Ethiopia 2008

27^th October – 5^th November

Following this brief report of a trip made in 2008 in the company of Barry Howes and the excellent Meseret Mecuria (our guide), there follows a list of the 531 bird species that I have seen on my four trips to Ethiopia.

Itinerary

This first, of only nine days, took in a necessarily limited number of sites and we did not venture north to the Ali Dege Plains nor to the marvellous region around Negele Borena and the Liben Plains.

Day 1 – Addis Ababa to Awash National Park via Debre Zeit and Lake Basaka

Day 2 – Awash NP to Wondo Genet via Lake Ziway

Day 3 – Wondo Genet to Bale Mountains National Park

Day 4 – Bale Mountains NP

Day 5 – Bale Mountains NP to Lake Awasa

Day 6 – Awasa to Yabello

Day 7 – Yabello region

Day 8 – Yabello to Lake Langano via Lake Awasa

Day 9 – Lake Langano to Addis Ababa birding en route at Lake Ziway, Koka Dam and Debre Zeit

Day 10 – Addis Ababa early morning birding thence to London

The people and the cattle are thin in this land; a country torn through the middle by the Great Rift Valley, running from the Danakil Depression in the north down across the Kenyan border and beyond to the vast plains of the Serengeti.

At the end of the fifth day, after a bone-shaking eleven hour drive along a dirt road, pitted and waterlogged through the rainy season, we arrived in Awasa, a large town about 180km. south of Addis Ababa situated on the shores of a lake of the same name.

For the past three days we had, in the words of Woodie Guthrie, ‘been hitting some hard travelling.’ But now, nearing the midway point of the trip, I was able to settle down after a hot shower and a cold beer to look over my notes and quietly run through an extraordinary species list, with so many lifers on one of the days that it was difficult to assimilate the amount of new information flying, often as more than just a figure of speech, my way.

There are about thirty species of bird endemic to Ethiopia and Eritrea (though some field guides, with possibly a slight degree of over-enthusiasm, grant several sub-species full specific status) and on this short exploratory trip I was hoping to find most of them. But, really, I had come for the two species of endemic corvids, as part of some unaccountable desire on my part to see all of the world’s crow species; these being the enigmatic Stresseman’s Bush-Crow, found only in the Yabello region of southern Ethiopia and the more widespread, monstrous looking Thick-billed Raven.

But, for the first few days our birding would take us east of Addis Ababa to the quintessentially African landscape of open plains dotted with acacia trees and scrub bushes that make up Awash National Park.

It is worth pulling up at Lake Basaka, situated just outside the park boundary, to scan the shores for waders and other waterbirds. Spur-winged, Kittlitz’s and Three-banded Plovers feed in the marginal shallows while Intermediate Egret, Goliath Heron and Yellow-billed Stork all wade in the deeper areas. A few Pink-backed Pelicans are usually present; their prehistoric heads hunched into their shoulders as they fly in to settle on the water with the grace and elegance so often associated with large birds.

One of the great joys birding is the early start! And a place like Awash certainly repays the effort to be breakfasted and in the field just after 6a.m. as the equatorial sun comes up and the darkness of night gives way, without the ceremony of dawn, to the brightness of day.

Most of us do our birding abroad on a limited budget of time, often moving on too quickly from one area to the next, but this is not an area to be rushed. A three-night stay at Awash, giving two full days birding in the park, is the minimum a visitor to the area ought to plan for. This will give time to find most of the more common birds, such as whydahs, hornbills, buffalo-weavers and several species of bee-eater, finch and raptor. But it will also allow time to search for the less common or more elusive species; Secretary Bird, Arabian Bustard, Scissor-tailed Kite and Lanner were among those that rewarded time and patience.

From Awash the tarmac road leads past five Great Rift Valley lakes on its way to the junction town of Shashamene where we were to leave the comfort of the metalled surface for the slower going of a dirt road as we headed off to the hot springs resort of Wondo Genet. Driving past the lakes with only the occasional brief stop was a frustrating experience, softened only by the comfort of knowing that we would spend time birding them on the return leg of our journey.

Our accommodation at Wondo Genet was once a holiday retreat of the last emperor, Haile Selassie, and is now a resort hotel based around the area’s hot springs in a region of lush montane forest. It makes a good place for an overnight stop on the way to the Bale Mountains National Park, about 160kms. to the east.

