Birds in Yemen
Our list for Yemen has 38 bird species recorded regularly there: 25 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors
The list comes from 6,779 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
- 38
- In October
- 4
- Common
- 37
- Busiest month
- Feb
This month: October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Yemen 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 Yemen
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian Vulture | ||||||||||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | ||||||||||||
| Grey Heron | ||||||||||||
| Common Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Greenshank | ||||||||||||
| Whimbrel | ||||||||||||
| Little Egret | ||||||||||||
| Pied Wagtail | ||||||||||||
| Kentish Plover | ||||||||||||
| Kestrel | ||||||||||||
| Temminck's Stint | ||||||||||||
| Curlew | ||||||||||||
| Ruddy Turnstone | ||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | ||||||||||||
| Great White Egret | ||||||||||||
| Grey Plover | ||||||||||||
| Common Snipe | ||||||||||||
| Wood Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Cattle Egret | ||||||||||||
| Ringed Plover | ||||||||||||
| Green Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Little Stint | ||||||||||||
| Greater Flamingo | ||||||||||||
| Moorhen | ||||||||||||
| Glossy Ibis | ||||||||||||
| Osprey | ||||||||||||
| Peregrine Falcon | ||||||||||||
| Little Grebe | ||||||||||||
| Little Ringed Plover | ||||||||||||
| Purple Heron |
The year in Yemen
Records by month| January | 104 |
|---|---|
| February | 2,374 |
| March | 873 |
| April | 335 |
| May | 179 |
| June | 52 |
| July | 0 |
| August | 13 |
| September | 12 |
| October | 1,320 |
| November | 942 |
| December | 575 |
February has the most records (2,374). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
By family
6 of 6How common
All 38 birds, A to Z
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Cattle Egret
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- Common Tern
- Curlew
- Egyptian Vulture
- Garganey
- Glossy Ibis
- Great White Egret
- Greater Flamingo
- Green Sandpiper
- Greenshank
- Grey Heron
- Grey Plover
- Gull-billed Tern
- House Sparrow
- Kentish Plover
- Kestrel
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Ringed Plover
Questions
3How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Yemen?
38 species, each recorded regularly in Yemen (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 25 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Yemen, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What birds can I see in Yemen in October?
4 species on our list for Yemen are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Grey Heron, Pied Wagtail, Cattle Egret and Osprey.
What are the most common birds in Yemen?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Yemen are Egyptian Vulture, Osprey, Yellow Wagtail, Rock Dove and Pied Wagtail.
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