ETHIOPIA BIRDING TRIP REPORT

TRIP REPORT
ETHIOPIA
Start: | 01/01/2019 |
End: | 01/19/2019 |
Duration: | 19 days |
#Species: | 397 |
#Endemics: | 30 |
#Heard Only: | 0 |
2019 Ethiopia Scouting Trip
List of bird species seen or heard during the tour. The table indicates 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.* See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.
h = heard only; g = seen by guide only
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1 | Somali Ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | YA |
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2 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | ZKL |
3 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | ZKL |
4 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | LA |
5 | Blue-winged Goose | Cyanochen cyanoptera | ADS,BMNP |
6 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | ZKL |
7 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | ADS,ANP,ASNP AWR,BMNP,JV LA,LH,SP,XFR1 ZKL |
8 | Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | BMNP |
9 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | AWR,LA,LH,SP ZKL |
10 | African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | LA |
11 | Garganey | Spatula querquedula | ZKL |
12 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | ZKL |
13 | Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | BMNP,ZKL |
14 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | ADS |
15 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | ADS,BMNP,JV SP,XFR5,ZKL |
16 | Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | ZKL |
17 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | ASNP |
18 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | BL,LH |
19 | Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | BMNP,ZKL |
20 | Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | BMNP,ZKL |
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21 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | ANP,ASNP,AWR LH,YA |
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22 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | ANP,ASNP,YA |
23 | Moorland Francolin | Scleroptera psilolaemus | BMNP |
24 | Chestnut-naped Francolin | Pternistis castaneicollis | BMNP |
25 | Black-fronted Francolin | Pternistis atrifrons | YAg |
26 | Erckel's Francolin | Pternistis erckelii | ADS |
27 | Harwood's Francolin | Pternistis harwoodi | ADS |
28 | Yellow-necked Francolin | Pternistis leucoscepus | ANP |
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29 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | ASNP,LH,ZKL |
30 | Lesser Flamingo | Phoenicoparrus minor | ASNP,LH |
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31 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | BMNP,LH,ZKL |
32 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | LH |
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33 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | LH |
34 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | ANP,ASNP,BMNP LH,XFR6 |
35 | White-collared Pigeon | Columba albitorques | ADS,BMNP,KR XFR4,XFR5 |
36 | Lemon Dove | Columba larvata | WG |
37 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | ADS,XFR5 |
38 | African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | YA |
39 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | ANP,ASNP,KR XFR6,YA |
40 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | ASNP,AWR,BMNP LA,LH,WG,XFR4 ZKL |
41 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | ANP,ASNP,KR LL |
42 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | ANP,YA |
43 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | KR |
44 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | LA,WG |
45 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | ASNP,AWR,JV LL,YA,ZKL |
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46 | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | ANP |
47 | Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | ANP,ASNP |
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48 | Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | ANP,AWR |
49 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | ANP |
50 | White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | ANP |
51 | Buff-crested Bustard | Eupodotis gindiana | ANP |
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52 | White-cheeked Turaco | Tauraco leucotis | BMNP,WG |
53 | Prince Ruspoli's Turaco | Tauraco ruspolii | XFR5 |
54 | Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides personatus | YA |
55 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides leucogaster | ANP,ASNP,AWR XFR2,YA |
56 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | ANP,KR |
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57 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | LA |
58 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | YA |
59 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | YA |
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60 | Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | ANP,ASNP,LL |
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61 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | LA |
62 | African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | ANP,WG |
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63 | Rouget's Rail | Rougetius rougetii | BMNP |
64 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | LA,ZKL |
65 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | BMNP,LA,LH ZKL |
66 | Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | LAg |
67 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | LA |
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68 | Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina | BL |
69 | Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | XFR5 |
70 | Common Crane | Grus grus | LH,XFR6 |
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71 | Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | AWR,JV,KR |
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72 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | ASNP,AWR,BL ZKL |
73 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | SP,ZKL |
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74 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | ASNP,AWR,JV LA,SP,ZKL |
75 | Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | ANP |
76 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | ADS,YA |
77 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | ASNP,YA |
78 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | YA |
79 | Spot-breasted Lapwing | Vanellus melanocephalus | BMNP |
80 | Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | ZKL |
81 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | KR |
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82 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | ANP,LA,XFR4 ZKL |
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83 | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | ZKL |
84 | Ruff | Calidris pugnax | ASNP,BL,LH ZKL |
85 | Little Stint | Calidris minuta | ZKL |
86 | Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | ZKL |
87 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | ZKL |
88 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | BMNP,JV,KR,LA ZKL |
89 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | LA |
90 | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | ADS,LH,ZKL |
91 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | LH,ZKL |
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92 | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | YA |
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93 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | ASNP,LH |
94 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | ZKL |
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95 | Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | XFR6 |
96 | Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | XFR6 |
97 | White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | BL,XFR1,XFR5 |
