List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	Blue-winged Goose	Cyanochen cyanoptera	Many	E
2	Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa	Many	EN
3	Moorland Francolin	Scleroptera psilolaemus	Many	E
4	Blue Quail	Synoicus adansonii		BC
5	Chestnut-naped Spurfowl	Pternistis castaneicollis	Many	BC
6	Erckel's Spurfowl	Pternistis erckelii	Many	BC
7	Harwood's Spurfowl	Pternistis harwoodi	Many	E
8	White-collared Pigeon	Columba albitorques	Many	NE
9	Little Brown Bustard	Heterotetrax humilis		BC
10	White-cheeked Turaco	Menelikkornis leucotis	Many	NE
11	Prince Ruspoli's Turaco	Menelikkornis ruspolii	HF,LPNA,WG,YA	E
12	Plain Nightjar	Caprimulgus inornatus	ANP,AWR,WG	BC
13	Nechisar Nightjar	Caprimulgus solala		BC
14	Rouget's Rail	Rougetius rougetii	Many	NE
15	White-winged Flufftail	Sarothrura ayresi		BC
16	Abdim's Stork	Ciconia abdimii	Many	BC
17	Wattled Ibis	Bostrychia carunculata	Many	NE
18	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius	Many	EN
19	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis	Many	CR
20	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	Many	EN
21	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Many	CR
22	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Many	EN
23	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Many	EN
24	/Grasshopper Buzzard/	Butastur rufipennis	ANP,AWR,GVNP YA	BC
25	Ethiopian Bee-eater	Merops lafresnayii	Many	E
26	\White-throated Bee-eater\	Merops albicollis	Many	BC
27	Northern Carmine Bee-eater	Merops nubicus	Many	BC
28	Yellow-breasted Barbet	Trachyphonus margaritatus	Many	BC
29	Banded Barbet	Lybius undatus	Many	NE
30	Abyssinian Woodpecker	Dendropicos abyssinicus	Many	NE
31	Black-winged Lovebird	Agapornis taranta	Many	NE
32	Yellow-fronted Parrot	Poicephalus flavifrons	Many	E
33	Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus monacha	Many	NE
34	Red-naped Bushshrike	Laniarius ruficeps	Many	NE
35	Stresemann's Bush-Crow	Zavattariornis stresemanni	LPNA,MS,YA	E
36	Thick-billed Raven	Corvus crassirostris	Many	NE
37	White-backed Black-Tit	Melaniparus leuconotus	Many	NE
38	Forest Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus flavifrons		BC
39	Gillett's Lark	Calendulauda gilletti	Many	NE
40	Liben Lark	Heteromirafra archeri	LPNA	E
41	Collared Lark	Amirafra collaris		BC
42	Masked Lark	Spizocorys personata	YA	NE
43	Blanford's Lark	Calandrella blanfordi	Many	NE
44	Short-billed Crombec	Sylvietta philippae		BC
45	Ethiopian Cisticola	Cisticola lugubris	Many	NE
46	Rufous-winged Cisticola	Cisticola galactotes	BMNP	BC
47	Red-throated Crag-Martin	Ptyonoprogne rufigula	BMNP,JV	BC
48	White-tailed Swallow	Hirundo megaensis	Many	E
49	Red-chested Swallow	Hirundo lucida	Many	BC
50	Red Sea Swallow	Petrochelidon perdita		BC
51	Abyssinian Catbird	Sylvia galinieri	Many	E
52	Abyssinian White-eye	Zosterops abyssinicus	Many	BC
53	Ethiopian White-eye	Zosterops poliogastrus	Many	E
54	Kafa White-eye	Zosterops kaffensis		BC
55	White-rumped Babbler	Turdoides leucopygia	Many	BC
56	Cretzschmar's Babbler	Turdoides leucocephala	Many	BC
57	White-billed Starling	Onychognathus albirostris	Many	NE
58	Somali Starling	Onychognathus blythii	Many	BC
59	Chestnut-bellied Starling	Lamprotornis pulcher		BC
60	Ethiopian Thrush	Turdus simensis	Many	E
61	Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher	Melaenornis chocolatinus	Many	NE
62	/Black Scrub-Robin/	Cercotrichas podobe	ANP,AWR,MJ	BC
63	White-crowned Robin-Chat	Cossypha albicapillus	AA,ZKA	BC
64	White-winged Cliff-Chat	Monticola semirufa	Many	NE
65	Rueppell's Chat	Myrmecocichla melaena	Many	NE
66	Rusty-breasted Wheatear	Oenanthe frenata	Many	BC
67	Somali Wheatear	Oenanthe phillipsi		BC
68	Sombre Rock Chat	Oenanthe dubia	Many	E
69	Beautiful Sunbird	Cinnyris pulchellus	Many	BC
70	Juba Weaver	Ploceus dichrocephalus	LPNA,YA	NE
71	Red-billed Pytilia	Pytilia lineata	Many	NE
72	Sahel Paradise-Whydah	Vidua orientalis	ANP	BC
73	Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah	Vidua interjecta	ANP,GVNP,MJ	BC
74	Wilson's Indigobird	Vidua wilsoni		BC
75	Jambandu Indigobird	Vidua raricola		BC
76	Barka Indigobird	Vidua larvaticola	GVNP	BC
77	Sudan Golden Sparrow	Passer luteus		BC
78	Abyssinian Longclaw	Macronyx flavicollis	Many	E
79	Yellow-rumped Serin	Crithagra xanthopygius	Many	NE
80	Yellow-throated Serin	Crithagra flavigula	Many	E
81	Salvadori's Serin	Crithagra xantholaemus	LPNA	E
82	Brown-rumped Seedeater	Crithagra tristriatus	Many	BC
83	Ankober Serin	Crithagra ankoberensis	ADS,MJ	E
84	Ethiopian Siskin	Serinus nigriceps	Many	E

 

 *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 COUNTRIESIN AFRICA

• Angola
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

BIRDING LOCALES

• Abidjata Shala National Park (ASNP)
• Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve (AWR)
• Ankober-Debre Sina Escarpment & Gemessa Gedel (ADS)
• Awasa Area (AA)
• Awash National Park (ANP)
• Bale Mountain National Park (BMNP)
• Debre Libanos & Ethno-German Lodge (DL)
• Gibe Valley National Park (GVNP)
• Harenna Forest (HF)
• Jemma Valley (JV)
• Kesem River (KR)
• Lake Hora (LH)
• Lake Langano (LL)
• Lakes Hora, Chelekleka, and Bishoftu (BL)
• Liben Plain and Negele (LPNA)
• Mega-Soda Area (MS)
• Melka Ghebdu (MJ)
• Sululta Plains (SP)
• Wondo Genet (WG)
• Yabello Area (YA)
• Ziway/Koka Lakes Area (ZKA)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	21
NE	Near Endemic	25
CR	Critically Endangered	2
EN	Endangered	5
BC	Best Seen in This Country	31
AT	Always a Target	0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.