Trip Report
Birding Ethiopia:
Annotated List of Birds Recorded
14 November - 18 December 1999
Taxonomy, nomenclature and order follows Zimmerman et al.
(1996), and Van Perlo (1995) for those species not included in the former.
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
North of Awash
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Lake Cheleleka, Debre Zeit
Little Grebe or Dabchick Tachybaptus ruficollis
Lakes Hora and Cheleleka, Debre Zeit; Dinsho
Great White Pelican Pelicanus onocrotalus
Widespread
Pink-backed Pelican Pelicanus rufescens
Lake Hora, Debre Zeit; Lake Koka
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Widespread
Long-tailed or Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax
africanus
Widespread
African Darter Anhinga rufa
Lake Langano; Nechisar NP
Common Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Gambela
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Widespread
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa;
Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
Lake Biseka, Metahara
Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa
Squacco Heron Ardea ralloides
Widespread
Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Awash NP; Gambela
Yellow-billed Egret Mesophyx intermedia
Lake Biseka, Metahara
Great White Egret Casmerodius albus
Widespread
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Widespread
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Nechisar NP; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Lake Koka
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Widespread
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Widespread
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Shashemene
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Jemmu escarpment; Jemmu Valley
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
Arba Minch
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Arba Minch; Lake Biseka, Metahara
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Widespread
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Lake Koka
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Widespread
Hadeda Bostrychia hagedash
Widespread
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
Widespread in highlands
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Widespread
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Lake Koka; Lake Cheleleka, Debre Zeit
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Lake W of Harar
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Akaki
White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 1, Lake Awasa; Lake Cheleleka, Debre Zeit
Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera
Solulta Plain - Jemmu Valley; Bale Mountains NP
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Lake Koka
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
Widespread
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains NP
Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
Lake Ziway
African Black Duck Anas sparsa
Bale Mountains NP
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
Lake W of Harar
Garganey Anas querquedula
Lake W of Harar
Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
Shashemene - Dinsho; Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains NP
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains NP; Lake W of Harar; Lake Cheleleka,
Debre Zeit
Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
Lake Cheleleka, Debre Zeit
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Lakes Hora and Cheleleka, Debre Zeit; Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains
NP; Lake Koka; Lake W of Harar
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Lake Bishoftu, Debre Zeit
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
Nechisar NP
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Nechisar NP
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
Mount Fantale, Awash NP
African Swallow-tailed or Scissor-tailed Kite
Chelictinia riocourii
Awash Plains, Awash NP
Black Kite Milvus migrans
M.m.migrans: Lake Hora, Debre Zeit
M.m.parasitus: Widespread
Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus
Solulta Plain - Jemmu Valley; Bale Moutains NP; W of Sof Omar; Harar
- Awash
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
N and W of Awash NP
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
Widespread
African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Widespread
Rüppell's Griffon Vulture Gyps rueppellii
Widespread
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
W of Awash NP
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Yavello - Arero; Arba Minch
Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
Yavello - Arero; Wachile - Melka Ghuba; Ankober - Awash; Awash NP;
Gambela
Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
Gambela
Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
Gambela
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Wachile - Melka Ghuba; Gambela
African Harrier Hawk or Gymnogene Polyboroides
typus
Wondo Genet; Yavello - Arero; Gambela
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Robe; Awash NP; ringtails in numerous places
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Jemmu Valley; Metahara - Addis Ababa; ringtails in numerous places
Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Lake W of Harar; Lake Cheleleka, Debre Zeit
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
Robe; Agere Maryam - Yavello; Awash NP
Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
Widespread
Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
Widespread in S; Awash NP
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
Harenna forest, Bale Mountains NP; Arero forest
Shikra or Little Banded Goshawk Accipiter
badius
Wachile - Melka Ghuba; Gambela
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
Gambela
