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Debubawi Keyih Bahri
This checklist includes all bird species found in Debubawi Keyih Bahri , 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 and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). 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 Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Debubawi Keyih Bahri [map]
Other names: Janūbī al Baḩrī al Aḩmar , Southern Red Sea Region, ዞባ ደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ, منطقة البحر الأحمر الجنوب
Number of globally threatened species: 16
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-11-06
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
| Dusky Turtle Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| African Collared Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| Bruce's Green Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
| Black-billed Wood Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
| Spotted Sandgrouse | Pterocles senegallus | |
| Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus | |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
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| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
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| Corncrake | Crex crex | |
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| Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | |
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| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | |
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| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Socotra Cormorant | Phalacrocorax nigrogularis | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
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| Common Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| White-eyed Gull | Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus | |
| Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Saunders's Tern | Sternula saundersi | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Secretary-bird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| Rüppell's Vulture | Gyps rueppelli | |
| Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Desert Eagle Owl | Bubo ascalaphus | |
| Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
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| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
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| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
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| Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | |
| Vieillot's Barbet | Lybius vieilloti | |
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| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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| African Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Grey-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | |
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| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Rosy-patched Bush-shrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | |
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| Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris | |
| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | |
| Dwarf Raven | Corvus edithae | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Introduced species |
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| Nile Valley Sunbird | Hedydipna metallica | |
| Shining Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | |
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| Rüppell's Weaver | Ploceus galbula | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
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| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
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| Sudan Golden Sparrow | Passer luteus | |
| Arabian Golden Sparrow | Passer euchlorus | |
| Pale Rock Sparrow | Carpospiza brachydactyla | |
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| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Striated Bunting | Fringillaria striolata | |
| Cretzschmar's Bunting | Emberiza caesia | |
| Cinereous Bunting | Emberiza cineracea | |
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| Greater Hoopoe Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
| Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | |
| Red-faced Prinia | Prinia rufifrons | |
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| Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Basra Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus griseldis | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Asian Desert Warbler | Curruca nana | |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
| Arabian Warbler | Curruca leucomelaena | |
| Eastern Orphean Warbler | Curruca crassirostris | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Cyprus Warbler | Curruca melanothorax | |
| Ménétries's Warbler | Curruca mystacea | |
| Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Fulvous Babbler | Argya fulva | |
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| Somali Starling | Onychognathus blythii | |
| Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
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| Black Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | |
| Rufous Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| White-throated Irania | Irania gutturalis | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Semi-collared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Blackstart | Oenanthe melanura | |
| White-crowned Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | |
| Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
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| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
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