Research Article
Diversity and Distribution of Avifauna in the Northeast of Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia
Table 5
Relative abundance and distribution of bird species in the three study habitats.
| | Species name | Scientific name | RA (%) | Habitat types | | Settlement | Farmland | Abattoir | | Wet | Dry | Wet | Dry | Wet | Dry | Wet | Dry |
| | Yellow-billed kite | Milvus aegyptius | 3.2 | 0.4 | + | + | − | − | + | + | | Hooded vultureNE,CR | Necrosyrtes monachus | 22.7 | 32.8 | − | − | − | − | + | + | | Augur buzzard | Buteo augur | 0 | 0.3 | − | − | − | − | − | + | | Black kite | Milvus migrans | 0 | 0.4 | − | − | − | − | − | + | | Egyptian goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1.3 | 0.9 | − | − | + | + | − | − | | Blue-winged gooseE | Cyanochen cyanoptera | 0.7 | 0 | − | − | + | − | − | − | | Common swift | Apus apus | 0 | 0.7 | − | − | − | + | − | − | | Speckled mousebird | Colius striatus | 4 | 5.1 | + | + | − | − | − | − | | Speckled pigeon | Columba guinea | 15.8 | 9.4 | + | + | − | − | + | + | | White-collared pigeonE | Columba albitorques | 4.7 | 7.1 | + | + | − | − | − | − | | Red-eyed dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | 0 | 0.6 | − | + | − | − | − | − | | Ring-necked dove | Streptopelia capicola | 0 | 1.3 | − | + | − | − | − | − | | Dusky turtle dove | Streptopelia lugens | 0 | 2.6 | − | + | − | + | − | + | | Little bee-eater | Merops pusillus | 0 | 0.6 | − | + | − | − | − | − | | Pied crow | Corvus albus | 8.6 | 6.2 | + | + | + | + | + | + | | Fan-tailed raven | Corvus rhipidurus | 2.8 | 3.5 | − | + | + | − | + | + | | Common bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | 0.7 | 1.2 | + | + | − | − | − | − | | Moorland chat | Pinarochroa sordida | 8.2 | 3.6 | + | + | + | + | − | − | | Ruppell’s robin-chat | Cossypha semirufa | 0.8 | 0.4 | − | − | + | + | − | − | | Mountain thrush | Turdus plebejus | 1.9 | 0.9 | + | + | − | − | − | − | | Swainson’s sparrow | Passer swainsonii | 0 | 2.2 | − | + | − | + | − | − | | Groundscraper thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | 0.6 | 1.1 | − | − | + | + | − | − | | Baglafecht weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | 3.7 | 0 | + | − | + | − | − | − | | Little weaver | Ploceus luteolus | 5.1 | 0.6 | + | − | + | + | − | − | | Village weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | 1.1 | 0.6 | + | + | − | − | − | − | | Red-cheeked cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | 0 | 1.2 | − | + | − | − | − | − | | Red-billed firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | 0 | 1.2 | − | + | − | + | − | − | | Mountain White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | 0.7 | 0 | + | − | − | − | − | − | | Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | 0.8 | 0.4 | + | + | − | − | − | − | | Scarlet-chested sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalenis | 0.6 | 0 | + | − | − | − | − | − | | African citril | Serinus citrinelloides | 0 | 0.5 | − | + | − | − | − | − | | Brown-rumped seedeater | Serinus tristriatus | 1.1 | 3.3 | − | − | + | + | − | − | | Village indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | 0.7 | 0 | − | − | + | − | − | − | | Greater blue-eared starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | 2.9 | 0 | − | − | + | − | − | − | | African paradise flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | 0 | 0.6 | − | + | − | − | − | − | | White wagtail | Motacilla alba | 0 | 0.3 | − | − | − | + | − | − | | Wattled ibisE | Bostrychia carunculata | 1.5 | 1.6 | + | + | − | − | − | − | | Hadeda ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | 1.9 | 2 | + | + | + | + | − | − | | African sacred ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 0.7 | 0 | − | − | + | − | − | − | | Little egret | Egretta garzetta | 0.6 | 0 | − | − | + | − | − | − | | White-backed vultureCR | Gyps africanus | 0.7 | 1.2 | − | − | + | + | − | − | | Erckel’s francolin | Pternistis erckelii | 1.7 | 1.8 | − | − | + | + | − | − |
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N⋅B.: RA = relative abundance; Wet = wet season; Dry = dry season; CR = critically endangered; E = endemic; NE = near to endemic (endemic to Ethiopia and Eritrea); (+) = present; (−) = absent.
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