eBird Field Checklist
Lake Basaka--north shore
, Oromia, ET
ebird.org/hotspot/L1550639
396 species (+12 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Somali Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Southern Pochard
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Maccoa Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Harlequin Quail
Erckel's Spurfowl
Clapperton's Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
White-collared Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtle-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
Bruce's Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Four-banded Sandgrouse
Bustards
Arabian Bustard
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Hartlaub's Bustard
Turacos
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Plain Nightjar
Star-spotted Nightjar
Swifts
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
Cranes
Black Crowned-Crane
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Kentish Plover
African Jacana
Black-tailed Godwit
Great Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Three-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
tern sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Storks
African Openbill
Abdim's Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Reed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Wattled Ibis
African Spoonbill
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
pelican sp.
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Gabar Goshawk
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Shikra
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Augur Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Owls
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Black-billed Woodhoopoe
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Hemprich's Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Bee-eaters
Little Bee-eater
Ethiopian Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
African Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Olive Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Rollers and Allies
European Roller
Abyssinian Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Purple Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-breasted Barbet
Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Black-throated Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Woodpeckers
Cardinal Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/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
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Gray-headed Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White-crested Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Somali Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Woodchat Shrike
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Somali Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
Thick-billed Raven
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Larks
Desert Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Singing Bushlark
Red-winged Lark
Somali Short-toed Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-backed Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Pale Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Ashy Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Foxy Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Pale/Red-throated Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Red-chested Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
African Red-rumped Swallow
European/African Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Sylviid Warblers
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Ethiopian White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Bristle-crowned Starling
Shelley's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Superb Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Black Scrub-Robin
White-browed Scrub-Robin
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
White-throated Robin
Little Rock-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Siberian Stonechat
Moorland Chat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Rusty-breasted Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Blackstart
Sombre Rock Chat
Brown-tailed Chat
Abyssinian Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Nile Valley Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Abyssinian Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Rüppell's Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Red-cowled Widowbird
Estrildids
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Black-faced 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
Sahel Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
Tawny Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
White-rumped Seedeater
Yellow-fronted Canary
African Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Old World Buntings
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Striolated Bunting