Over 400 types of birds live in Yemen, including birds of prey, waterfowl, and passerine birds. The nation has several ecoregions, including deserts, xeric shrublands, savanna, and montane woodlands. These habitats provide homes to the diverse Yemeni avifauna.
The Arabian Grosbeak is the national bird of Yemen. Other notable avian species include the Abd al Kuri Sparrow, the Yemen Serin, and the Socotra Sparrow.
List of Common Birds Found in Yemen
Native Birds
- Abd al Kuri Sparrow
- African Citril Finch
- African Collared Dove
- African Gray Hornbill
- African Palm Swift
- African Reed Warbler
- African Sacred Ibis
- African Silverbill
- African Spoonbill
- African Stonechat
- African White-backed Vulture
- Allen’s Gallinule
- Arabian Babbler
- Arabian Golden Sparrow
- Arabian Grosbeak
- Arabian Green Bee-eater
- Arabian Partridge
- Arabian Waxbill
- Arabian Wheatear
- Arabian Woodchat Shrike
- Arabian Woodpecker
- Arabian Yellow Wagtail
- Asian Koel
- Barbary Falcon
- Barn Owl
- Barred Warbler
- Black-crowned Tchagra
- Black Kite
- Black Scrub Robin
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Brown-necked Raven
- Brown Woodland Warbler
- Caspian Tern
- Cattle Egret
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
- Common Buzzard
- Common Chaffinch
- Common Chiffchaff
- Common Cuckoo
- Common Hoopoe
- Common House Martin
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Myna
- Common Nightingale
- Common Quail
- Common Redstart
- Common Sandpiper
- Crested Lark
- Crested Serpent Eagle
- Crowned Sandgrouse
- Dusky Turtle Dove
- Egyptian Vulture
- Eurasian Hoopoe
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Eurasian Magpie
- Eurasian Scops Owl
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- European Bee-eater
- European Goldfinch
- European Honey Buzzard
- European Roller
- European Serin
- European Turtle Dove
- Fan-tailed Raven
- Fulvous Babbler
- Gadwall
- Garganey
- Gray Francolin
- Gray Heron
- Gray Hypocolius
- Gray Wagtail
- Great Cormorant
- Greater Flamingo
- Green Sandpiper
- House Crow
- House Sparrow
- Indian Roller
- Isabelline Shrike
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Laughing Dove
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Ringed Plover
- Long-billed Pipit
- Mallard
- Marbled Teal
- Marsh Harrier
- Masked Shrike
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Mourning Wheatear
- Northern Goshawk
- Northern Lapwing
- Northern Wheatear
- Nubian Nightjar
- Olive-tree Warbler
- Osprey
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Pale Crag Martin
- Palestine Sunbird
- Pallid Harrier
- Pied Avocet
- Pied Wheatear
- Purple Heron
- Red-billed Chough
- Red-tailed Wheatear
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Rufous Bush Chat
- Rüppell’s Warbler
- Sand Martin
- Sand Partridge
- Sardinian Warbler
- Short-toed Eagle
- Socotra Bunting
- Socotra Buzzard
- Socotra Cisticola
- Socotra Cormorant
- Socotra Grosbeak
- Socotra Scops-owl
- Socotra Sparrow
- Socotra Starling
- Socotra Sunbird
- Socotra Warbler
- Sooty Falcon
- Spectacled Warbler
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Steppe Eagle
- Sudan Golden Sparrow
- White Spectacled Bulbul
- White Wagtail
- Woodchat Shrike
- Yemen Linnet
- Yemen Serin
- Yemen Thrush
Non-native Birds
- Alexandrine Parakeet
- Lesser Masked-weaver
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
Some of the best places to go birding in Yemen include Socotra Island, the wetlands and lagoons of Al Hudaydah, and Al Mahfad Reserve. Usually, the peak birding season in the country was from November to April during the dry season. But due to the political instability faced by the country for several years, one must be careful before planning a trip.
