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Birds of Somalia: all 709 species on record (part 4 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 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | Oriolidae | LC | 28 |
| Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus monacha | Oriolidae | LC | 1 |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Oriolidae | LC | 17 |
| Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | Otididae | NT | 3 |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Otididae | NT | 21 |
| Little Brown Bustard | Eupodotis humilis | Otididae | NT | 78 |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | Otididae | LC | 42 |
| Hartlaub's Bustard | Lissotis hartlaubii | Otididae | LC | 13 |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | Otididae | LC | 3 |
| Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana | Otididae | LC | 47 |
| Red-crested Korhaan | Lophotis ruficrista | Otididae | LC | 20 |
| Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | Otididae | NT | 1 |
| Heuglin's Bustard | Neotis heuglinii | Otididae | LC | 24 |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Pandionidae | LC | 32 |
| Grey Tit | Parus afer | Paridae | LC | 36 |
| Acacia Tit | Parus thruppi | Paridae | LC | 38 |
| Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris pyrgita | Passeridae | LC | 70 |
| Yellow-throated Sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | Passeridae | LC | 34 |
| Somali Sparrow | Passer castanopterus | Passeridae | LC | 109 |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Passeridae | LC | 47 |
| Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | Passeridae | LC | 3 |
| Arabian Golden Sparrow | Passer euchlorus | Passeridae | LC | 11 |
| Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | Passeridae | LC | 132 |
| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | Passeridae | LC | 29 |
| Abd al Kuri Sparrow | Passer hemileucus | Passeridae | VU | 1 |
| Sudan Golden Sparrow | Passer luteus | Passeridae | LC | 4 |
| Russet Sparrow | Passer rutilans | Passeridae | NE | 25 |
| Shelley's Rufous Sparrow | Passer shelleyi | Passeridae | LC | 6 |
| Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | Passeridae | LC | 265 |
| Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser donaldsoni | Passeridae | LC | 3 |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | Passeridae | LC | 36 |
| Gray-headed Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi | Passeridae | LC | 6 |
| Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi | Passeridae | LC | 11 |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Pelecanidae | LC | 4 |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | Pelecanidae | LC | 1 |
| Red-billed/Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Phaethontidae | LC | 6 |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaethontidae | LC | 1 |
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | 20 |
| Great Cormorant/European Shag | Phalacrocorax carbo | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | 5 |
| Socotra Cormorant | Phalacrocorax nigrogularis | Phalacrocoracidae | VU | 1 |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Phasianidae | LC | 4 |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | Phasianidae | LC | 10 |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Phasianidae | LC | 1 |
| Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | Phasianidae | LC | 116 |
| Red-necked Francolin | Pternistis afer | Phasianidae | LC | 1 |
| Chestnut-naped Francolin | Pternistis castaneicollis | Phasianidae | LC | 14 |
| Erckel's Francolin | Pternistis erckelii | Phasianidae | LC | 2 |
| Yellow-necked Francolin | Pternistis leucoscepus | Phasianidae | LC | 81 |
| Gray-winged Francolin | Scleroptila afra | Phasianidae | LC | 9 |
| Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | Phasianidae | LC | 2 |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Phoenicopteridae | NT | 2 |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Phoenicopteridae | LC | 15 |
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | Phoeniculidae | LC | 32 |
| Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | Phoeniculidae | LC | 35 |
| Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | Phoeniculidae | LC | 1 |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | Phoeniculidae | LC | 12 |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | Phoeniculidae | LC | 108 |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Phylloscopidae | LC | 11 |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibillatrix | Phylloscopidae | LC | 3 |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Phylloscopidae | LC | 24 |
| Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | Phylloscopidae | LC | 29 |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | Picidae | LC | 9 |
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii | Picidae | LC | 5 |
| Little Green Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | Picidae | LC | 3 |
| Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica | Picidae | LC | 2 |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | Picidae | LC | 90 |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | Picidae | NE | 25 |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | Picidae | LC | 76 |
| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Picidae | LC | 1 |
| Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | Platysteiridae | LC | 1 |
| Black-headed Batis | Batis minor | Platysteiridae | LC | 14 |
| Gray-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | Platysteiridae | LC | 104 |
| Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo | Platysteiridae | LC | 17 |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | Platysteiridae | LC | 18 |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | Ploceidae | LC | 12 |
| Red Weaver | Anaplectes jubaensis | Ploceidae | LC | 4 |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | Ploceidae | LC | 13 |
| White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris | Ploceidae | LC | 25 |
| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | Ploceidae | LC | 36 |
| White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | Ploceidae | LC | 165 |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | Ploceidae | LC | 1 |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | Ploceidae | LC | 8 |
| Fire-fronted Bishop | Euplectes diadematus | Ploceidae | LC | 9 |
| Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | Ploceidae | LC | 35 |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | Ploceidae | LC | 1 |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | Ploceidae | LC | 7 |
| Forest Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | Ploceidae | LC | 3 |
| Golden Palm Weaver | Ploceus bojeri | Ploceidae | LC | 44 |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Ploceidae | LC | 84 |
| Salvadori's Weaver | Ploceus dichrocephalus | Ploceidae | LC | 27 |
| Rüppell's Weaver | Ploceus galbula | Ploceidae | LC | 243 |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | Ploceidae | LC | 84 |
| Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni | Ploceidae | LC | 1 |
| Black-necked/Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | Ploceidae | LC | 5 |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | Ploceidae | LC | 211 |
| Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | Ploceidae | LC | 102 |
| African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | Ploceidae | LC | 4 |
| Northern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus taeniopterus | Ploceidae | LC | 3 |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | Ploceidae | LC | 7 |
| Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | Ploceidae | LC | 54 |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | Ploceidae | LC | 282 |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Podicipedidae | LC | 10 |
| White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | Prionopidae | LC | 27 |
| Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | Prionopidae | LC | 1 |
| Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike | Prionops scopifrons | Prionopidae | LC | 2 |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | Procellariidae | LC | 1 |
| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Procellariidae | NT | 3 |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | Procellariidae | LC | 4 |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Procellariidae | EN | 1 |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | Procellariidae | LC | 1 |
| wedge-tailed shearwater | Puffinus pacificus | Procellariidae | LC | 2 |
| Persian Shearwater | Puffinus persicus | Procellariidae | LC | 4 |
| Yellow-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus flavifrons | Psittacidae | LC | 5 |
| Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | Psittacidae | LC | 102 |
| Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus | Pteroclididae | LC | 21 |
| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | Pteroclididae | LC | 79 |
| Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | Pteroclididae | LC | 1 |
| Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | Pteroclididae | LC | 26 |
| Spotted Sandgrouse | Pterocles senegallus | Pteroclididae | LC | 13 |
| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | Pycnonotidae | LC | 1 |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | Pycnonotidae | LC | 16 |
| Fischer's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus fischeri | Pycnonotidae | LC | 6 |
| Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | Pycnonotidae | LC | 52 |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | Pycnonotidae | LC | 3 |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | Pycnonotidae | LC | 464 |
| Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis | Pycnonotidae | LC | 5 |
| Dodson's Bulbul | Pycnonotus dodsoni | Pycnonotidae | NE | 1 |
| Somali Bulbul | Pycnonotus somaliensis | Pycnonotidae | NE | 5 |
| Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra | Rallidae | LC | 3 |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | Rallidae | LC | 2 |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | Rallidae | LC | 3 |
| Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | Rallidae | LC | 3 |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rallidae | LC | 2 |
| little crake | Porzana parva | Rallidae | LC | 1 |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | Rallidae | LC | 1 |
| Baillon's crake | Porzana pusilla | Rallidae | LC | 2 |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Recurvirostridae | LC | 14 |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Recurvirostridae | LC | 2 |
| Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | Remizidae | LC | 18 |
| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | Rostratulidae | LC | 9 |
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Sagittariidae | EN | 8 |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | 96 |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | 58 |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | 22 |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Scolopacidae | NT | 12 |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Scolopacidae | NT | 1 |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Scolopacidae | VU | 1 |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae | VU | 17 |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Scolopacidae | LC | 15 |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Scolopacidae | LC | 6 |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | Scolopacidae | LC | 6 |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Scolopacidae | LC | 3 |
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | Scolopacidae | LC | 1 |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | 19 |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Scolopacidae | NT | 1 |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Scolopacidae | NT | 20 |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | LC | 85 |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Scolopacidae | LC | 2 |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae | LC | 19 |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae | LC | 46 |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Scolopacidae | LC | 7 |
| Tringa ocrophus | Tringa ocrophus | Scolopacidae | NE | 2 |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Scolopacidae | LC | 5 |
Sources
- African Black-headed Oriole · gbif.org
- Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole · gbif.org
- Eurasian Golden Oriole · gbif.org
- Arabian Bustard · gbif.org
- Kori Bustard · gbif.org
- Little Brown Bustard · gbif.org
- White-bellied Bustard · gbif.org
- Hartlaub's Bustard · gbif.org
- Black-bellied Bustard · gbif.org
- Buff-crested Bustard · gbif.org
- Red-crested Korhaan · gbif.org
- Denham's Bustard · gbif.org
- Heuglin's Bustard · gbif.org
- Osprey · gbif.org
- Grey Tit · gbif.org
- Acacia Tit · gbif.org
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow · gbif.org
- Yellow-throated Sparrow · gbif.org
- House Sparrow · gbif.org
- Chestnut Sparrow · gbif.org
- Arabian Golden Sparrow · gbif.org
- Parrot-billed Sparrow · gbif.org
- Northern Gray-headed Sparrow · gbif.org
- Abd al Kuri Sparrow · gbif.org
- Sudan Golden Sparrow · gbif.org
- Russet Sparrow · gbif.org
- Shelley's Rufous Sparrow · gbif.org
- Swainson's Sparrow · gbif.org
- Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver · gbif.org
