The Best of Ethiopia

Naturetrek Tour Report 7th – 25th February 2020

Gelada Abyssinian Ground-thrush

Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole Grivet Monkey

Tour report compiled by Simon Tonkin, images by Adam Dudley and Jane Dixon

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Tour Report The Best of Ethiopia

Tour participants: Simon Tonkin and Abiy Dagne (tour leaders and naturalists) eleven Naturetrek clients

Summary

We discovered the best of Ethiopia - a truly amazing country which gave us memories of intimate views of the varied and amazing nature from mountains, forests, wetlands and plains.

The group sat alongside Geladas and listening to their conversations whilst watching their mutual grooming, as Lammergeiers flew overhead and Moorland Chats become our new friends. In the Bale Mountains we enjoyed the sleek beauty of the Ethiopian Wolf - the rarest canid - while Wattled Cranes wandered past and endemic Blue-winged Geese occupied the mountain pools.

Ethiopian endemic and near endemic birds were seemingly everywhere! We enjoyed Spot-breasted Lapwings, Ethiopian Orioles, Abyssinian Catbirds, Yellow-fronted Parrot, Black-winged Lovebirds and Abyssinian Longclaw to name but a few.

Ethiopia is a place of beautiful and unique contrasts, habitats, nature, food and culture.

Day 1 & 2 Friday 7th & Saturday 8th February

We started our adventure on various flights from the UK, US and Australia, converging on Addis Ababa, where we met with local guide Abiy.

After a pause for breakfast at a nearby hotel, and taking the time to spot Speckled Mousebird, Abyssinian Thrush, Dusky Turtle Dove and Swainson´s Sparrow, we met with the rest of the group and boarded our plane for the short hop to Dahir Bar.

Arriving at our lovely lakeside hotel in time for lunch, we had our first opportunity to try Ethiopia´s famous injera pancakes, which were served with and used to mop up shiro, a tasty chickpea curry. After some time to rest, refresh and unpack, we went for a wander around the hotel´s sumptuous verdant grounds. Here we started to see our first endemic and exciting East African birds, including Black-winged Lovebird, Rüppell´s Robin Chat and Bruce´s Green Pigeon.

There was much to see amongst the trees and flowering plants, such as Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Ethiopian Oriole, Black-billed and Double-toothed Barbets, Baglafecht Weaver and Nubian Woodpecker. Splashes of vibrant colour were added by Scarlet-chested, Tacazze and Variable Sunbird.

We took a stroll to the edge of the nearby marshes. In the soft late afternoon light, we enjoyed African Jacana, Squacco Heron, Intermediate Egret, Black Crake and many Black-headed Yellow Wagtails amongst the low- intensity rice paddies. In the scrub and woodland in between, were Blue-breasted Bee-eaters, which gave fantastic views, Red-faced Crombec, Blue-headed Coucal and Grey Kestrel.

A fantastic first taste of Ethiopia´s avian delights! Followed by a second chance to sample its culinary ones!

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Day 3 Sunday 9th February

Today we headed out early morning, onto the still waters of Lake Tana. With a surface area of over 3000 square kilometres, this huge body of water is Ethiopia´s largest lake and the source of the Blue Nile.

We first spent some time in a quiet, reed-fringed area. Here we found many roosting African Fish Eagles of various age classes, African Darter and Long-tailed Cormorant, as well as Spur-winged and Egyptian Goose, Knob-billed Duck, and a couple of delightful Pygmy Geese.

In the lakeside trees, there was a simply spectacular Northern Carmine Bee-eater roost. Many hirundines were already active, including Barn Swallow, Sand, Brown-Throated and Banded Martins. Lurking in the shallows were family groups of Common Hippopotamus.

Our boat took us to an island in the lake which housed a monastery. Still in use, the beautifully-preserved interior of this simple structure featured brightly-coloured artwork depicting bible scenes in the area´s own inimitable style.

Outside we could see clearly the inhabitants of an African Fish Eagle nest above us! An African Paradise Flycatcher put on a great show for us while an Eastern Olivaceous Warbler sang from the trees. We came across Speckled Weavers and delicately-coloured Lemon Doves among the many singing Red-eyed Doves.

Out on the water were islands that were actually made of Great White Pelicans! White-winged Black and Caspian Terns drifted by. On a small island where many Long-tailed Cormorants were nesting, we could see two Water Monitor Lizards patrolling the detritus below.

Arriving at a second island, we wended our way up through little handicraft stalls to a monastery where is kept a replica of the Ark of the Covenant. As well as admiring it, we enjoyed adding some mammals to our list, in the form of Rock Hyrax (soon renamed “Roof Hyrax”!), Gambian Sun Squirrel and Grivet Monkey. Red-winged Starling, Banded Barbet and Yellow-fronted Parrot were also in evidence.

We took a gorgeous lunch in a restaurant by the lake, surrounded by Speckled Mousebirds and a Common Fiscal.

For the afternoon we headed out right to the very source of the Blue Nile Falls. As we travelled along dusty roads through smaller and smaller villages, we spied Striped Kingfisher, Village Indigobird, Hadada Ibis, Maribou Stork, White-backed and Hooded Vulture, Fan-tailed Raven and Somali Crow.

