Birds of Lake Tana Sub-basin

Abstract

Birds play a vital role in keeping the balance of nature. Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia, with a surface area of 3200 km² and a watershed of 15,100 km² located at 1800 m a.s.l. Most of the wetlands situated along the rivers and Lake Tana shore support several thousands of birds. Taking previous work in the area into consideration, the Lake Tana sub-basin possesses six globally threatened species, 35 highland biome species and four Sudan–Guinea Savanna biome species. The sub-basin area is particularly important for wetland and water birds. The total population of birds counted during the winter season exceeds 150,000 seasonally, in Lake Tana area alone. Shesher-wallala area contributes the largest winter population. The Lake Tana sub-basin consists of 78 families of 437 birds; the most dominant is Accipitridae with 39 species. The distribution of birds in the area is changeable. However, the Lake Tana area and associated wetlands hold the largest bird populations compared with forest, farmland and bush land habitats. The Fogera and Dembia flood plain provides suitable feeding and roosting sites for winter birds, and is also known as a congregation site. Both Palearctic (112) and Afrotropical migrants (7) occur. In addition, the Lake Tana sub-basin holds 15 species of endemic birds, some of which are shared with Eritrea. Degradation of the wetlands is underway, with overgrazing, vegetation removal, cultivation, deforestation, occurrence of invasive weeds, wetland drainage, flooding, continuing sedimentation, major water resources development in the basin are the main threats.

Annex 11.1 Checklists of the Birds of Lake Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia (Shimelis A 2014 Own Survey Unpublished)

Number of Families: 78, Number of species: 437, Number of endemics: 15, Number of globally threatened species: 6, Number of near threatened species: 11, Date last reviewed: 2012-02-11, Source: ©Denis Lepage 2012: http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?region=etandlist=clements; see also: http://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/checklists/ accessed 15/06/2012.

Family name	Common name	Scientific name	Status/Habits
Anatidae	White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata	Resident
	Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor	Resident
	White-backed Duck	Thalassornis leuconotus	Resident
	Blue-winged Goose	Cyanochen cyanoptera	Endemic Vulnerable
	Comb Duck	Sarkidiornis melanotos	Afrotropical migrant Resident
	Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Resident
	Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis	Resident
	African Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus auritus	Resident
	African Black Duck	Anas sparsa	Resident
	Gadwall	Anas strepera	Palearctic migrant
	Eurasian Wigeon	Anas penelope	Palearctic migrant
	Yellow-billed Duck	Anas undulata	Palearctic migrant
	Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata	Palearctic migrant
	Red-billed Duck	Anas erythrorhyncha	Palearctic migrant
	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	Palearctic migrant
	Garganey	Anas querquedula	Palearctic migrant
	Eurasinan (Green-winged) Teal	Anas crecca	Palearctic migrant
	Southern Pochard	Netta erythrophthalma	Palearctic migrant
	Common Pochard	Aythya ferina	Palearctic migrant
	Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	Near-threatened rare—to Lake Tana area
Numididae	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	Resident
Phasianidae	Erckel’s Francolin	Francolinus erckelii	Resident
	Clapperton’s Francolin	Francolinus clappertoni	Resident
	Harlequin Quail	Coturnix delegorguei	Resident
	Stone Partridge	Ptilopachus petrosus	Resident
Podicipedidae	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Resident
	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	Resident
	Black-necked Eared Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	Resident (Interafrica migrant)
Phoenicopteridae	Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	Palearctic migrant
Ciconiidae	African Openbill	Anastomus lamelligerus	Resident (Interafrica migrant)
	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	Palearctic migrant
	Abdim’s Stork	Ciconia abdimii	Breeding visitor (Interafrica migrant)
	Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia episcopus	Resident (Interafrica migrant)
	White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	Palearctic migrant
	Saddle-billed Stork	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis	Resident
	Marabou Stork	Leptoptilos crumeniferus	Resident (Interafrica migrant)
	Yellow-billed Stork	Mycteria ibis	Resident
Phalacrocoracidae	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	Resident
	Long-tailed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus	Resident
Anhingidae	African Darter	Anhinga rufa	Resident
Pelecanidae	Great White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Resident
	Pink-backed Pelican	Pelecanus rufescens	Resident (Interafrica migrant)
Scopidae	Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	Resident
Ardeidae	Eurasian (Great) Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	Rare/Accidental Palearctic migrant
	Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	Resident
	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	Palearctic migrant
	Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala	Resident
	Goliath Heron	Ardea goliath	Resident
	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	Resident
	Great Egret	Ardea alba	Resident
	Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia	Resident
	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Resident
	Western Reef-Heron	Egretta gularis	Rare/Accidental
	Black Heron	Egretta ardesiaca	Resident??
