Ethiopia · Oromia Region
Debre Libanos – Lodge and Portuguese Bridge
387 species and 8,236 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and October, with up to 118 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
Rüppell's Black ChatMyrmecocichla melaena
Black KiteMilvus migrans
White-billed StarlingOnychognathus albirostris
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriata
Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
White-winged Cliff ChatMonticola semirufus96 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 387 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Debre Libanos Monastery4 km338 species
- Sululta Plain59 km356 species
All 387 species recorded here
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Rüppell's Black Chat Myrmecocichla melaena
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- White-winged Cliff Chat Monticola semirufus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii
- White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera
- Banded Barbet Lybius undatus
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Rusty-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe frenata
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra xanthopygia
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Ethiopian Cisticola Cisticola lugubris
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Harwood's Spurfowl Pternistis harwoodi
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Somali Crow Corvus edithae
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Clapperton's Spurfowl Pternistis clappertoni
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes
- Yellow-throated Seedeater Crithagra flavigula
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Debre Libanos – Lodge and Portuguese Bridge?
February and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 118 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Debre Libanos – Lodge and Portuguese Bridge?
387 species, from 8,236 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Debre Libanos – Lodge and Portuguese Bridge in November?
The most recorded in November: Fan-tailed Raven, Rüppell's Vulture, Rüppell's Black Chat, Black Kite and White-billed Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.