We wandered through pretty, low-intensity agriculture, verdant and productive. Here we found African Citril Finch, Abyssinian Waxbill, Bush Petronia, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, White-rumped Swift, Brown Snake Eagle and Steppe Buzzard. Overlooking the picturesque falls themselves, we could see a flock of Slender-billed Starlings, a Mocking Cliff Chat, and we were thrilled to get our first glimpse of a White-cheeked Turaco!

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Day 4 Monday 10th February

At first light, our walk started with a magical view of an Abyssinian Nightjar calling, silhouetted from a tree. We left the hotel grounds and strolled along a lakeside path. Here we got fantastic views of Tacazze Sunbird, Senegal Batis and Brown-throated Wattle-eye. A fisherman in a traditional papyrus canoe was surrounded by a raft of a few dozen Great White Pelicans. As we returned for breakfast, a pair of Violet-backed Starlings showed well in a treetop.

We continued our journey north to our next base, in the historic city of Gondar. We soon found ourselves crossing great agricultural plains, with rice fields FULL of Common Cranes. We made a stop to enjoy this spectacle, and also enjoyed seeing Black-headed Heron, Long-legged Buzzard and a stunning Long-crested Snake Eagle perched on a hay pile. We also found two absolutely gorgeous Black-crowned Cranes feeding by the roadside. Wheatears were pretty numerous – we spotted Northern, Red-breasted and Pied Wheatear.

Our next stop was near an imposing rocky outcrop, where thermal air currents were starting to develop in the warm mid-morning sun. Overhead soared Rüppell´s, White-backed and Hooded Vultures and a pair of Lanner Falcons. A stunning creamy Augur Buzzard perched nearby and then soared away. We also picked up African Hoopoe and Rock Martin.

Now the plains gave way to mountains and low intensity agriculture, where farmers were using cows to thresh grain by walking them in a circle over the harvested crop.

A highpoint of the day awaited us in Gondar – an outstanding lunch at the famous Four Sisters restaurant! For the hungry birder, this place has literally everything! The buffet-style lunch featured an enormous selection of traditional Ethiopian dishes – various spiced pulses, meats, fish and salads accompanied by fresh rice and injera (plus tasty “European-style” options for those who preferred). It was washed down with a complimentary honey wine and some amazing Ethiopian coffee – the beans for which were roasted right in front of us.

But – thanks to numerous feeders and drinking bowls around the restaurant´s pretty flower-covered terraces – this whole experience was enriched by visits from African Paradise Flycatcher, Tacazze Sunbird, Brown-rumped Seedeater and Abyssinian Thrush! As we sat down, one of the four sisters who run this amazing place rushed through to tell Simon that “your bird is here” – we headed to the drinking bowl to find a White-cheeked Turaco!

In the afternoon we explored some of this medieval city´s historic sites. Local guides gave us fascinating insights into the history of the Moorish-style castle and bath house of 17th Century Emperor Fasilides, and the Debre Birhan Selassie Church. The “historic urban birding” was impressive too, yielding endemic White-collared Pigeon, roosting Greyish Eagle Owl and Streaky Seedeater. A leaky tap, nick-named the “tap of dreams” brought in Black-billed Barbet and Abyssinian Oriole. At the church we had our first views of the imposing Thick-billed Ravens. Coming in to roost were Hooded Vultures and a Tawny Eagle and Blue-breasted Bee-eaters

We arrived at our luxurious surroundings on the hilltop Goha Hotel in time to be whisked off to see a roosting African Wood Owl! We also caught many Yellow-billed Kites and Hooded Vultures coming in to roost, as well as Red-winged Starlings, Tawny Eagles and a Steppe Eagle.

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Day 5 Tuesday 11th February

Today we travelled on again, north to the Simien Mountains. Near the National Park office, we stopped to refresh with a fantastic coffee, and to pick up the park rangers who would accompany us for the entirety of our stay in this most special of National Parks, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

We soon arrive at our accommodation at Simien Lodge - Africa´s highest at 3300m ASL - where we were housed in comfortable roundhouse-style bungalows. There were many Thick-billed Ravens calling around the lodge as well as our first Moorland Chats.

After a tasty lunch and some time to settle in, we went for a walk accompanied by our guide and rangers. Looking out across the truly breath-taking scenery of these spectacular mountains, we were thrilled to spot a large troupe of Geladas on the slopes beneath us! We made our way down towards them, taking in views of Klipspringers and Erckel´s Francolin on the way. Soon there they were, right in front of us! Moving slowly and calmly, we were able to sit on the ground right amongst them as they dug rhythmically in the ground for roots and shoots, and chatted away softly to one another. We watched them respond to passing threats, ignoring Tawny Eagles and corvids, but briefly freaked out by a passing Augur Buzzard, which their lookout possibly mistook for a Verreaux´s Eagle. We enjoyed their company for quite some time until, moving as a herd and responding to some unseen decision, they set off, walking right through the middle of our little group on their way to their cliffside sleeping areas.

We followed them up the hill, further enjoying the incredible views as we went, and were lucky enough to catch sight of a Cape Bushbuck – a hard mammal to see. Catching up with the Geladas, we watched some more as they fed on grass and the flowers of Ethiopian Rose, and the little ones jumped, played and tumbled on the most precipitous of playgrounds!

Before dinner, the hotel screened a short but very interesting documentary about these enchanting mammals, before treating us to a fantastic feast of both local and European-style dishes.

Day 6 Wednesday 12th February

Today we set out to explore our spectacular surroundings in the Simien Mountains National Park. Stopping at the edge of a mountain village we enjoyed many Thick-billed Ravens and our first Lammergeier!

