MELKA GHEBDU
ETHIOPIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 338 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 338 |
| # Endemics: | 10 |
| # Near Endemics: | 17 |
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-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| 2 | Blue-winged Goose | Cyanochen cyanoptera | |
| 3 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 4 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 5 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| 6 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
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| 7 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 8 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| 9 | Moorland Francolin | Scleroptera psilolaemus | |
| 10 | Erckel's Spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | |
| 11 | Clapperton's Spurfowl | Pternistis clappertoni | |
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| 12 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 13 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 14 | White-collared Pigeon | Columba albitorques | |
| 15 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| 16 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| 17 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| 18 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 19 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 20 | Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | |
| 21 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 22 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 23 | Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | |
| 24 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| 25 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| 26 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| 27 | Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
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| 28 | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
| 29 | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
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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 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus | |
| 35 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
| 36 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| 37 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 38 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 39 | \Dideric Cuckoo\ | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 40 | Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | |
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| 41 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 42 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| 43 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| 44 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 45 | Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | |
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| 46 | /Black-winged Stilt/ | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| 47 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 48 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius dubius | |
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| 49 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 50 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 51 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
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| 52 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
| 53 | Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 54 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 55 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| 56 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | |
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| 57 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 58 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 59 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 60 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 61 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
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| 62 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 63 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 64 | Wattled Ibis | Bostrychia carunculata | |
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| 65 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 66 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 67 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| 68 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| 69 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| 70 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| 71 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 72 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | |
| 73 | /Short-toed Snake-Eagle/ | Circaetus gallicus | |
| 74 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 75 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 76 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 77 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina | |
| 78 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 79 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| 80 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 81 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 82 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 83 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| 84 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| 85 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
| 86 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 87 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 88 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 89 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 90 | Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| 91 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| 92 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius | |
| 93 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| 94 | /Long-legged Buzzard/ | Buteo rufinus | |
| 95 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 96 | Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | |
| 97 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
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| 98 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| 99 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| 100 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 101 | Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | |
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| 102 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | |
| 103 | Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii | |
| 104 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 105 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
| 106 | Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | |
| 107 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
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| 108 | Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
| 109 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| 110 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| 111 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| 112 | (Woodland Kingfisher) | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| 113 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| 114 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| 115 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 116 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| 117 | Ethiopian Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii | |
| 118 | \White-throated Bee-eater\ | Merops albicollis | |
| 119 | (Madagascar Bee-eater) | Merops superciliosus | |
| 120 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
| 121 | Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
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| 122 | Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
| 123 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| 124 | Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| 125 | Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| 126 | Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | |
| 127 | Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| 128 | Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata | |
| 129 | Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | |
| 130 | Banded Barbet | Lybius undatus | |
| 131 | Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito | |
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| 132 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| 133 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| 134 | Abyssinian Woodpecker | Dendropicos abyssinicus | |
| 135 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
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| 136 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 137 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 138 | Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | |
| 139 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
| 140 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| 141 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 142 | Black-winged Lovebird | Agapornis taranta | |
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| 143 | Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | |
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| 144 | Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus monacha | |
| 145 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
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| 146 | Gray-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | |
| 147 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | |
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| 148 | White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| 149 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 150 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| 151 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| 152 | Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
| 153 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| 154 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| 155 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
| 156 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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| 157 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 158 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 159 | |Red-backed Shrike| | Lanius collurio | |
| 160 | /Red-tailed Shrike/ | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| 161 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 162 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| 163 | /Masked Shrike/ | Lanius nubicus | |
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| 164 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 165 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| 166 | Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | |
| 167 | Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris | |
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| 168 | White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | |
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| 169 | Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | |
