LAKES HORA, CHELEKLEKA, AND BISHOFTU
ETHIOPIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 301 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 301 |
| # Endemics: | 7 |
| # Near Endemics: | 12 |
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 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 2 | /Fulvous Whistling-Duck/ | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| 3 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus |
| 4 | Blue-winged Goose | Cyanochen cyanoptera |
| 5 | /Knob-billed Duck/ | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| 6 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| 7 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| 8 | /African Pygmy-Goose/ | Nettapus auritus |
| 9 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula |
| 10 | /Blue-billed Teal/ | Spatula hottentota |
| 11 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata |
| 12 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa |
| 13 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| 14 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| 15 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
| 16 | /Green-winged Teal/ | Anas crecca |
| 17 | Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma |
| 18 | /Ferruginous Duck/ | Aythya nyroca |
| 19 | /Tufted Duck/ | Aythya fuligula |
| 20 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa |
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| 21 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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| 22 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 23 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 24 | White-collared Pigeon | Columba albitorques |
| 25 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens |
| 26 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 27 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 28 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 29 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 30 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 31 | Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia |
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| 32 | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus |
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| 33 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster |
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| 34 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 35 | Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius |
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| 36 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
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| 37 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae |
| 38 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 39 | Horus Swift | Apus horus |
| 40 | (White-rumped Swift) | Apus caffer |
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| 41 | Rouget's Rail | Rougetius rougetii |
| 42 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 43 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
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| 44 | Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina |
| 45 | /Common Crane/ | Grus grus |
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| 46 | /Black-winged Stilt/ | Himantopus himantopus |
| 47 | /Pied Avocet/ | Recurvirostra avosetta |
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| 48 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 49 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 50 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Thinornis dubius |
| 51 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| 52 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus |
| 53 | Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius |
| 54 | /Kentish Plover/ | Anarhynchus alexandrinus |
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| 55 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
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| 56 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa |
| 57 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
| 58 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago |
| 59 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 60 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 61 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 62 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 63 | /Common Redshank/ | Tringa totanus |
| 64 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus |
| 65 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 66 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax |
| 67 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea |
| 68 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii |
| 69 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta |
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| 70 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 71 | /Gray-hooded Gull/ | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| 72 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 73 | /Whiskered Tern/ | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 74 | /Black Tern/ | Chlidonias niger |
| 75 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
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| 76 | /Greater Flamingo/ | Phoenicopterus roseus |
| 77 | /Lesser Flamingo/ | Phoenicoparrus minor |
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| 78 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 79 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| 80 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
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| 81 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra |
| 82 | Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii |
| 83 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia |
| 84 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| 85 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 86 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
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| 87 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
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| 88 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| 89 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
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| 90 | /Glossy Ibis/ | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 91 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 92 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 93 | Wattled Ibis | Bostrychia carunculata |
| 94 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
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| 95 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 96 | /Black Heron/ | Egretta ardesiaca |
| 97 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 98 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 99 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 100 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 101 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 102 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 103 | /Gray Heron/ | Ardea cinerea |
| 104 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 105 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
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| 106 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 107 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
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| 108 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| 109 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
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| 110 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 111 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus |
| 112 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus |
| 113 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 114 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 115 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli |
| 116 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 117 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina |
| 118 | /Greater Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga clanga |
| 119 | /Wahlberg's Eagle/ | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 120 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 121 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 122 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
| 123 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca |
| 124 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 125 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus |
| 126 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus |
| 127 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus |
| 128 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus |
| 129 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 130 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius |
| 131 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 132 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
| 133 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 134 | Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens |
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| 135 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
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| 136 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
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| 137 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus |
| 138 | Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii |
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| 139 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 140 | Ethiopian Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii |
| 141 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
| 142 | Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus |
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| 143 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 144 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 145 | (Woodland Kingfisher) | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 146 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 147 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
| 148 | Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus |
| 149 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 150 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius |
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| 151 | Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus |
| 152 | Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis |
| 153 | Banded Barbet | Lybius undatus |
