 |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | Ciconiidae | NT | 3 |
| African woollyneck | Ciconia microscelis | Ciconiidae | LC | 4 |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Ciconiidae | LC | 1 |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Ciconiidae | NT | 3 |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | Ciconiidae | LC | 32 |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Ciconiidae | LC | 1 |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Ciconiidae | LC | 10 |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | Cisticolidae | LC | 50 |
| Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala | Cisticolidae | LC | 9 |
| Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | Cisticolidae | LC | 67 |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | Cisticolidae | LC | 36 |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brevicaudata | Cisticolidae | NE | 12 |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | Cisticolidae | LC | 45 |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | Cisticolidae | LC | 4 |
| Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens | Cisticolidae | LC | 5 |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | Cisticolidae | LC | 1 |
| Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | Cisticolidae | LC | 24 |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | Cisticolidae | LC | 16 |
| Coastal Cisticola | Cisticola haematocephalus | Cisticolidae | LC | 3 |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | Cisticolidae | LC | 5 |
| Tiny Cisticola | Cisticola nana | Cisticolidae | LC | 2 |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | Cisticolidae | LC | 7 |
| Rufous Cisticola | Cisticola rufus | Cisticolidae | LC | 3 |
| Yellow-vented Eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis | Cisticolidae | LC | 19 |
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | Cisticolidae | LC | 56 |
| Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | Cisticolidae | LC | 17 |
| Pale Prinia | Prinia somalica | Cisticolidae | LC | 50 |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | Cisticolidae | LC | 15 |
| Red-fronted Warbler | Urorhipis rufifrons | Cisticolidae | NE | 118 |
| White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | Coliidae | LC | 15 |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | Coliidae | LC | 61 |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | Coliidae | LC | 163 |
| White-collared Pigeon | Columba albitorques | Columbidae | LC | 2 |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | Columbidae | LC | 27 |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | Columbidae | LC | 391 |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Columbidae | LC | 33 |
| Somali Pigeon | Columba oliviae | Columbidae | LC | 35 |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Columbidae | LC | 245 |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | Columbidae | LC | 357 |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | Columbidae | LC | 227 |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | Columbidae | LC | 202 |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | Columbidae | LC | 7 |
| White-winged Collared-Dove | Streptopelia reichenowi | Columbidae | LC | 14 |
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | Columbidae | LC | 178 |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | Columbidae | LC | 122 |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Columbidae | VU | 1 |
| Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia | Columbidae | LC | 31 |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | Columbidae | LC | 47 |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | Columbidae | LC | 12 |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | Coraciidae | LC | 1 |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | Coraciidae | LC | 116 |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Coraciidae | LC | 17 |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | Coraciidae | LC | 82 |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Coraciidae | LC | 12 |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | Corvidae | LC | 156 |
| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | Corvidae | LC | 30 |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | Corvidae | LC | 10 |
| Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris | Corvidae | LC | 10 |
| Somali Crow | Corvus edithae | Corvidae | LC | 188 |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | Corvidae | LC | 47 |
| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | Corvidae | LC | 25 |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Corvidae | LC | 127 |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | Cuculidae | LC | 42 |
| Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | Cuculidae | LC | 1 |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | Cuculidae | LC | 20 |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | Cuculidae | LC | 1 |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | Cuculidae | LC | 11 |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | Cuculidae | LC | 14 |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | Cuculidae | LC | 14 |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Cuculidae | LC | 13 |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | Cuculidae | LC | 2 |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | Cuculidae | LC | 1 |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | Dicruridae | LC | 160 |
| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | Dicruridae | LC | 22 |
| Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | Dromadidae | LC | 81 |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Emberizidae | LC | 7 |
| Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura | Emberizidae | LC | 92 |
| Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata | Emberizidae | LC | 15 |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | Emberizidae | LC | 17 |
| Yellow Flycatcher | Erythrocercus holochlorus | Erythrocercidae | LC | 7 |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | Estrildidae | LC | 48 |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Estrildidae | LC | 14 |
| Black-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda charmosyna | Estrildidae | LC | 15 |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | Estrildidae | LC | 10 |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | Estrildidae | LC | 22 |
| Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | Estrildidae | LC | 1 |
| Peters's Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | Estrildidae | LC | 2 |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | Estrildidae | LC | 198 |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Lonchura bicolor | Estrildidae | LC | 8 |
| Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | Estrildidae | LC | 2 |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | Estrildidae | LC | 81 |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | Estrildidae | LC | 10 |
| Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | Estrildidae | LC | 11 |
| Purple Grenadier | Uraeginthus ianthinogaster | Estrildidae | LC | 50 |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Falconidae | LC | 1 |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Falconidae | LC | 49 |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Falconidae | EN | 1 |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Falconidae | VU | 4 |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | Falconidae | LC | 1 |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Falconidae | LC | 4 |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Falconidae | LC | 9 |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | 23 |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | Falconidae | LC | 33 |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Falconidae | LC | 14 |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Falconidae | LC | 96 |
| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | Falconidae | LC | 60 |
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Fregatidae | LC | 2 |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Fregatidae | LC | 3 |
| Northern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra donaldsoni | Fringillidae | LC | 19 |
| White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriata | Fringillidae | LC | 157 |
| Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | Fringillidae | LC | 15 |
| Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | Fringillidae | LC | 12 |
| Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolata | Fringillidae | LC | 1 |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | Fringillidae | LC | 5 |
| Brown-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra tristriata | Fringillidae | LC | 72 |
| Warsangli Linnet | Linaria johannis | Fringillidae | NT | 27 |
| Somali Grosbeak | Rhynchostruthus louisae | Fringillidae | NT | 50 |
| Golden-winged Grosbeak | Rhynchostruthus socotranus | Fringillidae | LC | 1 |
| Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor | Glareolidae | LC | 32 |
| Somali Courser | Cursorius somalensis | Glareolidae | LC | 56 |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | Glareolidae | LC | 1 |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Glareolidae | NT | 2 |
| Madagascar Pratincole | Glareola ocularis | Glareolidae | NT | 3 |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Glareolidae | LC | 14 |
| Double-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus africanus | Glareolidae | LC | 73 |
| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | Glareolidae | LC | 1 |
| Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | Glareolidae | LC | 45 |
| Common Crane | Grus grus | Gruidae | LC | 1 |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Haematopodidae | NT | 13 |
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | Heliornithidae | LC | 1 |
| Lesser Striped-Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | Hirundinidae | LC | 8 |
| Eastern Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Hirundinidae | LC | 1 |
| Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | Hirundinidae | LC | 3 |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | Hirundinidae | LC | 265 |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | Hirundinidae | LC | 6 |
Sources
- Sombre Nightjar · gbif.org
- Plain Nightjar · gbif.org
- Standard-winged Nightjar · gbif.org