The hotel rooms hold an interesting selection of local invertebrates (!) whilst, outside, the hotel grounds and surrounding woodland are rich in a wider variety of wildlife.

A walk around the area before breakfast produced a good number of birds including three species of sunbird, Double-toothed Barbet, Black Saw-wing, White-cheeked Turaco and Montane White-eye.

The 160km. drive to Goba took pretty much a full day. The difficulty of navigating the dirt road contributed to the time needed to make the journey, but the dozen or so stops we made en route did nothing to hasten our arrival – but there was no hurry.

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Long-billed Pipit and Thick-billed Raven are among the species one can expect on the early part of the journey before the climb through the towns of Kofele and Dodola take one into a different landscape where trees gradually give way to a vast expanse of high plains, devoted largely to arable farming. Here, in this fertile, open landscape Erlanger’s Lark, Imperial and Verreaux’s Eagles and the endemic Wattled Ibis and Ethiopian Cisticola all occur.

We reached the edge of the Bale Mountains National Park in late afternoon but had enough daylight left to spend a bit of time birding a small area of wetland. This large pond, situated on the road into the park, before the town of Dinsho, holds the endemic Rouget’s Rail and Blue-winged Goose as well as Yellow-billed Duck, Red-knobbed Coot and several species of wader. Along the road we also came across Moorland Francolin, Mountain Wagtail and Groundscraper Thrush.

Next morning we headed out with our guide, Meseret Mercuria, for a full day in the Park. Our schedule only allowed for a two-night stay in Goba and, in hindsight, we should have benefited from another night in this vast and extraordinary area.

As our Toyota Land Cruiser climbed to 4,200m (13,650ft) the air temperature dropped and a cold drizzle started to fall. Cloud swept across the top of the plateau, the largest area of Afro-Alpine moorland on the continent and for a while it obscured the sweeping views that we had enjoyed across this flat, treeless landscape dominated by the yellow and white flowers of Helichrysum and heather that carpet the area. Dotted across the plateau, growing up to a height of about 10m were numerous endemic Giant Lobelias looking like huge Yucca plants. These plants served as lookout posts for the striking Augur Buzzards that hunt the area in search of meadow rats. Smaller birds such as Moorland Chat and the endemic Abyssinian Black-headed Siskin and Spot-breasted Lapwing also provide food for the high altitude raptors. As well as Augur we also came across Steppe and Long-legged Buzzards, Steppe, Tawny and Golden Eagles, Peregrine and Great Sparrowhawk. Fortunately at this time of year the cloud and drizzle do not last long and they soon blew over allowing us to explore on foot, thankful that we had brought fleeces with us, as we trod our way carefully through this boggy landscape.

The highland area is home to many lakes of varying sizes; these provide a good stopover point for migrating waders, but they also harbour the rare and beautiful Wattled Crane, two of which we were lucky to find feeding at one of the larger lakes.

The following morning, leaving the National Park with the feeling that we should have had more time there we retraced our tracks to the comfort of the tarmac road and then headed south, arriving in the large town of Awasa, where, in late afternoon with about forty minutes of daylight left, we had a lake to view.

African Fish Eagle, Marabou Stork and Silvery-cheeked Hornbill flew around the large trees at the lake’s edge whilst the reedbeds held African Jacana, Black Crake, Allen’s Gallinule and Reed Cormorant. Hadada and Sacred Ibis and Hammerkop fed in the shallows with numerous waders. A Moorhen, swimming from the cover of the reeds into open water caught my eye and as I turned my bins towards it a Hippopotamus surfaced behind it, opened its huge jaws, took a gulp of air and submerged again leaving me staring, awestruck, at the rippling water.

Other birds found around the lake include five species of kingfisher and the endemic Black-winged Lovebird.

And this is where my story began – at the end of our fifth day – tired from the rough roads but euphoric at the birds we had seen and overcome by the beauty and diversity of the country we had driven through.

In an early morning walk along the lake shore before our departure we found about 70 species including Nubian Woodpecker, Paradise Flycatcher and Spur-winged Goose, while Vervet Monkeys played and chattered in the trees.

As we climbed into our vehicle my excitement rose at the thought of our journey south to the remote Yabello region; to the small area that is home to one of the loveliest and most obscure of corvids, Stresseman’s Bush-Crow.