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
Debre Libanos
Great or Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Gambela
Common or Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo
Melka Ghuba; Gambela
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
Dinsho
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
Nechisar NP; Awash - Harar
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Widespread in highlands. Note black form in Bale Mountains
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Widespread
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Web Valley and Sanetti Plateau, Bale Moutains NP
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Robe to Sof Omar; Gambela
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
Widespread
Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
Sof Omar
Verreaux's or Black Eagle Aquila verrauxii
Ankober
African Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster
Gambela
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Debre Zeit
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Arba Minch; Gambela
African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
Arba Minch
Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
Lake Langano; Yavello; Arero - Wachile; Lake Koka
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Jemmu escarpment; Bale Mountains; Mount Fantale, Awash NP
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Jemmu Valley
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
Awash NP; Gambela
Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
Gambela
Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
Solulta Plain - Jemmu Valley; Nechisar NP; Awash NP
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
Mount Fantale, Awash NP
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Jemmu escarpment; Awash NP
Common or Rock Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Widespread
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Robe to Sof Omar
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Nechisar NP
Moorland Francolin Francolinus psilolaemus
Web Valley and Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains
Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena
Widespread in lowlands
Harwood's Francolin Francolinus harwoodi
Jemmu Valley
Chestnut-naped Francolin Francolinus castaneicollis
Dinsho; Bale Mountains NP (incl. Harenna Forest); Robe to Sof Omar
Erckel's Francolin Francolinus erckelii
Ankober
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Francolinus leucoscepus
Widespread in lowlands
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
Melka Ghuba - Wachile; Wachile - Arero (feathers)
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Yavello
Rouget's Rail Rallus rougetii
Shashemene - Dinsho; Web Valley and Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains
NP
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa
Red-knobbed or Crested Coot Fulica cristata
Lakes Hora and Cheleleka, Debre Zeit; Lake W of Harar
Common Crane Grus grus
Solulta Plain - Jemmu Valley; Langano - Ziway; Akaki; Lake Cheleleka,
Debre Zeit
Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus
Web Valley and Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains NP
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
Akaki; Jima - Addis Ababa
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
Yavello; Nechisar NP
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
N of Awash NP
Crested Bustard Eupodotis ruficrista
Yavello; Awash NP
White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
Mount Fantale, Awash NP
Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster
Yavello; Nechisar Plains, Nechisar NP
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Lake Ziway; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Gambela
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Lake Koka; Lake W of Harar; Akaki
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Lake Koka; Lake Biseka, Metahara; Lake W of Harar
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Lake Langano; Gambela
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Yavello - Konso
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
Baro River and Gambela town, Gambela
Heuglin's or Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus
cinctus
Melka Ghuba; Wachile - Arero (roadkill)
Violet-tipped or Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus
chalcopterus
N of Awash
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
Yavello
Spot-breasted Plover Vanellus melanocephalus
Web Valley and Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains NP
Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
Widespread
Black-winged Plover Vanellus melanopterus
Solulta Plains; Debre Birhan - Ankober
Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus
Lake Langano; Nechisar NP
African Wattled Plover Vanellus senegallus
Gambela
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Lake Koka
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Lake W of Harar
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
Jemmu Valley
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Lake Biseka, Metahara
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Lake Biseka, Metahara; Lake W of Harar; Lake Cheleleka, Debre Zeit
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Lake W of Harar
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Lake W of Harar
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains NP; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake
Awasa; Gambela
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Solulta Plains - Jemmu Valley; Lake Hora, Debre Zeit; Bale Mountains
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Lake Biseka, Metahara; Lake
W of Harar
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Widespread
