Avian Communities of Alatish National Park, Ethiopia

Table 1

List of avian species recorded during the wet and dry seasons and their distribution in different habitats within the park.

Order	Family	Common name	Scientific name	Habitat type				Seasons
				Riverine woodland	Wooded grassland	Woodland	Bamboo woodland	Wet	Dry	Both
Columbiformes	Columbidae	African collared dove	Streptopelia roseogrisea Sundevall, 1857		✓				✓
Columbiformes	Columbidae	African mourning dove	Streptopelia decipiens Hartlaub and Finsch, 1870				✓			✓
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Black-billed wood dove	Turtur abyssinicus Sharpe, 1902	✓					✓
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Blue-spotted wood dove	Turtur afer Linnaeus, 1766			✓				✓
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Bruce’s green pigeon	Treron waalia Meyer, 1793	✓						✓
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Laughing dove	Streptopelia senegalensis Linnaeus, 1766	✓						✓
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Namaqua dove	Oena capensis Linnaeus, 1766		✓			✓
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Red-eyed dove	Streptopelia semitorquata Rüppell, 1837		✓			✓
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Ring-necked dove	Streptopelia capicola Sundevall, 1857	✓						✓
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Speckled pigeon	Columba guinea Linnaeus, 1758				✓			✓
Columbiformes	Columbidae	White-collared pigeon	Columba albitorques Rüppell, 1837	✓					✓
Coraciiformes	Coraciidae	Abyssinian roller	Coracias abyssinicus Hermann, 1783	✓						✓
Coraciiformes	Meropidae	Blue-breasted bee-eater	Merops variegatus Vieillot, 1817		✓				✓
Coraciiformes	Meropidae	Red-throated bee-eater	Merops bulocki Vieillot,1817				✓	✓
Coraciiformes	Meropidae	White-throated bee-eater	Merops bullockoides Smith, 1834				✓			✓
Coraciiformes	Meropidae	Little bee-eater	Merops pusillus Statius Müller, 1776				✓			✓
Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	Giant kingfisher	Megaceryle maxima Pallas, 1769		✓			✓
Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	Malachite kingfisher	Alcedo cristata Pallas, 1764	✓					✓
Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	Woodland kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis Linnaeus, 1766			✓		✓
Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	Pied kingfisher	Ceryle rudis Linnaeus, 1758	✓						✓
Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	Half-collared kingfisher	Alcedo semitorquata Swainson, 1823	✓						✓
Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	Grey-headed kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala Müller, 1776	✓						✓
Passeriformes	Zosteropidae	Abyssinian white eye	Zosterops abyssinicus Guérin-Méneville, 1843			✓		✓
Passeriformes	Fringillidae	African citril	Crithagra citrinelloides Rüppell, 1840	✓					✓
Passeriformes	Alaudidae	African singing bushlark	Mirafra cantillans Blyth,1845		✓					✓
Passeriformes	Turdidae	African thrush	Turdus pelios Bonaparte, 1850		✓					✓
Passeriformes	Turdidae	Mountain thrush	Turdus abyssinicus Gmelin, 1789			✓				✓
Passeriformes	Muscicapidae	Familiar chat	Oenanthe familiaris Wilkes, 1817			✓				✓
Passeriformes	Muscicapidae	Brown-tailed chat	Oenanthe scotocerca Heuglin, 1869				✓			✓
Passeriformes	Viduidae	Paradise whydah	Vidua paradisaea Linnaeus, 1758		✓			✓
Passeriformes	Viduidae	Pin-tailed whydah	Vidua macroura Pallas, 1764		✓			✓
Passeriformes	Viduidae	Village indigo bird	Vidua chalybeate Müller, 1776				✓			✓
Passeriformes	Estrildidae	African firefinch	Lagonosticta rubricata Lichtenstein, 1823				✓	✓
Passeriformes	Estrildidae	Cut-throat finch	Amadina fasciata Gmelin, 1789				✓	✓
Passeriformes	Estrildidae	Red-cheeked cordon bleu	Uraeginthus bengalus Linnaeus, 1766		✓					✓
Passeriformes	Estrildidae	Bar breasted firefinch	Lagonosticta rufopicta Fraster, 1843		✓			✓
Passeriformes	Nectariniidae	Beautiful sunbird	Cinnyris pulchellus Linnaeus, 1758		✓			✓
Passeriformes	Malaconotidae	Black-headed gonolek	Laniarius erythrogaster Cretzschmar, 1829				✓			✓
Passeriformes	Malaconotidae	Black-headed gonolek	Laniarius erythrogaster Cretzschmar, 1829		✓					✓
Passeriformes	Leiothricidae	White-headed babbler	Turdoides leucocephala Cretzschmar, 1827				✓	✓
Passeriformes	Passeridae	Bush petronia	Petronia dentata Sundevall, 1850		✓					✓
Passeriformes	Ploceidae	Village weaver	Ploceus cucullatus Müller, 1776
