MEGA-SODA AREA
ETHIOPIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 218 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 218 |
| # Endemics: | 3 |
| # Near Endemics: | 3 |
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 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 2 | Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum |
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| 3 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena |
| 4 | Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui |
| 5 | Chestnut-naped Spurfowl | Pternistis castaneicollis |
| 6 | Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus |
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| 7 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 8 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 9 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 10 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 11 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 12 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 13 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 14 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
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| 15 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| 16 | Heuglin's Bustard | Neotis heuglinii |
| 17 | White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis |
| 18 | Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana |
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| 19 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster |
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| 20 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 21 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 22 | Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius |
| 23 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
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| 24 | Star-spotted Nightjar | Caprimulgus stellatus |
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| 25 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 26 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| 27 | (White-rumped Swift) | Apus caffer |
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| 28 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
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| 29 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| 30 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus |
| 31 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
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| 32 | Somali Courser | Cursorius somalensis |
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| 33 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra |
| 34 | Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii |
| 35 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia |
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| 36 | /Dwarf Bittern/ | Botaurus sturmii |
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| 37 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 38 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
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| 39 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
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| 40 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 41 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 42 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus |
| 43 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 44 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 45 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 46 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 47 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli |
| 48 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 49 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 50 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 51 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 52 | /Wahlberg's Eagle/ | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 53 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 54 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 55 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| 56 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 57 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 58 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
| 59 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 60 | /Eurasian Sparrowhawk/ | Accipiter nisus |
| 61 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus |
| 62 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus |
| 63 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 64 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 65 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
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| 66 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| 67 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
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| 68 | Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
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| 69 | Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis |
| 70 | Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor |
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| 71 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus |
| 72 | Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii |
| 73 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| 74 | Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris |
| 75 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni |
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| 76 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 77 | Somali Bee-eater | Merops revoilii |
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| 78 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
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| 79 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 80 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius |
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| 81 | Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
| 82 | D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii |
| 83 | Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis |
| 84 | Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata |
| 85 | Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala |
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| 86 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
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| 87 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus |
| 88 | Abyssinian Woodpecker | Dendropicos abyssinicus |
| 89 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 90 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
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| 91 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| 92 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni |
| 93 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| 94 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
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| 95 | Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris |
| 96 | Yellow-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus flavifrons |
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| 97 | Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea |
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| 98 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
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| 99 | Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo |
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| 100 | White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
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| 101 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 102 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
| 103 | Pringle's Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii |
| 104 | Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi |
| 105 | Red-naped Bushshrike | Laniarius ruficeps |
| 106 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| 107 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus |
| 108 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
| 109 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
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| 110 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 111 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 112 | /Red-tailed Shrike/ | Lanius phoenicuroides |
| 113 | Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor |
| 114 | Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis |
| 115 | Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus |
| 116 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| 117 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli |
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| 118 | Ethiopian Bush-Crow | Zavattariornis stresemanni |
| 119 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 120 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 121 | Somali Crow | Corvus edithae |
| 122 | Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus |
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| 123 | Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus |
| 124 | Gillett's Lark | Calendulauda gilletti |
| 125 | Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna |
| 126 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides |
| 127 | Short-tailed Lark | Pseudalaemon fremantlii |
| 128 | Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica |
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| 129 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
| 130 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
| 131 | Somali Crombec | Sylvietta isabellina |
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| 132 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 133 | Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex |
| 134 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 135 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| 136 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 137 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 138 | Pale Prinia | Prinia somalica |
| 139 | Boran Cisticola | Cisticola bodessa |
| 140 | Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus |
| 141 | Tiny Cisticola | Cisticola nana |
| 142 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus |
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| 143 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 144 | White-tailed Swallow | Hirundo megaensis |
| 145 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 146 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
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| 147 | Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans |
| 148 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 149 | |Willow Warbler| | Phylloscopus trochilus |
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| 150 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla |
| 151 | Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi |
| 152 | /Greater Whitethroat/ | Curruca communis |
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| 153 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa |
| 154 | Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus |
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| 155 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
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| 156 | <Wattled Starling> | Creatophora cinerea |
| 157 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 158 | Bristle-crowned Starling | Onychognathus salvadorii |
| 159 | Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii |
| 160 | Shelley's Starling | Lamprotornis shelleyi |
| 161 | Golden-breasted Starling | Lamprotornis regius |
| 162 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| 163 | White-crowned Starling | Lamprotornis albicapillus |
| 164 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
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| 165 | African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus |
| 166 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
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| 167 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| 168 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| 169 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 170 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbeus |
| 171 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides |
| 172 | Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes |
| 173 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 174 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 175 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| 176 | /Common Nightingale/ | Luscinia megarhynchos |
| 177 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis |
| 178 | /Siberian Stonechat/ | Saxicola maurus |
| 179 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina |
| 180 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka |
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| 181 | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis |
| 182 | Hunter's Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri |
| 183 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze |
| 184 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 185 | Abyssinian Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus |
| 186 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
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| 187 | White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris |
| 188 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| 189 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| 190 | Gray-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi |
| 191 | Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi |
| 192 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 193 | Northern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus taeniopterus |
| 194 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus |
| 195 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei |
| 196 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| 197 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
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| 198 | Black-cheeked Waxbill | Brunhilda charmosyna |
| 199 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata |
| 200 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster |
| 201 | Gray-headed Silverbill | Odontospiza griseicapilla |
| 202 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
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| 203 | Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri |
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| 204 | Somali Sparrow | Passer castanopterus |
| 205 | Shelley's Rufous Sparrow | Passer shelleyi |
| 206 | Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii |
| 207 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey |
| 208 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita |
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| 209 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea |
| 210 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 211 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 212 | /Tawny Pipit/ | Anthus campestris |
| 213 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
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| 214 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides |
| 215 | White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriatus |
| 216 | Northern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra donaldsoni |
| 217 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus |
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| 218 | Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura |
*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 | 21 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 1 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 1 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
| V | Vulnerable | 4 |
| EN | Endangered | 6 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 4 |
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.
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