98 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | XFR6 |
99 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | BL,LA,LH,LL XFR1,XFR4 XFR6,ZKL |
100 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | LH |
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101 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa | LA,LH,XFR1 ZKL |
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102 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | LA,LH |
103 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | LA,LH,XFR1 |
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104 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | ASNP,XFR1,ZKL |
105 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | LH,ZKL |
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106 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | ASNP,BL,JV,LA LH,XFR1,XFR2 ZKL |
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107 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | ASNP,LH |
108 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | XFR6 |
109 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | ZKL |
110 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | ANP,LA |
111 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | ANP,JV,LA,LH XFR1 |
112 | Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | BL,JV,LA,LH ZKL |
113 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | ANP,LA,LH,ZKL |
114 | Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | ZKL |
115 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | AWR,BL,LA,LH SP,ZKL |
116 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | LA,LH |
117 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | LA |
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118 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | BMNP,LA,LH ZKL |
119 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | ASNP,AWR,BL LH,XFR1,XFR4 ZKL |
120 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | LA,LH,XFR6 |
121 | Wattled Ibis | Bostrychia carunculata | ADS,BMNP,LH SP,XFR1,ZKL |
122 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | BL,SP |
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123 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | YA |
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124 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | XFR5,XFR6,YA |
125 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | LL,WG,XFR1 |
126 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | ADS,DL,XFR5 |
127 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | XFR1,XFR2 |
128 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | WG,XFR6 |
129 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | SP,XFR2,XFR6 |
130 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | ADS,LH,SP XFR1,XFR2 XFR4,XFR5 XFR6 |
131 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | XFR4,XFR5 XFR6 |
132 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | ADS,DL,LA XFR1,XFR4 XFR5,XFR6,YA |
133 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | XFR2,YA |
134 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | XFR2 |
135 | Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | WG |
136 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | BMNP |
137 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | XFR4,XFR6,ZKL |
138 | Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | BMNP |
139 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | BMNP |
140 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | ANP,AWR,BL,LA LH,SP,XFR1 XFR4,XFR6,YA |
141 | Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | BMNP,XFR3 |
142 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | ADS |
143 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | JV |
144 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | ANP,YA |
145 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | ANP,ASNP,YA |
146 | African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus | ASNP |
147 | Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | ADS,ASNP |
148 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | ASNP,BMNP XFR5,YA |
149 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | WG |
150 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius | BL,BMNP,KR,LA LH,WG,XFR2 XFR4,XFR6,ZKL |
151 | African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | ANP,JV,LA,LH XFR4,ZKL |
152 | Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | XFR5 |
153 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | ADS,BMNP,WG XFR1,XFR5 |
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154 | Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | BMNP,XFR5 |
155 | Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | ASNP,LL |
156 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus | LL |
157 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | YA |
158 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | BMNP,WG |
159 | Abyssinian Owl | Asio abyssinicus | BMNP |
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160 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | ASNP,JV,LA,LH WG,XFR2,YA |
161 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | ANP,XFR6,YA |
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162 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | WG |
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163 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | LL |
164 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | KR,YA |
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165 | Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | ANP,XFR1,YA |
166 | Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | ANP,XFR2,YA |
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167 | Northern Ground-Hornbill (Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill) | Bucorvus abyssinicus | ANP,LA,XFR6 YA |
168 | Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii | DL,LL |
169 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | ANP,ASNP,XFR2 YA |
170 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | ANP,ASNP,KR LL,YA |
171 | Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | AWR,XFR2 |
172 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | ASNP,LL |
173 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | LA,WG,XFR5 |
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174 | Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | KR |
175 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | AWR,LA,ZKL |
176 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | KR |
177 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | LA,ZKL |
178 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | AWR |
179 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | JV,LA,LH,ZKL |
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180 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | ANP,AWR,KR |
181 | Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | ASNP,KR,LA,LH WG |
182 | European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | AWR |
183 | Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | XFR4 |
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184 | Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | ANP,XFR2,YA |
185 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | YA |
186 | Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | XFR1,XFR2 |
187 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | WG |
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188 | Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | AWR,XFR1,XFR2 |
189 | D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | YA |
190 | Usambiro Barbet** | Trachyphonus usambiro | ADS |
191 | Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | LH |
192 | Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata | ANP,ASNP |
193 | Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | YA |
194 | Banded Barbet | Lybius undatus | LA,LH,WG |
195 | Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito | ASNP,AWR,JV XFR2 |