The journey added more species to our list. At one point we stopped to buy fresh guavas from some children by the roadside and were rewarded with Greater Spotted Eagle overhead and Orange-bellied Parrot and Woolly-necked Stork nearby. But the search for the Bush-Crow proved a frustrating affair as we came across many old nests, sure signs that we were in the right area, but saw none of the birds themselves. So, following a fruitless morning search we headed into the small town of Dubuluk for a lunch, delicious in spite of our disappointment, of fried lamb with garlic and chilli, served in a traditional earthenware dish over a base of hot charcoal that kept the food sizzlingly hot. But the afternoon gave us an equally difficult and frustrating time as we continued to find nothing more than signs of the birds’ presence until, with the light about to fade, we called it a day and headed in quiet resignation to our lodgings in Yabello.

The light of morning brought with it new hope and we set off at 6.20a.m. to search the area again, with Meseret saying that he knew of a couple of other places to try. Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Somali Bunting and Abyssinian Oriole all showed themselves to our eager eyes but again no sign of our target. We stopped and brewed some tea in silence by the roadside knowing that we had the long journey to Lake Langano ahead and that precious little time remained to find the Bush-Crow. And then, as we drove off again, I saw a flash of white in a tree and yelled out ‘Ka-ka’, the local name for the Crow that we had all been using, certain only that I had seen some white on a bird about the size of a Jackdaw. Meseret hit the brakes hard and we all lurched forward as Barry, in the middle of changing a camera lens, cursed me loudly. But there they were; four Stresseman’s Bush-Crows in a bare tree not fifteen yards from the road, and we were soon to find another eight or more nearby.

Ticking these birds off a list became suddenly so unimportant and irrelevant; the whole beauty and diversity of nature was manifested here in a bird found only in a remote corner of a distant land, and symbolised everything that I have always loved in nature and that has kept me travelling our world in search if her marvels.

