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Birds of Somalia: all 709 species on record (part 3 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 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae | LC | 86 |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | Hirundinidae | LC | 35 |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | Hirundinidae | LC | 3 |
| Pale Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne obsoleta | Hirundinidae | LC | 25 |
| Banded Martin | Riparia cincta | Hirundinidae | LC | 1 |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Hirundinidae | LC | 3 |
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Hydrobatidae | LC | 3 |
| Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | Indicatoridae | LC | 1 |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | Indicatoridae | LC | 13 |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | Indicatoridae | LC | 3 |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | Indicatoridae | LC | 1 |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | Jacanidae | LC | 5 |
| White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | Laniidae | LC | 2 |
| White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | Laniidae | LC | 71 |
| Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi | Laniidae | LC | 13 |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Laniidae | LC | 45 |
| Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | Laniidae | LC | 22 |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Laniidae | LC | 23 |
| Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | Laniidae | LC | 2 |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | Laniidae | NE | 2 |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Laniidae | LC | 17 |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | Laniidae | LC | 22 |
| Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | Laniidae | LC | 7 |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | Laniidae | LC | 22 |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Laniidae | NT | 6 |
| Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus | Laniidae | LC | 160 |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | 9 |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Laridae | LC | 3 |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Laridae | LC | 1 |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Laridae | LC | 3 |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Laridae | NE | 5 |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Laridae | LC | 41 |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Laridae | LC | 9 |
| Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | Laridae | NE | 59 |
| White-eyed Gull | Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus | Laridae | NE | 20 |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Laridae | LC | 1 |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Laridae | LC | 2 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Laridae | LC | 27 |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Laridae | LC | 11 |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | 5 |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Laridae | LC | 7 |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | 6 |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Laridae | LC | 3 |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | Laridae | LC | 13 |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | 10 |
| Saunders's Tern | Sternula saundersi | Laridae | LC | 4 |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Laridae | LC | 20 |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Laridae | LC | 24 |
| Scaly Chatterer | Turdoides aylmeri | Leiothrichidae | LC | 19 |
| White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygia | Leiothrichidae | LC | 19 |
| Rufous Chatterer | Turdoides rubiginosa | Leiothrichidae | LC | 21 |
| Scaly Babbler | Turdoides squamulata | Leiothrichidae | LC | 19 |
| Brown-breasted Barbet | Lybius melanopterus | Lybiidae | LC | 18 |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | Lybiidae | LC | 25 |
| D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | Lybiidae | LC | 49 |
| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | Lybiidae | LC | 59 |
| Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | Lybiidae | LC | 62 |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | Lybiidae | LC | 64 |
| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | Macrosphenidae | LC | 67 |
| Somali Crombec | Sylvietta isabellina | Macrosphenidae | LC | 39 |
| Short-billed Crombec | Sylvietta philippae | Macrosphenidae | DD | 22 |
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | Macrosphenidae | LC | 2 |
| Orange-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | Malaconotidae | LC | 2 |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | Malaconotidae | LC | 9 |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | Malaconotidae | LC | 3 |
| Pringle's Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii | Malaconotidae | LC | 12 |
| Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | Malaconotidae | LC | 20 |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | Malaconotidae | LC | 24 |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | Malaconotidae | LC | 81 |
| Coastal Boubou | Laniarius nigerrimus | Malaconotidae | LC | 8 |
| Red-naped Bushshrike | Laniarius ruficeps | Malaconotidae | LC | 53 |
| Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | Malaconotidae | LC | 2 |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | Malaconotidae | LC | 37 |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | Malaconotidae | LC | 85 |
| Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi | Malaconotidae | LC | 52 |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | Malaconotidae | LC | 47 |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Telophorus cruentus | Malaconotidae | NE | 103 |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | Meropidae | LC | 40 |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Meropidae | LC | 11 |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | Meropidae | LC | 92 |
