Birds to See in Ethiopia in October
83 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
83 bird species on our list for Ethiopia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Egyptian Goose, Barn Swallow, Yellow Wagtail and Cattle Egret. New this month: Chiffchaff, Blue-naped Mousebird, Kestrel and Spotted Flycatcher and 35 more.
New in October39
- Chiffchaff
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Kestrel
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Blackcap
- Wheatear
- Sand Martin
- Common Redstart
- House Martin
- Egyptian Vulture
- Ringed Plover
- Alpine Swift
- White-bellied Bustard
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Garganey
- African Pygmy-falcon
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Temminck's Stint
- Common Crane
- Northern Shoveler
- Booted Eagle
- Tree Pipit
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Red-billed Chough
- Purple Grenadier
- Woodchat Shrike
- Montagu's Harrier
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Secretarybird
- Great Grey Shrike
- Cuckoo
- Little Ringed Plover
- Redshank
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Nightingale
- Wryneck
- European Turtle-dove
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Recorded all year
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
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
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Somali Ostrich
Struthio molybdophanesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Oct–Jun
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
African Pygmy-falcon
Polihierax semitorquatusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
White-bellied Bustard
Eupodotis senegalensisLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Purple Grenadier
Granatina ianthinogasterLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentariusEN
Regularly Oct–Feb
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Oct–May
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