Passeriformes	Ploceidae	Juba weaver	Ploceus dichrocephalus Salvadori, 1896	✓				✓
Passeriformes	Ploceidae	Black-headed weaver	Ploceus melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758			✓			✓
Passeriformes	Ploceidae	Chestnut weaver	Ploceus rubiginosus Rüppell, 1840			✓			✓
Passeriformes	Ploceidae	Yellow-crowned bishop	Euplectes afer Gmelin, 1789		✓				✓
Passeriformes	Ploceidae	Speke’s weaver	Ploceus spekei Heuglin, 1861		✓				✓
Passeriformes	Ploceidae	Northern red bishop	Euplectes franciscanus Isert, 1789			✓	✓
Passeriformes	Ploceidae	Rüppell’s weaver	Ploceus galbula Rüppell, 1840	✓					✓
Passeriformes	Ploceidae	Little weaver	Ploceus luteolus Lichtenstein, 1823			✓		✓
Passeriformes	Ploceidae	Black-winged red bishop	Euplectes hordeaceus Linnaeus, 1758	✓			✓
Passeriformes	Passeridae	Northern grey-headed sparrow	Passer griseus Vieillot, 1817		✓			✓
Passeriformes	Cisticolidae	Buff-belled warbler	Phyllolais pulchella Cretzschmar, 1827		✓				✓
Passeriformes	Pycnonotidae	Common bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus Desfontaines, 1789			✓		✓
Passeriformes	Corvidae	Fan-tailed raven	Corvus rhipidurus Hartert, 1918		✓			✓
Passeriformes	Motacillidae	Golden pipit	Timetothylacus tenellus Cabanis, 1878			✓				✓
Passeriformes	Motacillidae	Mountain wagtail	Motacilla clara Sharpe, 1908			✓				✓
Passeriformes	Motacillidae	Tree pipit	Anthus trivialis Linnaeus, 1758			✓			✓
Passeriformes	Motacillidae	Pied wagtail	Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758		✓			✓
Passeriformes	Motacillidae	Long-billed pipit	Anthus similis Jerdon, 1840			✓	✓
Passeriformes	Motacillidae	Plain-backed pipit	Anthus leucophrys Vieillot, 1818		✓			✓
Passeriformes	Motacillidae	Grey wagtail	Motacilla cinerea Tunstall, 1771			✓	✓
Passeriformes	Locustellidae	Little rush warbler	Bradypterus baboecala Vieillot, 1817		✓				✓
Passeriformes	Laniidae	Nubian shrike	Lanius nubicus Lichtenstein, 1823		✓					✓
Passeriformes	Acrocephalidae	Eastern olivaceous warbler	Iduna pallida Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833		✓					✓
Passeriformes	Cisticolidae	Red-pate cisticola	Cisticola ruficeps Cretzschmar, 1827		✓		✓
Passeriformes	Sturnidae	Rüppel’s starling	Lamprotornis purpuroptera Rüppell, 1845			✓				✓
Passeriformes	Dicruridae	Square-tailed drongo	Dicrurus ludwigii Smith, 1834				✓	✓
Passeriformes	Dicruridae	Fork-tailed drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis Bechstein, 1794				✓	✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	African hawk-eagle	Aquila spilogaster Bonaparte, 1850			✓		✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	African fish-eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer Daudin, 1800			✓		✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Black kite	Milvus migrans Boddaert, 1783			✓	✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Tawny eagle	Aquila rapax Temminck, 1828	✓						✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Black-winged kite	Elanus caeruleus Desfontaines, 1789	✓						✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Brown snake eagle	Circaetus cinereus Vieillot, 1817		✓				✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Grasshopper buzzard	Butastur rufipennis Sundevall, 1851			✓		✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Hooded vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus Temminck, 1828		✓		✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Lappet-faced vulture	Torgos tracheliotos Foster, 1791		✓			✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Long-crested eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis Daudin, 1800		✓			✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Martial eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus Daudin, 1800		✓			✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Shikra	Accipiter badius Gmelin, 1788		✓		✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Short-toed snake eagle	Circaetus gallicus Gmelin, 1788		✓			✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	White-headed vulture	Aegypius occipitalis Burchell, 1824		✓				✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Lizard buzzard	Kaupifalco monogrammicus Temminck, 1824		✓			✓
Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	Long-legged buzzard	Buteo rufinus Cretzschmar, 1829			✓	✓
Accipitriformes	Sagittariidae	Secretary bird	Sagittarius serpentarius Miller, 1779			✓	✓
