ANKOBER-DEBRE SINA ESCARPMENT & GEMESSA GEDEL
ETHIOPIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 289 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 289 |
| # Endemics: | 10 |
| # Near Endemics: | 15 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Blue-winged Goose | Cyanochen cyanoptera | |
| 2 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 3 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| 4 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
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| 5 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 6 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| 7 | Moorland Francolin | Scleroptera psilolaemus | |
| 8 | Erckel's Spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | |
| 9 | Harwood's Spurfowl | Pternistis harwoodi | |
| 10 | Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
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| 11 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 12 | White-collared Pigeon | Columba albitorques | |
| 13 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| 14 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| 15 | White-winged Collared-Dove | Streptopelia reichenowi | |
| 16 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| 17 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 18 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 19 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 20 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 21 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| 22 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| 23 | Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
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| 24 | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
| 25 | Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | |
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| 26 | Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | |
| 27 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| 28 | White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
| 29 | Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana | |
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| 30 | White-cheeked Turaco | Menelikkornis leucotis | |
| 31 | Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Crinifer personatus | |
| 32 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster | |
| 33 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | |
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| 34 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| 35 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| 36 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
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| 37 | Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | |
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| 38 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 39 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus | |
| 40 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| 41 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 42 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 43 | Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | |
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| 44 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 45 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius dubius | |
| 46 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| 47 | Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
| 48 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| 49 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| 50 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 51 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 52 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 53 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
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| 54 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
| 55 | Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 56 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| 57 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 58 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | |
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| 59 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 60 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 61 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 62 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 63 | /Gray Heron/ | Ardea cinerea | |
| 64 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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| 65 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 66 | Wattled Ibis | Bostrychia carunculata | |
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| 67 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 68 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| 69 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| 70 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| 71 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| 72 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 73 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | |
| 74 | /Short-toed Snake-Eagle/ | Circaetus gallicus | |
| 75 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 76 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 77 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 78 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 79 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 80 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| 81 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 82 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 83 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 84 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus | |
| 85 | African Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii | |
| 86 | Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| 87 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| 88 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius | |
| 89 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| 90 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| 91 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | |
| 92 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 93 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| 94 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| 95 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 96 | Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | |
| 97 | Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | |
| 98 | Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | |
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| 99 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | |
| 100 | Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii | |
| 101 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 102 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
| 103 | Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | |
| 104 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
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| 105 | Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
| 106 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| 107 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| 108 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| 109 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| 110 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 111 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| 112 | Ethiopian Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii | |
| 113 | (Madagascar Bee-eater) | Merops superciliosus | |
| 114 | Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
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| 115 | Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
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| 116 | Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| 117 | Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | |
| 118 | Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | |
| 119 | Banded Barbet | Lybius undatus | |
| 120 | Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito | |
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| 121 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| 122 | Abyssinian Woodpecker | Dendropicos abyssinicus | |
| 123 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 124 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
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| 125 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| 126 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 127 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| 128 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 129 | Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | |
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| 130 | Gray-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | |
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| 131 | White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| 132 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 133 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| 134 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| 135 | Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
| 136 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| 137 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | |
| 138 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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| 139 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 140 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 141 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 142 | Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| 143 | |Lesser Gray Shrike| | Lanius minor | |
| 144 | Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus | |
| 145 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| 146 | /Woodchat Shrike/ | Lanius senator | |
| 147 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | |
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| 148 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 149 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| 150 | Somali Crow | Corvus edithae | |
| 151 | Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | |
| 152 | Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris | |
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| 153 | White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | |
| 154 | White-backed Black-Tit | Melaniparus leuconotus | |
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| 155 | Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
| 156 | Blanford's Lark | Calandrella blanfordi | |
| 157 | Thekla's Lark | Galerida theklae | |
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| 158 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
| 159 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
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| 160 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 161 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 162 | Pale Prinia | Prinia somalica | |
| 163 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| 164 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 165 | Ethiopian Cisticola | Cisticola lugubris | |
| 166 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
| 167 | Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
| 168 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 169 | Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens | |
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| 170 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida | |
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| 171 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
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| 172 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| 173 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 174 | /Eurasian Crag-Martin/ | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| 175 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 176 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 177 | Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
| 178 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| 179 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 180 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
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| 181 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| 182 | |Willow Warbler| | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 183 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| 184 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| 185 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| 186 | |Garden Warbler| | Sylvia borin | |
| 187 | Abyssinian Catbird | Sylvia galinieri | |
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| 188 | Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | |
| 189 | Heuglin's White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus | |
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| 190 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | |
| 191 | White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygia | |
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| 192 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
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| 193 | <Wattled Starling> | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 194 | <Violet-backed Starling> | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 195 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | |
| 196 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| 197 | White-billed Starling | Onychognathus albirostris | |
| 198 | Bristle-crowned Starling | Onychognathus salvadorii | |
| 199 | Somali Starling | Onychognathus blythii | |
| 200 | Rueppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| 201 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| 202 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
| 203 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| 204 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
| 205 | Ethiopian Thrush | Turdus simensis | |
| 206 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
| 207 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
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| 208 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| 209 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| 210 | Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis chocolatinus | |
| 211 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 212 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | |
| 213 | /White-throated Robin/ | Irania gutturalis | |
| 214 | /Common Redstart/ | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| 215 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | |
| 216 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius | |
| 217 | White-winged Cliff-Chat | Monticola semirufa | |
| 218 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| 219 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | |
| 220 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| 221 | Rueppell's Chat | Myrmecocichla melaena | |
| 222 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 223 | Rusty-breasted Wheatear | Oenanthe frenata | |
| 224 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| 225 | Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
| 226 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| 227 | Blackstart | Oenanthe melanura | |
| 228 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
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| 229 | Nile Valley Sunbird | Hedydipna metallica | |
| 230 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 231 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
| 232 | Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
| 233 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 234 | Shining Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | |
| 235 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| 236 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| 237 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | |
| 238 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 239 | Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus | |
| 240 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 241 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| 242 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
| 243 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 244 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| 245 | Rueppell's Weaver | Ploceus galbula | |
| 246 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| 247 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| 248 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| 249 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
| 250 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| 251 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| 252 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda | |
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| 253 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| 254 | African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| 255 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| 256 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 257 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| 258 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 259 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| 260 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| 261 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| 262 | Red-billed Pytilia | Pytilia lineata | |
| 263 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
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| 264 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 265 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| 266 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| 267 | Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | |
| 268 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita | |
| 269 | Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis dentata | |
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| 270 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| 271 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 272 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 273 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 274 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 275 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| 276 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| 277 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus | |
| 278 | Abyssinian Longclaw | Macronyx flavicollis | |
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| 279 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus | |
| 280 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
| 281 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| 282 | Yellow-throated Serin | Crithagra flavigula | |
| 283 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | |
| 284 | Brown-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra tristriatus | |
| 285 | Ankober Serin | Crithagra ankoberensis | |
| 286 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
| 287 | Ethiopian Siskin | Serinus nigriceps | |
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| 288 | /Ortolan Bunting/ | Emberiza hortulana | |
| 289 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 33 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 3 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 2 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 1 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 11 |
| V | Vulnerable | 5 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 3 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.