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ETHIOPIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

AFRICA
ETHIOPIA

# Species:879
# Excl Vagrants:846
# Endemics:21
# Near Endemics:25

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanes V
2Blue-winged GooseCyanochen cyanopteraENT
3/Common Pochard/Aythya ferina V
4/Ferruginous Duck/Aythya nyroca NT
5Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa EN
6Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coquiRR 
7Orange River FrancolinScleroptera levaillantoidesRR 
8Moorland FrancolinScleroptera psilolaemusENT
9<Blue Quail>Synoicus adansoniiE 
10Chestnut-naped SpurfowlPternistis castaneicollisRR 
11Erckel's SpurfowlPternistis erckeliiRR 
12Scaly SpurfowlPternistis squamatusRR 
13Harwood's SpurfowlPternistis harwoodiENT
14/Lesser Flamingo/Phoenicoparrus minor V
15White-collared PigeonColumba albitorquesNE 
16/European Turtle-Dove/Streptopelia turtur V
17African Collared-DoveStreptopelia roseogriseaRR 
18White-winged Collared-DoveStreptopelia reichenowiRRNT
19Black-billed Wood-DoveTurtur abyssinicusRR 
20African Green-PigeonTreron calvusRR 
21Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallusRR 
22Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs NT
23Kori BustardArdeotis kori NT
24#Denham's Bustard#Neotis denhamiRRNT
25Little Brown BustardHeterotetrax humilis NT
26Hartlaub's BustardLissotis hartlaubiiRR 
27Fischer's TuracoTauraco fischeriLCNT
28White-cheeked TuracoMenelikkornis leucotisNE 
29Prince Ruspoli's TuracoMenelikkornis ruspoliiENT
30(Black Coucal)Centropus grilliiRR 
31Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicusRR 
32Donaldson Smith's NightjarCaprimulgus donaldsoniRR 
33\Swamp Nightjar\Caprimulgus natalensisRR 
34Nechisar NightjarCaprimulgus solalaEV
35Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurusRR 
36Rouget's RailRougetius rougetiiNENT
37White-winged FlufftailSarothrura ayresiNECR
38Black Crowned-CraneBalearica pavonina V
39Wattled CraneBugeranus carunculatus V
40Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatusRR 
41Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostrisLC 
42Spot-breasted LapwingVanellus melanocephalusE 
43/Sociable Lapwing/Vanellus gregariusRRCR
44/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
45/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
46/Great Snipe/Gallinago media NT
47/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
48/Cream-colored Courser/Cursorius cursorRR 
49|Black-winged Pratincole|Glareola nordmanni NT
50African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis NT
51ShoebillBalaeniceps rex V
52/White-backed Night Heron/Calherodius leuconotusLC 
53/Northern Bald Ibis/Geronticus eremitaRREN
54Wattled IbisBostrychia carunculataNE 
55SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius EN
56Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii V
57Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus NT
58Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus EN
59African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoidesRR 
60White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis CR
61Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos EN
62Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus CR
63White-backed VultureGyps africanus CR
64Rueppell's GriffonGyps rueppelli CR
65BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus EN
66Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus NT
67Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus EN
68/Greater Spotted Eagle/Clanga clanga V
69Tawny EagleAquila rapax V
70/Steppe Eagle/Aquila nipalensis EN
71/Imperial Eagle/Aquila heliaca V
72Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosLC 
73/Pallid Harrier/Circus macrourus NT
74Mountain BuzzardButeo oreophilus NT
75Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphusRR 
76White-headed MousebirdColius leucocephalusRR 
77Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureusRR 
78Violet WoodhoopoePhoeniculus damarensisRR 
79Abyssinian Ground-HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus V
80Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatusRR 
81Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbicaLC 
82Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulockiRR 
83Ethiopian Bee-eaterMerops lafresnayiiE 
84Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineusRR 
85#African Green Bee-eater#Merops viridissimusRR 
86Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatusRR 
87Banded BarbetLybius undatusNE 
88Green-backed HoneyguideProdotiscus zambesiaeRR 
89Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatusRR 
90Abyssinian WoodpeckerDendropicos abyssinicusNE 
91Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletusRR 
92African Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos goertaeRR 
93Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera cailliautiiRR 
94Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera NT
95|Red-footed Falcon|Falco vespertinus V
96|Eleonora's Falcon|Falco eleonoraeLC 
97|Sooty Falcon|Falco concolor V
98/Saker Falcon/Falco cherrug EN
99Taita FalconFalco fasciinucha V
100Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriRR 
101Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullariusRR 
102Black-winged LovebirdAgapornis tarantaNE 
103Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeriRR 
104Yellow-fronted ParrotPoicephalus flavifronsE 
105Ethiopian Black-headed OrioleOriolus monachaNE 
106Marsh TchagraTchagra minutusRR 
107Red-naped BushshrikeLaniarius ruficepsNE 
108Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogasterRR 
109/Woodchat Shrike/Lanius senator NT
110Stresemann's Bush-CrowZavattariornis stresemanniEEN
111PiapiacPtilostomus aferRR 
112Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollisRR 
113Thick-billed RavenCorvus crassirostrisNE 
114Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigasterRR 
115White-backed Black-TitMelaniparus leuconotusNE 
116Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipesRR 
117Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigricepsRR 
118Liben LarkHeteromirafra archeriECR
119Singing BushlarkMirafra javanicaRR 
120White-tailed LarkMirafra albicaudaRR 
121<Friedmann's Lark>Mirafra pulpaRR 
122Red-winged LarkMirafra hypermetraRR 
