Bird AlbumEthiopia · Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa – Ghion Hotel
232 species and 7,628 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and November, with up to 69 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazze
Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriata
Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Wattled IbisBostrychia carunculata
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Abyssinian Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis chocolatinus
Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus69 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 232 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sululta Plain21 km356 species
- Lake Cheleleka36 km378 species
- Lake Koka – western shore75 km408 species
- Debre Libanos Monastery78 km338 species
All 232 species recorded here
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Banded Barbet Lybius undatus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
- Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Ethiopian Cisticola Cisticola lugubris
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Rüppell's Black Chat Myrmecocichla melaena
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Rusty-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe frenata
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- White-winged Collared Dove Streptopelia reichenowi
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Addis Ababa – Ghion Hotel?
March and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 69 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Addis Ababa – Ghion Hotel?
232 species, from 7,628 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Addis Ababa – Ghion Hotel in November?
The most recorded in November: Tacazze Sunbird, Brown-rumped Seedeater, Dusky Turtle Dove, Abyssinian Thrush and Black Kite.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.