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ETHIOPIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

Remote Species

AFRICA ETHIOPIA

# Species:883
# Excl Vagrants:850
# Endemics:22
# Near Endemics:25

OTHER COUNTRIESIN AFRICA

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic3
LCLocal6
NENear Endemic3
RRRestricted Range41

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened4
VVulnerable2
ENEndangered1
CRCritically Endangered1

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 all specialty birds in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. 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.*

color codes

1&Blue QuaillSynoicus adansoniiE 
2#Denham's Bustard#Neotis denhamiRRNT
3Little Brown BustardHeterotetrax humilis NT
4Fischer's TuracoTauraco fischeriLCNT
5(Black Coucal)Centropus grilliiRR 
6\Swamp Nightjar\Caprimulgus natalensisRR 
7Nechisar NightjarCaprimulgus solalaEV
8White-winged FlufftailSarothrura ayresiNECR
9/Cream-colored Courser/Cursorius cursorRR 
10/Northern Bald Ibis/Geronticus eremitaRREN
11/White-backed Night Heron/Calherodius leuconotusLC 
12Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphusRR 
13White-headed MousebirdColius leucocephalusRR 
14Violet WoodhoopoePhoeniculus damarensisRR 
15Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineusRR 
16Taita FalconFalco fasciinucha V
17Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriRR 
18Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeriRR 
19PiapiacPtilostomus aferRR 
20Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollisRR 
21Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipesRR 
22White-tailed LarkMirafra albicaudaRR 
23&Friedmann's LarklMirafra pulpaRR 
24Collared LarkAmirafra collarisNE 
25Crested LarkGalerida cristataRR 
26Short-billed CrombecSylvietta philippaeE 
27Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilisRR 
28Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythropteraRR 
29Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficepsRR 
30Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximiusRR 
31Bamboo WarblerLocustella alfrediRR 
32Pale-throated GreenbulAtimastillas flavigulaRR 
33/Eastern Orphean Warbler/Curruca crassirostrisRR 
34Kafa White-eyeZosterops kaffensisNE 
35Scaly BabblerTurdoides squamulataRR 
36Dusky BabblerTurdoides tenebrosaRR 
37Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanusRR 
38Stuhlmann's StarlingPoeoptera stuhlmanniRR 
39Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcherRR 
40Fischer's StarlingLamprotornis fischeriRR 
41/Song Thrush/Turdus philomelosRR 
42Heuglin's WheatearOenanthe heugliniiRR 
43/Western Black-eared Wheatear/Oenanthe hispanicaRR 
44White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopygaRR 
45/Kurdish Wheatear/Oenanthe xanthoprymnaRR 
46Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platuraLC 
47Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygiusRR 
48Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser donaldsoniRR 
49Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollisRR 
50Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloidesLC 
51Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoniLC 
52Jambandu IndigobirdVidua raricolaLC 
53House SparrowPasser domesticusRR 
54Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteusRR 
55/Cinereous Bunting/Emberiza cineraceaRRNT

 

 *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.