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
Lake Ziway; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Lake Ziway; Gambela
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
Lake Hora, Debre Zeit; Lake Awasa
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Lake Hora, Debre Zeit; Lake Langano; Lake Awasa; Lake Biseka, Metahara
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
Widespread in Rift Valley
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
Yavello - Konso; Awash NP
Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
Lakes Hora and Bishoftu Guda, Debre Zeit; Nechisae NP; Awash NP; Gambela
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Lake Langano
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
Jemmu Valley; W of Sof Omar; Wachile - Arero; Nechisar NP
Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
Lake Langano; Gambela
Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
Gambela
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Widespread
Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
Debre Libanos; Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Widespread
Lemon or Cinnamon Dove Aplopelia larvata
Debre Libanos; Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP
White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
Addis Ababa; Solulta Plains - Jemmu Valley; Debre Libanos; Bale Mountains
NP; Debre Birhan - Ankober
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Widespread
African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Widespread
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
Jemmu Valley; Gambela
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
Widespread
African White-winged Dove Streptopelia reichenowi
Melka Ghuba
Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
Widespread in highlands
Laughing or Palm Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Widespread
African Orange-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
Yavello - Melka Ghuba; Yavello - Konso; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2,
Lake Awasa
Yellow-fronted Parrot Poicephalus flavifrons
Wondo Genet
Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta
Wondo Genet; Lake Awasa
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis
Debre Libanos; Wondo Genet; Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP; Goba;
Nechisar NP
Ruspoli's Turaco Tauraco ruspolii
Arero forest
Bare-faced Go-away Bird Corythaixoides personatus
Yavello
White-bellied Go-away Bird Criniferoides leucogaster
Common in lowlands
Levaillant's Cuckoo Oxylophus levaillantii
Nechisar NP
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
Jemmu Valley; Sof Omar; Arero - Wachile
Green Coucal Ceuthmochares aereus
Nechisar NP
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
Widespread
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Jemmu Valley
Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no 1, Lake Awasa; Gambela
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Gambela
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Wachile
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
Nechisar NP
Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
Nechisar NP
Pearl-spotted Owl Glaucidium perlatum
Widespread in lowlands
African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
Dinsho; Nechisar NP
African Long-eared Owl Asio abyssinicus
53km east of Shashemene
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
Dinsho
Frecked Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
Nechisar NP
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
Lake Langano; Nechisar NP
Star-spotted Nightjar Camprimulgus stellatus
Nechisar NP
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
Arba Minch; Gambela
Eurasian or Common Swift Apus apus
Nechisar NP
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
Jemmu escarpment
Mottled Swift Apus aequatorialis
Mojo (nr. Debre Zeit)
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
Widespread
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
Yavello; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Langano - Ziway; Awash
NP; Metahara - Addis Ababa; Gambela
Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP; Nechisar NP
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
Jemmu Valley; Arba Minch; Gambela
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
Wabe Shebelle hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Gambela
Striped Kingisher Halcyon chelicuti
Widespread
Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
Nechisar NP
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
Lake Hora, Debre Zeit; Wabe Shebelle hotel no 2, Lake Awasa
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
Lake Langano; Gambela
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
Jemmu Valley; Nechisar NP; Melka Ghebdu; Gambela
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Jemmu Valley; Lake Hora, Debre Zeit; Nechisar NP; Wabe Shebelle Hotel
no. 2, Lake Awasa; Lake Langano; Gambela
Eurasian Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Shashemene - Dinsho; Agere Maryam - Yavello; Gambela
Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
Widespread
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Jemmu Valley; Yavello - Konso; Awash NP; Metahara - Addis Ababa; Gambela
Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
Widespread
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Gambela
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
Gambela
Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
Gambela
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinica
Lake Langano; Awash NP; Metahara - Addis Ababa; Gambela
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata
Widespread in lowlands
Rufous-crowned or Purple Roller Coracias
naevia
Widespread in lowlands
Broadbilled Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
