LAKE HORA
ETHIOPIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 293 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 293 |
| # Endemics: | 3 |
| # Near Endemics: | 9 |
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 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 6 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| 7 | /African Pygmy-Goose/ | Nettapus auritus | |
| 8 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 9 | /Blue-billed Teal/ | Spatula hottentota | |
| 10 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 11 | /Eurasian Wigeon/ | Mareca penelope | |
| 12 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| 13 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| 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 | Erckel's Spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | |
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| 23 | /Greater Flamingo/ | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| 24 | /Lesser Flamingo/ | Phoenicoparrus minor | |
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| 25 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 26 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| 27 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| 28 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 29 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 30 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| 31 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| 32 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 33 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 34 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 35 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 36 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| 37 | Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
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| 38 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster | |
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| 39 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus | |
| 40 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 41 | \Dideric Cuckoo\ | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 42 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | |
| 43 | Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | |
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| 44 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| 45 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 46 | Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
| 47 | (White-rumped Swift) | Apus caffer | |
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| 48 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 49 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 50 | Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
| 51 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 52 | Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina | |
| 53 | /Common Crane/ | Grus grus | |
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| 54 | Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | |
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| 55 | /Black-winged Stilt/ | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 56 | /Pied Avocet/ | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 57 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius dubius | |
| 58 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| 59 | Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
| 60 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| 61 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 62 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | |
| 63 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 64 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 65 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 66 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 67 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 68 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 69 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 70 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 71 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii | |
| 72 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 73 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| 74 | /Gray-hooded Gull/ | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| 75 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 76 | /Whiskered Tern/ | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 77 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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| 78 | Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 79 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| 80 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 81 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| 82 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 83 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| 84 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| 85 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 86 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| 87 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| 88 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | |
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| 89 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 90 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| 91 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 92 | #Western Reef-Heron# | Egretta gularis | |
| 93 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 94 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 95 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 96 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 97 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| 98 | /Gray Heron/ | Ardea cinerea | |
| 99 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 100 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| 101 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
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| 102 | /Glossy Ibis/ | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 103 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 104 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 105 | Wattled Ibis | Bostrychia carunculata | |
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| 106 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 107 | Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | |
| 108 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 109 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| 110 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 111 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | |
| 112 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 113 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| 114 | /Wahlberg's Eagle/ | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 115 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 116 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| 117 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 118 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 119 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| 120 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 121 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 122 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| 123 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| 124 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius | |
| 125 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| 126 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| 127 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 128 | Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
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| 129 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| 130 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| 131 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 132 | Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | |
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| 133 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | |
| 134 | Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii | |
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| 135 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| 136 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| 137 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| 138 | (Woodland Kingfisher) | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| 139 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 140 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| 141 | Ethiopian Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii | |
| 142 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
| 143 | Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
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| 144 | Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
| 145 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| 146 | Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| 147 | Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| 148 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| 149 | Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata | |
| 150 | Banded Barbet | Lybius undatus | |
| 151 | Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito | |
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| 152 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| 153 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| 154 | /Eurasian Wryneck/ | Jynx torquilla | |
| 155 | Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| 156 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 157 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
| 158 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus | |
| 159 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
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| 160 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
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| 161 | Black-winged Lovebird | Agapornis taranta | |
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| 162 | Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | |
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| 163 | Gray-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | |
| 164 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | |
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| 165 | White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| 166 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| 167 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| 168 | Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
| 169 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | |
| 170 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
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| 171 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 172 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 173 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 174 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
| 175 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| 176 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | |
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| 177 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 178 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| 179 | Somali Crow | Corvus edithae | |
| 180 | Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | |
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| 181 | White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | |
| 182 | White-shouldered Black-Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | |
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| 183 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
| 184 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
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| 185 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 186 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 187 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
| 188 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 189 | Red-fronted Warbler | Prinia rufifrons | |
| 190 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| 191 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| 192 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 193 | Ethiopian Cisticola | Cisticola lugubris | |
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| 194 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida | |
| 195 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| 196 | /Upcher's Warbler/ | Hippolais languida | |
| 197 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| 198 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
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| 199 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| 200 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 201 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 202 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 203 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 204 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| 205 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 206 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
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| 207 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| 208 | |Willow Warbler| | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 209 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| 210 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| 211 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | |
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| 212 | Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis | |
| 213 | Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | |
| 214 | Heuglin's White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus | |
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| 215 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | |
| 216 | White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygia | |
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| 217 | African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | |
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| 218 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
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| 219 | <Wattled Starling> | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 220 | <Violet-backed Starling> | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 221 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| 222 | Rueppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| 223 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| 224 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| 225 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
| 226 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
| 227 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
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| 228 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| 229 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| 230 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | |
| 231 | Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis chocolatinus | |
| 232 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 233 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | |
| 234 | /Common Redstart/ | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| 235 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | |
| 236 | White-winged Cliff-Chat | Monticola semirufa | |
| 237 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| 238 | Rueppell's Chat | Myrmecocichla melaena | |
| 239 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 240 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| 241 | White-fronted Black-Chat | Oenanthe albifrons | |
| 242 | Sombre Rock Chat | Oenanthe dubia | |
| 243 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
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| 244 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| 245 | Nile Valley Sunbird | Hedydipna metallica | |
| 246 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 247 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
| 248 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| 249 | Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
| 250 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 251 | Shining Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | |
| 252 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
| 253 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
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| 254 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 255 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 256 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| 257 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
| 258 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| 259 | Northern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus taeniopterus | |
| 260 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 261 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| 262 | Rueppell's Weaver | Ploceus galbula | |
| 263 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
| 264 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| 265 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| 266 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
| 267 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
| 268 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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| 269 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| 270 | African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| 271 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| 272 | Black-cheeked Waxbill | Brunhilda charmosyna | |
| 273 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 274 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| 275 | Gray-headed Silverbill | Odontospiza griseicapilla | |
| 276 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| 277 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
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| 278 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 279 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| 280 | Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | |
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| 281 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 282 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 283 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 284 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis | |
| 285 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus | |
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| 286 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
| 287 | Southern Citril | Crithagra hypostictus | |
| 288 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| 289 | Yellow-rumped Serin | Crithagra xanthopygius | |
| 290 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | |
| 291 | Brown-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra tristriatus | |
| 292 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
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| 293 | /Ortolan Bunting/ | Emberiza hortulana | |
*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 | 63 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 1 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 2 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 6 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 2 |
| 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.