ETHIOPIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
Remote Species
AFRICA ETHIOPIA
# Species: | 883 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 850 |
# Endemics: | 22 |
# Near Endemics: | 25 |
OTHER COUNTRIESIN AFRICA
DISTRIBUTION CODES
Code | Description | ## |
E | Endemic | 3 |
LC | Local | 6 |
NE | Near Endemic | 3 |
RR | Restricted Range | 41 |
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 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.*
1 | &Blue Quaill | Synoicus adansonii | E | |
2 | #Denham's Bustard# | Neotis denhami | RR | NT |
3 | Little Brown Bustard | Heterotetrax humilis | NT | |
4 | Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | LC | NT |
5 | (Black Coucal) | Centropus grillii | RR | |
6 | \Swamp Nightjar\ | Caprimulgus natalensis | RR | |
7 | Nechisar Nightjar | Caprimulgus solala | E | V |
8 | White-winged Flufftail | Sarothrura ayresi | NE | CR |
9 | /Cream-colored Courser/ | Cursorius cursor | RR | |
10 | /Northern Bald Ibis/ | Geronticus eremita | RR | EN |
11 | /White-backed Night Heron/ | Calherodius leuconotus | LC | |
12 | Pharaoh Eagle-Owl | Bubo ascalaphus | RR | |
13 | White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | RR | |
14 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | RR | |
15 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | RR | |
16 | Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha | V | |
17 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | RR | |
18 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | RR | |
19 | Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | RR | |
20 | Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | RR | |
21 | Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | RR | |
22 | White-tailed Lark | Mirafra albicauda | RR | |
23 | &Friedmann's Larkl | Mirafra pulpa | RR | |
24 | Collared Lark | Amirafra collaris | NE | |
25 | Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | RR | |
26 | Short-billed Crombec | Sylvietta philippae | E | |
27 | Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | RR | |
28 | Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | RR | |
29 | Red-pate Cisticola | Cisticola ruficeps | RR | |
30 | Black-backed Cisticola | Cisticola eximius | RR | |
31 | Bamboo Warbler | Locustella alfredi | RR | |
32 | Pale-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavigula | RR | |
33 | /Eastern Orphean Warbler/ | Curruca crassirostris | RR | |
34 | Kafa White-eye | Zosterops kaffensis | NE | |
35 | Scaly Babbler | Turdoides squamulata | RR | |
36 | Dusky Babbler | Turdoides tenebrosa | RR | |
37 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | RR | |
38 | Stuhlmann's Starling | Poeoptera stuhlmanni | RR | |
39 | Chestnut-bellied Starling | Lamprotornis pulcher | RR | |
40 | Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | RR | |
41 | /Song Thrush/ | Turdus philomelos | RR | |
42 | Heuglin's Wheatear | Oenanthe heuglinii | RR | |
43 | /Western Black-eared Wheatear/ | Oenanthe hispanica | RR | |
44 | White-crowned Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | RR | |
45 | /Kurdish Wheatear/ | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | RR | |
46 | Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura | LC | |
47 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | RR | |
48 | Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser donaldsoni | RR | |
49 | Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | RR | |
50 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | LC | |
51 | Wilson's Indigobird | Vidua wilsoni | LC | |
52 | Jambandu Indigobird | Vidua raricola | LC | |
53 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | RR | |
54 | Sudan Golden Sparrow | Passer luteus | RR | |
55 | /Cinereous Bunting/ | Emberiza cineracea | RR | NT |
*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.