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
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusPassage migrantUncommon112–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixScarceUncommon16–18 cm
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusPassage migrantUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–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