	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Resident
	Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	Resident
	Striated Heron	Butorides striata	Resident
	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Resident
	White-backed Night-Heron	Gorsachius leuconotus	Resident-rare
Threskiornithidae	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Palearctic migrant
	Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Resident
	Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash	Resident
	Wattled Ibis	Bostrychia carunculata	Endemic-resident
	African Spoonbill	Platalea alba	Resident
Pandionidae	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Resident
Accipitridae	Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus caeruleus	Resident
	African Swallow (Scissor)-tailed Kite	Chelictinia riocourii	Palarecric migrant
	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	Palearctic migrant
	African Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer	Resident
	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Resident
	Lammergeier	Gypaetus barbatus	Resident, but rare to the area
	Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus	Endangered Palearctic migrant, rare to Lake Tana
	White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus	Near-threatened-Resident
	Rueppell’s Griffon	Gyps rueppellii	Near-threatened Palearctic migant
	Yellow billed Kite	Milvus aegyptius	Resident
	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotus	Resident-migrant
	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis	Vulnerable-Resident migrant
	Black-chested (breasted) Snake-Eagle	Circaetus pectoralis	Resident
	Brown Snake-Eagle	Circaetus cinereus	R-migrant
	Western-banded Snake-Eagle	Circaetus cinerascens	Resident
	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Resident
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	Palearctic migrant
	Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus	Near-threatened Palearctic migrant
	Montagu’s Harrier	Circus pygargus	Palearctic migrant
	African Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides typus	Resident
	Dark Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax metabates	Resident
	Gabar Goshawk	Micronisus gabar	Resident
	African Goshawk	Accipiter tachiro	Resident
	Shikra	Accipiter badius	Resident
	Little Sparrowhawk	Accipiter minullus	Resident
	Great-sparrow Hawk (Black Goshawk)	Accipiter melanoleucus	Resident
	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	Palearctic migrant
	Long-legged Buzzard	Buteo rufinus	Palearctic migrant
	Augur Buzzard	Buteo augur	Resident
	Greater Spotted Eagle	Aquila clanga	Vulnerable Palearctic migrant
	Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax	Resident
	Steppe Eagle	Aquila nipalensis	Palearctic migrant
	Verreaux’s Eagle	Aquila verreauxii	Resident
	African Hawk-Eagle	Aquila spilogaster	Resident
	Wahlberg’s Eagle	Hieraaetus wahlbergi	Palearcic migrant
	Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus	Palearctic migrant
	Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle	Hieraaetus ayresii	Resident
	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Resident
	Long-crested Eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis	Resident
Sagittariidae	Secretary-bird	Sagittarius serpentarius	Resident migrant
Falconidae	Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni	Vulnerable Palearctic migrant
	Common (Eurasian) Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Palearctic migrant
	Greater Kestrel	Falco rupicoloides	Resident-migrant
	Gray Kestrel	Falco ardosiaceus	Resident
	Red-necked Falcon	Falco chicquera	Palearcti migrant
	Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus	Near-threatened
	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	Palearctic migrant
	African Hobby	Falco cuvierii	Resident
	Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus	Resident
	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	Palearctic migrant
Otididae	Black-bellied Bustard	Lissotis melanogaster	Resident
Rallidae	Corn Crake	Crex crex	Near-threatened Pm
	African Rail	Rallus caerulescens	Resident-migrant
	Black Crake	Amaurornis flavirostra	Resident
	Little Crake	Porzana parva	Palearctic migrant
	Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana	Palearctic migrant
	Allen’s Gallinule	Porphyrio alleni	Resident-migrant
	Common (Eurasian) Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Resident
	Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata	Resident
Heliornithidae	African Finfoot	Podica senegalensis	Resident
Gruidae	Black Crowned-Crane	Balearica pavonina	Near-threatened Resident
	Wattled Crane	Bugeranus carunculatus	Vulnerable-Resident
	Common Crane	Grus grus	Palearctic migrant