Nechisar NP
Hoopoe Upupa epops
U.e. epops: Lake Langano
U.e. africana: Widespread
Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Gambela
Black-billed Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
Lake Langano; W of Sof Omar; Yavello; Wachile - Melka Ghuba
Black Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus aterrimus
Arero; Gambela
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
Arero - Wachile; Awash NP
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
Widespread
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
Widespread in lowlands
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
Wachile - Melka Ghuba; Awash NP
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
W of Sof Omar; Wachile - Melka Ghuba; Yavello; and elsewhere
Hemprich's Hornbill Tockus hemprichii
Jemmu escarpment; Debre Libanos; Lake Langano
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
Widespread
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
Widespread
Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
Widespread
Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
Lake Langano; Agere Maryam - Yavello; Arero - Wachile
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
Wachile - Melka Ghuba
Banded Barbet Lybius undatus
Debre Libanos; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Lake Langano;
Metu
Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
Jemmu Valley; Dire Dawa; Lake Bishoftu Guda, Debre Zeit; Gambela
Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
Nechisar NP; Gambela
Red-and-Yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
Agere Maryam -Yavello
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
Yavello; Wachile - Arero
Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
Melka Ghebdu; Awash NP
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
Lake Langano; Nechisar NP; Awash NP; Gambela
Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
Nechisar NP; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
Sof Omar
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
N of Awash NP; Mount Fantale, Awash NP
Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
Widespread in lowlands
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus
S of Goba
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
Widespread
Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus
Yavello; Wachile - Arero
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Harenna forest, Bale Mountains NP; Gambela
Brown-backed Woodpecker Picoides obsoletus
Gambela
Singing Bush Lark Mirafra cantillans
Awash Plains, Awash NP
Red-winged Bush Lark Mirafra hypermetra
Awash Plains and Mount Fantale, Awash NP
Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Yavello
Fawn-coloured Lark Mirafra africanoides
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Yavello - Arero
Gillett's Lark Mirafra gilletti
Mount Fantale, Awash NP
Red-capped (Erlanger's) Lark Calandrella cinerea
(erlangi)
Solulta Plains; Shashemene - Dinsho; Bale Mountains NP; Robe to Sof
Omar
Thekla Lark Galerida theklae
Widespread in highlands
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
Debre Zeit - Ziway; N of Awash
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
Jemmu Valley; Awash NP
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Jemmu Valley; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Lake Langano;
Melka Ghebdu
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Solulta Plain - Jemmu Valley; Debre Libanos; Nechisar NP
Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
Debre Libanos; Wondo Genet; Nechisar NP; Awash NP
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Widespread
Grassland Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
Solultla Plain; Bale Mountains NP; Dinsho - Robe
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
Debre Birhan - Ankober; Mount Fantale, Awash NP
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
Agere Maryam - Yavello
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains; Arero forest
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Solulta Plains
Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis
Solulta Plains; Shashememe - Dinsho; Bale Mountains NP
Banded Martin Riparia cincta
Solulta Plain
Plain Martin or African Sand Martin Riparia
paludicola
Widespread
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Lake Langano
Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
Solulta Plain
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Jemmu Valley; Gambela
European Swallow Hirundo rustica
Widespread
Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
Wachile; Mount Fantale, Awash NP
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
Solulta Plain; Debre Libanos; Ankober
Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
Lake Koka
Whitetailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis
Yavello
Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
Widespread
Common House Martin Delichon urbica
Melka Ghebdu; Debre Zeit
Black Saw-wing or Rough-wing Psalidoprocne
holomelas
Debre Libanos; Wondo Genet; Jimma - Addis Ababa
Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
Arero forest; Wachile; Nechisar NP
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Widespread (including P. b. dodsoni near Sof Omar)
Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
Gambela
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygius
Widespread
Rufous Chatterer Turdoides rubiginosus
Agere Maryam to Yavello; Yavello - Arero; Nechisar NP; Awash NP
African Hill Babbler Pseudoalcippe abyssinica
Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP
Abyssinian Catbird Parophasma galinieri
Dinsho & Harenna forest, Bale Mountains NP; Goba
Red-capped Robin-Chat or Natal Robin Cossypha
natalensis
Nechisar NP
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
