Uncommon Birds in Ethiopia
Our list for Ethiopia has 86 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 49 winter visitors, 20 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ethiopia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 86, most common first
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentUncommon53–63 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly 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