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| 170 | Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
| 171 | Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus | |
| 172 | Blanford's Lark | Calandrella blanfordi | |
| 173 | Thekla's Lark | Galerida theklae | |
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| 174 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
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| 175 | Yellow-vented Eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis | |
| 176 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 177 | Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | |
| 178 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 179 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
| 180 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| 181 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 182 | Pale Prinia | Prinia somalica | |
| 183 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| 184 | Boran Cisticola | Cisticola bodessa | |
| 185 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 186 | Ethiopian Cisticola | Cisticola lugubris | |
| 187 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
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| 188 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida | |
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| 189 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
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| 190 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| 191 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
| 192 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 193 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 194 | /Eurasian Crag-Martin/ | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| 195 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 196 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 197 | Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
| 198 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| 199 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 200 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 201 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
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| 202 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| 203 | |Willow Warbler| | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 204 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| 205 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| 206 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| 207 | |Garden Warbler| | Sylvia borin | |
| 208 | Abyssinian Catbird | Sylvia galinieri | |
| 209 | /Lesser Whitethroat/ | Curruca curruca | |
| 210 | /Greater Whitethroat/ | Curruca communis | |
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| 211 | Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | |
| 212 | Heuglin's White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus | |
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| 213 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | |
| 214 | White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygia | |
| 215 | Cretzschmar's Babbler | Turdoides leucocephala | |
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| 216 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
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| 217 | <Violet-backed Starling> | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 218 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | |
| 219 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| 220 | White-billed Starling | Onychognathus albirostris | |
| 221 | Somali Starling | Onychognathus blythii | |
| 222 | Rueppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| 223 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| 224 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
| 225 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| 226 | Ethiopian Thrush | Turdus simensis | |
| 227 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
| 228 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
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| 229 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata | |
| 230 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| 231 | Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis chocolatinus | |
| 232 | /Black Scrub-Robin/ | Cercotrichas podobe | |
| 233 | Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| 234 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 235 | /White-throated Robin/ | Irania gutturalis | |
| 236 | /Common Nightingale/ | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| 237 | /Common Redstart/ | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| 238 | /Black Redstart/ | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| 239 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | |
| 240 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis | |
| 241 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius | |
| 242 | White-winged Cliff-Chat | Monticola semirufa | |
| 243 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| 244 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | |
| 245 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| 246 | Rueppell's Chat | Myrmecocichla melaena | |
| 247 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 248 | Rusty-breasted Wheatear | Oenanthe frenata | |
| 249 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| 250 | Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
| 251 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| 252 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
| 253 | Sombre Rock Chat | Oenanthe dubia | |
| 254 | Brown-tailed Chat | Oenanthe scotocerca | |
| 255 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
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| 256 | Nile Valley Sunbird | Hedydipna metallica | |
| 257 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 258 | Hunter's Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri | |
| 259 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
| 260 | Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
| 261 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 262 | Shining Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | |
| 263 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| 264 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| 265 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | |
| 266 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 267 | Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus | |
| 268 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 269 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| 270 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
| 271 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| 272 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 273 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| 274 | Rueppell's Weaver | Ploceus galbula | |
| 275 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| 276 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| 277 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| 278 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
| 279 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| 280 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| 281 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| 282 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda | |
| 283 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
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| 284 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| 285 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| 286 | African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| 287 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| 288 | Black-cheeked Waxbill | Brunhilda charmosyna | |
| 289 | Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
| 290 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 291 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| 292 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 293 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| 294 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| 295 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| 296 | Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | |
| 297 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| 298 | Red-billed Pytilia | Pytilia lineata | |
| 299 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| 300 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| 301 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 302 | Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah | Vidua interjecta | |
| 303 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| 304 | Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina | |
| 305 | Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri | |
| 306 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| 307 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| 308 | Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | |
| 309 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | |
| 310 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita | |
| 311 | Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis dentata | |
| 312 | /Pale Rockfinch/ | Carpospiza brachydactyla | |
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| 313 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| 314 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 315 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 316 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| 317 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 318 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 319 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| 320 | /Tawny Pipit/ | Anthus campestris | |
| 321 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| 322 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis | |
| 323 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus | |
| 324 | Abyssinian Longclaw | Macronyx flavicollis | |
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| 325 | White-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra leucopygius | |
| 326 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus | |
| 327 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
| 328 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| 329 | Yellow-rumped Serin | Crithagra xanthopygius | |
| 330 | Yellow-throated Serin | Crithagra flavigula | |
| 331 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | |
| 332 | Brown-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra tristriatus | |
| 333 | Ankober Serin | Crithagra ankoberensis | |
| 334 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
| 335 | Ethiopian Siskin | Serinus nigriceps | |
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| 336 | /Ortolan Bunting/ | Emberiza hortulana | |
| 337 | Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata | |
| 338 | 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 | 48 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 2 |
| || | Transient | 4 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 5 |
| V | Vulnerable | 4 |
| EN | Endangered | 5 |
| 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.