Ethiopia · Oromia Region
Lake Langano – Simbo Lodge
381 species and 8,252 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 163 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Black-winged LovebirdAgapornis taranta
Little Rock ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventrisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Abidjatta-Shalla NP11 km472 species
- Hara Langano Lodge12 km407 species
- Bishangari Lodge13 km458 species
- Lake Ziway – southwestern shore41 km478 species
- Wondo Genet51 km472 species
- Lake Awassa – United Africa Shebelle Hotel area60 km411 species
All 381 species recorded here
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Clapperton's Spurfowl Pternistis clappertoni
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Banded Barbet Lybius undatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- White-winged Cliff Chat Monticola semirufus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Shelley's Sparrow Passer shelleyi
- Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha
- Yellow-fronted Parrot Poicephalus flavifrons
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Rusty-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe frenata
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Langano – Simbo Lodge?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 163 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Langano – Simbo Lodge?
381 species, from 8,252 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Langano – Simbo Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: White-bellied Go-away-bird, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Rüppell's Starling, Red-fronted Barbet and Northern Red-billed Hornbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.