African Silverbill
Euodice cantans
Uncommon to locally common in semi-arid bush and dry wooded grasslands throughout much of region, from sea-level to 2400m.

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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
March 24 2024

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Greyish Eagle-Owl
[Alt: Vermiculated Eagle-Owl]
Bubo cinerascens
Pairs are widespread and fairly common throughout, from sea-level to 2500m in wide variety of bushed and wooded country, often with cliffs and rocky hills.

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Wollo region
Ethiopia
2020

Rüppell’s Starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
[Alt: Rüppell’s Long-tailed Starling]
Large, dark-looking, purplish-blue starling with long graduated tail, black mask and conspicuous creamy-white eye; lacks black wing-spots.Pairs are common, wide-ranging, and often on ground in woodlands, bush country and around cultivation from sea-level to 2400m.

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Abijatta-shalla national park
Ethiopia
Jan.
2020

Black-billed Wood-hoopoe
Phoeniculus somaliensis
Singles, pairs or family groups are common and widespread throughout region, occupying semi-arid bushed and wooded areas, often in larger acacias and riverine woodland, from sea-level up to 2100m.

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ziway / Batu
Ethiopia
2022

Long-tailed Cormorant
Phalacrocorax africanus
[Alt: Reed Cormorant]
Singles, small groups and flocks are common on a wider range of waters than Great Cormorant, often dispersing to temporary floods, and preferring waterside
vegetation and trees for perches. Largely absent from NSo; vagrant Dj and Soc.Non-breeding adult lacks crest and is dull brown-black with white chin, dirty white throat and dull off-white underparts.

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Lake ziway / Batu
Ethiopia
2022

Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostra
Pairs and small groups are widespread and often common in Et on virtually any lake or small pool with fringing and floating vegetation, especially in Rift Valley;g locally fairly common in SSo but only one record in NSo. Occurs from sea-level to 1800m. Often walks in open at any time of day.

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Haile Resort Ziway
Ethiopia
May 2023

Blue-headed Coucal
Centropus monachus
Common resident (but rare in Er) usually close to water in marshes, papyrus swamps and other dense wet areas at 500–2700m but also in forest edges,
thickets and bushed areas.

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Meki
Liben Lodge&Resort
Ethiopia

Rüppell’s Robin-Chat
Cossypha semirufa
A common highland forest bird, including juniper and Podocarpus, but also in overgrown gardens and thickets, at 1200–3100m.

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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
2017

Red-faced Crombec
Sylvietta whytii
Fairly common resident in C&SEt, in wide variety of woodland and bush country at 400–1800m.

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Lake ziway / Batu
Ethiopia
2022

Grey-headed Batis
Batis orientalis
Two races occur,Adult Female has similar grey crown and supercilium, but breast band fairly broad and chestnut.Frequent to common in acacia woodland and subdesert steppe throughout most lowland Er and Et, up to 2100m; also in Dj and N&SESo.

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Lake ziway / Batu
Ethiopia
2022

Swainson’s Sparrow
Passer swainsonii
Near-endemic to Horn of Africa. Occupies most habitats except forest, including towns and villages. Common throughout most of Er, Et (except SE), Dj and NSo from sea-level to 3000m.

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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
2021

Blue-winged Goose
Cyanochen cyanoptera
ENDEMIC to highlands of Et. Locally common on moorlands, marshes, meadows and grasslands near water, at2100–4100m, usually in pairs or small groups. Mainly sedentary.

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Addis Ababa
Bole Lami
Ethiopia
2017

Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourus
Widespread and common in arid and semi-arid bushland, woodland and sparsely bushed grassland from sea-level to 2000m (once at 2400m). Invariably in flocks and flies fast between bushes, often flying considerable distance if flushed.

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Adama/Nazerate
Ethiopia
2020

Speckled Pigeon
Columba guinea
[Alt: Rock Pigeon]

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Addis Ababa Ethiopia
2024

Abyssinian Thrush
Turdus (olivaceus) abyssinicus
[Alt: Northern Olive Thrush,Mountain Thrush]
Most common and widespread Turdus thrush in highlands of Er and Et, pairs occupying wide range of woodland habitats including forest edge, gardens and cultivation,at 1650–2500m.

Photo by Henuphotography
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
2024

White-collared Pigeon
Columba albitorques
ENDEMIC to Er and Et. Pairs and small flocks are common in towns, villages and rocky areas, feeding in open grasslands and cultivation, at 1800–4200m.

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Addis Ababa
Bole Arabesa
Ethiopia
2018