Birds to See in Ethiopia in March
81 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
81 bird species on our list for Ethiopia are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Egyptian Goose, Barn Swallow, Yellow Wagtail and Cattle Egret. New this month: European Bee-eater, Tree Pipit, Whitethroat and Common Swift and 2 more.
Residents
(23)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Recorded all year
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Winter visitors
(47)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Oct–Jun
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
African Pygmy-falcon
Polihierax semitorquatusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
White-bellied Bustard
Eupodotis senegalensisLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Somali Ostrich
Struthio molybdophanesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Oct–May
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatusNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
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