1	Somali Ostrich	Struthio molybdophanes
2	White-faced Whistling-duck	Dendrocygna viduata
3	Fulvous Whistling-duck	Dendrocygna bicolor
4	White-backed Duck	Thalassornis leuconotus
5	Blue-winged Goose	Cyanochen cyanoptera
6	Comb Duck	Sarkidiornis melanotos
7	Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca
8	Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea
9	Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis
10	African Pygmy-goose	Nettapus auritus
11	African Black Duck	Anas sparsa
12	Yellow-billed Duck	Anas undulata
13	Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
14	Red-billed Duck	Anas erythrorhyncha
15	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta
16	Hottentot Teal	Anas hottentota
17	Garganey	Anas querquedula
18	Cape Teal	Anas capensis
19	Southern Pochard	Netta erythrophthalma
20	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris
21	Vulturine Guineafowl	Acryllium vulturinum
22	Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix
23	Chestnut-naped Francolin	Pternistis castaneicollis
24	Scaly Francolin	Pternistis squamatus
25	Yellow-necked Francolin	Pternistis leucoscepus
26	Crested Francolin	Francolinus sephaena
27	Coqui Francolin	Peliperdix coqui
28	Moorland Francolin	Scleroptila psilolaema
29	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
30	Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus
31	Lesser Flamingo	Phoeniconaias minor
32	African Openbill	Anastomus lamelligerus
33	Abdim's Stork	Ciconia abdimii
34	Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia episcopus
35	Eurasian White Stork	Ciconia ciconia
36	Saddle-billed Stork	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
37	Marabou Stork	Leptoptilos crumenifer
38	Yellow-billed Stork	Mycteria ibis
39	White-breasted Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus
40	Long-tailed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus
41	African Darter	Anhinga rufa
42	Great White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus
43	Pink-backed Pelican	Pelecanus rufescens
44	Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta
45	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
46	Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala
47	Goliath Heron	Ardea goliath
48	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
49	Great Egret	Ardea alba
50	Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia
51	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
52	Western Reef-heron	Egretta gularis
53	Black Heron	Egretta ardesiaca
54	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
55	Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides
56	Striated Heron	Butorides striata
57	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
58	Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus
59	Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash
60	Wattled Ibis	Bostrychia carunculata
61	Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia
62	African Spoonbill	Platalea alba
63	Secretary-bird	Sagittarius serpentarius
64	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
65	Black-winged Kite	Elanus caeruleus
66	Scissor-tailed Kite	Chelictinia riocourii
67	African Harrier-hawk	Polyboroides typus
68	Lammergeier	Gypaetus barbatus
69	Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus
70	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis
71	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos
72	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus
73	White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus
74	Rueppell's Griffon	Gyps rueppelli
75	Eurasian Griffon	Gyps fulvus
76	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus
77	Black-breasted Snake-eagle	Circaetus pectoralis
78	Brown Snake-eagle	Circaetus cinereus
79	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus
80	Long-crested Eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis
81	Lesser Spotted Eagle	Clanga pomarina
82	Greater Spotted Eagle	Clanga clanga
83	Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus
84	Ayres' Hawk-eagle	Hieraaetus ayresii
85	Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax
86	Steppe Eagle	Aquila nipalensis
87	Eastern Imperial Eagle	Aquila heliaca
88	Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos
89	Verreaux's Eagle	Aquila verreauxii
90	African Hawk-eagle	Aquila spilogaster
91	Dark Chanting-goshawk	Melierax metabates
92	Eastern Chanting-goshawk	Melierax poliopterus
93	Gabar Goshawk	Micronisus gabar
94	Eurasian Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
95	Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus
96	Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus
97	African Goshawk	Accipiter tachiro
98	Shikra	Accipiter badius
99	Little Sparrowhawk	Accipiter minullus
100	Ovampo Sparrowhawk	Accipiter ovampensis
101	Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus
102	Black Goshawk	Accipiter melanoleucus
103	Yellow-billed Kite	Milvus migrans parasitus
104	African Fish-eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer
105	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo
106	Mountain Buzzard	Buteo oreophilus
107	Long-legged Buzzard	Buteo rufinus
