Bird AlbumEthiopia · Afar Region
Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve
394 species and 6,702 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanes
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabatesSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Doho Lodge37 km323 species
- Awash NP55 km533 species
- Awash NP – southern section62 km433 species
- Melka Ghebdu64 km342 species
- Awash NP – Lodge and Falls66 km391 species
- Lake Basaka – north shore70 km385 species
All 394 species recorded here
- Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Somali Crow Corvus edithae
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Star-spotted Nightjar Caprimulgus stellatus
- Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
- Yellow-throated Seedeater Crithagra flavigula
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Northern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra donaldsoni
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra xanthopygia
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve?
394 species, from 6,702 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Arabian Bustard, Somali Ostrich, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark and Isabelline Wheatear.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.