Bird AlbumEthiopia · Afar Region
Doho Lodge
323 species and 6,142 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 120 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus120 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 323 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Awash NP23 km533 species
- Awash NP – southern section31 km433 species
- Lake Basaka – north shore33 km385 species
- Awash NP – Lodge and Falls34 km391 species
- Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve37 km394 species
- Melka Ghebdu56 km342 species
All 323 species recorded here
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Somali Crow Corvus edithae
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Sombre Rock Chat Oenanthe dubia
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Star-spotted Nightjar Caprimulgus stellatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Yellow-throated Seedeater Crithagra flavigula
- Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Doho Lodge?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 120 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Doho Lodge?
323 species, from 6,142 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Doho Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Laughing Dove, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, African Palm Swift and Swainson's Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.