108	Augur Buzzard	Buteo augur
109	Arabian Bustard	Ardeotis arabs
110	Kori Bustard	Ardeotis kori
111	White-bellied Bustard	Eupodotis senegalensis
112	Buff-crested Bustard	Eupodotis gindiana
113	Black-bellied Bustard	Lissotis melanogaster
114	Rouget's Rail	Rougetius rougetii
115	Black Crake	Amaurornis flavirostra
116	Allen's Gallinule	Porphyrio alleni
117	African Swamphen	Porphyrio madagascariensis
118	Eurasian Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
119	Lesser Moorhen	Gallinula angulata
120	Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata
121	Black Crowned-crane	Balearica pavonina
122	Wattled Crane	Bugeranus carunculatus
123	Common Crane	Grus grus
124	Senegal Thick-knee	Burhinus senegalensis
125	Spotted Thick-knee	Burhinus capensis
126	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
127	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
128	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
129	Pacific Golden-plover	Pluvialis fulva
130	Spur-winged Plover	Vanellus spinosus
131	Black-headed Lapwing	Vanellus tectus
132	Black-winged Lapwing	Vanellus melanopterus
133	Crowned Lapwing	Vanellus coronatus
134	Wattled Lapwing	Vanellus senegallus
135	Spot-breasted Lapwing	Vanellus melanocephalus
136	Kittlitz's Plover	Charadrius pecuarius
137	Snowy Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus
138	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
139	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius
140	Three-banded Plover	Charadrius tricollaris
141	Lesser Jacana	Microparra capensis
142	African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus
143	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
144	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
145	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus
146	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
147	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
148	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
149	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
150	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa
151	Ruff	Calidris pugnax
152	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
153	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii
154	Sanderling	Calidris alba
155	Little Stint	Calidris minuta
156	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
157	African Snipe	Gallinago nigripennis
158	Temminck's Courser	Cursorius temminckii
159	Three-banded Courser	Rhinoptilus cinctus
160	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola
161	Black-winged Pratincole	Glareola nordmanni
162	Gray-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
163	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus
164	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus
165	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica
166	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia
167	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus
168	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida
169	Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse	Pterocles exustus
170	Feral Pigeon	Columba livia 'feral'
171	Speckled Pigeon	Columba guinea
172	White-collared Pigeon	Columba albitorques
173	Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix
174	Lemon Dove	Columba larvata
175	Dusky Turtle-dove	Streptopelia lugens
176	African Collared-dove	Streptopelia roseogrisea
177	White-winged Collared-dove	Streptopelia reichenowi
178	African Mourning Dove	Streptopelia decipiens
179	Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata
180	Ring-necked Dove	Streptopelia capicola
181	Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis
182	Emerald-spotted Wood-dove	Turtur chalcospilos
183	Blue-spotted Wood-dove	Turtur afer
184	Tambourine Dove	Turtur tympanistria
185	Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis
186	Bruce's Green-pigeon	Treron waalia
187	White-cheeked Turaco	Tauraco leucotis
188	Prince Ruspoli's Turaco	Tauraco ruspolii
189	Bare-faced Go-away-bird	Corythaixoides personatus
190	White-bellied Go-away-bird	Corythaixoides leucogaster
191	Eastern Plantain-eater	Crinifer zonurus
192	Pied Cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus
193	Levaillant's Cuckoo	Clamator levaillantii
194	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Clamator glandarius
195	Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
196	Klaas' Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas
197	Dideric Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius
198	Blue-headed Coucal	Centropus monachus
199	White-browed Coucal	Centropus superciliosus
200	Cape Eagle-owl	Bubo capensis
201	Grayish Eagle-owl	Bubo cinerascens
202	Verreaux's Eagle-owl	Bubo lacteus
203	Pearl-spotted Owlet	Glaucidium perlatum
204	African Wood-owl	Strix woodfordii
205	African Long-eared Owl	Asio abyssinicus
206	Abyssinian Nightjar	Caprimulgus poliocephalus
207	Plain Nightjar	Caprimulgus inornatus
208	Star-spotted Nightjar	Caprimulgus stellatus
209	Slender-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus clarus
210	Alpine Swift	Apus melba
211	Common Swift	Apus apus
212	Nyanza Swift	Apus niansae
213	Horus Swift	Apus horus