Debre Libanos; Wondo Genet; Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP
White-browed Robin-Chat or Heuglin's Robin
Cossypha heuglini
Nechisar NP
Snowy-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha niveicapilla
Gambela
Spotted Morning Thrush or Spotted Palm Thrush
Cichladusa guttata
Agere Maryam - Yavello
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
W of Sof Omar; Gambela
Sprosser or Thrush-Nightingale Luscinia
luscinia
Awash NP; Gambela
White-browed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
Arero - Wachile; Nechisar NP; Awash NP
Rufous Bush Chat or Rufous Scrub Robin Cercotrichas
galactotes
Melka Ghuba
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Jemmu Valley; Agere Maryam - Yavello; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 1, Lake
Awasa; Debre Zeit; Gambela
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata
Bale Mountains NP; Robe to Sof Omar
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Gambela
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Widespread
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Widespread
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Widespread
Abyssinian Black or Schalow's Wheatear Oenanthe
lugens
Jemmu escarpment; Debre Zeit
Red-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe bottae
Solulta Plains; Shashemene - Dinsho; Bale Mountains NP; Robe to Sof
Omar; Akaki
Red-tailed or Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
Jemmu Valley
Brown-tailed Rock Chat Cercomela scotocerca
Sof Omar
Alpine Chat or Moorland Chat Cercomela
sordida
Solulta Plains; Bale Mountains
Sombre Rock Chat Cercomela dubia
Mount Fantale, Awash NP
Blackstart Cercomela melanura
N and S of Dire Dawa
Rüppell's Black Chat Myrmecocichla melaena
Jemmu escarpment; Debre Libanos; Ankober
White-shouldered Cliff Chat or Mocking Cliff Chat
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Jemmu Valley; Lake Langano; Lake Bishoftu Guda, Debre Zeit
White-winged Cliff Chat Thamnolaea semirufa
Portugese Bridge, Debre Libanos; Debre Birhan - Ankober; Hirna - Lake
W of Harar
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Portugese Bridge, Debre Libanos; Ankober
Common or Mountain Rock Thrush Monticola
saxatilis
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Lake Langano; S of Dire Dawa
Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
Lake Langano; S of Dire Dawa
Abyssinian Ground Thrush Zoothera piaggiae
Wondo Genet; Dinsho
Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
Dinsho & Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP; Goba
African Thrush Turdus pelios
Nechisar NP; Gambela
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
Wachile - Arero
Ground-scraper Thrush Turdus litsipsirupa
Widespread in highlands
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Lake Langano; Sof Omar
Gamabaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
Gambela
African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
Widespread
Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
Agere Maryam to Yavello; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Gambela
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
Lake Langano; Yavello - Arero;
Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
Widespread in S; Dire Dawa
Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis chocolatinus
Debre Libanos; Dinsho & Harenna forest, Bale Mountains NP; Goba;
Agere Maryam - Yavello
Lead-coloured Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
Sof Omar; Gambela
Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 1, Lake Awasa
European Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Awash NP
Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa
Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
Sof Omar; Nechisar NP
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
Dire Dawa
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Lake Langano
Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
W of Sof Omar; Agere Maryam - Yavello; Wachile - Melka Ghuba; Awash
NP
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Lake Langano; W of Sof Omar; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa;
Dire Dawa
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Lake Langano
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Debre Libanos; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Lake Langano;
Gambela
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Widespread
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Widespread
Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
Dinsho
Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
Awasa
Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
Dinsho, Web Valley & Harenna forest, Bale Mountains NP; Goba
African Moustached Warbler Melocichla mentalis
Gambela
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Debre Libanos
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
Jemmu Valley; Gambela
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes
Gambela
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nanus
Yavello - Arero
Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
Sof Omar - Robe; Gambela
Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
Dinsho; Bale Mountains NP; Ankober
Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
Widespread in S
Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa
Mount Fantale, Awash NP
Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
Awash NP
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
Widespread
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
Yavello - Arero; Wachile - Melka Ghuba
Grey Wren-Warbler Camaroptera simplex
Widespread in lowlands
Grey-backed Camaroptera or Bleating Warbler Camaroptera
brevicaudata
Widespread
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
Sof Omar; Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP; Agere Maryam - Yavello;
