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This checklist includes all bird species found in Awash 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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STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae

Somali OstrichStruthio molybdophanesVulnerable

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Vulturine GuineafowlAcryllium vulturinum

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Chestnut-naped SpurfowlPternistis castaneicollis
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
African Collared-DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Mourning Collared-DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Black-billed Wood-DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Namaqua DoveOena capensis

 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus

 
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

Arabian BustardArdeotis arabsNear-threatened
Kori BustardArdeotis koriNear-threatened
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Buff-crested BustardLophotis gindiana
Hartlaub's BustardLissotis hartlaubii

 
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

White-cheeked TuracoMenelikornis leucotis
Bare-faced Go-away-birdCrinifer personatus
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
Pied CuckooClamator jacobinus
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Common CuckooCuculus canorus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Sombre NightjarCaprimulgus fraenatus
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Star-spotted NightjarCaprimulgus stellatus
Slender-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus clarus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae

Nyanza SwiftApus niansae
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-SnipeRostratula benghalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

African JacanaActophilornis africanus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
RuffCalidris pugnax
Little StintCalidris minuta

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

African DarterAnhinga rufa

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens

 
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

HamerkopScopus umbretta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Great EgretArdea alba
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Goliath HeronArdea goliath

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae

SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusEndangered

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocouriiVulnerable
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusEndangered
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotosEndangered
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCritically endangered
White-backed VultureGyps africanusCritically endangered
Rüppell's GriffonGyps rueppelliCritically endangered
Eurasian GriffonGyps fulvus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatusEndangered
Black-chested Snake-EagleCircaetus pectoralis
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosusEndangered
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVulnerable
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensisEndangered
Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
Eastern Chanting-GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNear-threatened
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
African GoshawkAccipiter tachiro
ShikraAccipiter badius
Little SparrowhawkAccipiter minullus
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Augur BuzzardButeo augur

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Barn OwlTyto alba

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

African Scops-OwlOtus senegalensis
Grayish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusRare/Accidental

 
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae

Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae

Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Black-billed WoodhoopoePhoeniculus somaliensis
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae

Abyssinian Ground-HornbillBucorvus abyssinicusVulnerable

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Gray-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Ethiopian Bee-eaterMerops lafresnayii
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Madagascar Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

European RollerCoracias garrulus
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Rufous-crowned RollerCoracias naevius

 
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae

Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalus
Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillus
Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephala
Black-billed BarbetLybius guifsobalito

 
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae

Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Mountain Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos spodocephalus
Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Gray KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Red-bellied ParrotPoicephalus rufiventris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Gray-headed BatisBatis orientalis
Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

White HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

BrubruNilaus afer
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Rosy-patched BushshrikeRhodophoneus cruentus
Sulphur-breasted BushshrikeTelophorus sulfureopectus
Gray-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Great Gray ShrikeLanius excubitor
Lesser Gray ShrikeLanius minor
Gray-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
Taita FiscalLanius dorsalis
Somali FiscalLanius somalicus
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNear-threatened
White-rumped ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Cape CrowCorvus capensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Somali CrowCorvus edithae
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

White-winged Black-TitMelaniparus leucomelas

 
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

Mouse-colored Penduline-TitAnthoscopus musculus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix signatus
Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
Red-winged LarkMirafra hypermetra
Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica
Gillett's LarkMirafra gilletti

 
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Yellow-vented EremomelaEremomela flavicrissalis
Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
Gray Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
Pale PriniaPrinia somalica
Red-fronted PriniaPrinia rufifrons
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Boran CisticolaCisticola bodessa
Ashy CisticolaCisticola cinereolus
Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Brown Woodland-WarblerPhylloscopus umbrovirens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
African Hill BabblerSylvia abyssinica
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Greater WhitethroatCurruca communis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Rufous ChattererArgya rubiginosa
White-rumped BabblerTurdoides leucopygia

 
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae

Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorynchus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
Bristle-crowned StarlingOnychognathus salvadorii
Shelley's StarlingLamprotornis shelleyi
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
African Gray FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
SilverbirdMelaenornis semipartitus
Black Scrub-RobinCercotrichas podobeRare/Accidental
Rufous-tailed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Red-backed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosRare/Accidental
Rufous-tailed Rock-ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Mocking Cliff-ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
BlackstartOenanthe melanura
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
Sombre Rock ChatOenanthe dubiaData deficient
Brown-tailed ChatOenanthe scotocerca
Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
Shining SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostrisRare/Accidental
Red-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis niger
White-headed Buffalo-WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
Lesser Masked-WeaverPloceus intermedius
Vitelline Masked-WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Black-cheeked WaxbillBrunhilda charmosyna
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
Cut-throatAmadina fasciata
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogaster
Red-cheeked CordonbleuUraeginthus bengalus
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Eastern Paradise-WhydahVidua paradisaea
Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherina
Straw-tailed WhydahVidua fischeri
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

Northern Gray-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactylaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
White WagtailMotacilla alba
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowi
White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata
Yellow-throated SerinCrithagra flavigulaEndemic (country/region) Endangered

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Somali BuntingEmberiza poliopleura
Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi

 

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