| 154 | Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito |
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| 155 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus |
| 156 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
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| 157 | Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis |
| 158 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus |
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| 159 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni |
| 160 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| 161 | African Hobby | Falco cuvierii |
| 162 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| 163 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 164 | Black-winged Lovebird | Agapornis taranta |
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| 165 | Gray-headed Batis | Batis orientalis |
| 166 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri |
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| 167 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
| 168 | Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus |
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| 169 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 170 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 171 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus |
| 172 | Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor |
| 173 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
| 174 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| 175 | /Woodchat Shrike/ | Lanius senator |
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| 176 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 177 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 178 | Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus |
| 179 | Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris |
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| 180 | White-shouldered Black-Tit | Melaniparus guineensis |
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| 181 | Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis |
| 182 | Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus |
| 183 | Thekla's Lark | Galerida theklae |
| 184 | Blanford's Lark | Calandrella blanfordi |
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| 185 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
| 186 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
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| 187 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 188 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 189 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| 190 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 191 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 192 | Ethiopian Cisticola | Cisticola lugubris |
| 193 | Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens |
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| 194 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida |
| 195 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
| 196 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| 197 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 198 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| 199 | |Great Reed Warbler| | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
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| 200 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
| 201 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 202 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia |
| 203 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 204 | White-tailed Swallow | Hirundo megaensis |
| 205 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 206 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 207 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 208 | African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus |
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| 209 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 210 | |Willow Warbler| | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 211 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita |
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| 212 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla |
| 213 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica |
| 214 | /Lesser Whitethroat/ | Curruca curruca |
| 215 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens |
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| 216 | Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus |
| 217 | Ethiopian White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus |
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| 218 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa |
| 219 | White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygia |
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| 220 | African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori |
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| 221 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
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| 222 | &Wattled Starlingl | Creatophora cinerea |
| 223 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris |
| 224 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 225 | White-billed Starling | Onychognathus albirostris |
| 226 | Bristle-crowned Starling | Onychognathus salvadorii |
| 227 | Rueppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| 228 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| 229 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus |
| 230 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
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| 231 | Ethiopian Thrush | Turdus simensis |
| 232 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus |
| 233 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
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| 234 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| 235 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| 236 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 237 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides |
| 238 | Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis chocolatinus |
| 239 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa |
| 240 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 241 | /Common Redstart/ | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
| 242 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus |
| 243 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius |
| 244 | White-winged Cliff-Chat | Monticola semirufa |
| 245 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| 246 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida |
| 247 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| 248 | Rueppell's Chat | Myrmecocichla melaena |
| 249 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| 250 | Rusty-breasted Wheatear | Oenanthe frenata |
| 251 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina |
| 252 | Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca |
| 253 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka |
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| 254 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 255 | Hunter's Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri |
| 256 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze |
| 257 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| 258 | Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus |
| 259 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 260 | Abyssinian Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus |
| 261 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
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| 262 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 263 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 264 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 265 | Northern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus taeniopterus |
| 266 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus |
| 267 | Rueppell's Weaver | Ploceus galbula |
| 268 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 269 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| 270 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| 271 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
| 272 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
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| 273 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 274 | African Silverbill | Euodice cantans |
| 275 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia |
| 276 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| 277 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| 278 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata |
| 279 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 280 | Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus |
| 281 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 282 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
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| 283 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 284 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
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| 285 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| 286 | Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii |
| 287 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey |
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| 288 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea |
| 289 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 290 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba |
| 291 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 292 | /Tawny Pipit/ | Anthus campestris |
| 293 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis |
| 294 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus |
| 295 | Abyssinian Longclaw | Macronyx flavicollis |
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| 296 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides |
| 297 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi |
| 298 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus |
| 299 | Brown-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra tristriatus |
| 300 | Ethiopian Siskin | Serinus nigriceps |
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| 301 | 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 | 78 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 2 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 9 |
| V | Vulnerable | 8 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| 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.