List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. 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. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	Blue-winged Goose	Cyanochen cyanoptera	Many	E
2	Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa	Many	EN
3	Moorland Francolin	Scleroptera psilolaemus	Many	E
4	Blue Quail	Synoicus adansonii		BC
5	Chestnut-naped Spurfowl	Pternistis castaneicollis	Many	BC
6	Erckel's Spurfowl	Pternistis erckelii	Many	BC
7	Harwood's Spurfowl	Pternistis harwoodi	Many	E
8	White-collared Pigeon	Columba albitorques	Many	NE
9	White-winged Collared-Dove	Streptopelia reichenowi	Many	BC
10	Spotted Sandgrouse	Pterocles senegallus	YA	BC
11	Arabian Bustard	Ardeotis arabs	Many	BC
12	Little Brown Bustard	Heterotetrax humilis		BC
13	White-cheeked Turaco	Menelikkornis leucotis	Many	NE
14	Prince Ruspoli's Turaco	Menelikkornis ruspolii	HF,LPNA,WG,YA	E
15	/Egyptian Nightjar/	Caprimulgus aegyptius	ANP,AWR	BC
16	Plain Nightjar	Caprimulgus inornatus	ANP,AWR,WG	BC
17	Nechisar Nightjar	Caprimulgus solala		BC
18	Rouget's Rail	Rougetius rougetii	Many	NE
19	White-winged Flufftail	Sarothrura ayresi		BC
20	Egyptian Plover	Pluvianus aegyptius	DL,GVNP	BC
21	Abdim's Stork	Ciconia abdimii	Many	BC
22	Wattled Ibis	Bostrychia carunculata	Many	NE
23	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius	Many	EN
24	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis	Many	CR
25	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	Many	EN
26	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Many	CR
27	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Many	EN
28	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Many	EN
29	/Grasshopper Buzzard/	Butastur rufipennis	ANP,AWR,GVNP YA	BC
30	Pharaoh Eagle-Owl	Bubo ascalaphus		BC
31	Black-billed Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus somaliensis	Many	BC
32	Ethiopian Bee-eater	Merops lafresnayii	Many	E
33	\White-throated Bee-eater\	Merops albicollis	Many	BC
34	Northern Carmine Bee-eater	Merops nubicus	Many	BC
35	Yellow-breasted Barbet	Trachyphonus margaritatus	Many	BC
36	Banded Barbet	Lybius undatus	Many	NE
37	Abyssinian Woodpecker	Dendropicos abyssinicus	Many	NE
38	Black-winged Lovebird	Agapornis taranta	Many	NE
39	Yellow-fronted Parrot	Poicephalus flavifrons	Many	E
40	Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus monacha	Many	NE
41	Red-naped Bushshrike	Laniarius ruficeps	Many	NE
42	/Red-tailed Shrike/	Lanius phoenicuroides	Many	BC
43	Stresemann's Bush-Crow	Zavattariornis stresemanni	LPNA,MS,YA	E
44	Thick-billed Raven	Corvus crassirostris	Many	NE
45	White-backed Black-Tit	Melaniparus leuconotus	Many	NE
46	Forest Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus flavifrons		BC
47	Rufous-rumped Lark	Pinarocorys erythropygia		BC
48	Liben Lark	Heteromirafra archeri	LPNA	E
49	Collared Lark	Mirafra collaris		BC
50	Gillett's Lark	Mirafra gilletti	Many	NE
51	Blanford's Lark	Calandrella blanfordi	Many	NE
52	Masked Lark	Spizocorys personata	YA	NE
53	Short-billed Crombec	Sylvietta philippae		BC
54	Graceful Prinia	Prinia gracilis		BC
55	Ethiopian Cisticola	Cisticola lugubris	Many	NE
56	Rufous-winged Cisticola	Cisticola galactotes	BMNP	BC
57	Pale Crag-Martin**	Ptyonoprogne obsoleta	BMNP,JV	BC