214	White-rumped Swift	Apus caffer
215	African Palm-swift	Cypsiurus parvus
216	Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus
217	Blue-naped Mousebird	Urocolius macrourus
218	Narina Trogon	Apaloderma narina
219	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops
220	Green Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus
221	Black-billed Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus somaliensis
222	Black Scimitar-bill	Rhinopomastus aterrimus
223	Abyssinian Scimitar-bill	Rhinopomastus minor
224	Abyssinian Ground-hornbill	Bucorvus abyssinicus
225	Hemprich's Hornbill	Lophoceros hemprichii
226	African Gray Hornbill	Lophoceros nasutus
227	Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill	Tockus flavirostris
228	Von Der Decken's Hornbill	Tockus deckeni
229	Northern Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus erythrorhynchus
230	Silvery-cheeked Hornbill	Bycanistes brevis
231	Half-collared Kingfisher	Alcedo semitorquata
232	Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus
233	African Pygmy-kingfisher	Ispidina picta
234	Gray-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala
235	Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis
236	Striped Kingfisher	Halcyon chelicuti
237	Giant Kingfisher	Megaceryle maxima
238	Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis
239	Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus
240	Blue-breasted Bee-eater	Merops variegatus
241	White-throated Bee-eater	Merops albicollis
242	Madagascar Bee-eater	Merops superciliosus
243	European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster
244	Northern Carmine Bee-eater	Merops nubicus
245	European Roller	Coracias garrulus
246	Abyssinian Roller	Coracias abyssinicus
247	Lilac-breasted Roller	Coracias caudatus
248	Rufous-crowned Roller	Coracias naevius
249	Red-and-yellow Barbet	Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
250	Yellow-breasted Barbet	Trachyphonus margaritatus
251	D'arnaud's Barbet	Trachyphonus darnaudii
252	Red-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus pusillus
253	Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus chrysoconus
254	Red-fronted Barbet	Tricholaema diademata
255	Black-throated Barbet	Tricholaema melanocephala
256	Banded Barbet	Lybius undatus
257	Black-billed Barbet	Lybius guifsobalito
258	Double-toothed Barbet	Lybius bidentatus
259	Green-backed Honeyguide	Prodotiscus zambesiae
260	Greater Honeyguide	Indicator indicator
261	Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla
262	Rufous-necked Wryneck	Jynx ruficollis
263	Nubian Woodpecker	Campethera nubica
264	Abyssinian Woodpecker	Dendropicos abyssinicus
265	Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens
266	Bearded Woodpecker	Dendropicos namaquus
267	African Gray-headed Woodpecker	Dendropicos spodocephalus
268	Pygmy Falcon	Polihierax semitorquatus
269	Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni
270	Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus/rupicolus
271	Greater Kestrel	Falco rupicoloides
272	Gray Kestrel	Falco ardosiaceus
273	Amur Falcon	Falco amurensis
274	Sooty Falcon	Falco concolor
275	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo
276	Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus
277	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
278	Black-winged Lovebird	Agapornis taranta
279	Red-bellied Parrot	Poicephalus rufiventris
280	Yellow-fronted Parrot	Poicephalus flavifrons
281	Brown-throated Wattle-eye	Platysteira cyanea
282	Gray-headed Batis	Batis orientalis
283	Black-headed Batis	Batis minor
284	White Helmetshrike	Prionops plumatus
285	Brubru	Nilaus afer
286	Northern Puffback	Dryoscopus gambensis
287	Black-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra senegalus
288	Three-streaked Tchagra	Tchagra jamesi
289	Red-naped Bushshrike	Laniarius ruficeps
290	Tropical Boubou [aethiopicus]	Laniarius aethiopicus
291	Tropical Boubou	Laniarius major
292	Slate-colored Boubou	Laniarius funebris
293	Rosy-patched Bushshrike	Rhodophoneus cruentus
294	Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus
295	Gray-headed Bushshrike	Malaconotus blanchoti
296	Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike	Campephaga phoenicea
297	Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio
298	Isabelline Shrike	Lanius isabellinus
299	Southern Gray Shrike	Lanius meridionalis
300	Lesser Grey Shrike	Lanius minor
301	Gray-backed Fiscal	Lanius excubitorius
302	Taita Fiscal	Lanius dorsalis
303	Somali Fiscal	Lanius somalicus
304	Northern Fiscal	Lanius humeralis
305	Common Fiscal	Lanius collaris
306	Masked Shrike	Lanius nubicus
307	Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator
308	White-rumped Shrike	Eurocephalus rueppelli
309	African Golden Oriole	Oriolus auratus
310	Dark-headed Oriole	Oriolus monacha
311	African Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus larvatus
312	Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis
313	African Paradise-flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis
314	Stresemann's Bush-crow	Zavattariornis stresemanni
315	Red-billed Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
316	Cape Crow	Corvus capensis
