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
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanesWinter visitorUncommon210–275 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisWinter visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Oct–May
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–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