Birds of Ethiopia

Endemic to Ethiopia

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Ethiopian SiskinSerinus nigriceps
• White-winged Cliff ChatMonticola semirufus
• Yellow-fronted ParrotPoicephalus flavifrons
• Spot-breasted LapwingVanellus melanocephalus
• Abyssinian LongclawMacronyx flavicollis
• Abyssinian WoodpeckerDendropicos abyssinicus
• Ethiopian BushcrowZavattariornis stresemanni
• White-tailed SwallowHirundo megaensis
• Ruspoli's TuracoMenelikornis ruspolii
• Harwood's SpurfowlPternistis harwoodi
• Archer's LarkHeteromirafra archeri
• Ankober SerinCrithagra ankoberensis
• Yellow-throated SeedeaterCrithagra flavigula
• Salvadori's SeedeaterCrithagra xantholaema
• Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineata

All regular species

• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
• Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
• Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
• Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
• Pied CrowCorvus albus
• Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
• Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
• Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
• African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
• Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
• Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
• Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Wattled IbisBostrychia carunculata
• Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriata
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazze
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
• Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
• HamerkopScopus umbretta
• African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
• Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
• Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
• Augur BuzzardButeo augur
• Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
• Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• Tawny EagleAquila rapax
• African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
• White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
• Ethiopian Bee-eaterMerops lafresnayii
• Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• White-collared PigeonColumba albitorques
• Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
• Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
• Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
• Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
• African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloides
• Black-winged LovebirdAgapornis taranta
• White-backed VultureGyps africanus
• African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
• Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
• Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
• Common HoopoeUpupa epops
• Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
• Moorland ChatPinarochroa sordida
• Cape CrowCorvus capensis
• Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
• White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
• Namaqua DoveOena capensis
• Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
• Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
• Rüppell's Robin-ChatCossypha semirufa
• White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
• Thick-billed RavenCorvus crassirostris
• Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
• Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
• Ethiopian White-eyeZosterops poliogastrus
• Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
• Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Abyssinian Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis chocolatinus
• Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Ethiopian ThrushTurdus simensis
• Silvery-cheeked HornbillBycanistes brevis
• Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
• Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
• Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
• Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
• Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
• Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
• Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
• Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
• Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
• Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
• Blue-winged GooseCyanochen cyanoptera
• Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
• Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
• Ethiopian SiskinSerinus nigriceps
• Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
• Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
• African JacanaActophilornis africanus
• Black-billed BarbetLybius guifsobalito
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• African ThrushTurdus pelios
• Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
• White-rumped BabblerTurdoides leucopygia
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
• White-cheeked TuracoMenelikornis leucotis
• Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
• Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
• Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
• African Grey FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus
• Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
• Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
• Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
• Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
• Ethiopian CisticolaCisticola lugubris
• Nyanza SwiftApus niansae
• Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
• Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
• Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
• African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
• Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
• Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
• Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
• Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
• Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Rouget's RailRougetius rougetii
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
• Ethiopian OrioleOriolus monacha
• Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
• Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
• Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
• Black-billed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus somaliensis
• Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
• Banded BarbetLybius undatus
• Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
• Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
• Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
• Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
• Eastern Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos spodocephalus
• Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
• African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
• Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
• Rufous ChattererArgya rubiginosa
• Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
• Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
• Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowi
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri
• Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
• Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
• BrubruNilaus afer
• Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
• Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
• Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
• Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
• Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
• White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
• Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
• Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
• Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
• Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
• Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
• Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
• Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
• Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
• Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii
• Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
• Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
• Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
• Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalis
• African DarterAnhinga rufa
• Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
• Little Rock ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
• White-browed Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
• Buff-breasted WheatearOenanthe bottae
• Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
• Rusty-breasted WheatearOenanthe frenata
• Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia
• Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
• Red-bellied ParrotPoicephalus rufiventris
• Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
• Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatus
• Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
• Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
• Chestnut-naped SpurfowlPternistis castaneicollis
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
• Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
• Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
• Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
• Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
• Abyssinian CatbirdSylvia galinieri
• Purple RollerCoracias naevius
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
• Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
• Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
• Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
• Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
• Rosy-patched BushshrikeRhodophoneus cruentus
• Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
• Somali FiscalLanius somalicus
• Grey Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
• White-winged Cliff ChatMonticola semirufus
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• White-billed StarlingOnychognathus albirostris
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Abyssinian SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
• Buff-crested BustardLophotis gindiana
• African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
• White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
• Somali CrowCorvus edithae
• Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Yellow-fronted ParrotPoicephalus flavifrons
• Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
• Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
• Rüppell's Black ChatMyrmecocichla melaena
• African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
• Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
• White-backed Black TitMelaniparus leuconotus
• Shelley's StarlingLamprotornis shelleyi
• Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertex
• Brown Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus umbrovirens
• White StorkCiconia ciconia
• Goliath HeronArdea goliath
• Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostris
• Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
• Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris
• Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
• Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
• White WagtailMotacilla alba
• Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
• BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
• Spot-breasted LapwingVanellus melanocephalus
• White-crowned StarlingLamprotornis albicapillus
• Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• Kori BustardArdeotis kori
• Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
• Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
• Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
• Abyssinian Ground ThrushGeokichla piaggiae
• African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
• Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
• Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
• Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
• Cinnamon Bracken WarblerBradypterus cinnamomeus
• Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
• Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
• African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
• African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
• Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor
• Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
• African SilverbillEuodice cantans
• Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
• Abyssinian LongclawMacronyx flavicollis
• Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
• Slender-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus clarus
• Erckel's SpurfowlPternistis erckelii
• Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
• Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
• Common BuzzardButeo buteo
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Somali BuntingEmberiza poliopleura
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
• Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogaster
• D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
• Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
• Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
• Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordi
• Mouse-colored Penduline TitAnthoscopus musculus
• Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
• African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
• Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
• Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
• Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
• White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
• Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
• Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
• Common CraneGrus grus
• Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
• Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
• Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Bare-faced Go-away-birdCrinifer personatus
• Abyssinian WoodpeckerDendropicos abyssinicus
• Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
• Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
• Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanes
• White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
• White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata
• Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
• Ethiopian BushcrowZavattariornis stresemanni
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Brown ParisomaCurruca lugens
• Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Golden-breasted StarlingLamprotornis regius
• Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
• Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
• Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
• Acacia TitMelaniparus thruppi
• Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalus
• Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
• GarganeySpatula querquedula
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
• Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
• African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
• Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
• Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
• Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
• Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephala
• White-winged Black TitMelaniparus leucomelas
• Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
• White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
• Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
• Pale PriniaPrinia somalica
• Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
• Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
• Spotted Palm ThrushCichladusa guttata
• Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
• African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
• Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
• Bare-eyed ThrushTurdus tephronotus
• African Black DuckAnas sparsa
• Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
• White-tailed SwallowHirundo megaensis
• Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
• Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
• Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
• Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
• Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
• White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
• Shelley's SparrowPasser shelleyi
• Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
• Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
• Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
• African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadori
• Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
• Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
• Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Hunter's SunbirdChalcomitra hunteri
• Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
• Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
• Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
• Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
• Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
• Red-cowled WidowbirdEuplectes laticauda
• Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
• Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
• Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
• Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
• Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
• Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
• Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
• African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
• Boran CisticolaCisticola bodessa
• Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
• Pygmy BatisBatis perkeo
• Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Red-fronted PriniaPrinia rufifrons
• Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Vulturine GuineafowlAcryllium vulturinum
• Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
• Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
• Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
• Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
• Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
• Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
• Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
• Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
• White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
• Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
• Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
• BlackstartOenanthe melanura
• Black-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita cabanisi
• Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
• Banded ParisomaCurruca boehmi
• Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
• Black StorkCiconia nigra
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Bristle-crowned StarlingOnychognathus salvadorii
• Moorland FrancolinScleroptila psilolaema
• African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
• Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
• Gillett's LarkCalendulauda gilletti
• Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
• Mountain BuzzardButeo oreophilus
• African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
• Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
• Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
• Straw-tailed WhydahVidua fischeri
• Pectoral-patch CisticolaCisticola brunnescens
• Ruspoli's TuracoMenelikornis ruspolii
• African Hill BabblerSylvia abyssinica
• White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
• Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
• White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
• Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
• Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
• Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
• Montane NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus
• Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
• African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
• Yellow-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra xanthopygia
• Abyssinian OwlAsio abyssinicus
• Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
• Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
• Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
• Taita FiscalLanius dorsalis
• Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
• Northern BrownbulPhyllastrephus strepitans
• Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
• WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
• Sombre Rock ChatOenanthe dubia
• Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
• Red-naped BushshrikeLaniarius ruficeps
• Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
• Clapperton's SpurfowlPternistis clappertoni
• Black-cheeked WaxbillBrunhilda charmosyna
• Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
• African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
• Wattled CraneGrus carunculata
• African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
• Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
• Pringle's PuffbackDryoscopus pringlii
• SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
• Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
• Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
• Stout CisticolaCisticola robustus
• Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
• Somali Short-toed LarkAlaudala somalica
• Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
• Rufous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris
• Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
• Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
• African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
• Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
• Speke's WeaverPloceus spekei
• Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
• Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
• Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
• Somali CrombecSylvietta isabellina
• Northern Grosbeak-CanaryCrithagra donaldsoni
• Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
• Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
• Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
• Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
• Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola
• Pale White-eyeZosterops flavilateralis
• Sharpe's StarlingPholia sharpii
• Harwood's SpurfowlPternistis harwoodi
• Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
• Scaly SpurfowlPternistis squamatus
• Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
• Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
• Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
• Tiny CisticolaCisticola nana
• Archer's LarkHeteromirafra archeri
• Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
• Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
• Ankober SerinCrithagra ankoberensis
• Yellow-throated SeedeaterCrithagra flavigula
• Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
• Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
• Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
• Green-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus zambesiae
• Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
• Horus SwiftApus horus
• Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
• Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
• Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
• Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
• Common SwiftApus apus
• Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
• Chestnut-headed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix signatus
• African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
• Salvadori's SeedeaterCrithagra xantholaema
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
• Northern Masked WeaverPloceus taeniopterus
• Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
• Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
• White-winged Collared DoveStreptopelia reichenowi
• Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
• Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
• African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
• Brown-tailed Rock ChatOenanthe scotocerca
• Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
• Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
• Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
• Grey CuckooshrikeCeblepyris caesius
• Three-streaked TchagraTchagra jamesi
• Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga
• Ashy CisticolaCisticola cinereolus
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Scaly ChattererArgya aylmeri
• European RollerCoracias garrulus
• Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
• Magpie StarlingSpeculipastor bicolor
• Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
• Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
• Abyssinian CrimsonwingCryptospiza salvadorii
• Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
• Fox KestrelFalco alopex
• Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
• Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
• Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
• Green-backed EremomelaEremomela canescens
• Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineata
• Green-winged TealAnas crecca
• Short-tailed LarkSpizocorys fremantlii
• Foxy CisticolaCisticola troglodytes
• Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
• Yellow-vented EremomelaEremomela flavicrissalis
• Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
• Donaldson Smith's NightjarCaprimulgus donaldsoni
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis
• African HobbyFalco cuvierii
• Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
• Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
• Cape TealAnas capensis
• Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
• Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
• Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Common CuckooCuculus canorus
• Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
• White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
• Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
• Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
• European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
• African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
• Hartlaub's BustardLissotis hartlaubii
• Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
• Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
• Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
• White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
• QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
• Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
• Black-faced SandgrousePterocles decoratus
• Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
• Kafa White-eyeZosterops kaffensis
• Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
• Reichard's SeedeaterCrithagra reichardi
• Stripe-breasted SeedeaterCrithagra striatipectus
• Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
• Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
• Juba WeaverPloceus dichrocephalus
• Garden WarblerSylvia borin
• Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
• Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
• Somali CourserCursorius somalensis
• Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
• Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
• Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
• Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
• Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
• Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
• Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
• Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensis
• Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
• Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
• Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava
• Black-bellied SunbirdCinnyris nectarinioides
• Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
• Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherina
• Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
• Common OstrichStruthio camelus
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
• Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
• Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
• Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
• Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
• Double-banded CourserSmutsornis africanus
• European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
• Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
• Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
• Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
• Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
• Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
• Star-spotted NightjarCaprimulgus stellatus
• White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
• Green MalkohaCeuthmochares australis
• Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
• Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
• Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
• White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
• Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
• Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
• African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
• Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
• Groundscraper ThrushTurdus litsitsirupa
• Grey-headed SilverbillSpermestes griseicapilla
• Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
• Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
• Sombre NightjarCaprimulgus fraenatus
• Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
• Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
• Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coqui
• White-fronted Black ChatOenanthe albifrons
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
• Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
• Somali SparrowPasser castanopterus
• Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii
• Grey Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
• Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis
• Yellow-throated SandgrousePterocles gutturalis
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
• Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra
• Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
• Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
• African CuckooCuculus gularis
• Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
• Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
• Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
• Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
• Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
• Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
• Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
• Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
• Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
• Blue-capped Cordon-bleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus
• Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
• Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
• Black BishopEuplectes gierowii
• Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
• African RailRallus caerulescens
• Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
• Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
• White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
• Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
• Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
• African Green PigeonTreron calvus
• Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
• White-shouldered Black TitMelaniparus guineensis
• Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
• Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
• White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
• BluethroatLuscinia svecica
• Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
• African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
• Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
• SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus
• Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
• Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
• Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
• Southern FiscalLanius collaris
• Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
• Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
• Masked LarkSpizocorys personata
• Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
• Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
• Somali Bee-eaterMerops revoilii
• Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficeps
• White-headed BabblerTurdoides leucocephala
• Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
• Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
• Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
• Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
• Sooty FalconFalco concolor
• Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
• White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
• Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
• Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
• Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
• Cuckoo-finchAnomalospiza imberbis
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
• Amur FalconFalco amurensis
• Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosterna
• Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
• Common PochardAythya ferina
• Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
• Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
• Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
• Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
• Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
• GadwallMareca strepera
• Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
• Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
• Eastern Black-headed BatisBatis minor
• Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoni
• Heuglin's BustardNeotis heuglinii
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
• Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
• Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellus
• Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
• Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
• European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
• African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
• White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
• Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
• Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythroptera
• Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilus
• Barka IndigobirdVidua larvaticola
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
• Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
• Orange River FrancolinScleroptila gutturalis
• Stuhlmann's StarlingPoeoptera stuhlmanni
• Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
• Great SnipeGallinago media
• Southern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillus
• Little CrakeZapornia parva
• Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
• African FinfootPodica senegalensis
• Pale-throated GreenbulAtimastillas flavigula
• Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
• Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser donaldsoni
• Little OwlAthene noctua
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
• African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
• Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
• Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
• Compact WeaverPachyphantes superciliosus
• Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
• Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
• Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
• Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
• Bushveld PipitAnthus caffer
• Highland Rush WarblerBradypterus centralis
• Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
• Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
• Violet Wood HoopoePhoeniculus damarensis
• Somali WheatearOenanthe phillipsi
• Philippa's CrombecSylvietta philippae

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
• Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
• Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
• Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
• Saker FalconFalco cherrug
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
• Eastern Orphean WarblerCurruca crassirostris
• Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
• White-headed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne albiceps
• African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
• Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
• Fischer's StarlingLamprotornis fischeri
• Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
• Heuglin's WheatearOenanthe heuglinii
• Dusky BabblerTurdoides tenebrosa
• Nechisar NightjarCaprimulgus solala