Birds to See in Ethiopia in November
92 bird species on our list for Ethiopia are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Egyptian Goose, Barn Swallow, Common Sandpiper and Yellow Wagtail. New this month: White-winged Tern, Greater Flamingo, Black-headed Gull and Pied Wagtail and 10 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · All year
Common SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–Apr
Green SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–Mar
GreenshankBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
African Pygmy-falconBusiest month of the year · Jun–Aug
Lesser WhitethroatBusiest month of the year · Oct–Feb
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 92 birds in November
92 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.68% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.66% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov- Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.50% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.50% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.35% in Nov- GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentCommon33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.27% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentUncommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Nov
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov- African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusWinter visitorUncommon19–20 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.18% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Nov
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.13% in Nov
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Nov
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanesWinter visitorUncommon210–275 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Nov
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.10% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisWinter visitorUncommon48–61 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisWinter visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusPassage migrantUncommon112–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
House MartinDelichon urbicumWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantRare28–35 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusPassage migrantUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
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