Burhinidae	Senegal Thick-knee	Burhinus senegalensis	Resident
	Spotted Thick-knee	Burhinus capensis	Resident
Charadriidae	Spur-winged Plover	Vanellus spinosus	Resident
	Black-headed Lapwing	Vanellus tectus	Resident
	Black-winged Lapwing	Vanellus melanopterus	Resident
	Wattled Lapwing	Vanellus senegallus	Resident
	Spot-breasted Lapwing	Vanellus melanocephalus	Endemic
	Sociable Lapwing	Vanellus gregarius	Critically endangered
	White-tailed Lapwing	Vanellus leucurus	Rare/Accidental
	Gray (Black-bellied) Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Palearctic migrant
	Caspian Plover	Charadrius asiaticus	Palearctic migrant
	Kittlitz’s Plover	Charadrius pecuarius	Palearctic migrant
	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Palearctic migrant
	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	Palearctic migrant
	Three-banded Plover	Charadrius tricollaris	Resident
Recurvirostridae	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Palearctic migrant
	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Palearctic migrant
Jacanidae	Lesser Jacana	Microparra capensis	Rare/Accidental Resident
	African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus	Resident
Scolopacidae	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Palearctic migrant
	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Palearctic migrant
	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Palearctic migrant
	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Palearctic migrant
	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	Palearctic migrant
	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Palearctic migrant
	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	Palearctic migrant
	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	Near-threatened—Palearctic migrant
	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Near-threatened—Palearctic migrant
	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Palearctic migrant
	Temminck’s Stint	Calidris temminckii	Palearctic migrant
	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Palearctic migrant
	Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Palearctic migrant
	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Palearctic migrant
	African Snipe	Gallinago nigripennis	Resident
Glareolidae	Temminck’s Courser	Cursorius temminckii	Resident
	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	Palearctic migrant
	Rock Pratincole	Glareola nuchalis	Resident-migrant
Laridae	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Palearctic migrant
	Pallas’s Gull	Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus	Palearctic migrant
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	Palearctic migrant
	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	Palearctic migrant
	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Palearctic migrant
	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	Palearctic migrant
	Slender-billed Gull	Larus genei	Palearctic migrant
Pteroclidae	Four-banded Sandgrouse	Pterocles quadricinctus	Resident
Columbidae	Speckled Pigeon	Columba guinea	Resident
	White-collared Pigeon	Columba albitorques	Resident
	Lemon Dove	Columba larvata	Resident
	Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	Resident
	Vinaceous Dove	Streptopelia vinacea	Resident
	Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	Resident
	Blue-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur afer	Resident
	Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis	Resident
	Bruce’s Green-Pigeon	Treron waalia	Resident
Psittacidae	Black-winged Lovebird	Agapornis taranta	Endemic (country)
	Yellow-fronted Parrot	Poicephalus flavifrons	Endemic
Musophagidae	White-cheeked Turaco	Tauraco leucotis	Resident
	White-bellied Go-away-bird	Corythaixoides leucogaster	Resident
	Eastern Plantain-eater	Crinifer zonurus	Resident
Cuculidae	Pied Cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus	Resident
	Levaillant’s Cuckoo	Clamator levaillantii	Resident
	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	Resident
	Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Resident
	African Cuckoo	Cuculus gularis	Resident
	Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitaries	Resident-migrant
	Klaas’s Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas	Resident
	African Emerald Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx cupreus	Resident
	Blue-headed Coucal	Centropus monachus	Resident
	Senegal Coucal	Centropus senegalensis	Resident
	White-browed Coucal	Centropus superciliosus	Resident
Tytonidae	Barn Owl	Tyto alba	Resident
Strigidae	African Scops-Owl	Otus senegalensis	Resident
	European Scops-Owl	Otus scops	Palearctic migrant
	Grayish Eagle-Owl	Bubo cinerascens	Resident
	Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl	Bubo lacteus	Resident
	Pearl-spotted Owlet	Glaucidium perlatum	Resident
	African Wood-Owl	Strix woodfordii	Resident
	Abyssinian (African Long-eared) Owl	Asio abyssinicus	Resident
	Marsh Owl	Asio capensis	Resident
Caprimulgidae	Mountane (Abyssinian) Nightjar	Caprimulgus poliocephalus	Resident
	Standard-winged Nightjar	Macrodipteryx longipennis	Resident
Apodidae	Alpine Swift	Apus melba	Resident-migrant
	Mottled Swift	Apus aequatorialis	Resident-migrant
	Common Swift	Apus apus	Palearctic migrant
	Nyanza Swift	Apus niansae	Resident
	Little Swift	Apus affinis	Resident
	Horus Swift	Apus horus	Resident
	White-rumped Swift	Apus caffer	Resident-breeding
	African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus	Resident
Coliidae	Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus	Resident
Trogonidae	Narina Trogon	Apaloderma narina	Resident
Alcedinidae	Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus	Resident
	African Pygmy-Kingfisher	Ispidina picta	Resident
	Gray-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala	Resident
	Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis	Resident
	Striped Kingfisher	Halcyon chelicuti	Resident
Meropidae	Red-throated Bee-eater	Merops bulocki	Resident
	Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus	Resident
	Blue-breasted Bee-eater	Merops variegatus	Resident
	Northern Carmine Bee-eater	Merops nubicus	Resident-migrant
Coraciidae	European Roller	Coracias garrulus	Near-threatened Palearctic migrant
	Abyssinian Roller	Coracias abyssinicus	Resident-migrant
Upupidae	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Palearctic migrant
Phoeniculidae	Black-billed Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus somaliensis	Resident
	Black Scimitar-bill	Rhinopomastus aterrimus	Resident
Bucerotidae	Hemprich’s Hornbill	Tockus hemprichii	Resident
	African Gray Hornbill	Tockus nasutus	Resident
	Silvery-cheeked Hornbill	Ceratogymna brevis	Resident
	Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus abyssinicus	Resident
Lybiidae	Red-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus pusillus	Resident
	Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus chrysoconus	Resident
	Banded Barbet	Lybius undatus	Endemic (country)
	Black-billed Barbet	Lybius guifsobalito	Resident
	Double-toothed Barbet	Lybius bidentatus	Resident
Indicatoridae	Wahlberg’s Honeyguide	Prodotiscus regulus	Resident
	Lesser Honeyguide	Indicator minor	Resident
	Greater Honeyguide	Indicator indicator	Resident
Picidae	Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla	Palearctic migrant
	Red -throated (Rufous-necked) Wryneck	Jynx ruficollis
	Nubian Woodpecker	Campethera nubica
	Abyssinian Woodpecker	Dendropicos abyssinicus	Endemic
	Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens	Resident
	Bearded Woodpecker	Dendropicos namaquus	Resident
	Gray Woodpecker	Dendropicos goertae	Resident
	Gray-headed Woodpecker	Dendropicos spodocephalus	Resident
	Brown-backed Woodpecker	Dendropicos obsoletus	Resident
Platysteiridae	Brown-throated Wattle-eye	Platysteira cyanea	Resident
	Black-headed Batis	Batis minor	Resident
Malaconotidae	Brubru	Nilaus afer	Resident-migrant
	Northern Puffback	Dryoscopus gambensis	Resident
	Black-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra senegalus	Resident
	Ethiopian (Tropical) Boubou	Laniarius aethiopicus	Resident
	Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus	Resident
	Gray-headed Bushshrike	Malaconotus blanchoti	Resident
Campephagidae	Gray Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina caesia	Resident
	Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike	Campephaga phoenicea	Resident
Laniidae	Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	Palearctic migrant
	Rufous-tailed Shrike	Lanius isabellinus	Palearctic migrant
	Southern Gray Shrike	Lanius meridionalis	Palearctic migrant
	Lesser Gray Shrike	Lanius minor	Resident
	Gray-backed Fiscal	Lanius excubitoroides	Resident
	Common Fiscal	Lanius collaris	Resident
	Masked Shrike	Lanius nubicus	Palearctic migrant
	Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator	Palearctic migrant
Oriolidae	Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus	Palearctic migrant
	African Golden Oriole	Oriolus auratus	Resident
	Abyssinian Oriole	Oriolus monacha	Endemic (country)
Dicruridae	Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis	Resident
Monarchidae	African Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis	Resident
Corvidae	Cape Crow	Corvus capensis	Resident
	Pied Crow	Corvus albus	Resident
	Fan-tailed Raven	Corvus rhipidurus	Resident
	Thick-billed Raven	Corvus crassirostris	Resident
Alaudidae	Flappet Lark	Mirafra rufocinnamomea	Resident
	Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucotis	Resident
