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Simien Mountains National Park
This checklist includes all bird species found in Simien Mountains National Park , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2023. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Simien Mountains National Park [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 11
Last modified: 2024-08-03
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| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
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| Chestnut-naped Spurfowl | Pternistis castaneicollis | |
| Erckel's Spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | |
| Harwood's Spurfowl | Pternistis harwoodi | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| White-collared Pigeon | Columba albitorques | |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| White-cheeked Turaco | Menelikornis leucotis | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
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| Rouget's Rail | Rougetius rougetii | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| Spot-breasted Lapwing | Vanellus melanocephalus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
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| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
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| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
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| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| Wattled Ibis | Bostrychia carunculata | Endemic (country/region) |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
| Rüppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | Critically endangered |
| Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Vulnerable |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | Near-threatened |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | |
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| Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | Vulnerable |
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| Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii | |
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
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| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Ethiopian Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
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| Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito | |
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| Abyssinian Woodpecker | Dendropicos abyssinicus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
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| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | |
| Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Black-winged Lovebird | Agapornis taranta | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
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| Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus monacha | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
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| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
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| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | |
| Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris | |
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| White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | |
| White-backed Black-Tit | Melaniparus leuconotus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Blanford's Lark | Calandrella blanfordi | |
| Thekla's Lark | Galerida theklae | |
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| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Ethiopian Cisticola | Cisticola lugubris | |
| Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
| Foxy Cisticola | Cisticola troglodytes | |
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| African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
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| Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
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| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
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| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Abyssinian Catbird | Sylvia galinieri | Endemic (country/region) |
| African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
| Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | |
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| Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | |
| Heuglin's White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus | |
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| Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | |
| White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygia | |
| Cretzschmar's Babbler | Turdoides leucocephala | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
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| Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| White-billed Starling | Onychognathus albirostris | |
| Somali Starling | Onychognathus blythii | |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
| Ethiopian Thrush | Turdus simensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
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| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis chocolatinus | |
| Rüppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | |
| Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| White-winged Cliff-Chat | Monticola semirufus | Endemic (country/region) |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Rüppell's Chat | Myrmecocichla melaena | Endemic (country/region) |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Rusty-breasted Wheatear | Oenanthe frenata | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
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| Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
| Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
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| White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris | |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda | |
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| Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
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| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Abyssinian Longclaw | Macronyx flavicollis | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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| White-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra leucopygia | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolata | |
| Brown-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra tristriata | |
| Ankober Serin | Crithagra ankoberensis | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
| Ethiopian Siskin | Serinus nigriceps | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
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