Just up the road, Abiy spotted Walia! A male and female of this amazing horned antelope were resting amongst a troupe of Geladas on a craggy slope. Nearby a Thekla Lark sang, and Slender-billed Starlings fed on Giant Lobelias. Continuing higher, we came across a fantastic male, ruminating amongst the rocks and surveying his realm. Flocks of Red-billed Chough called overhead and we encountered a Red-throated Pipit.

Returning to the village for our picnic, we enjoyed a fantastic experience as Thick-billed and Fan-tailed Ravens and Yellow-billed Kites turned up in droves hoping for scraps, then a group of Gelada turned up and simply strolled amongst us! They seemed pretty uninterested in titbits and proceeded to eat their own grass-y picnic.

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Overhead were Alpine Swifts and Pale Crag Martins, and in the scrub around the village we found Cinnamon Bracken Warbler, Ethiopian Cisticola, Groundscraper Thrush, and Streaky and Brown-rumped Seed-eater. A flock of endemic Wattled Ibis fed on the ground and also gave us lovely flight views.

The mountain roads were full of raptors, including Augur, Eastern Long-legged and Mountain Buzzard, Lammergeier, Lanner Falcon, African Harrier Hawk, Common Kestrel, Tawny and Steppe Eagle. Abyssinian Grass Rats fed on the slopes.

On the way down we stopped by a busy village-edge stream, where locals were meeting and chatting while they did laundry and tended livestock. Amongst them were several Spot-breasted Lapwings! We also saw Ethiopian Siskin and Serin, and Pied and Red-breasted Wheatear. Nearing the lodge, we stopped once again to mingle with another large group of Gelada families, some of which wore collars as part of a research programme.

Day 7 Thursday 13th February

We awoke to another stunning breakfast, with a huge buffet selection, zingy Ethiopian coffee and delicious omelettes prepared to order!

This morning we were to have perhaps our best Gelada encounter yet, as we went and found our local troupe just as they were waking up. At this time of the day, before they move off to their feeding grounds, we got to enjoy all their social interactions, grooming one another to reinforce family ties, playing, resting, and a lot of yawning!

Wandering through magical lichen-draped forests of Giant Heather, we found White-backed Black Tit, Rufous- chested Sparrowhawk, and Pallid Harrier. Groups of White-rumped Babblers moved noisily through the scrub, and we encountered another Cape Bushbuck and two Klipspringers hiding quietly in the shade.

We had our picnic overlooking an immense valley, where we were thrilled to see Verreaux´s Eagle flying far below us and two enormous Lappet-faced Vultures. We were again joined by Thick-billed and Fan-tailed Ravens, and numerous views of Augur Buzzards, putting on a spectacular display. An example of the local minor race of Peregrine Falcon flew over, and we had good views of White-billed Starlings.

We then stretched our legs for a couple of hours, on a scenic walk along the high ridge. Fresh Leopard scat on the track reminded us of the unseen wildlife always just out of view! Pale Crag and Rock Martins swirled around the pasture where we waited for our bus, White-backed Black Tit and Abyssinian Catbird put in further brief appearances.

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Day 8 Thursday 14th February

We said goodbye to our mountain home and headed back to Gondar but with some great stops on the way. By a secluded river we found Rüppell´s Blackchat, Abyssinian Black Wheatear, Grey and African Wagtail, Ethiopian Siskin, and Ortolan Bunting, as well as a lone Ethiopian Black Duck.

We paused for a comfort stop and another great coffee at a large lodge where Queen Elizabeth II stayed with Ethiopia´s King Haile Selassie during a state visit. As well as the coffee, we took in more spectacular scenery and a nice view of a Tawny-flanked Prinia.

It was great to return once again to The Four Sisters for lunch! Our favourite Abyssinian Thrush and White- cheeked Turaco dropped in once again to say ‘Hi!’.

Arriving back at the Goha Hotel in the hills above Gondar, we took a stroll around the local area. As raptors started to come in to roost in the Eucalyptus trees, we were able to have an ID masterclass on differentiating Tawny and Steppe Eagles. There was a great collection of other things to see on our walk, including Montane White-eye, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Ethiopian Oriole, and Mocking Cliff Chat.

Day 9 Friday 15th February

This morning we left the roosting Eagles and Thick-billed Ravens to catch our flight to Addis Ababa. After hassle-free boarding we soon arrived, and then continued to Adama, where we took our lunch before heading to Awash Falls.

On the drive we spotted a lot of Dark-chanting Goshawks and Blue Breasted Bee-eaters. At the entrance to the park, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Isabelline Wheatear, White-bellied Go-away Birds and a super little Buff- crested Bustard were spotted.

We also enjoyed our first views of the delicate Salt’s Dik-dik along with Ethiopian Hare, Olive Baboons and a welcoming party of Grivet Monkeys.

Our night drive produced Soemmerring's Gazelle, Lesser Kudu and the impressive Beisa Oryx.

Day 10 Saturday 16th February

Awash Falls Lodge is in a magical setting, with comfortable but basic lodge accommodation that ensures you feel part of the African bush but with the best possible facilities and great staff on hand to help out with any needs.

Sadly, much of the bush here is overgrazed as traditional grazing is displaced by intensive export agriculture. The drying of wetlands from irrigation meaning that there are far fewer alternatives for graziers and they often look to illegal grazing opportunities, to the detriment of the environment.

