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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ethiopia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 86, most common first
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisWinter visitorUncommon48–61 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusWinter visitorUncommon19–20 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
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