196 | Double-toothed Barbet | Lybius bidentatus | LA |
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197 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | ASNP,LA,YA |
198 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | LA,ZKL |
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199 | Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | LA,LH |
200 | Abyssinian Woodpecker | Dendropicos abyssinicus | ADS |
201 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Chloropicus fuscescens | YA |
202 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | ASNP,YA |
203 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Chloropicus spodocephalus | DL,LA |
204 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | ANP,ASNP,YA |
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205 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | XFR6,YA |
206 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | KR,YA |
207 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | BMNP |
208 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | SP |
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209 | Black-winged Lovebird | Agapornis taranta | LH,WG |
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210 | Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | XFR2,YA |
211 | Yellow-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus flavifrons | WG |
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212 | Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus monacha | WG,YA |
213 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | YA |
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214 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | WG |
215 | Gray-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | ASNP,LH,YA |
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216 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | ASNP,KR,YA |
217 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | LA |
218 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | ADS,ASNP |
219 | Red-naped Bushshrike | Laniarius ruficeps | YA |
220 | Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | ANP,LH |
221 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | ANP,XFR2,YA |
222 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | XFR1,YA |
223 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | WG |
224 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | YA |
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225 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | XFR2 |
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226 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | DL,LH,WG |
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227 | Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | JV,KR |
228 | Iberian Gray Shrike | Lanius meridionalis | AWR |
229 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | XFR6 |
230 | Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | YA |
231 | Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus | ANP |
232 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | BL,JV,LA,LH XFR5 |
233 | Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | XFR1 |
234 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | YA |
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235 | Stresemann's Bush-Crow | Zavattariornis stresemanni | YA |
236 | Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | BMNP |
237 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | ADS,BL |
238 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | ADS,LH,SP XFR5,YA,ZKL |
239 | Somali Crow | Corvus edithae | XFR5 |
240 | Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | ADS,ASNP,BL BMNP,DL,KR,LH XFR1,XFR2 XFR3,XFR6,YA |
241 | Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris | ADS,BMNP |
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242 | White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | ASNP |
243 | White-shouldered Black-Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | LH |
244 | White-backed Black-Tit | Melaniparus leuconotus | BMNP |
245 | Somali Tit | Melaniparus thruppi | YA |
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246 | Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | YA |
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247 | Foxy Lark | Calendulauda alopex | YA |
248 | Blanford's Lark | Calandrella blanfordi | ADS,BL |
249 | Thekla's Lark | Galerida theklae | ADS,BMNP |
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250 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | AWR,KR |
251 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | ANP,ASNP,YA |
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252 | Yellow-vented Eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis | YA |
253 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | ASNP |
254 | Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | YA |
255 | Gray-backed Camaroptera** | Camaroptera brevicaudata | LA,LH,YA |
256 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | ASNP,YA |
257 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | YA |
258 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | ASNP,ZKL |
259 | Red-fronted Warbler | Prinia rufifrons | ANP |
260 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | ASNP,YA |
261 | Ethiopian Cisticola | Cisticola lugubris | ADS |
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262 | Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | ZKL |
263 | Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | LA |
264 | African Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus | LA |
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265 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | HF |
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266 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | ADS,AWR,BL,LH SP,XFR6,ZKL |
267 | Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | AWR |
268 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | ADS,ASNP,SP |
269 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | ADS,ASNP,AWR LA,LH,SP |
270 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | YA |
271 | White-tailed Swallow | Hirundo megaensis | YA |
272 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | ADS,SP |
273 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | YA |
274 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | HF |
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275 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | ASNP,HF,KR,LH WG,YA |
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276 | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | DL,HF,LH,YA |
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277 | Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | ASNP,WG |
278 | Abyssinian Catbird | Sylvia galinieri | BMNP |
279 | Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi | YA |
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280 | Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | ASNP,KR |
281 | Heuglin's White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus | WG |
282 | Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | YA |
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283 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | ANP,ASNP,KR YA |
284 | White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygia | ANP,DL,LA,WG |
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285 | African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | LA |
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286 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | SP,ZKL |
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287 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | ANP |
288 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | WG |
289 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | WG,XFR6,YA |
290 | White-billed Starling | Onychognathus albirostris | ADS |
291 | Bristle-crowned Starling | Onychognathus salvadorii | XFR2,YA |
292 | Shelley's Starling | Lamprotornis shelleyi | YA |