	Erlanger’s Lark	Calandrella erlangeri	Endemic
	Thekla Lark	Galerida theklae	Resident
Hirundinidae	Plain Martin	Riparia paludicola	Resident
	Sand Martin (Bank Swallow)	Riparia riparia	Palearctic migrant
	Banded Martin	Riparia cincta	Palearctic migrant
	Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula	Resident
	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Palearctic migrant
	Ethiopian Swallow	Hirundo aethiopica	Resident
	Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii	Resident
	Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	Resident
	Lesser Striped-Swallow	Cecropis abyssinica	Resident
	Mosque Swallow	Cecropis senegalensis	Resident
	Common House-Martin	Delichon urbicum	Palearctic migrant
	Black Sawwing	Psalidoprocne pristoptera	Resident
	Gray-rumped Swallow	Pseudhirundo griseopyga	Resident
Paridae	White-backed Black-Tit	Melaniparus leuconotus	Endemic
Pycnonotidae	Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus	Resident
Macrosphenidae	Northern Crombec	Sylvietta brachyura	Resident
Phylloscopidae	Brown Woodland-Warbler	Phylloscopus umbrovirens	Palearctic migrant
	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Palearctic migrant
	Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	Palearctic migrant
Acrocephalidae	Eastern Olivaceous Warbler	Hippolais pallida	Palearctic migrant
	Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	Palearctic migrant
	Eurasian Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Palearctic migrant
	Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	Palearctic migrant
	Great Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	Palearctic migrant
	Lesser Swamp-Warbler	Acrocephalus gracilirostris	Palearctic migrant
Locustellidae	Little Rush-Warbler	Bradypterus baboecala	Resident
	Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler	Bradypterus cinnamomeus	Resident
	Common Grasshopper-Warbler	Locustella naevia	Rare/Accidental Palearctic migrant
	Savi’s Warbler	Locustella luscinioides	Palearctic migrant??
Cisticolidae	Grey-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	Resident
	Buff-bellied Warbler	Phyllolais pulchella	Resident
	Red-faced Cisticola	Cisticola erythrops	Resident
	Singing Cisticola	Cisticola cantans	Resident
	Ethiopian (Winding) Cisticola	Cisticola galactotes	Resident
	Stout Cisticola	Cisticola robustus	Resident
	Croaking Cisticola	Cisticola natalensis	Resident
	Siffling Cisticola	Cisticola brachypterus	Resident
	Pectoral-patch Cisticola	Cisticola brunnescens	Resident
	black-backed cisticola	Cisticola eximius	Resident
	Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava	Resident
	Yellow-bellied Eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis	Resident
	Green-backed Eremomela	Eremomela canescens	Resident
Sylviidae	Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Palearctic migrant
	Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	Palearctic migrant
	Barred Warbler	Sylvia nisoria	Palearctic migrant
	Common (Greater) Whitethroat	Sylvia communis	Palearctic migrant
	Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca	Palearctic migrant
	Abyssinian catbird	Parophasma galinieri	Endemic
	Parisoma (Brown Warbler)	Parisoma lugens	Resident
Zosteropidae	African Yellow White-eye	Zosterops senegalensis	Resident
	Montane (Broad-ringed) White-eye	Zosterops poliogastrus	Resident
	White-breasted White-eye	Zosterops abyssinicus	Resident
Leiothrichidae	White-rumped Babbler	Turdoides leucopygia	Resident
Muscicapidae	Pale Flycatcher	Bradornis pallidus	Resident
	Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher	Melaenornis chocolatinus	Resident
	Northern Black-Flycatcher	Melaenornis edolioides	Resident
	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Palearctic migrant
	African Dusky Flycatcher	Muscicapa adusta	Resident
	Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas galactotes	Palearctic migrant
	Rueppell’s Robin-Chat	Cossypha semirufa	Resident
	Thrush Nightingale	Luscinia luscinia	Resident
	Common Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	Resident
	Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	Palearctic migrant
	Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Palearctic migrant
	Little Rock-Thrush	Monticola rufocinereus	Resident
	Common (Rufous-tailed) Rock-Thrush	Monticola saxatilis	Palearctic migrant
	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	Palearctic migrant
	Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	Palearctic migrant
	African Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus
	Rueppell’s Chat	Myrmecocichla melaena	Endemic (country)
	White-fronted Black-Chat	Myrmecocichla albifrons	Palearctic migrant
	Mocking Cliff-Chat	Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris	Resident