- Large-tailed Nightjar · gbif.org
- Nubian Nightjar · gbif.org
- Fiery-necked Nightjar · gbif.org
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar · gbif.org
- Star-spotted Nightjar · gbif.org
- Pennant-winged Nightjar · gbif.org
- Kentish Plover · gbif.org
- Caspian Plover · gbif.org
- Tibetan Sand Plover · gbif.org
- Little Ringed Plover · gbif.org
- Common Ringed Plover · gbif.org
- Greater Sand-Plover · gbif.org
- White-fronted Plover · gbif.org
- Kittlitz's Plover · gbif.org
- Three-banded Plover · gbif.org
- Pacific Golden-Plover · gbif.org
- Black-bellied Plover · gbif.org
- Crowned Lapwing · gbif.org
- Sociable Lapwing · gbif.org
- Senegal Lapwing · gbif.org
- Wattled Lapwing · gbif.org
- Spur-winged Lapwing · gbif.org
- Black-headed Lapwing · gbif.org
- African Openbill · gbif.org
- Abdim's Stork · gbif.org
- White Stork · gbif.org
- Woolly-necked Stork · gbif.org
- African woollyneck · gbif.org
- Black Stork · gbif.org
- Saddle-billed Stork · gbif.org
- Marabou Stork · gbif.org
- Marabou Stork · gbif.org
- Yellow-billed Stork · gbif.org
- Yellow-breasted Apalis · gbif.org
- Black-headed Apalis · gbif.org
- Gray Wren-Warbler · gbif.org
- Green-backed Camaroptera · gbif.org
- Grey-backed Camaroptera · gbif.org
- Desert Cisticola · gbif.org
- Siffling Cisticola · gbif.org
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola · gbif.org
- Rattling Cisticola · gbif.org
- Ashy Cisticola · gbif.org
- Winding Cisticola · gbif.org
- Coastal Cisticola · gbif.org
- Zitting Cisticola · gbif.org
- Tiny Cisticola · gbif.org
- Croaking Cisticola · gbif.org
- Rufous Cisticola · gbif.org
- Yellow-vented Eremomela · gbif.org
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela · gbif.org
- Graceful Prinia · gbif.org
- Pale Prinia · gbif.org
- Tawny-flanked Prinia · gbif.org
- Red-fronted Warbler · gbif.org
- White-headed Mousebird · gbif.org
- Speckled Mousebird · gbif.org
- Blue-naped Mousebird · gbif.org
- White-collared Pigeon · gbif.org
- Rameron Pigeon · gbif.org
- Speckled Pigeon · gbif.org
- Rock Pigeon · gbif.org
- Namaqua Dove · gbif.org
- Laughing Dove · gbif.org
- Ring-necked Dove · gbif.org
- Mourning Collared-Dove · gbif.org
- Dusky Turtle-Dove · gbif.org
- White-winged Collared-Dove · gbif.org
- African Collared-Dove · gbif.org
- Red-eyed Dove · gbif.org
- European Turtle-Dove · gbif.org
- Bruce's Green-Pigeon · gbif.org
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove · gbif.org
- Tambourine Dove · gbif.org
- Abyssinian Roller · gbif.org
- Lilac-breasted Roller · gbif.org
- European Roller · gbif.org
- Rufous-crowned Roller · gbif.org
- Broad-billed Roller · gbif.org
- Pied Crow · gbif.org
- Cape Crow · gbif.org
- Common Raven · gbif.org
- Thick-billed Raven · gbif.org
- Fan-tailed Raven · gbif.org
- Brown-necked Raven · gbif.org
- House Crow · gbif.org
- White-browed Coucal · gbif.org
- Blue Malkoha · gbif.org
- Dideric Cuckoo · gbif.org
- African Emerald Cuckoo · gbif.org
- Klaas's Cuckoo · gbif.org
- Great Spotted Cuckoo · gbif.org
- Pied Cuckoo · gbif.org
- Common Cuckoo · gbif.org
- African Cuckoo · gbif.org
- Red-chested Cuckoo · gbif.org
- Fork-tailed Drongo · gbif.org
- Square-tailed Drongo · gbif.org
- Crab-Plover · gbif.org
- Ortolan Bunting · gbif.org
- Somali Bunting · gbif.org
- Striolated Bunting · gbif.org
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting · gbif.org
- Yellow Flycatcher · gbif.org
- Cut-throat · gbif.org
- Common Waxbill · gbif.org
- Black-cheeked Waxbill · gbif.org
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill · gbif.org
- African Silverbill · gbif.org
- Indian Silverbill · gbif.org
- Peters's Twinspot · gbif.org
- Red-billed Firefinch · gbif.org
- Black-and-white Mannikin · gbif.org
- Orange-winged Pytilia · gbif.org
- Green-winged Pytilia · gbif.org
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu · gbif.org
- Blue-capped Cordonbleu · gbif.org
- Purple Grenadier · gbif.org
- Amur Falcon · gbif.org
- Lanner Falcon · gbif.org
- Saker Falcon · gbif.org
- Sooty Falcon · gbif.org
- African Hobby · gbif.org
- Eleonora's Falcon · gbif.org
- Lesser Kestrel · gbif.org
- Peregrine Falcon · gbif.org
- Greater Kestrel · gbif.org
- Eurasian Hobby · gbif.org
- Eurasian Kestrel · gbif.org
- Pygmy Falcon · gbif.org
- Lesser Frigatebird · gbif.org
- Great Frigatebird · gbif.org
- Northern Grosbeak-Canary · gbif.org
- White-bellied Canary · gbif.org
- Yellow Canary · gbif.org
- Reichenow's Seedeater · gbif.org
- Streaky Seedeater · gbif.org
- Brimstone Canary · gbif.org
- Brown-rumped Seedeater · gbif.org
- Warsangli Linnet · gbif.org
- Somali Grosbeak · gbif.org
- Golden-winged Grosbeak · gbif.org
- Cream-colored Courser · gbif.org
- Temminck's Courser · gbif.org
- Black-winged Pratincole · gbif.org
- Madagascar Pratincole · gbif.org
- Collared Pratincole · gbif.org
- Double-banded Courser · gbif.org
- Bronze-winged Courser · gbif.org
- Three-banded Courser · gbif.org
- Common Crane · gbif.org
- Eurasian Oystercatcher · gbif.org
- African Finfoot · gbif.org
- Lesser Striped-Swallow · gbif.org
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow · gbif.org
- Common House-Martin · gbif.org
- Ethiopian Swallow · gbif.org
- White-throated Swallow · gbif.org
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