Birds to See in Ethiopia in May
34 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
34 bird species on our list for Ethiopia are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Egyptian Goose, Hoopoe, African Jacana and Helmeted Guineafowl. New this month: Glossy Ibis and Red-billed Chough.
New in May2
Leaving after last month24
- Yellow Wagtail
- Chiffchaff
- Common Sandpiper
- European Bee-eater
- Willow Warbler
- Wood Sandpiper
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Blackcap
- Greenshank
- Little Stint
- House Martin
- Egyptian Vulture
- Whinchat
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Ringed Plover
- Red-and-yellow Barbet
- African Pygmy-falcon
- Booted Eagle
- Tree Pipit
- Whitethroat
- Purple Grenadier
- Garden Warbler
- Common Swift
- Black-crowned Night-heron
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
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Somali Ostrich
Struthio molybdophanesVU
Regularly Jul–May
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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