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Our night drive produced much more than our previous attempt and we added a brief view of a Spotted Hyena, along with finding a group of rare Caspian Plovers. Two Bat-eared Foxes were a real highlight and Abyssinian Ground Hornbills made imposing figures in their lofty roosts in the Acacia trees.

Day 11 & 12 Sunday 17th & Monday 18th February

Our morning walk produced both Crested Francolin and Yellow-necked Spurfowl close to the compound, and a Red-fronted Tinkerbird gave close views as it piped notes in full view. As we continued along the track, we found Olive Baboons hanging out in the shade and a White-bellied Go-away bird was confiding.

Spur-winged Plovers with tiny chicks led us to find a small bird which wasn’t a chick but a Temminck’s Stint! We also enjoyed a smart Three-banded Plover.

We found a small raptor and it gave brilliant scope views enabling us to confirm it was indeed a Little Sparrowhawk. We assumed it must be nesting somewhere nearby so we backed off. In doing so we heard the calls of a Pearl-spotted Owlet which gave us equally satisfying scope views.

We left Awash Falls and headed for Lake Awassa. On the way we made a roadside stop at Koke, to log a near endemic - Sombre Rock Chat! We found four of them here, alongside several Rock Hyrax which were very confiding on the rock face just beneath us.

Driving on we found more Olive Baboons but one looked a little different - perhaps a hybrid Olive x Hamadryas Baboon.

We found our way out to an area known as Ziway alongside the Awassa Lake. A rather lame horse was surrounded by the Marabou Storks waiting for the inevitable. Whilst upsetting to see, it is very much part of the ebb and flow of life and demonstrates the vital ecosystem function that these birds provide - life from death.

Amongst the bushes, a Sedge Warbler sang and finally showed itself to those of us who were at the right point at the right time!

Day 13 Wednesday 19th February

Following breakfast, we headed to the fish market of Awassa Lake where the lake-edge bustled with life, in both human and avian form. Malachite and Pied Kingfishers perched as we literally walked amongst the Marabou Storks (perfect time for a Marabou selfie!).

White-winged Terns flitted over Sacred Ibis and Hammerkops. We also found a pair of Pallas’s Gulls.

A little boy approached our group and his trousers were virtually non-existent. We decided to help him out. We bought him a new pair of trousers and a new t-shirt from a local salesman and, whilst he looked slightly

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perplexed at our generosity, he looked much smarter and ready to come birding with us. This great gesture by our group gave constructive support to a young man and well, you know – it´s nice to be nice!

Fifteen Common Warthogs lined the road dissecting the Gessay grasslands as we climbed towards the Bale Mountains. As we climbed, the mountain pools provided us with fabulous sightings of Yellow-billed Duck and the endemic and beautiful Blue-winged Goose. A flock of about 50 endemic Spot-breasted Lapwing also flew through.

Day 14 Thursday 20th February

Today saw us heading high up to the Sinnetti Plain - a vast expanse of magnificent landscapes. We were all suitably in awe. Our target here was the Ethiopian Wolf. Sadly, due to an outbreak of canine distemper there has been a radical decline in this beautiful canid.

We were soon entertained with close views of the near-endemic Rouget’s Rails as they stalked alongside the roadside while Auger Buzzards flew over.

Jane was the first to spot it - a stunning Ethiopian Wolf hunting among the rock crevices and heathland! We felt truly blessed to have seen this stunning dweller of the upland plains.

Further on, we watched Ruddy Shelducks, Blue-winged Geese and Yellow-billed Ducks and we were able to approach with respect a pair of Wattled Cranes. We added Moorland Francolins and Stark’s Hare before moving on.

We took our lunch in the sheltered valley of the Harrena Forest, while watching Abyssinian Oriole. A pair of Crowned Eagles were spotted overhead - the main predator of the endemic Bale Monkeys.

Following lunch, as we headed up a steep hill we stopped to observe the Mantled Guereza, a member of the Black and White Colobus family of colobines.

As we headed back across the plains, we spotted a distant pair of Ethiopian Wolves. We watched from a distance as they hunkered down among the rocks and finally out of view. A Steppe Eagle showed well next to us and Thekla’s Larks and Rouget’s Rails patrolled the margins of the track.

Day 15 Friday 21st February

Today we headed for the Bale Mountains National Park Centre, where we met with park officials, one of which was to take us on our walk through the forest. No sooner had we started along the track than we heard the melodic beauty of the song of the Abyssinian Thrush. We quietly listened as scope-filling views allowed a full-on assault of both auditory and visual senses.

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Further on we found a day-roosting Cape Eagle Owl. As we walked quietly and respectfully through the forest glades, endemic Mountain Nyala and Warthogs walked alongside. We approached another clearing where we looked from a respectable distance. Amazingly well-concealed in the fork of one of the trees, a splendid Abyssinian Owl was sleeping. We quietly observed it through the scope and binoculars and left it to its daytime slumber.

Day 16 & 17 Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd February

First, we journeyed out to the Gessay Grasslands where Olive Baboons patrolled the road edge looking for an easy meal handout. As we walked through the grasslands, a group of Abdim’s Storks flew overhead. Warthogs, Duikers and Reedbucks were also spotted. We also had great views of African Stonechats.

After some searching of the grasslands, we found the near-threatened and endemic Abyssinian Long-claw! A superb high mountain plateaux grassland-dweller with a saffron-yellow supercilium and throat. Further on we found yet another, this time extremely confiding and right next to the bus!

