Ethiopia · Oromia Region
Sululta Plain
356 species and 9,643 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 148 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Wattled IbisBostrychia carunculata
Blue-winged GooseCyanochen cyanoptera
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
White-collared PigeonColumba albitorques
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Ethiopian ThrushTurdus simensis
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Addis Ababa – Ghion Hotel21 km232 species
- Lake Cheleleka55 km378 species
- Debre Libanos Monastery57 km338 species
- Debre Libanos – Lodge and Portuguese Bridge59 km387 species
All 356 species recorded here
- Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera
- White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
- Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Ethiopian Cisticola Cisticola lugubris
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Rusty-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe frenata
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- White-winged Cliff Chat Monticola semirufus
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
- Common Crane Grus grus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Rüppell's Black Chat Myrmecocichla melaena
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia
- White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
- Somali Crow Corvus edithae
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Banded Barbet Lybius undatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Harwood's Spurfowl Pternistis harwoodi
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sululta Plain?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 148 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sululta Plain?
356 species, from 9,643 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sululta Plain in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Yellow Wagtail, Wattled Ibis, Blue-winged Goose, African Sacred Ibis and White-collared Pigeon.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.