SULULTA PLAINS
ETHIOPIALOCALE
# Species: | 353 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 353 |
# Endemics: | 8 |
# Near Endemics: | 16 |
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 | Blue-winged Goose | Cyanochen cyanoptera |
4 | /Knob-billed Duck/ | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
5 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
6 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
7 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula |
8 | /Blue-billed Teal/ | Spatula hottentota |
9 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata |
10 | /Eurasian Wigeon/ | Mareca penelope |
11 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa |
12 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
13 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
14 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
15 | /Green-winged Teal/ | Anas crecca |
16 | /Tufted Duck/ | Aythya fuligula |
17 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa |
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18 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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19 | Moorland Francolin | Scleroptera psilolaemus |
20 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix |
21 | Erckel's Spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii |
22 | Harwood's Spurfowl | Pternistis harwoodi |
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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 |
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27 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
28 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
29 | White-collared Pigeon | Columba albitorques |
30 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
31 | /European Turtle-Dove/ | Streptopelia turtur |
32 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens |
33 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea |
34 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
35 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
36 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
37 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
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38 | White-cheeked Turaco | Menelikkornis leucotis |
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39 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
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40 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
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41 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
42 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
43 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus |
44 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae |
45 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
46 | (White-rumped Swift) | Apus caffer |
47 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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48 | Rouget's Rail | Rougetius rougetii |
49 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
50 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
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51 | Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina |
52 | Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus |
53 | /Common Crane/ | Grus grus |
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54 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
55 | Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis |
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56 | /Black-winged Stilt/ | Himantopus himantopus |
57 | /Pied Avocet/ | Recurvirostra avosetta |
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58 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
59 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
60 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
61 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius dubius |
62 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
63 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus |
64 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
65 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
66 | Spot-breasted Lapwing | Vanellus melanocephalus |
67 | /Kentish Plover/ | Anarhynchus alexandrinus |
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68 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
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69 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa |
70 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
71 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago |
72 | Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius |
73 | /Red-necked Phalarope/ | Phalaropus lobatus |
74 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
75 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
76 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
77 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
78 | /Common Redshank/ | Tringa totanus |
79 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus |
80 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
81 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax |
82 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii |
83 | Sanderling | Calidris alba |
84 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina |
85 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta |
86 | Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
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87 | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus |
88 | /Collared Pratincole/ | Glareola pratincola |
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89 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
90 | /Gray-hooded Gull/ | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
91 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica |
92 | /Black Tern/ | Chlidonias niger |
93 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
94 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
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95 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
96 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra |
97 | Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii |
98 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia |
99 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
100 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
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101 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
102 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
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103 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
104 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
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105 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
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106 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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107 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
108 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
109 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
110 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
111 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
112 | /Gray Heron/ | Ardea cinerea |
113 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
114 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
115 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
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116 | /Glossy Ibis/ | Plegadis falcinellus |
117 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
118 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
119 | Wattled Ibis | Bostrychia carunculata |
120 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
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121 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
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122 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
123 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
124 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus |
125 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus |
126 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
127 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
128 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
129 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
130 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli |
131 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
132 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
133 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
134 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
135 | /Greater Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga clanga |
136 | /Wahlberg's Eagle/ | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
137 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus |
138 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
139 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
140 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca |
141 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
142 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
143 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
144 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
145 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus |
146 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus |
147 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus |
148 | African Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii |
149 | Shikra | Accipiter badius |
150 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus |
151 | /Eurasian Sparrowhawk/ | Accipiter nisus |
152 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus |
153 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
154 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius |
155 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
156 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
157 | /Long-legged Buzzard/ | Buteo rufinus |
158 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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159 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
160 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
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161 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
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162 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus |
163 | Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii |
164 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
165 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
166 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
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167 | Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata |
168 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
169 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
170 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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171 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
172 | Ethiopian Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii |
173 | (Madagascar Bee-eater) | Merops superciliosus |
174 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
175 | Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus |
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176 | Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus |
177 | Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus |
178 | Banded Barbet | Lybius undatus |
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179 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
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180 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni |
181 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
