Diversity, Species Composition, and Relative Abundance of Avifauna at Debre Libanos Monastery, Ethiopia
Table 1
Bird species recorded at Debre Libanos Monastery forest during the wet and dry seasons.
Orders
Family
Common name
Scientific name
IUCN red list category
Accipitriformes
Accipitridae
Augur buzzard
Buteo augur (Eduard Rüppell, 1836) +
LC
Black-chested snake-eagle
Circaetus pectoralis (A. Smith, 1829)
LC
Hooded vulture ¥
Necrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823)
CR
Tawny eagle
Aquila rapax (Temminck, 1828) +
VU
White-backed volture
Gyps africanus (Salvadori, 1865) +
CR
Yellow-billed kite
Milvus aegyptius (Gmelin, 1788) +
LC
Apodiformes
Apodidae
Nyanza swift
Apus niansae (Rejchenow, 1887) +
LC
Bucerotiformes
Bucerotidae
Red-billed hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus (Temminck, 1823)
LC
Hemprich’s hornbill
Tockus hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1833) +
LC
Coliiformes
Collidae
Speckled mousebird
Colius striatus (Gmelin, 1789)
LC
Coraciiformes
Meropidae
Little bee-eater
Merops pusillus (Statius Muller, 1776)
LC
Alcedinidae
Malachite kingfisher
Alcedo cristata (Pallas, 1764)
LC
Columbiformes
Columbidae
Dusky turtle dove
Streptopelia turtur (Eduard Rüppell, 1837)
LC
Laughing dove
Streptopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) +
LC
Red-eyed dove
Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) +
LC
Speckled pigeon
Columba guinea (Linnaeus, 1758)
LC
White-collared pigeon ϫ
Columba albitorques (Rüppell, 1837) +
LC
Falconiformes
Falconidae
Lanner falcon
Falco biarmicus (Temminck, 1825) +
LC
Galliformes
Phasianidae
Erckel’s francolin ♦
Pternistis erckelii (Rüppell, 1835) +
LC
Musophagiformes
Musophagidae
White-cheecked turaco ♦
Tauraco ruspolii (Eduard Rüppell, 1835)
LC
Passeriformes
Cisticolidae
Grey-backed camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura (Cretzschmar, 1830)
LC
Tawny-flanked prina
Prinia subflava (Gmelin, 1789)
LC
Ethiopian cisticola
Cisticola lugubris (Rüppell, 1840) +
LC
Corvidae
Cape crow
Corvus capensis (MHC, 1823)
LC
Pied crow
Corvus albus (Muller, 1776)
LC
Fan-tailed raven
Corvus rhipidurus (E. Hartert, 1918)
LC
Estrildidae
Red-billed firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala (C. Linnaeus, 1766)
LC
Red-cheeked cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus (Linnaeus, 1766)
LC
Fringillidae
African citril
Serinus citrinelloides (Rüppell, 1840)
LC
Brown-rumped seedeater
Serinus tristriatus (Rüppell, 1840)
LC
Streaky seedeater
Serinus striolatus (Smith, 1836)
LC
Hirundinidae
Common fiscal
Lanius collaris (Linnaeus, 1766)
LC
Rock martin
Ptyonoprogne fuligula (Lichtenstein, 1842) +
LC
Malacotonidae
Ethiopian boubou ¥
Laniarius aethiopicus (Gmelin, 1789)
LC
Monarchidae
African paradise flycatcher
Terpsiphone viridis (Muller, 1776)
LC
Motacillidae
Mountain wagtail
Motacilla clara (Sharpe, 1908)
LC
Muscicapidae
Mocking cliff chat
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris (Lafresnaye, 1836)
LC
Moorland chat ϫ
Pinarochroa, sordida (Rüppell, 1837)
LC
Ruppell’s black chat
Myrmecocichla melaena (Rüppell, 1837)
LC
Ruppell’s robin-chat ϫ
Cossypha semirufa (Eduard Rüppell, 1840)
LC
Nectariniidae
Scarlet-chested sunbird
Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
LC
Tacazza sunbird
Nectarinia tacazze (Stanley, 1814) +
LC
Variable sunbird
Cinnyris venustus (G. Shaw, 1799)
LC
Oriolidae
Abyssinian oriole
Oriolus monacha (Gmelin, 1789)
LC
Passeridae
Swainson’s sparrow ♦
Passer swainsonii (Rüppell, 1840) +
LC
Ploceidae
Baglafecht weaver
Ploceus baglafecht (Daudin, 1802)
LC
Red-collared widowbird
Euplectes ardens (P. Boddaert, 1783) +
LC
Village weaver
Ploceus cucullatus (Müller, 1766)
LC
Yellow bishop
Euplectes capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
LC
Pycnonotidae
Common bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789)
LC
Sturnidae
Greater blue-eared starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus (Ehrenberg, 1828)
LC
Red-winged starling
Onychognathus morio (Linnaeus, 1766)
LC
Timaliidae
White-rumped babbler ♦
Turdoides leucopygia (Rüppell, 1840)
LC
Turdidae
Mountain thrush
Turdus abyssinicus (Gmelin, 1789)
LC
White-winged cliff chat ϫ
Thamnolaea semirufa (Eduard Rüppell, 1837) +
LC
Viduidae
Pin-tailed whydah
Vidua macroura (P. Pallas, 1764) +
LC
Village indigobird
Vidua chalybeate (Müller, 1776)
LC
Piciformes
Picidae
Nubian woodpecker
Campethera nubica (P. Boddaert, 1783)
LC
Abyssinian woodpecker ♠
Dendropicos abyssinicus (Stanley, 1814)
LC
Psittaciformes
Psittaculidae
Black-winged lovebird ϫ
Agapornis pullarius (Stanley, 1814)
LC
Strigiformes
Strigidae
Greyish eagle-owl
Bubo cinerascens (Guerin-Meneville, 1843)
LC
means dry; + means wet; means both wet and dry; ♠ means endemic; ϫ means endemic to Ethiopia and Eretria; ♦ means near endemic; ¥ means threatened; unmarked species are resident birds; LC: list concern; CR: critically endangered.
