Birds to See in Ethiopia in April
56 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
56 bird species on our list for Ethiopia are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Barn Swallow, Egyptian Goose, European Bee-eater and Hoopoe. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Ringed Plover and Peregrine Falcon and 3 more.
New in April7
Leaving after last month32
- Green Sandpiper
- Ruff
- Wheatear
- Sand Martin
- Common Redstart
- Glossy Ibis
- Buzzard
- White-bellied Bustard
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Grey Wagtail
- Garganey
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Temminck's Stint
- Common Crane
- Pied Wagtail
- Northern Shoveler
- Common Snipe
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Red-billed Chough
- Woodchat Shrike
- Montagu's Harrier
- Avocet
- Northern Pintail
- Common Reed-warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Little Ringed Plover
- Redshank
- Crowned Eagle
- Wryneck
- Osprey
- Hobby
- European Turtle-dove
Residents
(23)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Recorded all year
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Winter visitors
(24)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Oct–Jun
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
African Pygmy-falcon
Polihierax semitorquatusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Grenadier
Granatina ianthinogasterLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Somali Ostrich
Struthio molybdophanesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made