We left the highlands and head for Lagarno Lake, where our accommodation awaited us lakeside. The lake is brown in colour and at first sight one may think that the lake is not clean. However, this is not the case -the reason for the colour is due to the richness of minerals including high sulphur levels, which have led many to believe that the lake water has healing properties. Sadly, the area around the lake has been seriously deforested. However some fragments remain protected and would be the focus of our attention.

The area around the lake and lodgings provided superb birding and wildlife watching opportunities, with Hippopotamus just offshore, Gueraza Colobus in the trees and the superb Narina Trogon. We also found a day- roosting African Scops Owl, seemingly oblivious to our presence or just in contempt of it!

We took a night drive, hearing Spotted Hyena and also spotted a White-tailed Mongoose - the largest in the Mongoose family. Possibly one of the most stunning aspects was to see the night sky virtually free of light pollution. It was a clear night with a dazzling view of the stars. We also explored the Bishan Gari Forest. Here Fork-tailed Drongo, Rüppell’s Starlings and Abyssinian Ground Hornbill wandered the grasslands with an array of Yellow Wagtails and Little Ringed Plovers and Ringed Plovers.

Day 18 & 19 Monday 24th & Tuesday 25th February

Sadly, it was now time to return to Addis Ababa for our journeys back home, first stopping for lunch at a very swish hotel complex overlooking a lake, where Yellow-billed Kites quartered and Little Grebes dotted the water. We made Addis in good time, giving us chance to freshen up before moving on to our flights, full of amazing memories of a truly spectacular trip.

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Species Lists

E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes 1 1 White-faced Whistling 2 Dendrocygna viduata √ √ √ Duck 3 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 2 √ Plectropterus 5 Spur-winged Goose √ √ √ √ 3 √ 3 √ gambensis 6 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 20 20 8 7 Blue-winged Goose - E Cyanochen cyanoptera √ √ 10 4 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 6 √ 10 √ √ √ √ √ 9 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 4 10 African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus 4 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 6 10 2 12 African Black Duck Anas sparsa 1 13 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 10 c.20 √ 14 Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema 3 4 15 Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena 5 4 4 Chestnut-naped 16 Pternistis castaneicollis √ √ √ Francolin - N 17 Erckel's Francolin Pternistis erckelii √ 3 50 20 18 Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus 1 1 19 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 1 √ √ √ 1 20 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus √ √ 21 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 5 1 4 1 22 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 1 1 23 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 2 8 10 9 4 24 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 1 25 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer 1 2 20 5 3 √ √ √ √ 26 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 27 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 2 3 7 √ √ √ √ √ 28 Wattled Ibis - N Bostrychia carunculata 4 30 √ √ 10 √ √ √ √ √ 29 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 6 1 10 3

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 30 African Spoonbill Platalea alba 1 Black-crowned Night 31 Nycticorax nycticorax 1 1 Heron 32 Striated Heron Butorides striata 1 1 33 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 4 √ √ √ 1 4 34 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 35 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 1 1 1 1 2 36 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 1 1 37 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 2 1 1 38 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 1 39 Great Egret Ardea alba 1 1 2 40 Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia 7 4 8 2 √ √ 41 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca 1 1 42 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 2 √ √ √ √ √ 43 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 10 5 10 4 10 2 4 √ √ 3 2 5 44 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 50 200 50 √ √ √ √ 3 45 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 7 √ 46 Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus √ √ 20 √ √ √ √ White-breasted 47 Phalacrocorax lucidus √ 5 √ √ √ √ Cormorant 48 African Darter Anhinga rufa √ 2 √ √ √ Elanus caeruleus 49 Black-winged Kite 2 1 caeruleus 50 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus 1 1 1 2 51 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus 1 1 7 2 52 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 4 53 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 54 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 10 6 1 √ 3 10 20 4 3 √ 55 Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli √ 50 1 50 √ √ 10 20 10 20 √ √ 56 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 1 1 57 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos 2 Black-chested Snake 58 Circaetus pectoralis 1 1 Eagle 59 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus 1 Western Banded Snake 60 Circaetus cinerascens 1 Eagle

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 61 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 1 1 1 Stephanoaetus 62 Crowned Eagle 2 coronatus 63 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 1 1 1 1 64 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 1 65 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax c.20 13 5 5 15 10 2 4 1 1 66 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 1 2 2 1 5 2 2 4 5 3 67 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 2 68 Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii 2 69 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates 3 2 2 3 1 Eastern Chanting 70 Melierax poliopterus 1 1 Goshawk 71 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro 1 3 72 Shikra Accipiter badius 1 1 73 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus 2 Rufous-breasted 74 Accipiter rufiventris 2 1 Sparrowhawk 75 Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 1 1 76 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 3 1 77 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 1 1 1 78 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 1 79 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 2 √ √ √ 80 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 4 50 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 81 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 1 3 1 82 Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus 1 1 √ √ 83 Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus 1 3 84 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur 3 5 10 √ 5 3 √ √ 4 85 Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs 2 3 86 White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis 6 87 Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana 1 8 10 1 88 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster 2 3 89 Rouget's Rail - N Rougetius rougetii 2 7 10 3 90 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 4 6 4 4 2