Gruiformes	Heliornithidae	African finfoot	Podica senegalensis Vieillot, 1817		✓			✓
Gruiformes	Gruidae	Black-crowned crane	Balearica pavonina Linnaeus, 1758		✓				✓
Suliformes	Phalacrocoracidae	Long-tailed cormorant	Microcarbo africanus Gmelin, 1789				✓			✓
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis Linnaeus, 1758			✓			✓
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Yellow-billed egret	Egretta intermedia Wagler, 1827		✓			✓
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Black-headed heron	Ardea melanocephala Vigors, 1826			✓			✓
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Great white egret	Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758			✓				✓
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Common squacco heron	Ardeola ralloides Scopoli, 1769			✓		✓
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Grey heron	Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758			✓	✓
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Goliath heron	Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1827	✓				✓
Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	Glossy ibis	Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766		✓			✓
Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	African sacred ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus Latham, 1790			✓			✓
Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	Hadada ibis	Bostrychia hagedash Latham, 1790		✓				✓
Pelecaniformes	Scopidae	Hammer kop	Scopus umbretta Gmelin, 1789			✓			✓
Ciconiiformes	Ciconiidae	White stork	Ciconia ciconia Linnaeus, 1758				✓			✓
Ciconiiformes	Ciconiidae	Woolly necked stork	Ciconia episcopus Boddaert, 1783				✓		✓
Ciconiiformes	Ciconiidae	Black stork	Ciconia nigra Linnaeus, 1758	✓					✓
Charadriiformes	Recurvirostridae	Black-winged stilt	Himantopus himantopus Linnaeus, 1758			✓			✓
Charadriiformes	Charadriidae	Caspian plover	Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773		✓			✓
Charadriiformes	Charadriidae	Three-banded plover	Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot, 1818		✓				✓
Charadriiformes	Charadriidae	Kentish plover	Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758	✓					✓
Charadriiformes	Charadriidae	Spur-winged lapwing	Vanellus spinosus Linnaeus, 1758	✓					✓
Charadriiformes	Turnicidae	Common buttonquail	Turnix sylvaticus Desfontaines, 1789	✓					✓
Charadriiformes	Pluvianidae	Egyptian plover	Pluvianus aegyptius Linnaeus, 1758	✓					✓
Charadriiformes	Burhinidae	Senegal thick-knee	Burhinus senegalensis Swainson, 1837	✓				✓
Charadriiformes	Burhinidae	Eurasian stone curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus Linnaeus, 1758	✓						✓
Charadriiformes	Burhinidae	Water thick-knee	Burhinus vermiculatus Cabanis, 1868		✓			✓
Piciformes	Lybiidae	Black-billed barbet	Lybius guifsobalito Hermann, 1783		✓					✓
Piciformes	Indicatoridae	Lesser honeyguide	Indicator minor Stephens, 1815			✓				✓
Piciformes	Picidae	Nubian woodpecker	Campethera nubica Boddaert, 1783		✓				✓
Galliformes	Phasianidae	Clapperton’s Francolin	Pternistis clappertoni Vigors, 1826	✓				✓
Galliformes	Phasianidae	Sand partridge	Ammoperdix heyi Temminck, 1825		✓					✓
Galliformes	Phasianidae	Scaly Francolin	Pternistis squamatus Cassin, 1857			✓			✓
Galliformes	Numididae	Helmeted guineafowl	Numida meleagris Linnaeus, 1758			✓			✓
Strigiformes	Strigidae	Common scops owl	Otus senegalensis Swainson, 1837			✓		✓
Anseriformes	Anatidae	Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca Linnaeus, 1766			✓			✓
Bucerotiformes	Upupidae	African hoopoe	Upupa africana Bechstein,1811		✓				✓
Bucerotiformes	Phoeniculidae	Green wood hoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus Miller, 1784		✓				✓
Bucerotiformes	Phoeniculidae	Violet wood hoopoe	Phoeniculus damarensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1901			✓				✓
Bucerotiformes	Bucerotidae	Northern red-billed hornbill	Tockus erythrorhynchus Temminck, 1823		✓					✓
Cuculiformes	Cuculidae	Levaillant’s cuckoo	Clamator levaillantii Swainson, 1829			✓		✓
Cuculiformes	Cuculidae	Senegal coucal	Centropus senegalensis Linnaeus, 1766			✓			✓
Cuculiformes	Cuculidae	Blue-headed coucal	Centropus monachus Rüppell, 1837				✓		✓
Musophagiformes	Musophagidae	White-belled go-away-bird	Crinifer leucogaster Rüppell, 1842				✓			✓
Psittaciformes	Psittaculidae	Rose-ringed parakeet	Psittacula krameri Scopoli, 1769				✓			✓
Coliformes	Coliidae	Speckled mousebird	Colius striatus Gmelin, 1789	✓						✓