Common Birds in Somalia
Our list for Somalia has 28 common birds recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 11 passage migrants and 16 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Somalia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar
Pied CrowCorvus albusSummer visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaePassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusPassage migrantCommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisScarceCommon23–26 cm
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusScarceCommon32–39 cm
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaScarceCommon55–65 cm
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusScarceCommon19–20 cm
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceCommon15–17 cm
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaScarceCommon63–73 cm
Little OwlAthene noctuaScarceCommon21–23 cm
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaScarceCommon17–19 cm
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisScarceCommon16–19 cm
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusScarceCommon20–23 cm
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterScarceCommon11–13 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Purple Grenadier 11–13 cm
- Blackcap 13–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Thekla's Lark 15–17 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush 16–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- African Pygmy-falcon 19–20 cm
- Red-and-yellow Barbet 20–23 cm
- Little Owl 21–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Fork-tailed Drongo 23–26 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Hoopoe 25–32 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Blue-naped Mousebird 33–36 cm
- Kestrel 32–39 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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