Ethiopia · Oromia Region
Awash NP – Lodge and Falls
391 species and 7,198 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 176 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Awash NP – southern section5 km433 species
- Awash NP11 km533 species
- Lake Basaka – north shore15 km385 species
- Doho Lodge34 km323 species
- Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve66 km394 species
All 391 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Somali Crow Corvus edithae
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sombre Rock Chat Oenanthe dubia
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Star-spotted Nightjar Caprimulgus stellatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Yellow-throated Seedeater Crithagra flavigula
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Banded Barbet Lybius undatus
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- White-winged Cliff Chat Monticola semirufus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Clapperton's Spurfowl Pternistis clappertoni
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Red-billed Pytilia Pytilia lineata
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Northern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra donaldsoni
- Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Awash NP – Lodge and Falls?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 176 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Awash NP – Lodge and Falls?
391 species, from 7,198 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Awash NP – Lodge and Falls in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-billed Quelea, Red-billed Firefinch, Namaqua Dove, Rüppell's Starling and African Pied Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.