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
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantCommon120–145 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceCommon25–27 cm
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceCommon34–58 cm
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaScarceCommon37–41 cm
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusScarceCommon14–17 cm
Common TernSterna hirundoScarceCommon31–35 cm
Purple HeronArdea purpureaScarceCommon78–90 cm
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusScarceCommon18–19 cm
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceCommon37–41 cm
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