Checklist S20911169

Observations

1. Speckled Pigeon

   Number observed:  40

2. Mourning Collared-Dove

   Number observed:  3

3. Red-eyed Dove

   Number observed:  2

4. Vinaceous Dove

   Number observed:  60

   Details

   omnipresent by voice

5. Black-billed Wood-Dove

   Number observed:  12

6. Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   documentation photo

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7. Namaqua Dove

   Number observed:  7

8. Four-banded Sandgrouse

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   flushed from large field, photographed

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9. Blue-headed Coucal

   Number observed:  3

   Details

   singing from edge of river

10. White-browed Coucal

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    singing from edge of river; notably different song than Blue-headed. Recorded.

11. Senegal Thick-knee

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    rocks in river

12. Egyptian Plover

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    Amazing birds! Along banks and then sandbar in river.

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13. Common Ringed Plover

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    sandbar in river

14. Spur-winged Lapwing

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    sandbar in river

15. Wattled Lapwing

    Number observed:  9

    Details

    rocks in river

16. Common Sandpiper

    Number observed:  4

17. Abdim's Stork

    Number observed:  96

    Details

    *high count – single flock flying towards the river at dusk.

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18. Marabou Stork

    Number observed:  11

19. Yellow-billed Stork

    Number observed:  15

    Details

    in flight and along river

20. Reed Cormorant

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    immature bird on sandbar in river

21. Hadada Ibis

    Number observed:  6

22. Little Egret

    Number observed:  1

23. Striated Heron (Old World)

    Number observed:  1

24. Western Cattle-Egret

    Number observed:  350

    Details

    *high count - roosting along river

25. Gray Heron

    Number observed:  1

26. Purple Heron

    Number observed:  1

27. Black-headed Heron

    Number observed:  1

28. African Harrier-Hawk

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    flyover in large field along track

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29. Hooded Vulture

    Number observed:  12

30. White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    over town

31. Gabar Goshawk

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    at junction with Metu Rd

32. Lizard Buzzard

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    in mid-story of forested track

33. Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    sparrowhawk size

34. Black Kite

    Number observed:  60

35. Black Kite (Yellow-billed)

    Number observed:  20

36. African Fish-Eagle

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    along river

37. Red-necked Buzzard

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    in large field

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38. Speckled Mousebird

    Number observed:  13

39. Eurasian Hoopoe

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    in large field

40. Green Woodhoopoe

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    family group at edge of large field

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41. Black Scimitarbill

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    in understory of forest

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42. Red-throated Bee-eater

    Number observed:  3

43. Little Bee-eater

    Number observed:  3

44. Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

    Number observed:  2

45. Malachite Kingfisher

    Number observed:  2

46. African Pygmy Kingfisher

    Number observed:  1

47. Gray-headed Kingfisher

    Number observed:  8

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48. Woodland Kingfisher

    Number observed:  3

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49. Striped Kingfisher

    Number observed:  8

50. Pied Kingfisher

    Number observed:  3

51. Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    singing, one seen

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52. Black-billed Barbet

    Number observed:  12

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53. Double-toothed Barbet

    Number observed:  2

54. Mountain Gray Woodpecker

    Number observed:  2

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55. Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    female along forested track

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56. Brubru

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    along side of Metu Rd

57. Black-crowned Tchagra

    Number observed:  2

58. Black-headed Gonolek

    Number observed:  25

    Details

    *high count - many seen and singing/calling all over. Astoundingly red.

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59. Fork-tailed Drongo

    Number observed:  4

60. African Paradise-Flycatcher

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    white male

61. Moustached Grass-Warbler

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    powerline cut

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62. Green-backed Camaroptera

    Number observed:  5

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63. Tawny-flanked Prinia

    Number observed:  10

64. Croaking Cisticola

    Number observed:  2

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65. Siffling Cisticola

    Number observed:  10

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66. Wire-tailed Swallow

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    along river

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67. Common Bulbul

    Number observed:  40

68. Willow Warbler

    Number observed:  1

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69. Northern Yellow White-eye

    Number observed:  9

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70. Rüppell's Starling

    Number observed:  9

71. Lesser Blue-eared Starling

    Number observed:  20

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72. African Thrush

    Number observed:  11

73. Northern Black-Flycatcher

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    along powerline cut

74. Whinchat

    Number observed:  5

75. Northern Wheatear (Eurasian)

    Number observed:  4

76. Pygmy Sunbird

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    although listed as only 4 records for Ethiopia in the field guide, they are actually fairly common here

77. Tacazze Sunbird

    Number observed:  1

78. Northern Masked-Weaver

    Number observed:  80

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79. Red-billed Quelea

    Number observed:  3

80. Bronze Mannikin

    Number observed:  35

81. Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Abyssinian)

    Number observed:  1

82. Common Waxbill

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    all waxbills along Metu Rd

83. Black-rumped Waxbill

    Number observed:  1

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84. Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

    Number observed:  140

    Details

    **high count - unbelievably abundant, flushing from roadside as you walked, in every bush that was checked.

85. Black-faced Firefinch

    Number observed:  2

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86. Vidua sp.

    Number observed:  1

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    indigobird sp

87. Yellow-fronted Canary

    Number observed:  12

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88. passerine sp.

    Number observed:  30

    Details

    bishop/widowbird females

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