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Gallinula chloropus 91 Common Moorhen 2 meridionalis 92 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata √ √ √ √ 93 Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina 5 2 2 94 Wattled Crane Grus carunculata 2 95 Common Crane Grus grus 1000 4 96 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis 1 1 √ √ √ 97 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 4 2 √ √ 1 98 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 6 √ √ √ √ √ 99 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus 10 4 √ √ √ √ 100 Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus 1 101 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 6 √ √ Spot-breasted Lapwing - Vanellus 102 17 50 30 E melanocephalus 103 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula √ √ 104 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 3 20 √ 10 105 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 2 106 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 5 107 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 6 10 √ √ √ 108 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 5 2 √ √ 109 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1 110 Ruff Calidris pugnax 200 50 √ 6 111 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 1 112 Little Stint Calidris minuta √ 1 113 African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis 1 1 1 1 114 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 1 1 1 2 115 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 4 1 3 2 5 √ √ 8 2 √ 116 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus √ 4 √ 1 4 3 √ √ 117 Common Redshank Tringa totanus √ 118 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 10 5 119 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 2 2 3 15 10 1 2 √ 120 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1 10 √ 1 1 1 2 121 Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus 4 1 Chroicocephalus 122 Black-headed Gull 1 √ 4 ridibundus

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Chroicocephalus 123 Grey-headed Gull √ √ √ √ √ cirrocephalus 124 Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus 2 125 Baltic Gull Larus fuscus fuscus 6 2 3 2 2 126 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica √ 127 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 2 128 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Chestnut-bellied 129 Pterocles exustus 50 10 Sandgrouse Lichtenstein's 130 Pterocles lichtensteinii 4 Sandgrouse Columba livia var. 131 Rock Dove - I √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ domestica 132 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ White-collared Pigeon - 133 Columba albitorques 10 √ 200 30 10 √ √ 50 N 134 Lemon Dove Columba larvata 7 2 135 Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens 3 3 √ 4 √ √ 10 √ √ √ 136 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens 3 5 3 √ 10 3 Streptopelia 137 Red-eyed Dove √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ semitorquata 138 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea 2 2 2 3 139 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Emerald-spotted Wood 140 Turtur chalcospilos 1 1 Dove Blue-spotted Wood 141 Turtur afer 3 2 1 √ √ 2 Dove 142 Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus √ √ √ 143 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 10 5 √ √ √ √ √ √ 2 144 Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia 5 10 √ 1 1 145 White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis 4 2 1 1 2 Bare-faced Go-away- Corythaixoides 146 2 2 bird personatus White-bellied Go-away- Corythaixoides 147 2 6 4 √ √ bird leucogaster 148 Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus √ √ √ √ 1 √

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 149 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 2 150 Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus 2 3 1 151 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 1 152 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus 1H 153 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 2 154 African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis 1 1 155 Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis 1 156 Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens 2 157 African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii 1 1 2 2 158 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum 1 159 Abyssinian Owl - N Asio abyssinicus 1 Caprimulgus 160 Abyssinian Nightjar poliocephalus 1 poliocephalus 161 Star-spotted Nightjar Caprimulgus stellatus 4 162 Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus √ 5 163 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus 2 3 3 164 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 4 √ 4 √ Tachymarptis 165 Mottled Swift √ √ aequatorialis 166 Common Swift Apus apus √ √ 167 Nyanza Swift Apus niansae √ √ √ √ √ 168 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer 1 169 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 170 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus 2 √ 171 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina 1 2 172 Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius 1 173 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus 1 1 174 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus 1 1 2 2 175 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 1 176 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 1 1 1 177 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 3 1 178 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 1 1 African Pygmy 179 Ispidina picta 2 2 Kingfisher

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 180 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 3 181 Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata 2 182 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima 5 5 1 183 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 2 8 1 1 2 4 4 2 2 2 184 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 1 1 1 Merops variegatus 185 Blue-breasted Bee-eater 4 20 √ 2 √ 4 10 lafresnayii Northern Carmine Bee- 186 Merops nubicus 30 1 1 1 5 8 eater Upupa epops 187 Eurasian Hoopoe 3 3 6 4 2 1 2 senegalensis Black-billed Wood Phoeniculus 188 10 5 4 Hoopoe somaliensis Rhinopomastus 189 Black Scimitarbill √ 3 aterrimus 190 Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor √ Abyssinian Ground 191 Bucorvus abyssinicus 3 2 2 Hornbill Northern Red-billed 192 Tockus erythrorhynchus 3 √ 3 Hornbill Von der Decken's 193 Tockus deckeni 1 c.5 √ 2 Hornbill Eastern Yellow-billed 194 Tockus flavirostris √ Hornbill 195 Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii 3 6 196 African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus 2 4 √ √ 197 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis 2 2 4 4 4 198 Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus 1 1 4 Yellow-fronted 199 Pogoniulus chrysoconus 2 1 Tinkerbird 200 Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata 1 Tricholaema 201 Black-throated Barbet 1 melanocephala 202 Banded Barbet - N Lybius undatus 2 1 2 1 2 203 Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito 6 2 5 204 Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus 4 2 3 2 2