293 | Rueppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | ANP,ASNP,LL XFR2 |
294 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | ASNP,LL,XFR1 YA |
295 | White-crowned Starling | Lamprotornis albicapillus | YA |
296 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | ADS,ANP,LL XFR2,YA |
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297 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | WG |
298 | Groundscraper Thrush | Psophocichla litsitsirupa | ADS |
299 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | BMNP,DL,HF,LH WG |
300 | African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus | YA |
301 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios | LH,WG,YA |
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302 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | ASNP,LH |
303 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | ANP,YA |
304 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | LA,LH,WG,XFR6 YA |
305 | Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis chocolatinus | HF |
306 | Black Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | AWR,XFR2 |
307 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | ANP,XFR1,YA |
308 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | BMNP,LH |
309 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | LA |
310 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | YA |
311 | Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | WG |
312 | Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | LH |
313 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | ASNP,LH |
314 | Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | YA |
315 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | ADS |
316 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | ADS,ASNP,LH |
317 | White-winged Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea semirufa | ADS |
318 | Rueppell's Chat | Myrmecocichla melaena | ADS |
319 | Red-breasted Wheatear | Oenanthe bottae | ADS |
320 | Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | ANP,AWR,SP,YA |
321 | Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | ADS,XFR2,YA |
322 | Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | ADS,ASNP,DL XFR4,ZKL |
323 | Blackstart | Oenanthe melanura | XFR1 |
324 | Sombre Rock Chat | Oenanthe dubia | XFR1 |
325 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | ADS,BMNP,XFR5 XFR6 |
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326 | Nile Valley Sunbird | Hedydipna metallica | ANP |
327 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | JV,LH,YA |
328 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | LH |
329 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | LH |
330 | Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | ASNP,LH,ZKL |
331 | Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | XFR2,YA |
332 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | JV,LH,WG |
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333 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | ANP,YA |
334 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | ANP,ASNP,LL |
335 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | JV |
336 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | ANP,ASNP,XFR1 YA,ZKL |
337 | Gray-headed Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi | YA |
338 | Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi | YA |
339 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | ADS,HF |
340 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | LA |
341 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | LA |
342 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | YA |
343 | Rueppell's Weaver | Ploceus galbula | ANP,ASNP,KR LH |
344 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | ANP,AWR,KR,LA LH,ZKL |
345 | Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | YA |
346 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | ANP,AWR,BL,KR ZKL |
347 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | LH |
348 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | ADS,BMNP |
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349 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | LA,WG |
350 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | WG |
351 | African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | AWR |
352 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | HF,WG |
353 | Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | WGg |
354 | Black-cheeked Waxbill | Brunhilda charmosyna | YA |
355 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | ASNP,LL |
356 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | BL,LA |
357 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | ANP,ASNP,LH WG |
358 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | YA |
359 | Red-billed Pytilia | Pytilia lineata | LA |
360 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | ANP,ASNP,LH WG |
361 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | WGg |
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362 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | HF,WG |
363 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | ANP,XFR2 |
364 | Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri | WG |
365 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | KR |
366 | Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | YA |
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367 | Shelley's Rufous Sparrow | Passer shelleyi | YA |
368 | Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | ANP,ASNP,DL JV,KR,LA,LH YA,ZKL |
369 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | YA |
370 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita | ASNP,YA |
371 | Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis dentata | JV |
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372 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | KR |
373 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | KR |
374 | Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | AWR,LA,SP,ZKL |
375 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | JV |
376 | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | ZKL |
377 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | YA |
378 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | ADS,ASNP,ZKL |
379 | Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | LH |
380 | Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | ADS,XFR4 |
381 | Abyssinian Longclaw | Macronyx flavicollis | BMNP |
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382 | White-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra leucopygius | BMNP,XFR5 |
383 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | LA,LH,WG |
384 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | ASNP,BL,YA |
385 | White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriatus | YA |
386 | Yellow-throated Serin | Crithagra flavigula | KR |
387 | Northern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra donaldsoni | YA |
388 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | ADS,HF,LA |
389 | Reichard's Seedeater | Crithagra reichardi | KR |
390 | Brown-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra tristriatus | BMNP,DL,LH |
391 | Ankober Serin | Crithagra ankoberensis | ADS |
392 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | BMNP,XFR5 |
393 | Ethiopian Siskin | Serinus nigriceps | ADS,SP |
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394 | Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | ADS |
395 | Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata | XFR1 |
396 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | ADS,ASNP |
397 | Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura | YA |
* 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.
BIRDING LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
// | Boreal Visitor |
\\ | Austral Visitor |
|| | Transient |
## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
<> | Erratic/Irregular |
() | Breeding Season Only |
{} | Casual/Vagrant |
[] | Accidental |