Common Birds in Yemen
Our list for Yemen has 37 common birds recorded regularly there: 25 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Yemen in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 37, most common first
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceCommon15–17 cm
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantCommon29–37 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusScarceCommon14–17 cm
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaScarceCommon33–42 cm
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantCommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiScarceCommon13–15 cm
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
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