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Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
Socotra

This checklist includes all bird species found in Socotra , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard & Moore 3rd edition (corrigenda 8). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Threatened Birds of the World (Birds to Watch 3).

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Sibley & Monroe 1996 Howard & Moore 3rd edition (corrigenda 8) Clements 5th edition (updated 2005) Clements 6th edition (updated 2008) Commission internationale pour les noms français d'oiseaux (CINFO 1993) IOC World Bird Names (2009)

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Country or region: Socotra
Description: Includes Abd al Kuri, Samhah, and Darsa
Number of species: 227
Number of endemics: 5
Number of breeding endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 5
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2009-08-02
See also: http://www.friendsofsoqotra.org/docs/rporter/2009_birdlist.doc
Phasianidae
Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix
Harlequin Quail	Coturnix delegorguei	Rare/Accidental
Anatidae
Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	Rare/Accidental
Cotton Teal/Indian Pygmy-goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	Rare/Accidental
Gadwall	Anas strepera
Eurasian Wigeon	Anas penelope
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Rare/Accidental
Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta
Garganey	Anas querquedula
Common Teal	Anas crecca
Common Pochard	Aythya ferina	Rare/Accidental
Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Rare/Accidental
Procellariidae
Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas
Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Puffinus pacificus
Audubon's Shearwater	Puffinus lherminieri
Flesh-footed Shearwater	Puffinus carneipes
Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	Breeding endemic Near-threatened
Hydrobatidae
Wilson's Storm Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus
White-bellied Storm Petrel	Fregetta grallaria
Black-bellied Storm Petrel	Fregetta tropica
Podicipedidae
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Rare/Accidental
Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus ruber
Ciconiidae
European White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	Rare/Accidental
Threskiornithidae
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Rare/Accidental
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	Rare/Accidental
African Spoonbill	Platalea alba
Ardeidae
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	Rare/Accidental
Yellow Bittern	Ixobrychus sinensis	Rare/Accidental
Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Striated Heron	Butorides striata
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides
Indian Pond Heron	Ardeola grayii
Madagascan Pond Heron	Ardeola idae	Rare/Accidental Endangered
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
Great Egret	Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret	Egretta intermedia	Rare/Accidental
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
Western Reef Egret	Egretta gularis
Phaethontidae
Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus
Fregatidae
Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	Rare/Accidental
Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Rare/Accidental
Sulidae
Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra
Red-footed Booby	Sula sula
Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster
Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant/Reed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus	Rare/Accidental
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	Rare/Accidental
Socotra Cormorant	Phalacrocorax nigrogularis	Vulnerable
Anhingidae
Darter	Anhinga melanogaster	Rare/Accidental
Falconidae
Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
Amur Falcon	Falco amurensis	Rare/Accidental
Eleonora's Falcon	Falco eleonorae
Sooty Falcon	Falco concolor	Near-threatened
Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	Rare/Accidental
Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
Barbary Falcon	Falco pelegrinoides
Accipitridae
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
Oriental Honey Buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	Rare/Accidental
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	Rare/Accidental
Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus	Endangered
Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	Rare/Accidental
Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus
Eurasian Buzzard	Buteo buteo
Otididae
Macqueen's Bustard	Chlamydotis macqueenii	Rare/Accidental
Rallidae
Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus	Rare/Accidental
Corncrake	Crex crex	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Little Crake	Porzana parva	Rare/Accidental
Baillon's Crake	Porzana pusilla	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana	Rare/Accidental
Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata
Common Coot	Fulica atra	Rare/Accidental
Gruidae
Common Crane	Grus grus	Rare/Accidental
Haematopodidae
Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	Rare/Accidental
Dromadidae
Crab Plover	Dromas ardeola	Rare/Accidental
Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
Charadriidae
Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Rare/Accidental
Pacific Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva
Grey Plover/Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover	Charadrius mongolus
Greater Sand Plover	Charadrius leschenaultii
Caspian Plover	Charadrius asiaticus	Rare/Accidental
Jacanidae
Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	Rare/Accidental
Scolopacidae
Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	Rare/Accidental
Pintail Snipe	Gallinago stenura
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	Near-threatened
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Rare/Accidental
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	Rare/Accidental
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	Rare/Accidental
