eBird Field Checklist
Sof Omar Caves
, Oromia, ET
ebird.org/hotspot/L3160299
323 species (+4 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Blue-winged Goose
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Moorland Francolin
Common Quail
Chestnut-naped Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
White-collared Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
Bruce's Green-Pigeon
Bustards
Kori Bustard
Turacos
White-cheeked Turaco
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Rouget's Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Cranes
Wattled Crane
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Spot-breasted Lapwing
Greater Sand-Plover
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Little Stint
Temminck's Courser
Storks
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Striated Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
African Sacred Ibis
Wattled Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Golden Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Augur Buzzard
Owls
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Abyssinian Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Black-billed Woodhoopoe
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Hemprich's Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
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Kingfishers
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Little Bee-eater
Ethiopian Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Lilac-breasted Roller
Barbets and Toucans
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
Banded Barbet
Honeyguides
Green-backed Honeyguide
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Cardinal Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Black-winged Lovebird
Red-bellied Parrot
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Gray-headed Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
Pygmy Batis
batis sp.
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
Ethiopian Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Red-billed Chough
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Somali Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
Thick-billed Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Somali Tit
White-backed Black-Tit
Larks
Blanford's Lark
Thekla's Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Somali Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-backed Eremomela
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Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Singing Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Ethiopian Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Gray-rumped Swallow
Plain Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Bulbuls
Northern Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Brown Woodland-Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Abyssinian Catbird
Lesser Whitethroat
Brown Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Abyssinian White-eye
Heuglin's White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
White-rumped Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Slender-billed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Bristle-crowned Starling
Somali Starling
Shelley's Starling
Splendid Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
Ethiopian Thrush
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Rüppell's Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Common Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Moorland Chat
Northern Wheatear
Rusty-breasted Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Brown-tailed Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
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Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Shining Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Black-capped Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Rüppell's Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Estrildids
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
Swainson's Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
African Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
Salvadori's Serin
Streaky Seedeater
Reichard's Seedeater
Brown-rumped Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Ethiopian Siskin
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