Birds to See in Ethiopia in September
47 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
47 bird species on our list for Ethiopia are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Egyptian Goose, Barn Swallow, Cattle Egret and Common Sandpiper. New this month: Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Squacco Heron and Little Stint and 12 more.
New in September16
Residents
(20)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
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Somali Ostrich
Struthio molybdophanesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatusNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
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