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	Rare/Accidental
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Little Stint	Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii
Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	Rare/Accidental
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
Dunlin	Calidris alpina
Broad-billed Sandpiper	Limicola falcinellus	Rare/Accidental
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Rare/Accidental
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
Glareolidae
Cream-coloured Courser	Cursorius cursor
Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	Rare/Accidental
Laridae
White-eyed Gull	Larus leucophthalmus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Sooty Gull	Larus hemprichii
Yellow-legged Gull	Larus cachinnans	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus
Great Black-headed Gull	Larus ichthyaetus	Rare/Accidental
Common Black-headed Gull	Larus ridibundus
Slender-billed Gull	Larus genei	Rare/Accidental
Gull-billed Tern	Sterna nilotica	Rare/Accidental
Caspian Tern	Sterna caspia	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Crested Tern	Sterna bengalensis
Sandwich Tern	Sterna sandvicensis
Greater Crested Tern	Sterna bergii
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	Rare/Accidental
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
White-cheeked Tern	Sterna repressa
Saunders's Tern	Sterna saundersi
Bridled Tern	Sterna anaethetus
Sooty Tern	Sterna fuscata
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Black Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Rare/Accidental
Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus
Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	Rare/Accidental
Stercorariidae
Parasitic Jaeger/Arctic Skua	Stercorarius parasiticus	Rare/Accidental
Pteroclididae
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse	Pterocles lichtensteinii
Columbidae
Rock Dove	Columba livia	Introduced species
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis
Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis	Rare/Accidental
Bruce's Green Pigeon	Treron waalia
Cuculidae
Jacobin Cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus	Rare/Accidental
Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
Common Koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	Rare/Accidental
White-browed Coucal	Centropus superciliosus
Strigidae
African Scops Owl	Otus senegalensis
Hume's Owl	Strix butleri
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	Rare/Accidental
Caprimulgidae
European Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	Rare/Accidental
Nubian Nightjar	Caprimulgus nubicus
Apodidae
Himalayan Swiftlet	Aerodramus brevirostris	Rare/Accidental
Alpine Swift	Tachymarptis melba	Rare/Accidental
Common Swift	Apus apus
Pallid Swift	Apus pallidus
Forbes-Watson's Swift	Apus berliozi
Little Swift	Apus affinis	Rare/Accidental
Coraciidae
Indian Roller	Coracias benghalensis	Rare/Accidental
Abyssinian Roller	Coracias abyssinicus	Rare/Accidental
European Roller	Coracias garrulus	Near-threatened
Alcedinidae
Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	Rare/Accidental
Meropidae
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater	Merops persicus
Upupidae
Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops
Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	Rare/Accidental
Isabelline Shrike	Lanius isabellinus
Southern Grey Shrike	Lanius meridionalis
Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus	Rare/Accidental
Corvidae
House Crow	Corvus splendens	Extirpated
Pied Crow	Corvus albus	Rare/Accidental
Brown-necked Raven	Corvus ruficollis
Hirundinidae
Collared Sand Martin/Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
Eurasian Crag Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Pale Crag Martin	Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Northern House Martin	Delichon urbicum	Rare/Accidental
Alaudidae
Bimaculated Lark	Melanocorypha bimaculata
Greater Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix nigriceps
Cisticolidae
Socotra Cisticola	Cisticola haesitatus	Endemic Near-threatened
Socotra Warbler	Incana incana	Endemic
Sylviidae
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Rare/Accidental
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Rare/Accidental
Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	Rare/Accidental
Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca
Greater Whitethroat	Sylvia communis	Rare/Accidental
Ménétriés's Warbler	Sylvia mystacea	Rare/Accidental
Zosteropidae
Abyssinian White-eye	Zosterops abyssinicus
Sturnidae
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Rare/Accidental
Somali Starling	Onychognathus blythii
Socotra Chestnut-winged Starling	Onychognathus frater	Endemic
Muscicapidae
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica
Common Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	Rare/Accidental
Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros
Common Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus	Rare/Accidental
Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	Rare/Accidental
Pied Wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka
Desert Wheatear	Oenanthe deserti
Common Rock Thrush	Monticola saxatilis	Rare/Accidental
Little Rock Thrush	Monticola rufocinereus
Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Rare/Accidental
Nectariniidae
Socotra Sunbird	Chalcomitra balfouri	Endemic
Passeridae
Rufous Sparrow	Passer motitensis
Motacillidae
Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	Rare/Accidental
Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba
Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris
Long-billed Pipit	Anthus similis
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis	Rare/Accidental
Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	Rare/Accidental
Fringillidae
Golden-winged Grosbeak	Rhynchostruthus socotranus
Emberizidae
Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana	Rare/Accidental
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting	Emberiza tahapisi
Socotra Bunting	Emberiza socotrana	Endemic Vulnerable

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