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ETHIOPIA

Start:01/01/2019
End:01/19/2019
Duration:19 days
#Species:397
#Endemics:35
#Heard Only:0

2019 Ethiopia Scouting Trip

TARGET BIRDS FOR TOUR

List of target birds for locations visited on this tour. 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. Species seen are those with location codes associated with them.*

color codes

1Blue-winged GooseCyanochen cyanopteraADS,BMNPE
2Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa EN
3Moorland FrancolinScleroptera psilolaemusBMNPE
4Chestnut-naped SpurfowlPternistis castaneicollisBMNPBC
5Erckel's SpurfowlPternistis erckeliiADSBC
6Harwood's SpurfowlPternistis harwoodiADSE
7White-collared PigeonColumba albitorquesManyNE
8White-winged Collared-DoveStreptopelia reichenowi BC
9Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus BC
10Arabian BustardArdeotis arabsANP,AWRBC
11White-cheeked TuracoMenelikkornis leucotisBMNP,WGNE
12Prince Ruspoli's TuracoMenelikkornis ruspoliiXFR5E
13/Egyptian Nightjar/Caprimulgus aegyptius BC
14Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus BC
15Rouget's RailRougetius rougetiiBMNPNE
16Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius BC
17Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimiiXFR6BC
18Wattled IbisBostrychia carunculataManyNE
19SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusYAEN
20White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalisWG,XFR6CR
21Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotosSP,XFR2,XFR6EN
22Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusManyCR
23BateleurTerathopius ecaudatusXFR2,YAEN
24Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus EN
25/Grasshopper Buzzard/Butastur rufipennis BC
26Black-billed WoodhoopoePhoeniculus somaliensisANP,XFR1,YABC
27Ethiopian Bee-eaterMerops lafresnayiiManyE
28\White-throated Bee-eater\Merops albicollis BC
29Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicusXFR4BC
30Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatusAWR,XFR1,XFR2BC
31Banded BarbetLybius undatusELA,LH,WGNE
32Abyssinian WoodpeckerDendropicos abyssinicusADSNE
33Black-winged LovebirdAgapornis tarantaLH,WGNE
34Yellow-fronted ParrotPoicephalus flavifronsWGE
35Ethiopian Black-headed OrioleOriolus monachaWG,YANE
36Red-naped BushshrikeLaniarius ruficepsYANE
37/Red-tailed Shrike/Lanius phoenicuroides BC
38Stresemann's Bush-CrowZavattariornis stresemanniYAE
39Thick-billed RavenCorvus crassirostrisADS,BMNPNE
40White-backed Black-TitMelaniparus leuconotusBMNPNE
41Liben LarkHeteromirafra archeri E
42Gillett's LarkMirafra gilletti NE
43Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordiADS,BLNE
44Masked LarkSpizocorys personata NE
45Ethiopian CisticolaCisticola lugubrisADSNE
46Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes BC
47Pale Crag-Martin**Ptyonoprogne obsoleta BC
48White-tailed SwallowHirundo megaensisYAE
49Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida BC
50Abyssinian CatbirdSylvia galinieriBMNPE
51Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicusASNP,KRBC
52Heuglin's White-eyeZosterops poliogastrusWGNE
53White-rumped BabblerTurdoides leucopygiaANP,DL,ELA,WGBC
54Cretzschmar's BabblerTurdoides leucocephala BC
55White-billed StarlingOnychognathus albirostrisADSNE
56Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii BC
57White-crowned StarlingLamprotornis albicapillusYABC
58Ethiopian ThrushTurdus simensisADSE
59Abyssinian Slaty-FlycatcherMelaenornis chocolatinusHFNE
60/Black Scrub-Robin/Cercotrichas podobeAWR,XFR2BC
61White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus BC
62White-winged Cliff-ChatMonticola semirufaADSNE
63Rueppell's ChatMyrmecocichla melaenaADSNE
64Rusty-breasted WheatearOenanthe frenataADSBC
65BlackstartOenanthe melanuraXFR1BC
66Sombre Rock ChatOenanthe dubiaXFR1E
67Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallicaANPBC
68Rueppell's WeaverPloceus galbulaANP,ASNP,KR
LH
BC
69Salvadori's WeaverPloceus dichrocephalus NE
70Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineataELANE
71Sahel Paradise-WhydahVidua orientalis BC
72Exclamatory Paradise-WhydahVidua interjecta BC
73Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsoniiManyBC
74Sahel Bush SparrowGymnornis dentataJVBC
75/Pale Rockfinch/Carpospiza brachydactyla BC
76Abyssinian LongclawMacronyx flavicollisBMNPE
77Yellow-rumped SerinCrithagra xanthopygius NE
78Yellow-throated SerinCrithagra flavigulaKRE
79Salvadori's SerinCrithagra xantholaemus E
80Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriatusBMNP,DL,LHBC
81Ankober SerinCrithagra ankoberensisADSE
82Ethiopian SiskinSerinus nigricepsADS,SPE

 *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

REASON CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic17
NENear Endemic23
CRCritically Endangered2
ENEndangered5
BCBest Seen in This Country35
ATAlways a Target0

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