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver · gbif.org
- Gray-headed Social-Weaver · gbif.org
- Black-capped Social-Weaver · gbif.org
- Great White Pelican · gbif.org
- Pink-backed Pelican · gbif.org
- Red-billed/Red-tailed Tropicbird · gbif.org
- White-tailed Tropicbird · gbif.org
- Long-tailed Cormorant · gbif.org
- Great Cormorant/European Shag · gbif.org
- Socotra Cormorant · gbif.org
- Common Quail · gbif.org
- Harlequin Quail · gbif.org
- Red Junglefowl · gbif.org
- Crested Francolin · gbif.org
- Red-necked Francolin · gbif.org
- Chestnut-naped Francolin · gbif.org
- Erckel's Francolin · gbif.org
- Yellow-necked Francolin · gbif.org
- Gray-winged Francolin · gbif.org
- Orange River Francolin · gbif.org
- Lesser Flamingo · gbif.org
- Greater Flamingo · gbif.org
- Green Woodhoopoe · gbif.org
- Black-billed Woodhoopoe · gbif.org
- Black Scimitarbill · gbif.org
- Common Scimitarbill · gbif.org
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill · gbif.org
- Common Chiffchaff · gbif.org
- Wood Warbler · gbif.org
- Willow Warbler · gbif.org
- Brown Woodland-Warbler · gbif.org
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker · gbif.org
- Green-backed Woodpecker · gbif.org
- Little Green Woodpecker · gbif.org
- Mombasa Woodpecker · gbif.org
- Nubian Woodpecker · gbif.org
- Bearded Woodpecker · gbif.org
- Cardinal Woodpecker · gbif.org
- Eurasian Wryneck · gbif.org
- Western Black-headed Batis · gbif.org
- Black-headed Batis · gbif.org
- Gray-headed Batis · gbif.org
- Pygmy Batis · gbif.org
- Black-throated Wattle-eye · gbif.org
- Grosbeak Weaver · gbif.org
- Red Weaver · gbif.org
- Red-headed Weaver · gbif.org
- White-billed Buffalo-Weaver · gbif.org
- Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver · gbif.org
- White-headed Buffalo-Weaver · gbif.org
- Yellow-crowned Bishop · gbif.org
- Fan-tailed Widowbird · gbif.org
- Fire-fronted Bishop · gbif.org
- Northern Red Bishop · gbif.org
- Black-winged Bishop · gbif.org
- Southern Red Bishop · gbif.org
- Forest Weaver · gbif.org
- Golden Palm Weaver · gbif.org
- Village Weaver · gbif.org
- Rüppell's Weaver · gbif.org
- Lesser Masked-Weaver · gbif.org
- Golden-backed Weaver · gbif.org
- Black-necked/Spectacled Weaver · gbif.org
- Chestnut Weaver · gbif.org
- Speke's Weaver · gbif.org
- African Golden-Weaver · gbif.org
- Northern Masked-Weaver · gbif.org
- Southern Masked-Weaver · gbif.org
- Vitelline Masked-Weaver · gbif.org
- Red-billed Quelea · gbif.org
- Little Grebe · gbif.org
- White Helmetshrike · gbif.org
- Retz's Helmetshrike · gbif.org
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike · gbif.org
- Kerguelen Petrel · gbif.org
- Jouanin's Petrel · gbif.org
- Antarctic Prion · gbif.org
- Barau's Petrel · gbif.org
- Audubon's Shearwater · gbif.org
- wedge-tailed shearwater · gbif.org
- Persian Shearwater · gbif.org
- Yellow-fronted Parrot · gbif.org
- Red-bellied Parrot · gbif.org
- Black-faced Sandgrouse · gbif.org
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse · gbif.org
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse · gbif.org
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse · gbif.org
- Spotted Sandgrouse · gbif.org
- Sombre Greenbul · gbif.org
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul · gbif.org
- Fischer's Greenbul · gbif.org
- Northern Brownbul · gbif.org
- Terrestrial Brownbul · gbif.org
- Common Bulbul · gbif.org
- Cape Bulbul · gbif.org
- Dodson's Bulbul · gbif.org
- Somali Bulbul · gbif.org
- Black Crake · gbif.org
- Corn Crake · gbif.org
- Red-knobbed Coot · gbif.org
- Lesser Moorhen · gbif.org
- Eurasian Moorhen · gbif.org
- little crake · gbif.org
- Spotted Crake · gbif.org
- Baillon's crake · gbif.org
- Black-winged Stilt · gbif.org
- Pied Avocet · gbif.org
- Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit · gbif.org
- Greater Painted-Snipe · gbif.org
- Secretarybird · gbif.org
- Common Sandpiper · gbif.org
- Ruddy Turnstone · gbif.org
- Sanderling · gbif.org
- Dunlin · gbif.org
- Red Knot · gbif.org
- Broad-billed Sandpiper · gbif.org
- Curlew Sandpiper · gbif.org
- Little Stint · gbif.org
- Ruff · gbif.org
- Temminck's Stint · gbif.org
- Common Snipe · gbif.org
- Pin-tailed Snipe · gbif.org
- Bar-tailed Godwit · gbif.org
- Black-tailed Godwit · gbif.org
- Eurasian Curlew · gbif.org
- Whimbrel · gbif.org
- Red-necked Phalarope · gbif.org
- Wood Sandpiper · gbif.org
- Common Greenshank · gbif.org
- Green Sandpiper · gbif.org
- Tringa ocrophus · gbif.org
- Marsh Sandpiper · gbif.org
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