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Below is the full list of species I recorded on our trip. Highlighted names are linked to pages where photos of the species that we photographed in Ethiopia are displayed. Although this was not specifically a photographic trip, I still managed to get photos of a number of the species so it will at least give some indication of what we saw. This list represents only the species I recorded and there were several other species seen by others which I did not get to see on the trip. |
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| BIRDS - 448 species | ||
| Struthionidae | Ostriches | |
| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
| Numididae | Guineafowl | |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | |
| Phasianidae | Pheasants, Fowl and Allies | |
| Moorland Francolin | Scleroptila psilolaema | |
| Archer's Francolin | Scleroptila lorti | |
| Crested Francolin | Dendroperdix sephaena | |
| Scaly Francolin | Pternistis squamatus | heard only |
| Harwood's Francolin | Pternistis harwoodi | heard only, endemic to Ethiopia |
| Chestnut-naped Francolin | Pternistis castaneicollis | |
| Erckel's Francolin | Pternistis erckelii | |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
| Anatidae | Ducks, Geese and Swans | |
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| Blue-winged Goose | Cyanochen cyanoptera | endemic to Ethiopia |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | |
| Hottentot Teal | Anas hottentota | |
| Podicipedidae | Grebes | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Phoenicopteridae | Flamingos | |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Ciconiidae | Storks | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus | |
| Threskiornithidae | Ibises and Spoonbills | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadeda Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| Wattled Ibis | Bostrychia carunculata | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
| Ardeidae | Herons and Bitterns | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Western Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Egretta intermedia | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Scopidae | Hamerkop | |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
| Pelecanidae | Pelicans | |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
| Phalacrocoracidae | Cormorants and Shags | |
| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| White-breasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax lucidus | |
| Anhingidae | Anhingas and Darters | |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
| Sagittariidae | Secretarybird | |
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
| Accipitridae | Kites, Hawks and Eagles | |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| Ruppell's Vulture | Gyps rueppellii | |
| Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotus | |
| Black-chested Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Eastern Chanting Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Falconidae | Caracaras and Falcons | |
| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| Barbary Falcon | Falco pelegrinoides | |
| Otididae | Bustards | |
| Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| White-bellied Korhaan | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
| Buff-crested Korhaan | Lophotis gindiana | |
| Hartlaub's Korhaan | Lissotis hartlaubii | |
| Sarothruridae | Flufftails | |
| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | heard only |
| Rallidae | Rails, Crakes and Coots | |
| Rouget's Rail | Rougetius rougetii | |
| Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| Gruidae | Cranes | |
| Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina | |
| Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | |
| Burhinidae | Stone-curlews and Thick-knees | |
| Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | |
| Recurvirostridae | Stilts and Avocets | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Charadriidae | Plovers | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Spot-breasted Lapwing | Vanellus melanocephalus | endemic to Ethiopia |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| Jacanidae | Jacanas | |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
| Scolopacidae | Sandpipers and Snipes | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | |
| Glareolidae | Coursers and Pratincoles | |
| Somali Courser | Cursorius somalensis | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Laridae | Gulls, Terns and Skimmers | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Grey-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Columbidae | Pigeons and Doves | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| White-collared Pigeon | Columba albitorques | |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Lemon Dove | Columba larvata | |
| Dusky Turtle Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| African Collared Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| White-winged Collared Dove | Streptopelia reichenowi | |
| African Mourning Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Cape Turtle Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | |
| Laughing Dove | Stigmatopelia senegalensis | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| Bruce's Green Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
| Psittacidae | Parrots | |
| Black-winged Lovebird | Agapornis taranta | |
| Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | |
| Yellow-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus flavifrons | endemic to Ethiopia |
| Musophagidae | Turacos | |
| White-cheeked Turaco | Tauraco leucotis | |
| Ruspoli's Turaco | Tauraco ruspolii | endemic to Ethiopia |
| Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides personatus | |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides leucogaster | |
| Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | |
| Cuculidae | Cuckoos | |
| Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | heard only |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | heard only |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| Strigidae | Owls | |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
| Greyish Eagle Owl | Bubo cinerascens | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| Caprimulgidae | Nightjars | |
| Star-spotted Nightjar | Caprimulgus stellatus | |
| Apodidae | Swifts | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| Coliidae | Mousebirds | |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
| Trogonidae | Trogons | |
| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | heard only |
| Coraciidae | Rollers | |
| Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
| Alcedinidae | Kingfishers | |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maximus | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| Meropidae | Bee-eaters | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
| Upupidae | Hoopoes | |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
| Phoeniculidae | Woodhoopoes | |
| Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | |
| Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | |
| Bucerotidae | Hornbills | |
| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus | |
| Hemprich's Hornbill | Tockus hemprichii | |
| African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
| Northern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | |
| Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | |
| Bucorvidae | Ground Hornbills | |
| Abyssinian Ground Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | |
| Lybiidae | African Barbets | |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata | |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | |
| Banded Barbet | Lybius undatus | |
| Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito | |
| Double-toothed Barbet | Lybius bidentatus | |
| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | |
| D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | |
| Indicatoridae | Honeyguides | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | heard only |
| Picidae | Woodpeckers | |
| Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
| Abyssinian Woodpecker | Dendropicos abyssinicus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Dendropicos namaquus | |
| Grey-headed Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus | |
| Platysteiridae | Wattle-eyes and Batises | |
| Grey-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | |
| Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | |
| Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo | |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
| Prionopidae | Helmetshrikes | |
| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
| Malaconotidae | Bushshrikes | |
| Grey-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| Orange-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | |
| Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| Pringle's Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii | |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| Red-naped Bushshrike | Laniarius ruficeps | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Campephagidae | Cuckooshrikes | |
| Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
| Laniidae | Shrikes | |
| Northern White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus rueppelli | |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Grey-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
| Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus | |
| Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| Oriolidae | Figbirds and Orioles | |
| Ethiopian Oriole | Oriolus monacha | |
| Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
| Dicruridae | Drongos | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| Monarchidae | Monarchs | |
| African Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
| Corvidae | Crows and Jays | |
| Stresemann's Bush Crow | Zavattariornis stresemanni | endemic to Ethiopia |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| Somali Crow | Corvus edithae | |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | |
| Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris | |
| Paridae | Tits and chickadees | |
| White-winged Black Tit | Parus leucomelas | |
| White-backed Black Tit | Parus leuconotus | |
| Acacia Tit | Parus thruppi | |
| Remizidae | Penduline Tits | |
| Mouse-colored Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | |
| Alaudidae | Larks | |
| Singing Bush Lark | Mirafra cantillans | |
| Red-winged Lark | Mirafra hypermetra | |
| Gillett's Lark | Mirafra gilletti | |
| Sidamo Lark | Heteromirafra sidamoensis | |
| Foxy Lark | Calendulauda alopex | |
| Erlanger's Lark | Calandrella erlangeri | endemic to Ethiopia |
| Somali Short-toed Lark | Calandrella somalica | |
| Short-tailed Lark | Pseudalaemon fremantlii | |
| Thekla Lark | Galerida theklae | |
| Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
| Pycnonotidae | Bulbuls | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| Somali Bulbul | Pycnonotis somaliensis | |
| Dodson's Bulbul | Pycnonotus dodsoni | |
| Dark-capped Bulbul | Pycnonotus tricolor | |
| Hirundinidae | Swallows and Martins | |