Arero forest; Wachile - Melka Ghuba; Lake Langano
Red-fronted Warbler Spiloptila rufifrons
Melka Ghuba; Dire Dawa
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
Jemmu Valley; W of Sof Omar; Awash NP; Dire Dawa; Gambela
Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
Lake Langano; Agere Maryam - Yavello; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake
Awasa; Gambela
Somali Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta isabellina
Wachile - Melka Ghuba
Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Yavello - Arero; Awash NP
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
Wachile - Melka Ghuba
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Gambela
Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
Lake Langano; Agere Maryam - Yavello; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake
Awasa; Lake Langano; Awash NP; Gambela
Banded Parisoma Parisoma boehmi
Yavello - Arero
Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
Gambela
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
W of Sof Omar; Arero - Wachile; Dire Dawa
Montane White-eye Zosterops poliogaster
Jemmu Valley; Debre Libanos; Dinsho; Agere Maryam to Yavello
Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
Gambela
Northern Grey Tit Parus thruppi
Sof Omar; Arero - Wachile; Wachile - Melka Ghuba
Northern Black Tit Parus leucomelas
Lake Langano
White-backed Black Tit Parus leuconotus
Dinsho; Goba
Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
Widespread in S
Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 1, Lake Awasa
African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Widespread
Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
Sof Omar; Arero - Wachile
Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
Widespread in lowlands
Common or Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira
cyanea
Nechisar NP; Awash NP
White-crested or White Helmet Shrike Prionops
plumatus
Yavello - Arero
Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus rueppelli
Widespread in lowlands
Red-tailed or Isabelline Shrike Lanius
isabellinus
Melka Ghuba; Nechisar NP; Awash NP; Dire Dawa
Nubian Shrike Lanius nubicus
Jemmu Valley; Lake Langano
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Ankober - Awash; Awash NP
Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
Widespread in lowlands
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus
Awash NP; Dire Dawa
Fiscal Shrike Lanius collaris
Widespread
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Arba Minch; Awash NP
Brubru Shrike Nilaus afer
Yavello - Arero; Dire Dawa; Gambela
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala
Widespread
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
Melka Ghuba; Wachile - Arero
Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike Malaconotus sulfureopectus
Wachile - Melka Ghuba
Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Sof Omar
Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
Agere Maryam to Yavello; Yavello to Arero; Awash NP
Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
Gambela
Red-naped Bush-Shrike Laniarius ruficeps
Arero to Wachile
Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
Widespread
Slate-coloured Boubou Laniarius funebris
Widespread in south
Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
Widespread
Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
Arero - Wachile
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-Shrike Campephaga phoenicea
Nechisar NP; Gambela
White-breasted Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina pectoralis
Nechisar NP; E of Gambela
Common Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Widespread
Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
Lake Langano; W of Sof Omar; Nechisar NP
Black-headed Forest Oriole Oriolus monacha
Debre Libanos; Wondo Genet; Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP; Arero
forest
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Gambela
Stresemann's Bush Crow Zavattariornis stresemanni
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Yavello - Arero
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Shashemene - Dinsho; Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains NP
Dwarf or Brown-necked Raven Corvus (ruficollis)
edithae
Wachile - Melka Ghuba
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Widespread
Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
Widespread
Cape Rook or Black Crow Corvus capensis
Widespread in highlands
Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
Widespread in highlands
Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
Yavello - Konso; Melka Ghebdu
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
Debre Libanos; Dinsho; Bale Mountains NP; Ankober
White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris
Jemmu escarpment; Debre Libanos
Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
Mieso; Dire Dawa
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Widespread
Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
Jemmu Valley; Gambela
Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis
purpuropterus
Widespread in lowlands
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Yavello - Arero; Melka Ghuba
Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
Widespread in lowlands
Golden-breasted Starling Cosmopsarus regius
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Arero - Wachile
Violet-backed or Plum-coloured Starling Cinnyricinclus
leucogaster
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; E of Gambela
White-crowned Starling Spreo albicapillus
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Arero - Yavello
Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus eryhtrorhynchus
Robe; Metahara
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Nectarinia orientalis
Wachile - Arero; Nechisar NP
