Birding Factoids

389 species
in 60 families

1 endemic species
11 speciality birds
3 endangered species

Djibouti
Hotspots

Djibouti Specialities Rosy-patched Brush-shrike - Photo copyright Paul and Helen Harris

Photo copyright Paul and Helen Harris

....Trip Report: Ethiopia (including Eritrea and Djibouti), March 18 -

April 13, 1998 by Mike Rogerson - The following trip report covers a 4 week period in "Abyssinia" (3 weeks in Ethiopia, 1 week in Eritrea and 24 hours in Djibouti). The trip was done alone, and for reasons of expense (hire car rates, especially 4WD vehicles, being very expensive in Ethiopia), apart from some cheap internal flights inside Ethiopia, public land transport was used throughout with the odd bit of hitch hiking. The trip, although primarily aimed at birding, did include several days heavily biased towards visits of Ethiopia's outstanding historical sites specifically around Gonder and Lalibela which can to some extent be combined with birding.

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....Trip Report: Ethiopia and Djibouti, 27 November 1999 -

17 January 2000 by Giles Mulholland. The complete trip report with all its appendices would have been much too large in one piece. It is therefore broken into five sections.

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Factoids taken from Where to Watch Birds in Africa - by Nigel Wheatley.

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Endemics and Specialities

in Djibouti

Information on endemics and specialities is derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists and bird distribution lists in Thayer's Birder's Diary - Version 2.05, supplemented by material found in Where to Watch Birds in Africa - by Nigel Wheatley. African speciality birds, while not endemic, are those that can only be found in three or less countries of Africa. Information on endangered birds is derived from the IUCN Red List, Birdlife International. The endemic, endangered and speciality birds may be uncommon, extremely rare vagrants, may be extirpated in the country now or may only be present in migration. However, documented sightings of each species noted below have been made in Djibouti.

Endemics in Djibouti
___ Ochre-breasted (Djibouti) ___ Francolin

Endangered Birds in Djibouti (endemics are printed in *bold italic*)
Breeding Birds	Non-Breeding Birds
___ *Ochre-breasted (Djibouti)* *___ Francolin*	___ Imperial Eagle	___ Lesser Kestrel

Other Speciality and Spectacular Birds in Djibouti (adapted from *Where to Watch Birds in Africa* - by Nigel Wheatley.)
___ Arabian Bustard ___ Arabian Golden-Sparrow ___ Botta's Wheatear ___ Crab Plover	___ Grey-headed Batis ___ Red-faced Apalis ___ Ruepell's Weaver ___ Shining Sunbird	___ Somali Starling (near-endemic) ___ White-breasted White-eye ___ White-eyed Gull