182 | African Hobby | Falco cuvierii |
183 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
184 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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185 | Black-winged Lovebird | Agapornis taranta |
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186 | Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus monacha |
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187 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
188 | Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus |
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189 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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190 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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191 | /Red-tailed Shrike/ | Lanius phoenicuroides |
192 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus |
193 | Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor |
194 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
195 | Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis |
196 | Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus |
197 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
198 | /Woodchat Shrike/ | Lanius senator |
199 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli |
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200 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
201 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
202 | Somali Crow | Corvus edithae |
203 | Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus |
204 | Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris |
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205 | White-backed Black-Tit | Melaniparus leuconotus |
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206 | Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis |
207 | Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica |
208 | Red-winged Lark | Mirafra hypermetra |
209 | Blanford's Lark | Calandrella blanfordi |
210 | Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica |
211 | Thekla's Lark | Galerida theklae |
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212 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
213 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
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214 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
215 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
216 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
217 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
218 | Boran Cisticola | Cisticola bodessa |
219 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
220 | Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus |
221 | Ethiopian Cisticola | Cisticola lugubris |
222 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
223 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus |
224 | Foxy Cisticola | Cisticola troglodytes |
225 | Tiny Cisticola | Cisticola nana |
226 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
227 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus |
228 | Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens |
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229 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida |
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230 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
231 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
232 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta |
233 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
234 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia |
235 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
236 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
237 | Red-chested Swallow | Hirundo lucida |
238 | Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica |
239 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
240 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
241 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
242 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
243 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
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244 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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245 | |Willow Warbler| | Phylloscopus trochilus |
246 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita |
247 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens |
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248 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla |
249 | Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi |
250 | /Lesser Whitethroat/ | Curruca curruca |
251 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens |
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252 | Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus |
253 | Heuglin's White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus |
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254 | White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygia |
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255 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus |
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256 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris |
257 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
258 | White-billed Starling | Onychognathus albirostris |
259 | Somali Starling | Onychognathus blythii |
260 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
261 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus |
262 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
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263 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae |
264 | Ethiopian Thrush | Turdus simensis |
265 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus |
266 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
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267 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
268 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata |
269 | Silverbird | Melaenornis semipartitus |
270 | Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis chocolatinus |
271 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa |
272 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
273 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus |
274 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis |
275 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius |
276 | White-winged Cliff-Chat | Monticola semirufa |
277 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra |
278 | /Siberian Stonechat/ | Saxicola maurus |
279 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
280 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida |
281 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
282 | Rueppell's Chat | Myrmecocichla melaena |
283 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe |
284 | Rusty-breasted Wheatear | Oenanthe frenata |
285 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina |
286 | Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca |
287 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka |
288 | Blackstart | Oenanthe melanura |
289 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris |
290 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris |
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291 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
292 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze |
293 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa |
294 | Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus |
295 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
296 | Shining Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus |
297 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
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298 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis |
299 | Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus |
300 | Gray-headed Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi |
301 | Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi |
302 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
303 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
304 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
305 | Northern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus taeniopterus |
306 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
307 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
308 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
309 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
310 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
311 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
312 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
313 | Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura |
314 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda |
315 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
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316 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
317 | African Silverbill | Euodice cantans |
318 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia |
319 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
320 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
321 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
322 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata |
323 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
324 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
325 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
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326 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
327 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
328 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
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329 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
330 | Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii |
331 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita |
332 | Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis dentata |
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333 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
334 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea |
335 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
336 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
337 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba |
338 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
339 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis |
340 | /Tawny Pipit/ | Anthus campestris |
341 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
342 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis |
343 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus |
344 | Abyssinian Longclaw | Macronyx flavicollis |
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345 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
346 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides |
347 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus |
348 | Reichard's Seedeater | Crithagra reichardi |
349 | Brown-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra tristriatus |
350 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex |
351 | Ethiopian Siskin | Serinus nigriceps |
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352 | /Ortolan Bunting/ | Emberiza hortulana |
353 | 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 | 82 |
\\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
|| | Transient | 2 |
## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
<> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
() | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
{} | Casual/Vagrant | 3 |
[] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 9 |
V | Vulnerable | 9 |
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.