Ethiopia · Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
Gibe Gorge
381 species and 6,759 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 170 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola
Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopictaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 381 species recorded here
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra xanthopygia
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Clapperton's Spurfowl Pternistis clappertoni
- Red-billed Pytilia Pytilia lineata
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Banded Barbet Lybius undatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- White-winged Cliff Chat Monticola semirufus
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Barka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Common Crane Grus grus
- White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii
- Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Yellow-throated Seedeater Crithagra flavigula
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Rusty-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe frenata
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gibe Gorge?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 170 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gibe Gorge?
381 species, from 6,759 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gibe Gorge in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Village Indigobird, Red-billed Firefinch, Fawn-breasted Waxbill 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.