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Trachyphonus 205 Yellow-breasted Barbet 1 2 margaritatus Scaly-throated 206 Indicator variegatus 1 Honeyguide 207 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 3 208 Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica 2 2 2 1 2 Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos 209 2 - N abyssinicus Dendropicos 210 Cardinal Woodpecker 4 fuscescens Grey-headed Dendropicos 211 3 2 4 Woodpecker spodocephalus Polihierax 212 Pygmy Falcon 1 semitorquatus 213 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 1 1 214 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 2 1 3 √ √ √ √ 215 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus 1 1 216 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 217 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 3 4 6 1 4 1 3 218 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2 219 Yellow-fronted Parrot - E Poicephalus flavifrons 4 2 6 Black-winged Lovebird - 220 Agapornis taranta 3 4 10 3 3 2 2 10 E 221 Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis 2 2 Western Black-headed 222 Batis erlangeri 1 1 1 Batis Brown-throated Wattle- 223 Platysteira cyanea 1 1 1 2 eye 224 Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti 1 Orange-breasted Chlorophoneus 225 1 1 1 Bushshrike sulfureopectus Rosy-patched 226 Telophorus cruentus 4 4 Bushshrike 227 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis 2 1 2 228 Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus 1 2 1 6 2 229 Brubru Nilaus afer 1 1 Northern White-crowned 230 Eurocephalus ruppelli 4 5 3 Shrike

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 231 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus 4 10 3 232 Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides √ √ 5 9 √ 233 Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus 3 4 234 Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis 2 5 10 10 10 1 1 2 1 235 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 15 2 236 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 3 237 Ethiopian Oriole - N Oriolus monacha 2 2 2 2 3 238 Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus √ 239 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 1 2 5 3 2 √ African Paradise 240 Terpsiphone viridis 2 6 6 2 2 1 2 5 Flycatcher Pyrrhocorax 241 Red-billed Chough 300 √ pyrrhocorax 242 Cape Crow Corvus capensis 1 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 243 Pied Crow Corvus albus √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 244 Somali Crow Corvus edithae 2 √ √ √ 245 Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus 3 √ √ √ √ √ √ 2 √ √ √ 246 Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris 15 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 247 White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas 4 White-backed Black Tit - 248 Melaniparus leuconotus 3 2 2 N 249 Foxy Lark Calendulauda alopex 15 250 Singing Bush Lark Mirafra cantillans 1 251 Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae 1 8 √ √ √ √ √ √ 252 Erlanger's Lark - E Calandrella erlangeri √ 253 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 254 Somali Bulbul - N Pycnonotus somaliensis 1 255 Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor √ √ Psalidoprocne 256 Black Saw-wing √ √ 1 pristoptera 257 Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 258 Sand Martin Riparia riparia √ √ √ 259 Banded Martin Riparia cincta √

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 260 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 8 √ √ 261 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida 1 1 262 Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica 1 263 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 2 264 Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta 2 √ √ √ 265 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 266 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum √ √ √ √ 267 Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis 1 268 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 3 4 269 Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura 2 270 Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii 2 2 2 271 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 1 1 272 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Brown Woodland Phylloscopus 273 2 5 2 1 5 10 Warbler umbrovirens Acrocephalus 274 Great Reed Warbler 1 arundinaceus Acrocephalus 275 Sedge Warbler 1 schoenobaenus Acrocephalus 276 Eurasian Reed Warbler 2 scirpaceus Acrocephalus 277 African Reed Warbler 2 baeticatus Eastern Olivaceous 278 Iduna pallida 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 Warbler Cinnamon Bracken Bradypterus 279 10 6 3 3 √ Warbler cinnamomeus 280 Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans 2 281 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana 3 2 282 Ethiopian Cisticola - N Cisticola lugubris 1 3 5 2 1 2 5 2 283 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 1 2 √ √ √ 1 284 Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella 2 1 285 Red-fronted Warbler Urorhipis rufifrons 2 2 Grey-backed Camaroptera 286 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 4 Camaroptera brevicaudata 287 Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex 1 288 Yellow-bellied Eremomela 1 1

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Eremomela icteropygialis 289 Rufous Chatterer Turdoides rubiginosa 1 1 290 White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia 2 3 2 √ 291 Abyssinian Catbird - E Parophasma galinieri 1 10 4 √ 292 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 1 4 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 3 √ 293 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 1 294 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 1 1 √ Sylvia lugens 295 Brown Parisoma - E 2 2 griseiventris 296 Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus 2 2 6 2 5 6 5 Zosterops poliogastrus 297 Montane White-eye 3 √ √ √ 5 poliogastrus 298 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea √ √ √ √ Greater Blue-eared Lamprotornis 299 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Starling chalybaeus Lesser Blue-eared Lamprotornis 300 √ √ Starling chloropterus Lamprotornis 301 Rüppell's Starling 5 15 √ √ √ √ √ purpuroptera 302 Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus 1 √ √ √ 10 √ Cinnyricinclus 303 Violet-backed Starling 3 2 2 leucogaster 304 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio 2 1 20 √ √ √ √ √ Onychognathus 305 Slender-billed Starling 20 4 16 tenuirostris Onychognathus 306 White-billed Starling - N 4 √ albirostris Buphagus 307 Red-billed Oxpecker 20 7 10 8 √ √ erythrorynchus Abyssinian Ground 308 Geokichla piaggiae 1H 3 Thrush 309 Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa 6 4 √ √ 4 2 5 √ 310 African Thrush Turdus pelios 3 1 311 Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus 2 2 6 √ √ 3 √ √ √ Rufous-tailed Scrub 312 Cercotrichas galactotes 1 Robin

