Djibouti bird checklist

321 bird species in 75 families have been recorded in Djibouti, according to eBird; about 296 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

Species data: eBird.org, updated 13 Oct 2026 · How these lists are made

The most common birds in Djibouti right now

1Blue-naped Mousebird
2Augur Buzzard
3Laughing Dove
4Common Bulbul
5Gray-headed Kingfisher
6Nile Valley Sunbird
7Great Gray Shrike
8Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
9Red-fronted Prinia
10Rosy-patched Bushshrike

The top 20, and how they are ranked

Djibouti bird checklist

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich
Somali Ostrich

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Common Quail
Djibouti Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Bruce's Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

Bustards

Arabian Bustard

Cuckoos

White-browed Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Eurasian Nightjar
Nubian Nightjar
Plain Nightjar

Swifts

Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
African Palm Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Eurasian Moorhen
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake

Thick-knees

Spotted Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Spur-winged Lapwing
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Kentish Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint

Crab-Plover

Crab-Plover

Pratincoles and Coursers

Cream-colored Courser
Collared Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Pomarine Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Sooty Gull
White-eyed Gull
Caspian Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Brown Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
White-cheeked Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird

Southern Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Jouanin's Petrel
Persian Shearwater

Storks

Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork

Frigatebirds

Lesser Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

Brown Booby
Masked Booby

Cormorants and Shags

Great Cormorant
Socotra Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
African Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Little Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Little Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron

Hamerkop

Hamerkop

Pelicans

Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Scissor-tailed Kite
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Shikra
Levant Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
Grasshopper Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard

Owls

African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Little Owl

Mousebirds

Blue-naped Mousebird

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Hemprich's Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Bee-eaters

White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher

Rollers

European Roller
Abyssinian Roller
Purple Roller

African Barbets

Yellow-breasted Barbet
Black-throated Barbet

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Cardinal Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Fox Kestrel
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Gray-headed Batis

Bushshrikes and Allies

Black-crowned Tchagra
Ethiopian Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Masked Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

House Crow
Pied Crow
Somali Crow
Fan-tailed Raven

Larks

Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Desert Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Crested Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark

African Warblers

Northern Crombec

Cisticolas and Allies

Green-backed Camaroptera
Graceful Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Desert Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

River Warbler

Swallows

Bank Swallow
Pale Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Western House-Martin
European Red-rumped Swallow

Bulbuls

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Brown Woodland-Warbler

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Arabian Warbler
Menetries's Warbler
Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Abyssinian White-eye

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Starlings

Wattled Starling
Rosy Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Somali Starling
White-crowned Starling

Thrushes and Allies

Song Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher
Gambaga Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Black Scrub-Robin
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Scrub-Robin
White-throated Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
Semicollared Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Siberian Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Rusty-breasted Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Blackstart
Sombre Rock Chat
Brown-tailed Chat
White-crowned Wheatear
Kurdish Wheatear

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Nile Valley Sunbird
Abyssinian Sunbird
Variable Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Rüppell's Weaver
Red-billed Quelea

Waxbills and Allies

African Silverbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch

Whydahs and Indigobirds

Pin-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Somali Sparrow
Swainson's Sparrow
Sudan Golden Sparrow
Arabian Golden Sparrow
Pale Rockfinch

Wagtails and Pipits

Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Trumpeter Finch
Yellow-rumped Serin

Old World Buntings

Ortolan Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Striolated Bunting

Most common birds in Djibouti

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Djibouti’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Gray-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
Great Gray ShrikeLanius excubitor
Rufous-tailed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Red-fronted PriniaPrinia rufifrons
Rosy-patched BushshrikeRhodophoneus cruentus
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Little StintCalidris minuta
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta

Largest bird families in Djibouti

Among its regular birds.

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites26
Old World Flycatchers26
Sandpipers and Allies22
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers20
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns13
Plovers and Lapwings10
Pigeons and Doves9
Wagtails and Pipits8

Reported in the last 30 days

10 species reported to eBird in Djibouti in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:

Augur Buzzard, Blue-naped Mousebird, Common Bulbul, Gray-headed Kingfisher, Laughing Dove, Nile Valley Sunbird, Great Gray Shrike, Red-fronted Prinia, Rosy-patched Bushshrike, Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin.