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Ethiopia: The Roof of Africa

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with Steve Rooke as leader

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9 Common (Somali) Ostrich 1 3 Struthio camelus olybdophanes
12 Little Grebe 4 6 Tachybaptus ruficollis
8 Great Crested Grebe 1 2 Podiceps cristatus
4 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
12 Great Cormorant 3 30 Phalacrocorax carbo
12 Long-tailed Cormorant 6 20 Phalacrocorax africanus
12 African Darter 4 4 Anhinga rufa
12 Great White Pelican 5 30 Pelecanus onocrotalus
11 Pink-backed Pelican 3 3 Pelecanus rufescens
4 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
12 Squacco Heron 6 6 Ardeola ralloides
12 Cattle Egret 11 1 Bubulcus ibis
9 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
12 Little Egret 7 15 Egretta garzetta
2 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
12 Yellow-billed Egret 4 4 Egretta intermedia
12 Great Egret 3 1 Egretta alba
12 Purple Heron 4 5 Ardea purpurea
12 Grey Heron 9 7 Ardea cinerea
12 Black-headed Heron 7 8 Ardea melanocephala
11 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
12 Hamerkop 8 20 Scopus umbretta
12 Yellow-billed Stork 7 15 Mycteria ibis
11 Black Stork 3 1 Ciconia nigra
3 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
7 Wooly-necked Stork 1 7 Ciconia episcopus
6 White Stork 1 14 Ciconia ciconia
10 Saddle-billed Stork 2 4 Ephippiorhynchu senegalensis
12 Marabou Stork 5 200 Leptoptilos crumeniferus
12 Sacred Ibis 11 50 Threskiornis aethiopica
11 Glossy Ibis 1 6 Plegadis falcinellus
12 Hadada Ibis 10 20 Bostrychia hagedash
12 Wattled Ibis E 10 100 Bostrychia carunculata
11 African Spoonbill 3 2 Platalea alba
8 Greater Flamingo 2 '00s Phoenicopterus ruber
5 Fulvous Whistling Duck 1 50 Dendrocygna bicolor
12 White-faced Whistling Duck 2 40 Dendrocygna viduata
8 White-backed Duck 1 12 Thalassornis leuconotus
12 Blue-winged Goose E 4 12 Cyanochen cyanopterus
12 Egyptian Goose 11 300 Alopochen aegyptiacus
12 Ruddy Shelduck 2 6 Tadorna ferruginea
12 Spur-winged Goose 4 10 Plectopterus gambensis
12 Knob-billed Duck 1 6 Sarkidiornis melanotos
12 African Pygmy-Goose 1 4 Nettapus auritus
8 African Black Duck 1 1 Anas sparsa
12 Yellow-billed Duck 3 11 Anas undulata
2 Cape Teal 1 2 Anas capensis
5 Common Teal Anas crecca
7 Northern Pintail 1 15 Anas acuta
8 Red-billed Teal 2 1 Anas erythrorhyncha
12 Hottentot Teal 1 20 Anas hottentot
9 Garganey 2 3 Anas querquedula
10 Southern Pochard 1 30 Netta erythrophthalma
12 Northern Shoveler 2 '000s Anas clypeata
6 Tufted Duck 1 1 Aythya fuligula
5 Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
3 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
12 Black-shouldered Kite 3 8 Elanus caeruleus
3 African Swallow-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
12 Black (Yellow-billed) Kite 15 '00s Milvus migrans parasitus
2 Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans
12 African Fish Eagle 7 6 Haliaeetus vocifer
12 Lammergeier 3 2 Gypaetus barbatus
12 Egyptian Vulture 6 21 Neophron percnopterus
12 Hooded Vulture 14 20 Necrosyrtes monachus
12 African White-backed Vulture 4 100 Gyps africanus
12 Rüppell’s Vulture 9 30 Gyps rueppellii
12 Lappet-faced Vulture 4 1 Torgos tracheliotus
9 White-headed Vulture 2 1 Trigonoceps occipitalis
5 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
10 Black-chested Snake Eagle 3 1 Circaetus pectoralis
4 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
7 Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
12 Bateleur 2 6 Terathopius ecaudatus
11 African Harrier-Hawk 5 1 Polyboroides typus
12 Eurasian Marsh Harrier 7 2 Circus aeruginosus
12 Pallid Harrier 7 3 Circus macrourus
12 Montagu's Harrier 3 2 Circus pygargus
12 Dark Chanting-goshawk 4 4 Melierax metabates
12 Eastern Pale Chanting-Goshawk 6 25 Melierax poliopterus
10 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar
4 Great Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus
7 Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter rufiventris
9 Little Sparrowhawk 2 1 Accipiter minullus
7 African Goshawk Accipiter trachiro
7 Shikra 3 1 Accipiter badius
3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
1 Ovampo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
3 Honey Buzzard 1 1 Pernis apivorus
9 Common (Steppe) Buzzard 2 2 Buteo buteo vulpinus
9 Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
12 Augur Buzzard 9 15 Buteo augur
4 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
8 Lesser Spotted Eagle 3 6 Aquila pomarina
8 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
12 Tawny Eagle 6 10 Aquila rapax
12 Steppe Eagle 5 8 Aquila nipalensis
5 Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
2 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
11 Verreaux's Eagle 3 2 Aquila verreauxii
2 Martial Eagle 2 1 Polemaetus bellicosus
6 Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
2 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
11 Booted Eagle 3 1 Hieraaetus pennatus
10 Ayres's Hawk-Eagle 1 1 Hieraaetus ayresii
12 Long-crested Eagle 3 1 Lophaetus occipitalis
7 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
7 Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius
12 Pygmy Falcon 4 2 Polihierax semitorquatus
6 Lesser Kestrel 6 20 Falco naumanni
12 Common Kestrel 12 4 Falco tinnunculus
8 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
1 Red-necked Falcon Falco chiquera
7 Eurasian Hobby 5 12 Falco subbuteo
3 African Hobby 1 1 Falco cuvierii
1 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
1 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
3 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
3 Saker Falco cherrug
12 Lanner Falcon 7 4 Falco biarmicus
10 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
11 Crested Francolin 3 4 Francolinus sephaena
11 Moorland Francolin 2 7 Francolinus psilolaemus
6 Scaly Francolin Francolinus squamatus
12 Chestnut-naped Francolin 3 4 Francolinus castaneicollis
1 Clapperton's Francolin Francolinus clappertoni
10 Erckel's Francolin 1 2 Francolinus erckelii
12 Yellow-necked Spurfowl 4 6 Francolinus leucoscepus
4 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
4 Harlequin Quail 1 2 Coturnix delegorguei
12 Helmeted Guineafowl 3 41 Numida meleagris
6 Vulturine Guineafowl 2 15 Acryllium vulturinum
12 Rouget's Rail E 2 3 Rougetius rougetii
12 Black Crake 3 20 Amaurornis flavirostris
12 Common Moorhen 3 20 Gallinula chloropus
3 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
3 Purple Gallinule 1 3 Porphyrio porphyrio
1 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
12 Red-knobbed Coot 3 50 Fulica cristata
2 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
12 African Jacana 3 30 Actophilornis capensis
12 Grey (Common) Crane 3 100 Grus grus
12 Wattled Crane 2 2 Burgeranus carunculatus
12 Black Crowned Crane 1 2 Balearica pavonina
8 Arabian Bustard 2 2 Ardeotis arabs
11 Kori Bustard 5 2 Ardeotis kori
11 Buff-crested Bustard 4 2 Eupodotis ruficrista
9 White-bellied Bustard 1 1 Eupodotis senegalensis
3 Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster
7 Hartlaub's Bustard Eupodotis hartlaubii
1 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
12 Black-winged Stilt 4 4 Himantopus himantopus
9 Pied Avocet 1 10 Recurvirostra avosetta
4 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
2 Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus
8 Senegal Thick-knee 2 6 Burhinus senegalensis
2 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
6 Heuglin's Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
6 Temminck's Courser 1 5 Cursorius cursor
1 Somali Courser 2 6 Cursorius somalensis
3 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
3 Black-winged Pratincole 1 1 Glareola nordmanni
2 Pratincole sp. 1 2 Glareola sp
3 Little Ringed Plover 2 2 Charadrius dubius
10 Ringed Plover 3 12 Charadrius hiaticula
10 Kittlitz's Plover 1 2 Charadrius pecuarius
12 Three-banded Plover 2 1 Charadrius tricollaris
2 Pacific Golden Plover Charadrius fulva
1 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
9 African Wattled Plover 1 2 Vanellus senegallus
11 Spot-breasted Plover E 2 60 Vanellus melanocephalus
3 Black-headed Plover Vanellus tectus
12 Spur-winged Plover 11 100 Vanellus spinosus
12 Black-winged Plover 1 10 Vanellus melanopterus
12 Crowned Plover 6 40 Vanellus coronatus
9 Common Snipe 5 6 Gallinago gallinago
3 African Snipe 2 2 Gallinago nigripennis
10 Black-tailed Godwit 4 12 Limosa limosa
1 Curlew Numenius arquata
2 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
11 Marsh Sandpiper 2 2 Tringa stagnatilis
12 Common Greenshank 8 10 Tringa nebularia
12 Green Sandpiper 9 6 Tringa ochropus
12 Wood Sandpiper 8 15 Tringa glareola
12 Common Sandpiper 11 6 Actitis hypoleucos
12 Little Stint 4 30 Calidris minuta
12 Temminck's Stint 2 4 Calidris temminckii
8 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
12 Ruff 5 '000s Philomachus pugnax
12 Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 4 Larus fuscus
7 Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini
12 Black-headed Gull 3 4 Larus ridibundus
3 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
12 Grey-headed Gull 4 30 Larus cirrocephalus
12 Gull-billed Tern 5 1 Sterna nilotica
2 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
10 Whiskered Tern 3 10 Childonias hybridus
12 White-winged Black Tern 4 40 Childonias leucopterus
8 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Ptercoles exustus
8 Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse 3 20 Pterocles decoratus
6 Feral Pigeon 1 1 Columba livia
12 Speckled Pigeon 15 '00s Columba guinea
12 White-collared Pigeon E 4 200 Columba albitorques
5 Olive Pigeon 2 4 Columba arquatrix
11 Lemon Dove 1 3 Aplopelia larvata
12 Dusky Turtle Dove 6 '00s Streptopelia lugens
3 Eurasian Turtle Dove 1 1 Streptopelia turtur
12 Laughing (Palm) Dove 9 20 Streptopelia senegalensis
12 African Mourning Dove 7 30 Streptopelia decipiens
2 African Collared Dove 1 2 Streptopelia roseogrisea
1 African White-winged Dove 1 2 Streptopelia reichenowi
12 Ring-necked Dove 9 40 Streptopelia capicola
12 Red-eyed Dove 11 12 Streptopelia semitorquata
6 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
12 Blue-spotted Wood Dove 3 2 Turtur afer
9 Tambourine Dove 1 4 Turtur tympanistria
12 Namaqua Dove 8 '00s Oena capensis
12 Bruce's Green Pigeon 1 2 Treron waalia
11 African Orange-bellied Parrot 4 5 Poicephalus rufiventris
12 Yellow-fronted Parrot E 1 5 Poicephalus flavifrons
12 Black-winged Lovebird E 7 8 Agapornis taranta
12 White-cheeked Turaco 3 20 Tauraco leucotis
1 Prince Ruspoli's Turaco 1 2 Tauraco ruspolii
6 Bare-faced Go-away-bird 1 1 Corythaixoides personata
12 White-bellied Go-away-bird 7 41 Corythaixoides leucogaster
12 Eastern Grey Plantain Eater 1 3 Crinifer Zonurus
2 Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
4 Black-and-White Cuckoo 1 1 Clamator jacobinus
1 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
9 Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
2 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
10 Klaas's Cuckoo 2 2 Chrysococcyx klaas
7 Diederik Cuckoo 1 1 Chrysococcyx caprius
2 Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
11 Blue-headed Coucal 1 3 Centropus monachus
6 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
12 White-browed Coucal 2 1 Centropus supercilliosus
5 Northern White-faced Scops Owl Otus leucotis
3 African Scops Owl 2 2 Otus senegalensis
11 Greyish Eagle-Owl 2 2 Bubo cinerascens
7 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl 1 1 Bubo lacteus
3 Cape Eagle Owl 1 2 Bubo capensis
12 Pearl Spotted Owlet 1 2 Glaucidium perlatum
4 African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
4 African Long-eared Owl Asio abyssinicus
3 Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
5 Abyssinian Nightjar 1 H Caprimulgus poliocephalus
4 Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
9 Freckled Nightjar 3 H Caprimulgus tristigma
10 Slender-tailed Nightjar 4 3 Caprimulgus clarus
7 African Palm Swift 1 1 Cypsiurus parvus
8 Alpine Swift 1 6 Apus melba
5 Mottled Swift 1 2 Apus aequatorialis
12 Nyanza Swift 3 100 Apus niansae
8 Eurasian Swift 1 1 Apus apus
10 Little Swift 1 1 Apus affinis
1 Horus Swift Apus horus
12 Speckled Mousebird 9 40 Colius striatus
12 Blue-naped Mousebird 6 100 Urocolius macrourus
9 Narina's Trogon Apaloderma narina
5 Half-collared Kingfisher 1 1 Alcedo semitorquata
12 Malachite Kingfisher 5 6 Alcedo cristata
11 African Pygmy Kingfisher 1 1 Ispidina picta
9 Grey-headed Kingfisher 6 1 Halcyon leucocephala
12 Woodland Kingfisher 3 4 Halcyon senegalensis
12 Striped Kingfisher 3 2 Halcyon chelicuti
8 Giant Kingfisher Ceryle maxima
12 Pied Kingfisher 4 6 Ceryle rudis
12 Little Bee-eater 6 20 Merops pusillus
12 Blue-breasted Bee-eater 5 6 Merops variegatus
5 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
1 Madagascar Bee-eater Merops supercilliosus
6 Eurasian Bee-eater 3 30 Merops apiaster
12 Northern Carmine Bee-eater 7 50 Merops nubicus
4 Eurasian Roller 4 3 Coracias garrulus
12 Abyssinian Roller 6 15 Coracias abyssinica
12 Lilac-breasted (throated) Roller 6 5 Coracias caudata lorti
12 Rufous-crowned Roller 1 2 Coracias naevia
3 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
12 Black-billed Wood-Hoopoe 5 6 Phoeniculus somaliensis
6 Black Scimitarbill 1 1 Rhinopomastus aterrimus
11 Abyssinian Scimitarbill 2 3 Rhinopomastus minor
12 Eurasian Hoopoe 9 12 Upupa epops
12 Hemprich's Hornbill 3 4 Tockus hemprichii
12 Northern Red-billed Hornbill 9 37 Tockus erythrorhynchus
12 Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill 5 2 Tockus flavirostris
12 Von Der Decken's Hornbill 6 2 Tockus deckeni
7 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
12 African Grey Hornbill 6 4 Tockus nasutus
12 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill 6 40 Bycanistes brevis
12 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill 5 4 Bucorvus abyssinicus
10 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 2 2 Pogoniulus chrysoconus
12 Red-fronted Tinkerbird 2 1 Pogoniulus pusillus
12 Red-fronted Barbet 4 6 Tricholaema diademata
8 Black-throated Barbet 3 2 Tricholaema melanocephala
12 Black-billed Barbet 5 3 Lybius guifsobalito
12 Banded Barbet E 3 2 Lybius undatus
12 Double-toothed Barbet 2 3 Lybius bidentatus
7 Red-and-yellow Barbet 3 3 Trachyphonus erthyrocephalus
11 Yellow-breasted Barbet 2 4 Trachyphonus margaritatus
12 D'Arnaud's Barbet 1 4 Trachyphonus darnaudii
3 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
6 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
10 Lesser Honeyguide 1 2 Indicator minor
5 Eastern (Green-backed) Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
2 Wahlberg's Honeyguide Prodotiscus regulus
8 Eurasian Wryneck 2 1 Jynx torquilla
9 Red-throated Wryneck 1 1 Jynx ruficollis
12 Nubian Woodpecker 4 2 Campethera nubica
12 Abyssinian Woodpecker E 2 1 Dendropicos abyssinicus
10 Cardinal Woodpecker 3 1 Dendropicos fuscescens
12 Grey-headed Woodpecker 3 4 Dendropicos spodocephalus
10 Bearded Woodpecker 2 2 Thripias namaquus
10 Singing Bush Lark 1 50 Mirafra cantillans
8 Red-winged Lark 1 1 Mirafra hypermetra
9 Foxy Lark 2 6 Calendula alopex
9 Gillet's Lark 1 1 Mirafra gilleti
1 Sidamo Lark 1 3 Heteromirafra sidamoensis
3 Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
1 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
1 Somali Short-toed Lark 1 3 Calandrella somalica
11 Erlanger's Lark E 1 6 Calandrella erlangeri
1 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
12 Thekla Lark 3 20 Galerida theklae
11 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark 1 20 Eremopterix leucotis
10 Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark 1 20 Eremopterix signata
10 Black Sawwing 3 100 Psalidoprocne pristoptera
12 Sand Martin 8 '000s Riparia riparia
12 Plain (African Sand) Martin 7 100 Riparia paludicola
4 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
3 Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo grisopyga
10 Mosque Swallow 2 3 Hirundo senegalensis
9 Lesser Striped-Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
12 Red-rumped Swallow 4 20 Hirundo daurica
12 Rock Martin 5 12 Hirundo fuligula
2 Pale Crag Martin Hirundo fuligula obsoleta
12 Wire-tailed Swallow 5 6 Hirundo smithii
10 Ethiopian Swallow 3 3 Hirundo aethiopica
12 Barn Swallow 14 '000s Hirundo rustica
7 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
11 White-tailed Swallow E 2 8 Hirundo megaensis
12 Common House Martin 4 100 Delichon urbica
12 Yellow Wagtail 12 '000s Motacilla flava
12 Grey Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla cinerea
12 Mountain Wagtail 4 6 Motacilla clara
12 White Wagtail 6 2 Motacilla alba
11 African Pied Wagtail 1 3 Motacilla aguimp
12 Abyssinian Longclaw E 1 6 Macronyx flavicollis
1 Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
10 Grassland Pipit 1 2 Anthus cinnamomeus
8 Plain-backed Pipit 2 3 Anthus leucophrys
4 Long-billed Pipit 1 1 Anthus similis
10 Tawny Pipit 1 2 Anthus campestris
11 Tree Pipit 1 1 Anthus trivialis
12 Red-throated Pipit 6 39 Anthus cervinus
4 Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava
6 Grey Cuckoo-shrike 1 3 Coracina caesia
6 Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike 1 2 Campephaga phoenicea
2 Northern Brownbul 1 4 Phyllastrephus strepitans
12 Common Bulbul 14 20 Pycnonotus barbatus
2 Somali' Bulbul 2 20 Pycnonotus barbatus somaliensis
10 Little Rock Thrush 4 2 Monticola rufocinereus
11 Common Rock Thrush 1 1 Monticola saxatilis
6 Blue Rock Thrush 3 1 Monticola solitarius
11 Abyssinian Ground Thrush 1 2 Zoothera piaggiae
12 Groundscraper Thrush 3 40 Psophocichla litsipsirupa simensis
12 Mountain (Olive) Thrush 9 50 Turdus (olivaceus) abyssinicus
12 African Thrush 7 2 Turdus pelios
11 Bare-eyed Thrush 1 1 Turdus tephronotus
4 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
10 Nightingale 2 2 Luscinia megarhynchos
12 Rüppell's Robin-Chat 7 8 Cossypha semirufa
10 White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
9 Spotted Morning Thrush 1 2 Cichladusa guttata
11 White-browed Scrub-Robin 4 4 Cercotrichas leucophrys
2 Rufous Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
3 Black Scrub-Robin 1 1 Cercotrichas podobe
12 Common Redstart 4 2 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
6 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
7 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura
12 African Stonechat 2 4 Saxicola torquata
12 Northern Wheatear 1 2 Oenanthe oenanthe
12 Abyssinian Black (Schalow's) Wheatear 3 2 Oenanthe schalowi
12 Pied Wheatear 10 40 Oenanthe pleschanka
3 Pied Wheatear (vittata) Oenanthe pleschanka vittata
3 Cyprus Pied Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe cypriaca
8 Black-eared Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe hispanica
2 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
12 Isabelline Wheatear 11 50 Oenanthe isabellina
12 Red-breasted Wheatear 2 30 Oenanthe bottae
2 Sombre Chat E 1 2 Cercomela dubia
11 Blackstart 1 4 Cercomela melanura
12 Alpine Chat 4 100 Cercomela sordida
12 Rüppell's Black Chat E 1 6 Myrmecocichla melaena
12 Mocking Cliff Chat 5 4 Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris
12 White-winged Cliff Chat E 1 8 Myrmecocichla semirufa
12 Cinnamon Bracken Warbler 1 2 Bradypterus cinnamomeus
11 Sedge Warbler 1 4 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
6 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
6 European Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
3 Great Reed Warbler Acrocepahlus arundinaceus
4 European Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
12 Lesser Swamp Warbler 1 6 Acrocephalus gracilirostris
12 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 8 6 Hippolais pallida
1 Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
12 Yellow-bellied Eremomela 5 3 Eremomela icteropygialis
3 Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
12 Red-faced Crombec 3 4 Sylvietta whytii
12 Northern Crombec 3 6 Sylvietta brachyura
2 Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina
12 Willow Warbler 11 6 Phylloscopus trochilus
10 Chiffchaff 3 3 Phylloscopus collybita
2 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
12 Brown Woodland Warbler 1 4 Phylloscopus umbrovirens
12 Blackcap 5 6 Sylvia atricapilla
12 Common Whitethroat 3 3 Sylvia communis
12 Lesser Whitethroat 5 2 Sylvia curruca
3 Menetries' Warbler 2 3 Sylvia mystacea
4 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
4 Bale Parisoma 1 3 Parisoma griseaventris
8 Brown Parisoma 1 2 Parisoma lugens
8 Banded Parisoma 2 2 Parisoma boehmi
3 Pectoral-patch Cisticola 2 2 Cisticola brunnescens
4 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola uncidis
5 Desert Cisticola 1 6 Cisticola aridulus
3 Stout Cisticola 1 2 Cisticola robustus
9 Ashy Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola cinereola
12 Rattling Cisticola 4 30 Cisticola chiniana
12 Boran Cisticola 2 12 Cisticola bodessa
2 Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
6 Tiny Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola nanus
8 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
5 Singing Cisticola 1 2 Cisticola cantans
12 Ethiopian Cisticola 3 2 Cisticola lugubris
12 Tawny-flanked Prinia 6 4 Prinia subflava
8 Pale Prinia 2 2 Prinia somalica
6 Red-fronted Warbler 1 3 Spiloptila rufifrons
12 Buff-bellied Warbler 2 3 Phyllolais pulchella
12 Yellow-breasted Apalis 2 4 Apalis flavida
12 Grey-backed Camaroptera 9 15 Camaroptera brachyura
12 Grey Wren Warbler 2 6 Camaroptera simplex
12 African Grey Flycatcher 6 15 Bradornis microrhynchus
6 Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
12 Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher E 2 20 Melaenornis chocolatinus
12 Northern Black Flycatcher 5 4 Melaenornis edoliodes
11 Spotted Flycatcher 3 1 Muscicapa striata
12 African Dusky Flycatcher 8 10 Muscicapa adusta
10 Brown-throated (Common) Wattle-eye 1 3 Platysteira cyanea
12 Grey-headed Batis 2 4 Batis orientalis
12 Black-headed Batis 4 4 Batis minor
2 Pygmy Batis 1 2 Batis perkeo
12 African Paradise-Flycatcher 6 10 Terpsiphone viridis
11 African Hill Babbler 1 1 Pseudoalcippe abyssinica
12 White-rumped Babbler 2 4 Turdoides leucopygius
12 Rufous Chatterer 4 10 Turdoides rubiginosus
2 Scaly Chatterer Turdoides rubiginosa
12 Abyssinian Catbird E 2 20 Parophasma galinieri
12 Northern Grey Tit 2 3 Parus thruppi
9 White-winged Black Tit 2 3 Parus leucomelas
12 White-backed Black Tit E 1 2 Parus leuconotus
12 Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit 1 1 Anthoscopus musculus
11 Spotted Creeper 1 1 Salpornis spilonotus
12 Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird 1 2 Anthreptes orientalis
12 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 6 10 Chalcomitra senegalensis
7 Nile Valley Sunbird 2 6 Hedydipna metallica
2 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
12 Variable Sunbird 7 12 Cinnyris venusta
12 Marico Sunbird 4 6 Cinnyris mariquensis
12 Shining Sunbird 2 6 Cinnyris habessinica
12 Beautiful Sunbird 6 8 Cinnyris pulchella
4 Eastern Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
12 Tacazze Sunbird 8 50 Nectarinia tacazze
11 Abyssinian White-eye 2 4 Zosterops abyssinicus
12 Montane White-eye 5 20 Zosterops poliogaster
7 Eurasian Golden Oriole 1 2 Oriolus oriolus
12 Black-headed Oriole 4 2 Oriolus larvatus
12 Abyssinian Black-headed Oriole E 3 20 Oriolus monacha
9 Red-backed Shrike 1 2 Lanius collurio
2 Isabelline Shrike 6 4 Lanius isabellinus
12 Southern (Steppe) Grey Shrike 4 3 Lanius meridionalis
12 Grey-backed Fiscal 1 6 Lanius excubitoroides
12 Somali Fiscal 2 6 Lanius somalicus
12 Common Fiscal 9 41 Lanius collaris
12 Woodchat Shrike 2 2 Lanius senator
11 Masked Shrike 5 4 Lanius nubicus
12 Northern White-crowned Shrike 7 50 Eurocephalus rueppelli
12 Brubru 6 2 Nilaus afer
12 Northern Puffback 1 10 Dryoscopus gambensis
3 Pringle's Puffback 2 2 Dryoscopus pringlii
5 Three-streaked Tchagra 2 1 Tchagra jamesi
12 Black-crowned Tchagra 3 1 Tchagra senegala
12 Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike 4 3 Rhodophoneus cruentus
12 Tropical Boubou 6 2 Laniarius aethiopicus
12 Slate-coloured Boubou 7 6 Laniarius funebris
3 Red-naped Bushshrike 1 2 Laniarius ruficeps
12 Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike 3 3 Malaconotus sulfureopectus
8 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike 1 1 Malaconotus blanchoti
8 White-crested Helmetshrike 2 6 Prionops plumatus
12 Common Drongo 11 2 Dicrurus adsimilis
10 Red-billed Chough 3 6 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
12 Pied Crow 9 20 Corvus albus
12 Somali Crow (Brown-necked Raven) 8 20 Corvus (ruficollis) edithae
12 Cape Rook 8 20 Corvus capensis
12 Fan-tailed Raven 10 30 Corvus rhipidurus
12 Thick-billed Raven E 11 20 Corvus crassirostris
12 Stresemann's Bush Crow E 2 6 Zavattariornis stresemanni
12 Red-winged Starling 2 2 Onychognathus morio
12 Slender-billed Starling 4 100 Onychognathus tenuirostris
12 White-billed Starling E 1 4 Onychognathus albirostris
4 Bristle-crowned Starling 1 9 Onychognathus salvadorii
12 Blue-eared Starling 14 100 Lamprotornis chalybaeus
12 Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling 6 20 Lamprotornis purpuropterus
12 Superb Starling 10 '00s Lamprotornis superbus
12 Shelley's Starling 1 2 Lamprotornis shelleyi
11 Golden-breasted Starling 2 10 Cosmopsarus regius
3 Sharpe's Starling Cinnyricinclus sharpii
5 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
1 Magpie Starling 1 4 Speculipastor bicolor
12 Wattled Starling 3 11 Creatophora cinerea
12 White-crowned Starling 3 40 Spreo albicapillus
12 Red-billed Oxpecker 7 6 Buphagus erythrorhynchus
6 Shelley's Rufous Sparrow 2 2 Passer rufocinctus
12 Swainson's Sparrow 13 40 Passer swainsonii
5 Chestnut Sparrow 1 1 Passer eminibey
12 Yellow-spotted Petronia 5 4 Petronia pyrgita
1 Pale Rock Sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla
11 Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 2 6 Bubalornis niger
12 White-headed Buffalo-Weaver 9 29 Dinemellia dinemelli
12 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 6 30 Plocepasser mahali
11 Grey-capped Social Weaver 1 100 Pseudonigrita arnaudi
2 Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigritta cabanisi
12 Baglafecht Weaver 7 12 Ploceus baglafecht
8 Little Weaver 1 1 Ploceus luteolus
11 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
6 Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
11 Vitelline Masked Weaver 3 6 Ploceus velatus
6 Speke's Weaver 1 6 Ploceus spekei
12 Rüppell's Weaver 5 20 Ploceus galbula
10 Black-headed (Village) Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
4 Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
9 Red-headed Weaver 2 2 Anaplectes rubriceps
9 Red-billed Quelea 5 200 Quelea quelea
1 Parasitic Weaver Anomalspiza imberbis
9 Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
6 Northern Red Bishop 4 40 Euplectes franciscanus
12 Yellow Bishop 2 12 Euplectes capensis
8 Red-collared Widowbird 1 1 Euplectes ardens
9 Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
9 Green-winged Pytilia 1 1 Pytilia melba
12 Red-billed Firefinch 6 100 Lagonosticta senegala
1 African Firefinch 1 2 Lagonosticta rubricata
11 Yellow-bellied Waxbill 3 10 Estrilda melanotis
3 Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
7 Crimson-rumped Waxbill 1 2 Estrilda rhodopyga
10 Common Waxbill 3 2 Estrilda astrild
11 Black-cheeked Waxbill 1 3 Estrilda charmosyna
2 Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
12 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu 11 40 Uraeginthus bengalus
11 Purple Grenadier 2 2 Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
1 Abyssinian Crimsonwing 2 4 Cryptospiza salvadorii
2 Quail-Finch Ortygospiza atricollis
9 African Silverbill 1 3 Lonchura cantans
12 Bronze Mannikin 1 2 Lonchura cucullata
1 Black-and-white Mannikin Lonchura bicolor
12 Cut-throat Finch 5 40 Amadina fasciata
12 Village Indigobird 2 2 Vidua chalybeata
12 Pin-tailed Whydah 5 6 Vidua macroura
2 Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
7 Straw-tailed Whydah 2 1 Vidua fischeri
10 Eastern Paradise Whydah 3 3 Vidua paradisaea
12 Yellow-crowned Canary 2 20 Serinus canicollis
12 Black-headed Siskin E 3 50 Serinus nigriceps
12 African Citril 7 30 Serinus citrinelloides
11 Yellow-rumped Seedeater 5 4 Serinus reichenowi
11 White-bellied Canary 1 4 Serinus dorsostriatus
12 Brown-rumped Seedeater 5 100 Serinus tristiatus
12 Streaky Seedeater 7 100 Serinus striolatus
3 Northern Grosbeak Canary 1 1 Serinus donaldsoni
12 Ortolan Bunting 1 3 Emberiza hortulana
12 House Bunting 2 2 Emberiza striolata
12 Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting 1 4 Emberiza tahpisi
12 Somali Golden-breasted Bunting 3 2 Emberiza poliopleura

Non-Established Exotics
10 Lesser Flamingo 1 '000s Phoeniconaias minor

Mammals
Guereza Colobus 5 50 Colobus guereza
Sacred Baboon Papio hamadryas
Olive Baboon 7 50 Papia anubis
Gelada E 1 90 Theropithecus gelada
Grivet Monkey 8 20 Cercopithecus aethiops
Bale Monkey Cercopithecus djamdjamensis
Somali Galago Galago gallarum
Scrub Hare 6 2 Lepus saxatilis
Starck's Hare 2 2 Lepus starcki
Unstriped Ground Squirrel 6 30 Xerus rutilus
Striped Ground Squirrel 1 1 Euxerus erythrops
Gambian Sun Squirrel 1 1 Heliosciurus gambianus
Giant Root Rat E 2 12 Tachryoryctes macrocephalus
Naked Mole Rat 1 1 Heterocephalus glaber
Ethiopian Meadow Rat 2 50 Stenocephalemys griseicauda
Common (Golden) Jackal 1 1 Canis aureus
Black-backed Jackal 1 2 Canis mesomelus
Ethiopian Wolf E 1 8 Canis simensis
Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis
Ichneumon (Egyptian) Mongoose Herpestes ichncumon
Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta
Striped Hyaena Hyeana hyeana
Wild Cat Felis syvestris
Serval Cat Felis serval
Caracal Caracal caracal
Lion Panthera leo
Ethiopian Rock Hyrax 4 20 Procavia habessinica
Yellow-spotted (Bush) Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei
Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
Common Warthog 6 40 Phacochoerus africanus
Common Genet Geneta geneta
Bushbuck 1 2 Ragelaphus scriptus meneliki
Lesser Kudu 1 2 Tragelaphus imberbis
Mountain Nyala E 1 10 Tragelaphus buxtoni
Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Bush Duiker 1 1 Sylvicapra grimmia
Gerenuk Litocranius walleri
Klipspringer 1 1 Oreotragus oreostragus
Salt's Dikdik 3 6 Madoqua saltiana
Guenther's Dikdik 2 40 Madoqua guentheri
Grant's Gazelle 3 19 Gazella granti
Soemmerring's Gazelle E 2 40 Gazella soemmerringi
Bohors Reedbuck 2 15 Redunca redunca
Beisa Oryx 3 30 Oryx beisa
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat 2 2 Epomophorus wahlbergi
Swaynes Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei
Zebra 1 1 Hippotigris quagga

Amphibians and Reptiles
Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
Nile Monitor 1 1 Varanus niloticus

Reptiles
Leopard Tortoise 3 1 Geochelone Pardalis
Rock Python Python sebae

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