Ethiopia · Amhara Region
Melka Ghebdu
342 species and 5,678 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 149 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Yellow-throated SeedeaterCrithagra flavigula
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Doho Lodge56 km323 species
- Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve64 km394 species
- Lake Basaka – north shore74 km385 species
- Awash NP75 km533 species
All 342 species recorded here
- Yellow-throated Seedeater Crithagra flavigula
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Banded Barbet Lybius undatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Red-billed Pytilia Pytilia lineata
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Rüppell's Black Chat Myrmecocichla melaena
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra xanthopygia
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- White-winged Cliff Chat Monticola semirufus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis
- Rusty-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe frenata
- Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii
- Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Ankober Serin Crithagra ankoberensis
- White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis
- White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Clapperton's Spurfowl Pternistis clappertoni
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Ethiopian Cisticola Cisticola lugubris
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta
- Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Sombre Rock Chat Oenanthe dubia
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat Oenanthe scotocerca
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Melka Ghebdu?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 149 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Melka Ghebdu?
342 species, from 5,678 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Melka Ghebdu in November?
The most recorded in November: Yellow-throated Seedeater, Laughing Dove, Black Kite, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu 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.