Swallows & Martins in Ethiopia
Our list for Ethiopia has 5 swallows & martins recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ethiopia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sand Martin 12–14 cm
- House Martin 13–15 cm
- Crag Martin 14–15 cm
- Lesser Striped Swallow 15–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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