ETHIOPIA BIRD CHECKLIST
Remote Species
AFRICA
ETHIOPIA
| # Species: | 879 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 846 |
| # Endemics: | 21 |
| # Near Endemics: | 25 |
OTHER COUNTRIES
IN AFRICA
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 4 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
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.
List of species in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. 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.*
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| 1 | /Common Shelduck/ | Tadorna tadorna | |
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| 2 | <Blue Quail> | Synoicus adansonii | |
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| 3 | #Denham's Bustard# | Neotis denhami | |
| 4 | Little Brown Bustard | Heterotetrax humilis | |
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| 5 | Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | |
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| 6 | (Black Coucal) | Centropus grillii | |
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| 7 | \Standard-winged Nightjar\ | Caprimulgus longipennis | |
| 8 | \Swamp Nightjar\ | Caprimulgus natalensis | |
| 9 | Nechisar Nightjar | Caprimulgus solala | |
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| 10 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
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| 11 | African Crake | Crex egregia | |
| 12 | /Little Crake/ | Zapornia parva | |
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| 13 | White-winged Flufftail | Sarothrura ayresi | |
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| 14 | African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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| 15 | Demoiselle Crane | Anthropoides virgo | |
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| 16 | Indian Thick-knee | Burhinus indicus | |
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| 17 | Quail-plover | Ortyxelos meiffrenii | |
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| 18 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| 19 | /Cream-colored Courser/ | Cursorius cursor | |
| 20 | Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
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| 21 | /White-backed Night Heron/ | Calherodius leuconotus | |
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| 22 | /Northern Bald Ibis/ | Geronticus eremita | |
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| 23 | Pharaoh Eagle-Owl | Bubo ascalaphus | |
| 24 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
| 25 | Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
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| 26 | White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | |
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| 27 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
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| 28 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
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| 29 | Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha | |
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| 30 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
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| 31 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
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| 32 | \African Golden Oriole\ | Oriolus auratus | |
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| 33 | Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | |
| 34 | Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | |
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| 35 | Forest Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus flavifrons | |
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| 36 | Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| 37 | Rufous-rumped Lark | Pinarocorys erythropygia | |
| 38 | White-tailed Lark | Mirafra albicauda | |
| 39 | <Friedmann's Lark> | Mirafra pulpa | |
| 40 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| 41 | Collared Lark | Mirafra collaris | |
| 42 | Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| 43 | Short-billed Crombec | Sylvietta philippae | |
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| 44 | Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | |
| 45 | Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | |
| 46 | Red-pate Cisticola | Cisticola ruficeps | |
| 47 | Black-backed Cisticola | Cisticola eximius | |
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| 48 | Bamboo Warbler | Locustella alfredi | |
| 49 | /Savi's Warbler/ | Locustella luscinioides | |
| 50 | Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris | |
| 51 | Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis | |
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| 52 | Red Sea Swallow | Petrochelidon perdita | |
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| 53 | Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
| 54 | Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | |
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| 55 | Western Orphean Warbler | Curruca hortensis | |
| 56 | /Eastern Orphean Warbler/ | Curruca crassirostris | |
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| 57 | Scaly Babbler | Turdoides squamulata | |
| 58 | Dusky Babbler | Turdoides tenebrosa | |
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| 59 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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| 60 | Stuhlmann's Starling | Poeoptera stuhlmanni | |
| 61 | Chestnut-bellied Starling | Lamprotornis pulcher | |
| 62 | Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | |
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| 63 | /Song Thrush/ | Turdus philomelos | |
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| 64 | Heuglin's Wheatear | Oenanthe heuglinii | |
| 65 | /Western Black-eared Wheatear/ | Oenanthe hispanica | |
| 66 | Somali Wheatear | Oenanthe phillipsi | |
| 67 | White-crowned Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | |
| 68 | Mourning Wheatear | Oenanthe lugens | |
| 69 | /Kurdish Wheatear/ | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | |
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| 70 | Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura | |
| 71 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
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| 72 | Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser donaldsoni | |
| 73 | Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
| 74 | #Cardinal Quelea# | Quelea cardinalis | |
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| 75 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
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| 76 | Wilson's Indigobird | Vidua wilsoni | |
| 77 | Jambandu Indigobird | Vidua raricola | |
| 78 | Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens | |
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| 79 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 80 | Sudan Golden Sparrow | Passer luteus | |
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| 81 | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
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| 82 | /Cinereous Bunting/ | Emberiza cineracea | |
*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.