317	Pied Crow	Corvus albus
318	Somali Crow	Corvus edithae
319	Fan-tailed Raven	Corvus rhipidurus
320	Thick-billed Raven	Corvus crassirostris
321	Singing Bushlark	Mirafra cantillans
322	Flappet Lark	Mirafra rufocinnamomea
323	Gillett's Lark	Mirafra gilletti
324	Sidamo Lark	Heteromirafra sidamoensis
325	Foxy Lark	Calendulauda alopex
326	Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark	Eremopterix leucotis
327	Black-crowned Sparrow-lark	Eremopterix nigriceps
328	Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark	Eremopterix signatus
329	Erlanger's Lark	Calandrella erlangeri
330	Somali Short-toed Lark	Calandrella somalica
331	Thekla Lark	Galerida theklae
332	Plain Martin	Riparia paludicola
333	Sand Martin	Riparia riparia
334	Banded Martin	Riparia cincta
335	Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula
336	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
337	Red-chested Swallow	Hirundo lucida
338	Ethiopian Swallow	Hirundo aethiopica
339	Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii
340	White-tailed Swallow	Hirundo megaensis
341	Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica
342	Lesser Striped-swallow	Cecropis abyssinica
343	Mosque Swallow	Cecropis senegalensis
344	House Martin	Delichon urbicum
345	Black Sawwing	Psalidoprocne pristoptera
346	Gray-rumped Swallow	Pseudhirundo griseopyga
347	White-winged Black-tit	Melaniparus leucomelas
348	Somali Tit	Melaniparus thruppi
349	White-backed Black-tit	Melaniparus leuconotus
350	African Spotted Creeper	Salpornis salvadori
351	Spotted Creeper	Salpornis spilonotus/salvadori
352	Northern Brownbul	Phyllastrephus strepitans
353	Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus
354	Northern Crombec	Sylvietta brachyura
355	Red-faced Crombec	Sylvietta whytii
356	Somali Crombec	Sylvietta isabellina
357	Brown Woodland-warbler	Phylloscopus umbrovirens
358	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus
359	Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita
360	Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix
361	Eastern Olivaceous Warbler	Iduna pallida
362	Upcher's Warbler	Hippolais languida
363	Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina
364	Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
365	Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris
366	Eurasian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
367	Basra Reed-warbler	Acrocephalus griseldis
368	Lesser Swamp-warbler	Acrocephalus gracilirostris
369	Cinnamon Bracken-warbler	Bradypterus cinnamomeus
370	Yellow-breasted Apalis	Apalis flavida
371	Grey-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura
372	Red-fronted Warbler	Urorhipis rufifrons
373	Gray Wren-warbler	Calamonastes simplex
374	Singing Cisticola	Cisticola cantans
375	Boran Cisticola	Cisticola bodessa
376	Rattling Cisticola	Cisticola chiniana
377	Ashy Cisticola	Cisticola cinereolus
378	Ethiopian Cisticola	Cisticola galactotes lugubris
379	Stout Cisticola	Cisticola robustus
380	Tiny Cisticola	Cisticola nana
381	Fan-tailed Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis
382	Pectoral-patch Cisticola	Cisticola brunnescens
383	Buff-bellied Warbler	Phyllolais pulchella
384	Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava
385	Pale Prinia	Prinia somalica
386	Yellow-vented Eremomela	Eremomela flavicrissalis
387	Yellow-bellied Eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis
388	Green-backed Eremomela	Eremomela canescens
389	Abyssinian Catbird	Parophasma galinieri
390	African Hill-babbler	Sylvia abyssinica
391	Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla
392	Banded Warbler	Sylvia boehmi
393	Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca
394	Brown Warbler	Sylvia lugens
395	Greater Whitethroat	Sylvia communis
396	Broad-ringed White-eye	Zosterops poliogastrus
397	White-breasted White-eye	Zosterops abyssinicus
398	Rufous Chatterer	Turdoides rubiginosa
399	White-rumped Babbler	Turdoides leucopygia
400	Pale Flycatcher	Bradornis pallidus
401	African Gray Flycatcher	Bradornis microrhynchus
402	Abyssinian Slaty-flycatcher	Melaenornis chocolatinus
403	Northern Black-flycatcher	Melaenornis edolioides
404	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
405	African Dusky Flycatcher	Muscicapa adusta
406	Rufous Scrub-robin	Cercotrichas galactotes
407	Red-backed Scrub-robin	Cercotrichas leucophrys
408	Rueppell's Robin-chat	Cossypha semirufa
409	White-browed Robin-chat	Cossypha heuglini
410	White-crowned Robin-chat	Cossypha albicapillus
411	Spotted Morning-thrush	Cichladusa guttata
412	Thrush Nightingale	Luscinia luscinia
413	Common Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos
414	Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus
415	Little Rock-thrush	Monticola rufocinereus
416	Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush	Monticola saxatilis
417	Blue Rock-thrush	Monticola solitarius
418	Ethiopian Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus albofasciatus
419	Rueppell's Chat	Myrmecocichla melaena
420	Mocking Cliff-chat	Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
421	White-winged Cliff-chat	Thamnolaea semirufa
422	Familiar Chat	Cercomela familiaris