Collared Sunbird Anthreptes collaris
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Nechisar NP; Ankober
Pygmy Sunbird Nectarinia platurus
Gambela
Olive Sunbird Nectarinia olivacea
Wondo Genet; Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensis
Jemmu Valley
Hunter's Sunbird Nectarinia hunteri
Arero - Wachile; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no 2, Lake Awasa
Variable Sunbird Nectarinia venusta
Debre Libanos; Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP
Marico Sunbird Nectarinia mariquensis
Lake Langano; W of Sof Omar; Agere Maryam - Yavello
Purple-banded Sunbird Nectarinia bifasciata
Arero - Wachile; Yavello - Konso
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
Widespread in highlands
Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
Dinsho
Beautiful Sunbird Nectarinia pulchella
Lake Langano; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Dire Dawa; Gambela
Shining Sunbird Nectarinia habessinica
Sof Omar; Wachile - Melka Ghuba
Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
Widespread
Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
Yavello - Arero; S of Debre Zeit
Yellow-spotted Petronia Petronia pyrgita
W of Sof Omar; Agere Maryam - Yavello; Arero - Wachile
Bush Petronia Petronia dentata
Jemmu Valley; Gambela
White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
Widespread in lowlands
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
Yavello
White-browed Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser mahali
Widespread
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
Gambela
Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
Yavello - Arero
Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
Arero - Arero forest; Arero - Yavello; Wachile - Melka Ghuba
Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
Jemmu Valley
Grosbeak-Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Arba Minch; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa
Baglafecht or Reichenow's Weaver Ploceus
baglafecht
Widespread in highlands
Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
Lake Langano; Agere Maryam - Yavello
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
Lake Langano
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
Lake Langano; Awash NP; Dire Dawa
Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
Widespread in south
Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
Widespread in south
Black-headed or Village Weaver Ploceus
cucullatus
Jemmu Valley; Gambela
Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
Nechisar NP
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
Robe to Sof Omar; Yavello - Arero; Yavello - Konso; Nechisar NP
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Awash NP
Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
Jemmu Valley
Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
Solulta Plain - Jemmu Valley; Shashemene - Dinsho; Dinsho - Robe
Red-collared Widow Euplectes ardens
Jemmu Valley; W of Sof Omar
Green-winged Pytilia or Melba Finch Pytilia
melba
Yavello to Konso
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
Gambela
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Widespread
Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
Gambela
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Widespread
Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
Widespread in S
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Estrilda quartinia
Debre Libanos; Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains
Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no 2, Lake Awasa; Gambela
Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
Jemmu Valley; Lake Langano; Awash NP; Lake Bishoftu Guda, Debre Zeit;
Gambela
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
Gambela
Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna
Yavello - Arero
Quail Finch Ortygospiza atricollis
Solulta Plains
African Silverbill Lonchura cantans
Jemmu Valley; Dire Dawa
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata
Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Gambela
Black-and-White Mannikin Lonchura bicolor
Harenna forest, Bale Mountains NP
Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
Lake Langano; Awash NP
Village or Common Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
Widespread
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Jemmu escarpment; Melka Ghebdu; Gambela
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
Awash NP
Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
Awash NP; Metahara - Addis Ababa; E of Gambela
Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus
Addis Ababa; Debre Libanos; Dinsho & Harenna forest, Bale Mountains
NP; Goba; Wabe Shebelle Hotel no. 2, Lake Awasa; Ankober
Yellow-rumped Seedeater Serinus reichnowi
Agere Maryam - Yavello; Langano - Ziway; Lake Bishoftu Guda, Debre
Zeit
Yellow-throated Serin Serinus flavigula
Melka Ghebdu
Salvadori's Serin Serinus xantholaemus
Sof Omar
Brown-rumped Serin Serinus tristriatus
Widespread in highlands
Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus canicollis
Addis Ababa; Dinsho
Black-headed Siskin Serinus nigriceps
Solulta Plains; Shashemene - Dinsho; Bale Mountains NP; Debre Birhan
- Ankober
African Citril Serinus citrinelloides
Wondo Genet; Harenna forest, Bale Mountains NP; Lake Bishoftu Guda,
Debre Zeit
Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus
Gambela
White-bellied Canary Serinus dorsostriatus
Arero - Yavello; Dire Dawa
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
Solulta Plains
Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
Jemmu escarpment; Dire Dawa; Gambela
Somali Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
W of Sof Omar; Agere Maryam - Yavello; Arero - Wachile; Melka Ghuba
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
Gambela
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