Birds to See in Ethiopia in March
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.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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.
Other months
All 81 birds in March
81 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.76% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.65% in Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.33% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentUncommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentCommon33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.28% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.27% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.26% in Mar
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Mar
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.17% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusWinter visitorUncommon19–20 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisWinter visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisWinter visitorUncommon48–61 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanesWinter visitorUncommon210–275 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantRare28–35 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Mar
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusPassage migrantUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in 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