423	Blackstart	Cercomela melanura
424	Moorland Chat	Cercomela sordida
425	Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
426	Abyssian Black Wheatear	Oenanthe lugubris
427	Pied Wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka
428	Cyprus Wheatear	Oenanthe cypriaca
429	Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica
430	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina
431	Red-breasted Wheatear	Oenanthe bottae
432	Heuglin's Wheatear	Oenanthe heuglini
433	Abyssinian Ground Thrush	Geokichla piaggiae
434	Groundscraper Thrush	Psophocichla litsitsirupa
435	Abyssinian Olive Thrush	Turdus abyssinicus abyssinicus
436	African Thrush	Turdus pelios
437	African Bare-eyed Thrush	Turdus tephronotus
438	Wattled Starling	Creatophora cinerea
439	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus
440	Slender-billed Starling	Onychognathus tenuirostris
441	Red-winged Starling	Onychognathus morio
442	Bristle-crowned Starling	Onychognathus salvadorii
443	Magpie Starling	Speculipastor bicolor
444	Sharpe's Starling	Pholia sharpii
445	Shelley's Starling	Lamprotornis shelleyi
446	Rueppell's Glossy-starling	Lamprotornis purpuroptera
447	Golden-breasted Starling	Lamprotornis regius
448	Superb Starling	Lamprotornis superbus
449	White-crowned Starling	Lamprotornis albicapillus
450	Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling	Lamprotornis chalybaeus
451	Red-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus erythrorhynchus
452	Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes orientalis
453	Collared Sunbird	Hedydipna collaris
454	Scarlet-chested Sunbird	Chalcomitra senegalensis
455	Hunter's Sunbird	Chalcomitra hunteri
456	Tacazze Sunbird	Nectarinia tacazze
457	Beautiful Sunbird	Cinnyris pulchellus
458	Mariqua Sunbird	Cinnyris mariquensis
459	Shining Sunbird	Cinnyris habessinicus
460	Variable Sunbird	Cinnyris venustus
461	Western Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
462	Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
463	Mountain Wagtail	Motacilla clara
464	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba
465	African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp
466	African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus
467	Long-billed Pipit	Anthus similis
468	Plain-backed Pipit	Anthus leucophrys
469	Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis
470	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus
471	Abyssinian Longclaw	Macronyx flavicollis
472	House Bunting	Emberiza striolata
473	Golden-breasted Bunting	Emberiza flaviventris
474	Somali Bunting	Emberiza poliopleura
475	Yellow-crowned Canary	Serinus flavivertex
476	Yellow-fronted Canary	Serinus mozambicus
477	Abyssinian Siskin	Serinus nigriceps
478	African Citril	Serinus citrinelloides
479	Reichenow's Seedeater	Serinus reichenowi
480	Yellow-rumped Serin	Serinus xanthopygius
481	Yellow-throated Serin	Serinus flavigula
482	Northern Grosbeak-canary	Serinus donaldsoni
483	Streaky Seedeater	Serinus striolatus
484	Brown-rumped Seedeater	Serinus tristriatus
485	Shelley's Rufous-sparrow	Passer shelleyi
486	Swainson's Sparrow	Passer swainsonii
487	Yellow-spotted Petronia	Petronia pyrgita
488	Bush Petronia	Petronia dentata
489	Red-billed Buffalo-weaver	Bubalornis niger
490	White-headed Buffalo-weaver	Dinemellia dinemelli
491	White-browed Sparrow-weaver	Plocepasser mahali
492	Gray-headed Social-weaver	Pseudonigrita arnaudi
493	Black-capped Social-weaver	Pseudonigrita cabanisi
494	Red-headed Weaver	Anaplectes rubriceps
495	Baglafecht Weaver	Ploceus baglafecht
496	Little Weaver	Ploceus luteolus
497	Spectacled Weaver	Ploceus ocularis
498	Northern Masked-weaver	Ploceus taeniopterus
499	Lesser Masked Weaver	Ploceus intermedius
500	Vitelline Masked-weaver	Ploceus vitellinus
501	Rueppell's Weaver	Ploceus galbula
502	Speke's Weaver	Ploceus spekei
503	Village Weaver	Ploceus cucullatus
504	Chestnut Weaver	Ploceus rubiginosus
505	Red-billed Quelea	Quelea quelea
506	Yellow Bishop	Euplectes capensis
507	White-winged Widowbird	Euplectes albonotatus
508	Red-collared Widowbird	Euplectes ardens
509	Grosbeak Weaver	Amblyospiza albifrons
510	Yellow-bellied Waxbill	Coccopygia quartinia
511	Green-backed Twinspot	Mandingoa nitidula
512	Abyssinian Crimson-wing	Cryptospiza salvadorii
513	Crimson-rumped Waxbill	Estrilda rhodopyga
514	Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild
515	Black-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda charmosyna
516	Red-cheeked Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus bengalus
517	Purple Grenadier	Granatina ianthinogaster
518	Green-winged Pytilia	Pytilia melba
519	Orange-winged Pytilia	Pytilia afra
520	Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala
521	Black-faced Firefinch	Lagonosticta larvata
522	African Firefinch	Lagonosticta rubricata
523	Cut-throat	Amadina fasciata
524	Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullata
525	Black-and-white Mannikin	Spermestes bicolor
526	African Silverbill	Euodice cantans
527	Pin-tailed Whydah	Vidua macroura
528	Eastern Paradise-whydah	Vidua paradisaea
529	Straw-tailed Whydah	Vidua fischeri
530	Village Indigobird	Vidua chalybeata