Birds to See in Ethiopia in February
88 bird species on our list for Ethiopia are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Egyptian Goose, Chiffchaff, Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper. New this month: Red-and-yellow Barbet, Red-billed Chough, Secretarybird and Crowned Eagle and 6 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Ethiopia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 88 birds in February
88 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.45% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Feb
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Feb
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.27% in Feb
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.25% in Feb
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentUncommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.23% in Feb
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentCommon33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.22% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Feb
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Feb
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Feb
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanesWinter visitorUncommon210–275 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisWinter visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisWinter visitorUncommon48–61 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusWinter visitorUncommon19–20 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.12% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Feb
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Feb
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Feb
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Feb
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Feb
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusPassage migrantUncommon112–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Common OstrichStruthio camelusPassage migrantRare210–275 cmRegularly Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.03% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusPassage migrantUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
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