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Abyssinian Slaty Melaenornis 313 15 5 5 √ Flycatcher - N chocolatinus Northern Black 314 Melaenornis edolioides 2 2 4 4 √ Flycatcher 315 Pale Flycatcher Melaenornis pallidus √ 2 Melaenornis 316 African Grey Flycatcher 10 2 2 1 √ microrhynchus pumilus 317 African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta 1 1 1 2 √ √ √ 318 Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa 4 2 10 1 3 2 1 1 2 White-browed Robin- 319 Cossypha heuglini 1 Chat 320 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 1 321 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 3 1 1 1 Phoenicurus 322 Common Redstart 1 1 1 7 phoenicurus White-winged Cliff Chat - 323 Monticola semirufus 3 2 N 324 Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis 1 325 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 1 Saxicola maurus 326 Siberian Stonechat 1 4 √ variegatus 327 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 1 √ 10 328 Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida √ √ √ √ √ √ Thamnolaea 329 Mocking Cliff Chat 2 4 6 3 2 cinnamomeiventris 330 Rüppell's Black Chat - N Myrmecocichla melaena 5 331 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 3 2 1 1 2 332 Red-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe bottae 10 10 5 1 333 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 1 √ √ 2 2 1 334 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 1 1 c.5 5 3 √ √ √ √ 3 335 Sombre Rock Chat - N Oenanthe dubia 4 336 Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris 2 337 Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica 3 2 2 Chalcomitra 339 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 3 1 5 2 2 3 1 2 2 √ √ senegalensis 340 Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze 3 √ 8 1 √ √ 2 3 2 341 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus 1 √ √ √ √ √

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 342 Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis 2 2 343 Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus 1 1 2 2 344 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus 1 √ √ √ √ 2 345 Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus 3 346 Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 347 Bush Petronia Gymnoris dentata 4 2 348 Yellow-spotted Petronia Gymnoris pyrgita 1 1 Red-billed Buffalo 349 Bubalornis niger √ √ √ Weaver White-headed Buffalo 350 Dinemellia dinemelli 3 10 2 4 √ Weaver White-browed Sparrow- 351 Plocepasser mahali √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Weaver 352 Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 353 Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus √ 1 2 √ 354 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis 2 6 1 355 Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula √ √ √ √ √ 356 Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus √ √ 357 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Anaplectes rubriceps 358 Red-headed Weaver √ leuconotos 359 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea √ √ √ 4 360 Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus √ 1 √ 361 Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis √ √ √ √ √ √ Yellow-mantled 363 Euplectes macroura √ Widowbird 364 Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata 20 √ 1 365 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Red-cheeked Cordon- 366 Uraeginthus bengalus √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ bleu Uraeginthus 367 Purple Grenadier 1 ianthinogaster 368 Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia 4 369 Abyssinian Waxbill - N Estrilda ochrogaster 10 370 Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga 8

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced Date: Common name Scientific name 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 371 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild √ √ 372 Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata √ √ √ √ 373 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata √ 6 5 1 374 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura 1 Exclamatory Paradise 375 Vidua interjecta 1 1 Whydah 376 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 377 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg √ √ √ 378 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 1 379 Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara 2 2 380 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp 1 2 2 381 Abyssinian Longclaw - E Macronyx flavicollis 4 2 382 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis 1 383 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys 1 3 2 2 384 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 20 500 385 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 10 √ 6 386 African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides 20 10 √ √ √ √ 387 Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi √ 4 388 Ankober Serin - E Crithagra ankoberensis 20 Brown-rumped 390 Crithagra tristriata √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Seedeater 391 Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata √ 3 3 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 392 Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex √ √ 393 Ethiopian Siskin - E Serinus nigriceps 30 1 50 √ 394 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 20

Date: Common name Scientific name trip 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 Yellow-spotted Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei 1 2 Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis √ √

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Date: Common name Scientific name trip 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 4 Grivet Monkey Chlorocebus aethiops √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 6 Guereza Colobus guereza √ √ 7 Olive Baboon Papio anubis √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 9 Gelada - E Theropithecus gelada 95 √ √ √ 10 Ethiopian Hare Lepus fagani √ √ 11 Abyssinian Hare Lepus habessinicus √ √ 12 Ethiopian Highland Hare - E Lepus starcki √ 14 Abyssinian Grass Rat - E Arvicanthis abyssinicus √ √ √ 15 Blick's Grass Rat - E Arvicanthis blicki √ √ 24 Giant Mole Rat - E Tachyoryctes macrocephalus √ 25 Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus 3 26 Unstriped Ground Squirrel Xerus rutilus √ 36 Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta 1 39 Golden Jackal Canis aureus 2 1 1 2 40 Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas 2 41 Ethiopian Wolf - E Canis simensis 3 42 Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis 2 44 Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus 10 2 15 ◊ √ 45 Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius 30 √ √ 8 47 Walia Ibex - E Capra walie 7 49 Salt's Dik-dik Madoqua saltiana 2 4 √ √ 51 Soemmerring's Gazelle Nanger soemmerringii 1 √ √ 52 Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus 2 2 4 53 Beisa Oryx Oryx beisa 1 √ √ 55 Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca √ √ √ √ 56 Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia √ 1 57 Mountain Nyala - E Tragelaphus buxtoni 1 5 √ 58 Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis 1 4 2 59 Bushbuck - E Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki 1 4 1 61 65 66 Nile Monitor Lizard Varanus niloticus √ √ √

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Date: Common name Scientific name trip 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 67 Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus √ √ 68 √ 69 Variable Skink Trachylepis varia √