123Collared LarkMirafra collarisNE 
124Gillett's LarkMirafra gillettiNE 
125/Greater Short-toed Lark/Calandrella brachydactylaRR 
126Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordiNE 
127Short-tailed LarkPseudalaemon fremantliiRR 
128Somali Short-toed LarkAlaudala somalicaRR 
129Masked LarkSpizocorys personataNE 
130Crested LarkGalerida cristataRR 
131Short-billed CrombecSylvietta philippaeE 
132Moustached Grass-WarblerMelocichla mentalisRR 
133Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilisRR 
134Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythropteraRR 
135Boran CisticolaCisticola bodessaLC 
136Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficepsRR 
137Ethiopian CisticolaCisticola lugubrisNE 
138Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatusRR 
139Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulusRR 
140Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximiusRR 
141|Basra Reed Warbler|Acrocephalus griseldis EN
142Bamboo WarblerLocustella alfrediRR 
143White-tailed SwallowHirundo megaensisEV
144Yellow-throated GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollisRR 
145Abyssinian CatbirdSylvia galinieriE 
146/Eastern Orphean Warbler/Curruca crassirostrisRR 
147/Menetries's Warbler/Curruca mystaceaRR 
148Heuglin's White-eyeZosterops poliogastrusNE 
149Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensisRR 
150Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejusRR 
151Scaly BabblerTurdoides squamulataRR 
152Cretzschmar's BabblerTurdoides leucocephalaRR 
153Dusky BabblerTurdoides tenebrosaRR 
154Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanusRR 
155White-billed StarlingOnychognathus albirostrisNE 
156Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythiiRR 
157Sharpe's StarlingPholia sharpiiRR 
158Stuhlmann's StarlingPoeoptera stuhlmanniRR 
159Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidusRR 
160Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcherRR 
161Fischer's StarlingLamprotornis fischeriRR 
162Ethiopian ThrushTurdus simensisE 
163/Song Thrush/Turdus philomelosRR 
164Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagaeRR 
165Gray Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbeusLC 
166SilverbirdMelaenornis semipartitusRR 
167Abyssinian Slaty-FlycatcherMelaenornis chocolatinusNE 
168/Black Scrub-Robin/Cercotrichas podobeRR 
169\Red-capped Robin-Chat\Cossypha natalensisRR 
170Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapillaRR 
171White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillusRR 
172/Black Redstart/Phoenicurus ochrurosRR 
173White-winged Cliff-ChatMonticola semirufaNE 
174Rueppell's ChatMyrmecocichla melaenaNE 
175Heuglin's WheatearOenanthe heugliniiRR 
176/Western Black-eared Wheatear/Oenanthe hispanicaRR 
177White-fronted Black-ChatOenanthe albifronsRR 
178BlackstartOenanthe melanuraRR 
179Sombre Rock ChatOenanthe dubiaE 
180Brown-tailed ChatOenanthe scotocercaRR 
181White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopygaRR 
182/Kurdish Wheatear/Oenanthe xanthoprymnaRR 
183Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platuraLC 
184Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallicaRR 
185Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivaceaRR 
186Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygiusRR 
187Black-bellied SunbirdCinnyris nectarinioidesRR 
188Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatusRR 
189Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreusRR 
190White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostrisRR 
191Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalisRR 
192Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser donaldsoniRR 
193Gray-headed Social-WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudiRR 
194Black-capped Social-WeaverPseudonigrita cabanisiRR 
195Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollisRR 
196Northern Masked-WeaverPloceus taeniopterusLC 
197Salvadori's WeaverPloceus dichrocephalusNE 
198Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalusRR 
199Compact WeaverPachyphantes superciliosusRR 
200Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythropsRR 
201Black BishopEuplectes gierowiiRR 
202Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolorRR 
203Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloidesLC 
204Green-backed TwinspotMandingoa nitidulaLC 
205Black-faced WaxbillBrunhilda erythronotosRR 
206Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytesRR 
207Gray-headed SilverbillOdontospiza griseicapillaRR 
208Blue-capped CordonbleuUraeginthus cyanocephalusRR 
209Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afraRR 
210Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineataNE 
211Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareiaLC 
212Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvataLC 
213Sahel Paradise-WhydahVidua orientalisRR 
214Exclamatory Paradise-WhydahVidua interjectaRR 
215Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoniLC 
216Jambandu IndigobirdVidua raricolaLC 
217Baka IndigobirdVidua larvaticolaLC 
218Parasitic WeaverAnomalospiza imberbisLC 
219House SparrowPasser domesticusRR 
220Shelley's Rufous SparrowPasser shelleyiLC 
221Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteusRR 
222/Pale Rockfinch/Carpospiza brachydactylaRR 
223Bush PipitAnthus cafferRR 
224Abyssinian LongclawMacronyx flavicollisENT
225White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygiusRR 
226Yellow-rumped SerinCrithagra xanthopygiusNE 
227White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriatusRR 
228Yellow-throated SerinCrithagra flavigulaEEN
229Salvadori's SerinCrithagra xantholaemusE 
230Reichard's SeedeaterCrithagra reichardiRR 
231Ankober SerinCrithagra ankoberensisEV
232Ethiopian SiskinSerinus nigricepsE 
233/Cinereous Bunting/Emberiza cineraceaRRNT
234Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventrisRR 

 

 *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.

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DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic21
LCLocal19
NENear Endemic25
RRRestricted Range125

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened10
VVulnerable3
ENEndangered3
CRCritically Endangered3

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.