| Blue-cheeked/Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Meropidae | LC | 24 |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | Meropidae | LC | 109 |
| Somali Bee-eater | Merops revoilii | Meropidae | LC | 129 |
| Madagascar Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | Meropidae | LC | 162 |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | Monarchidae | LC | 68 |
| African Crested-Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | Monarchidae | LC | 13 |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | Motacillidae | LC | 28 |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Motacillidae | LC | 10 |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | Motacillidae | LC | 18 |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | Motacillidae | LC | 11 |
| Malindi Pipit | Anthus melindae | Motacillidae | LC | 29 |
| Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | Motacillidae | NE | 21 |
| Australasian Pipit | Anthus novaeseelandiae | Motacillidae | LC | 6 |
| Richard's/Blyth's Pipit | Anthus richardi | Motacillidae | LC | 18 |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | Motacillidae | LC | 39 |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Motacillidae | LC | 16 |
| Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | Motacillidae | LC | 4 |
| Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula | Motacillidae | LC | 7 |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | Motacillidae | NE | 21 |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Motacillidae | LC | 35 |
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Motacillidae | LC | 12 |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Motacillidae | LC | 62 |
| Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus | Motacillidae | LC | 68 |
| Grayish Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | Muscicapidae | LC | 83 |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus | Muscicapidae | LC | 44 |
| Black Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | Muscicapidae | LC | 23 |
| Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | Muscicapidae | LC | 17 |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | Muscicapidae | LC | 12 |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | Muscicapidae | LC | 10 |
| Rüppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | Muscicapidae | LC | 1 |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin | Erythropygia galactotes | Muscicapidae | LC | 56 |
| White-browed Scrub Robin | Erythropygia leucophrys | Muscicapidae | LC | 99 |
| Bearded Scrub Robin | Erythropygia quadrivirgata | Muscicapidae | LC | 9 |
| White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | Muscicapidae | LC | 11 |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | Muscicapidae | LC | 3 |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | Muscicapidae | LC | 3 |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | Muscicapidae | LC | 3 |
| Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | Muscicapidae | LC | 60 |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Muscicapidae | LC | 50 |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | Muscicapidae | LC | 17 |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | Muscicapidae | LC | 11 |
| Gambaga Flycatcher | Muscicapa gambagae | Muscicapidae | LC | 1 |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Muscicapidae | LC | 24 |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Muscicapidae | LC | 48 |
| Sombre Rock Chat | Oenanthe dubia | Muscicapidae | DD | 2 |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Muscicapidae | LC | 137 |
| Mourning Wheatear | Oenanthe lugens | Muscicapidae | LC | 12 |
| Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | Muscicapidae | LC | 45 |
| Blackstart | Oenanthe melanura | Muscicapidae | LC | 130 |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Muscicapidae | LC | 55 |
| Somali Wheatear | Oenanthe phillipsi | Muscicapidae | LC | 130 |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | Muscicapidae | LC | 1 |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Muscicapidae | LC | 127 |
| Brown-tailed Rock Chat | Oenanthe scotocerca | Muscicapidae | LC | 13 |
| Red-tailed Wheatear | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | Muscicapidae | LC | 1 |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Muscicapidae | LC | 23 |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Muscicapidae | LC | 25 |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Muscicapidae | LC | 4 |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | Muscicapidae | LC | 3 |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides leucogaster | Musophagidae | LC | 168 |
| Knysna Turaco | Tauraco corythaix | Musophagidae | LC | 2 |
| Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | Musophagidae | NT | 4 |
| White-cheeked Turaco | Tauraco leucotis | Musophagidae | LC | 4 |
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | Nectariniidae | LC | 12 |
| Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | Nectariniidae | LC | 93 |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | Nectariniidae | LC | 45 |
| Hunter's Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri | Nectariniidae | LC | 70 |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | Nectariniidae | LC | 40 |
| Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | Nectariniidae | LC | 43 |
| Violet-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris chalcomelas | Nectariniidae | LC | 40 |
| Shining Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | Nectariniidae | LC | 228 |
| Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | Nectariniidae | LC | 118 |
| Black-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides | Nectariniidae | LC | 6 |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | Nectariniidae | LC | 166 |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | Nectariniidae | LC | 14 |
| Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | Nectariniidae | NE | 2 |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | Nectariniidae | LC | 43 |
| Nile Valley Sunbird | Hedydipna metallica | Nectariniidae | LC | 35 |
| Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura | Nectariniidae | LC | 22 |
| Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | Nicatoridae | LC | 1 |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | Numididae | LC | 25 |
| Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | Numididae | LC | 7 |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Numididae | LC | 32 |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | Oriolidae | LC | 1 |
Sources
- Barn Swallow · gbif.org
- Wire-tailed Swallow · gbif.org
- Rock Martin · gbif.org
- Pale Crag Martin · gbif.org
- Banded Martin · gbif.org
- Bank Swallow · gbif.org
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel · gbif.org
- Least Honeyguide · gbif.org
- Greater Honeyguide · gbif.org
- Lesser Honeyguide · gbif.org
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide · gbif.org
- African Jacana · gbif.org
- White-crowned Shrike · gbif.org
- White-rumped Shrike · gbif.org
- Long-tailed Fiscal · gbif.org
- Red-backed Shrike · gbif.org
- Taita Fiscal · gbif.org
- Great Gray Shrike · gbif.org
- Gray-backed Fiscal · gbif.org
- Northern Fiscal · gbif.org
- Isabelline Shrike · gbif.org
- Lesser Gray Shrike · gbif.org
- Masked Shrike · gbif.org
- Red-tailed Shrike · gbif.org
- Woodchat Shrike · gbif.org
- Brown Noddy · gbif.org
- Lesser Noddy · gbif.org
- Whiskered Tern · gbif.org
- White-winged Tern · gbif.org
- Black-headed Gull · gbif.org
- Gull-billed Tern · gbif.org
- Caspian Tern · gbif.org
- Sooty Gull · gbif.org
- White-eyed Gull · gbif.org
- Herring Gull · gbif.org
- Caspian Gull · gbif.org
- Lesser Black-backed Gull · gbif.org
- Bridled Tern · gbif.org
- Sooty Tern · gbif.org
- Roseate Tern · gbif.org
- Common Tern · gbif.org
- Arctic Tern · gbif.org
- White-cheeked Tern · gbif.org
- Little Tern · gbif.org
- Saunders's Tern · gbif.org
- Lesser Crested Tern · gbif.org
- Great Crested Tern · gbif.org
- Scaly Chatterer · gbif.org
- White-rumped Babbler · gbif.org
- Rufous Chatterer · gbif.org
- Scaly Babbler · gbif.org
- Brown-breasted Barbet · gbif.org
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird · gbif.org
- D'Arnaud's Barbet · gbif.org
- Red-and-yellow Barbet · gbif.org
- Yellow-breasted Barbet · gbif.org
- Black-throated Barbet · gbif.org
- Northern Crombec · gbif.org
- Short-billed Crombec · gbif.org
- Red-faced Crombec · gbif.org
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike · gbif.org
- Black-backed Puffback · gbif.org
- Northern Puffback · gbif.org
- Pringle's Puffback · gbif.org
- Ethiopian Boubou · gbif.org
- Southern Boubou · gbif.org
- Slate-colored Boubou · gbif.org
- Coastal Boubou · gbif.org
- Red-naped Bushshrike · gbif.org
- Zanzibar Boubou · gbif.org
- Gray-headed Bushshrike · gbif.org
- Brubru · gbif.org
- Three-streaked Tchagra · gbif.org
- Black-crowned Tchagra · gbif.org
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike · gbif.org
- White-throated Bee-eater · gbif.org
- European Bee-eater · gbif.org
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater · gbif.org
- Blue-cheeked/Blue-tailed Bee-eater · gbif.org
- Little Bee-eater · gbif.org
- Madagascar Bee-eater · gbif.org
- African Paradise-Flycatcher · gbif.org
- African Crested-Flycatcher · gbif.org
- Tawny Pipit · gbif.org
- Red-throated Pipit · gbif.org
- African Pipit · gbif.org
- Plain-backed Pipit · gbif.org
- Malindi Pipit · gbif.org
- Nicholson's Pipit · gbif.org
- Australasian Pipit · gbif.org
- Richard's/Blyth's Pipit · gbif.org
- Long-billed Pipit · gbif.org
- Tree Pipit · gbif.org
- Buffy Pipit · gbif.org
- Pangani Longclaw · gbif.org
- African Pied Wagtail · gbif.org
- White Wagtail · gbif.org
- Gray Wagtail · gbif.org
- Western Yellow Wagtail · gbif.org
- Golden Pipit · gbif.org
- Grayish Flycatcher · gbif.org
- Pale Flycatcher · gbif.org
- Black Scrub-Robin · gbif.org
- Spotted Morning-Thrush · gbif.org
- White-browed Robin-Chat · gbif.org
- Red-capped Robin-Chat · gbif.org
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat · gbif.org
- Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin · gbif.org
- White-browed Scrub Robin · gbif.org
- Bearded Scrub Robin · gbif.org
- White-throated Robin · gbif.org
- Thrush Nightingale · gbif.org
- Common Nightingale · gbif.org
- Southern Black-Flycatcher · gbif.org
- Little Rock-Thrush · gbif.org
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush · gbif.org
- Blue Rock-Thrush · gbif.org
- Ashy Flycatcher · gbif.org
- Gambaga Flycatcher · gbif.org
- Spotted Flycatcher · gbif.org
- Desert Wheatear · gbif.org
- Sombre Rock Chat · gbif.org
- Isabelline Wheatear · gbif.org
- Mourning Wheatear · gbif.org
- Abyssinian Wheatear · gbif.org
- Blackstart · gbif.org
- Northern Wheatear · gbif.org
- Somali Wheatear · gbif.org
- Capped Wheatear · gbif.org
- Pied Wheatear · gbif.org
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat · gbif.org
- Red-tailed Wheatear · gbif.org
- Black Redstart · gbif.org
- Common Redstart · gbif.org
- Whinchat · gbif.org
- African Stonechat · gbif.org
- White-bellied Go-away-bird · gbif.org
- Knysna Turaco · gbif.org
- Fischer's Turaco · gbif.org
- White-cheeked Turaco · gbif.org
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird · gbif.org
- Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird · gbif.org
- Amethyst Sunbird · gbif.org
- Hunter's Sunbird · gbif.org
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird · gbif.org
- Purple-banded Sunbird · gbif.org
- Violet-breasted Sunbird · gbif.org
- Shining Sunbird · gbif.org
- Mariqua Sunbird · gbif.org
- Black-bellied Sunbird · gbif.org
- Variable Sunbird · gbif.org
- Olive Sunbird · gbif.org
- Mouse-colored Sunbird · gbif.org
- Collared Sunbird · gbif.org
- Nile Valley Sunbird · gbif.org
- Pygmy Sunbird · gbif.org
- Eastern Nicator · gbif.org
- Vulturine Guineafowl · gbif.org
- Crested Guineafowl · gbif.org
- Helmeted Guineafowl · gbif.org
- African Golden Oriole · gbif.org
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