	White-winged Cliff-Chat	Thamnolaea semirufa	Endemic (country)
	Familiar Chat	Cercomela familiaris	Resident
	Moorland Chat	Cercomela sordida	Resident
	Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	Palearctic migrant
	Pied Wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka	Palearctic migrant
	Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica	Palearctic migrant
	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	Palearctic migrant
	Red-breasted Wheatear	Oenanthe bottae	Resident
Turdidae	Abyssinian Ground-Thrush	Zoothera piaggiae	Resident
	Groundscraper Thrush	Psophocichla litsipsirupa	Resident
	Abyssinian/mountain Thrush	Turdus (Olivaceous) abyssinicus	Resident
	African Thrush	Turdus pelios	Resident
Sturnidae	Wattled Starling	Creatophora cinerea	Resident
	Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis chalybaeus	Resident
	Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis chloropterus	Resident
	Violet-backed Starling	Cinnyricinclus leucogaster	Resident
	Fischer’s Starling	Spreo fischeri	Resident
	White-crowned Starling	Spreo albicapillus	Resident
	Red-winged Starling	Onychognathus morio	Resident
	Slender-billed Starling	Onychognathus tenuirostris	Resident
	White-billed Starling	Onychognathus albirostris	Resident
Buphagidae	Red-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus erythrorhynchus	Resident
Nectariniidae	Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes orientalis	Resident
	Scarlet-chested Sunbird	Chalcomitra senegalensis	Resident
	Tacazze Sunbird	Nectarinia tacazze	Resident
	Variable Sunbird	Cinnyris venustus	Resident
	Copper Sunbird	Cinnyris cupreus	Resident
Motacillidae	Western Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava	Palearctic migrant
	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	Palearctic migrant
	Mountain Wagtail	Motacilla clara	Palearctic migrant
	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	Palearctic migrant
	African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp	Resident
	Grassland African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus	Resident
	Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris	Palearctic migrant
	Plain-backed Pipit	Anthus leucophrys	Resident
	Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis	Palearctic migrant
	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	Palearctic migrant
	Abyssinian Longclaw	Macronyx flavicollis	Endemic Near-threatened
Emberizidae	Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana	Palearctic migrant
	Cinnamon-breasted Bunting	Emberiza tahapisi	Resident
Fringillidae	Yellow-crowned Canary	Serinus flavivertex	Resident
	Yellow-fronted Canary	Serinus mozambicus	Resident
	African Citril	Serinus citrinelloides	Resident
	Yellow-rumped Serin	Serinus xanthopygius	Endemic (country)
	Streaky Seedeater	Serinus striolatus	Resident
	Brown-rumped Seedeater	Serinus tristriatus	Resident
Passeridae	Swainson’s Sparrow	Passer swainsonii	Resident
	Bush Petronia	Petronia dentata	Resident
Ploceidae	Speckle-fronted Weaver	Sporopipes frontalis	Resident
	Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser superciliosus	Resident
	Baglafecht Weaver	Ploceus baglafecht	Resident
	Little Weaver	Ploceus luteolus	Resident
	Spectacled Weaver	Ploceus ocularis	Resident
	Village Weaver	Ploceus cucullatus	Resident
	Red-billed Quelea	Quelea quelea	Resident
	Orange Bishop	Euplectes franciscanus	Resident
	Black-winged Bishop	Euplectes hordeaceus	Resident
	Yellow-crowned Bishop	Euplectes afer	Resident
	Yellow Bishop	Euplectes capensis	Resident
	White-winged Widowbird	Euplectes albonotatus	Resident
	Yellow-shouldered Widowbird	Euplectes macroura	Resident
	Red-collared Widowbird	Euplectes ardens	Resident
	Fan-tailed Widowbird	Euplectes axillaris	Resident
Estrildidae	Yellow-bellied Waxbill	Coccopygia quartinia	Resident
	Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Resident
	Red-cheeked Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus bengalus	Resident
	Red-billed Pytilia	Pytilia lineata	Endemic
	Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	Resident
	Bar-breasted Firefinch	Lagonosticta rufopicta	Resident
	African Firefinch	Lagonosticta rubricata	Resident
	Cut-throat	Amadina fasciata	Resident
	Zebra Waxbill	Sporaeginthus subflavus	Resident
	African Quailfinch	Ortygospiza fuscocrissa	Resident
	Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullatus	Resident
	African Silverbill	Euodice cantans	Resident
Viduidae	Pin-tailed Whydah	Vidua macroura	Resident
	Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah	Vidua interjecta	Resident
	Eastern Paradise-Whydah	Vidua paradisaea	Resident
	Village Indigobird	Vidua chalybeata	Resident
	Cuckoo Finch (Parasitic Weaver)	Anomalospiza imberbis	Resident