Birds to See in Yemen in February
23 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
23 bird species on our list for Yemen are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Egyptian Vulture, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Sandpiper, Grey Heron and Greenshank. New this month: Egyptian Vulture, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail and Grey Heron and 19 more.
New in February23
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Passage migrants
(23)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Dec–Feb
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Nov–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Feb
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Feb
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Feb
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Feb
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Feb
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Feb
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Feb
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Feb
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