Ethiopia · Oromia Region
Debre Libanos Monastery
338 species and 6,087 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 131 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-billed StarlingOnychognathus albirostris
White-cheeked TuracoMenelikornis leucotis
Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
Rüppell's Black ChatMyrmecocichla melaena
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriata
Rüppell's Robin-ChatCossypha semirufa
Ethiopian White-eyeZosterops poliogastrus
Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazze
Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
Banded BarbetLybius undatus
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Debre Libanos – Lodge and Portuguese Bridge4 km387 species
- Sululta Plain57 km356 species
- Addis Ababa – Ghion Hotel78 km232 species
All 338 species recorded here
- White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Banded Barbet Lybius undatus
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Rüppell's Black Chat Myrmecocichla melaena
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia
- Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida
- White-winged Cliff Chat Monticola semirufus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps
- Ethiopian Cisticola Cisticola lugubris
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Rusty-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe frenata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes
- Somali Crow Corvus edithae
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Harwood's Spurfowl Pternistis harwoodi
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Red-billed Pytilia Pytilia lineata
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Debre Libanos Monastery?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 131 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Debre Libanos Monastery?
338 species, from 6,087 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Debre Libanos Monastery in November?
The most recorded in November: White-billed Starling, White-cheeked Turaco, Mountain Wagtail, Rüppell's Black Chat and Common Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.