Birds in Somalia
Our list for Somalia has 30 bird species recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 11 passage migrants and 18 scarce visitors
The list comes from 8,787 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
- Species on our list
- 30
- In October
- 6
- Common
- 28
- Busiest month
- May
This month: October
GBIF · OctMost likely
Arriving now
Share of all bird records in Somalia in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.
The bird calendar for Somalia
Month by monthWhen each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thekla's Lark | ||||||||||||
| Pied Crow | ||||||||||||
| Blue-naped Mousebird | ||||||||||||
| Hoopoe | ||||||||||||
| Whimbrel | ||||||||||||
| Grey Plover | ||||||||||||
| Common Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Fork-tailed Drongo | ||||||||||||
| House Sparrow | ||||||||||||
| Ruddy Turnstone | ||||||||||||
| Gull-billed Tern | ||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | ||||||||||||
| Greenshank | ||||||||||||
| Little Owl | ||||||||||||
| Kestrel | ||||||||||||
| Yellow Wagtail | ||||||||||||
| Wheatear | ||||||||||||
| Ringed Plover | ||||||||||||
| African Pygmy-falcon | ||||||||||||
| Purple Grenadier | ||||||||||||
| Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush | ||||||||||||
| Grey Heron | ||||||||||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | ||||||||||||
| Red-and-yellow Barbet | ||||||||||||
| Little Egret | ||||||||||||
| Little Stint | ||||||||||||
| Blackcap | ||||||||||||
| Helmeted Guineafowl | ||||||||||||
| Egyptian Goose | ||||||||||||
| Tree Pipit |
The year in Somalia
Records by month| January | 1,390 |
|---|---|
| February | 698 |
| March | 1,231 |
| April | 1,663 |
| May | 1,767 |
| June | 325 |
| July | 416 |
| August | 181 |
| September | 136 |
| October | 561 |
| November | 400 |
| December | 19 |
May has the most records (1,767). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
By family
7 of 7How common
All 30 birds, A to Z
- African Pygmy-falcon
- Barn Swallow
- Blackcap
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Common Sandpiper
- Egyptian Goose
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Greenshank
- Grey Heron
- Grey Plover
- Gull-billed Tern
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hoopoe
- House Sparrow
- Kestrel
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Little Egret
- Little Owl
- Little Stint
- Pied Crow
- Purple Grenadier
- Red-and-yellow Barbet
- Ringed Plover
- Ruddy Turnstone
Questions
3How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Somalia?
30 species, each recorded regularly in Somalia (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 1 summer visitor, 11 passage migrants and 18 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Somalia, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What birds can I see in Somalia in October?
6 species on our list for Somalia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Hoopoe, Thekla's Lark, Common Sandpiper and Blue-naped Mousebird.
What are the most common birds in Somalia?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Somalia are House Sparrow, Pied Crow, Thekla's Lark, Common Sandpiper and Whimbrel.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made