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Awash National Park
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 2024. 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: Awash National Park [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 14
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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| Somali Ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | Vulnerable |
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | |
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| Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Chestnut-naped Spurfowl | Pternistis castaneicollis | |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
| Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | |
| Four-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles quadricinctus | |
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| Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | Near-threatened |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
| Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana | |
| Hartlaub's Bustard | Lissotis hartlaubii | |
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| Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Crinifer personatus | |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster | |
| Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | |
| White-cheeked Turaco | Menelikornis leucotis | |
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| Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Sombre Nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus | |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
| Star-spotted Nightjar | Caprimulgus stellatus | |
| Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | |
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| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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| Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
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| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | Vulnerable |
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | 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 | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minulla | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | |
| Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | |
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| Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | Vulnerable |
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| Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii | |
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | |
| Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
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| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Ethiopian Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii | |
| Somali Bee-eater | Merops revoilii | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
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| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | |
| D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | |
| Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis | |
| Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata | |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | |
| Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito | |
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| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus | |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
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| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Gray-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | |
| Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | |
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| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
| Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | |
| Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
| White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | |
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| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| Somali Crow | Corvus edithae | |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | |
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| White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | |
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| Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | |
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| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
| Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus | |
| Gillett's Lark | Calendulauda gilletti | |
| Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
| Red-winged Lark | Corypha hypermetra | |
| Kidepo Lark | Corypha kidepoensis | |
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| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
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| Yellow-vented Eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis | |
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
| Pale Prinia | Prinia somalica | |
| Red-fronted Prinia | Prinia rufifrons | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| Boran Cisticola | Cisticola bodessa | |
| Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
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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 | |
| African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | |
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| Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | |
| White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygia | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha | |
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| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| Bristle-crowned Starling | Onychognathus salvadorii | |
| Shelley's Starling | Lamprotornis shelleyi | |
| Rüppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
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| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| Silverbird | Empidornis semipartitus | |
| Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | |
| Black Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Blackstart | Oenanthe melanura | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
| Sombre Rock Chat | Oenanthe dubia | Data deficient |
| Brown-tailed Chat | Oenanthe scotocerca | |
| Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
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| Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | |
| Nile Valley Sunbird | Hedydipna metallica | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Abyssinian Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| Rüppell's Weaver | Ploceus galbula | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| Black-cheeked Waxbill | Brunhilda charmosyna | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina | |
| Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | |
| Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | |
| Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris pyrgita | |
| Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris dentata | |
| Pale Rockfinch | Carpospiza brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
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| Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriata | |
| Yellow-throated Serin | Crithagra flavigula | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
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| Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
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