58	White-tailed Swallow	Hirundo megaensis	Many	E
59	Red-chested Swallow	Hirundo lucida	Many	BC
60	Red Sea Swallow	Petrochelidon perdita		BC
61	Abyssinian Catbird	Sylvia galinieri	Many	E
62	Abyssinian White-eye	Zosterops abyssinicus	Many	BC
63	Heuglin's White-eye	Zosterops poliogastrus	Many	NE
64	White-rumped Babbler	Turdoides leucopygia	Many	BC
65	Scaly Babbler	Turdoides squamulata		BC
66	Cretzschmar's Babbler	Turdoides leucocephala	Many	BC
67	White-billed Starling	Onychognathus albirostris	Many	NE
68	Somali Starling	Onychognathus blythii	Many	BC
69	Chestnut-bellied Starling	Lamprotornis pulcher		BC
70	White-crowned Starling	Lamprotornis albicapillus	Many	BC
71	Ethiopian Thrush	Turdus simensis	Many	E
72	Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher	Melaenornis chocolatinus	Many	NE
73	/Black Scrub-Robin/	Cercotrichas podobe	ANP,AWR,MJ	BC
74	White-crowned Robin-Chat	Cossypha albicapillus	AA,ZKA	BC
75	White-winged Cliff-Chat	Monticola semirufa	Many	NE
76	Rueppell's Chat	Myrmecocichla melaena	Many	NE
77	Rusty-breasted Wheatear	Oenanthe frenata	Many	BC
78	Somali Wheatear	Oenanthe phillipsi		BC
79	Blackstart	Oenanthe melanura	Many	BC
80	Sombre Rock Chat	Oenanthe dubia	Many	E
81	Mourning Wheatear	Oenanthe lugens		BC
82	Nile Valley Sunbird	Hedydipna metallica	Many	BC
83	Rueppell's Weaver	Ploceus galbula	Many	BC
84	Salvadori's Weaver	Ploceus dichrocephalus	LPNA,YA	NE
85	Red-billed Pytilia	Pytilia lineata	Many	NE
86	Sahel Paradise-Whydah	Vidua orientalis	ANP	BC
87	Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah	Vidua interjecta	ANP,GVNP,MJ	BC
88	Wilson's Indigobird	Vidua wilsoni		BC
89	Jambandu Indigobird	Vidua raricola		BC
90	Baka Indigobird	Vidua larvaticola	GVNP	BC
91	Swainson's Sparrow	Passer swainsonii	Many	BC
92	Sudan Golden Sparrow	Passer luteus		BC
93	Sahel Bush Sparrow	Gymnornis dentata	Many	BC
94	/Pale Rockfinch/	Carpospiza brachydactyla	ANP,AWR,MJ	BC
95	Abyssinian Longclaw	Macronyx flavicollis	Many	E
96	Yellow-rumped Serin	Crithagra xanthopygius	Many	NE
97	Yellow-throated Serin	Crithagra flavigula	Many	E
98	Salvadori's Serin	Crithagra xantholaemus	LPNA	E
99	Brown-rumped Seedeater	Crithagra tristriatus	Many	BC
100	Ankober Serin	Crithagra ankoberensis	ADS,MJ	E
101	Ethiopian Siskin	Serinus nigriceps	Many	E

 

 *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.

OTHER COUNTRIES
IN AFRICA

• Angola
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

BIRDING LOCALES

• Abidjata Shala National Park (ASNP)
• Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve (AWR)
• Ankober-Debre Sina Escarpment & Gemessa Gedel (ADS)
• Awasa Area (AA)
• Awash National Park (ANP)
• Bale Mountain National Park (BMNP)
• Debre Libanos & Ethno-German Lodge (DL)
• Gibe Valley National Park (GVNP)
• Harenna Forest (HF)
• Jemma Valley (JV)
• Kesem River (KR)
• Lake Hora (LH)
• Lake Langano (LL)
• Lakes Hora, Chelekleka, and Bishoftu (BL)
• Liben Plain and Negele (LPNA)
• Mega-Soda Area (MS)
• Melka Ghebdu (MJ)
• Sululta Plains (SP)
• Wondo Genet (WG)
• Yabello Area (YA)
• Ziway/Koka Lakes Area (ZKA)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	20
NE	Near Endemic	25
CR	Critically Endangered	2
EN	Endangered	5
BC	Best Seen in This Country	49
AT	Always a Target	0

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