Bishangari Bird List

No.

Common Names

Scientific Names

1

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

2

Hadada Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

3

Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

4

Wattled Ibis

Bostrychia caruncula

5

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiacus

6

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

7

Hooded Vulture

Necrosyriochis monachus

8

African White-backed Vulture

Gyps africanus

9

Long-crested Eagle

Lophaetus occipitalis

10

Augur Buzzard

Buteo rufofuscus

11

Imperial Eagle

Aquila heliaca

12

Tawny/Steppe Eagle

Aquila rapax

13

Crested Francolin

Pternistes sephaena

14

Moorland Francolin

Francolinus psilolemus

15

Speckled Pigeon

Columba guinea

16

Namaqua Dove

Oena capensis

17

Emerald-spotted Wood-dove

Turtur chalcospilos

18

Lemon Dove

Columba larvata

19

Red-eyed Dove

Streptopelia semitorquata

20

African Mourning Dove

Streptopelia decipiens

21

Dusky Turtle Dove

Streptopelia lugens

22

Bruce’s Green Pigeon

Treron waalia

23

Blue-spotted Wood-dove

Turtur afer

24

Black-billed wood-dove

Turtur abyssinicus

25

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia capicola

26

Black-winged Lovebird

Agapornis tranta

27

Yellow-fronted Parrot

Poicephalus flavifrons

28

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Corythaixoides leucogaster

29

White-cheeked Turaco

Tauraco leucotis

30

Klaas’s Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx klaas

31

Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

32

Blue-headed Coucal

Centropus monachus

33

White-faced scops owl

Otus leacotis

34

Little Swift

Apus affinis

35

Malachite Kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

36

Blue-breasted bee-eater

Merops variegatus

37

Eurasian bee-eater

Merops apiaster

38

Striped kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

39

Olive bee-eater

Merops superciliosus

40

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Bycanistes brevis

41

Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus erythrorhynchus

42

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus pusillus

43

Yellow-fronted tinkerbird

Pogoniulus chrysoconus

44

Nubian Woodpecker

Campethera nubica

45

Green-backed Woodpecker

Campethera cailliautii

46

Abyssinian Woodpecker

Dendropicos abyyssinicus

47

Olive Woodpecker

Dendropicus griseocephalus

48

Rock martin

Hirundo fuligula

49

African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla agiump

50

Mountain Wagtail

Motacilla clara

51

Yellow Wagtail

Motacillia flava

52

Black Cuckooshrike

Campephaga flava

53

White-cheeked common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus dadsoni

54

Olive Thrush

Turdus olivaceus

55

Mountain Thrush

Turdus abussinicus

56

Abyssinian Ground Thrush

Zoothera piaggiae

57

Golden pipit

Tmetothylacus tenellus

58

Abyssinian Longclaw

Macronyx flavicollis

59

Rueppell’s Robin Chat

Cossypha semirufa

60

Heuglin’s Robin-chat

Cossypha heuglini

61

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

62

African Dusky Flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta

63

Northern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis edelioides

64

Lead-coloured flycatcher

Myioparus plumbeus

65

Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher

Melaenornis fischer

66

African Paradise-flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

67

White-rumped Babbler

Turdoides leucopygius

68

Montane White-eye

Zosterops poliogastrus

69

Marico Sunbird

Cinnyris mariquensis

70

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

71

Tacazze Sunbird

Nectarinia tacazze

72

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

73

Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venusta

74

Malachite Sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

75

African black-headed oriole

Oriolus laravatus

76

Black-headed forest oriole

Oriolus monacha

77

Black-backed puffback

Dryoscopus cubla

78

Red-naped bushshrike

Laniarius rucifeps

79

Tropical Boubou

Laniarius ferrugineuster

80

Pied Crow

Corvus albus

81

Thick-billed Raven

Corvus crassirostris

82

Brown-necked raven

Corvus ruficollis

83

Slender-billed starling

Onychognathus tenuirostris

84

Redbilled oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

85

Swainson’s Sparrow

Paaser swainsonii

86

Rufous Sparrow

Motitenis shelleyi

87

Yellow-spotted Petronia

Petronia pyrgita

88

Baglafecht Weaver

Ploceus baglafecht

89

Black-headed weaver

Ploceu cucullatus

90

Red-headed weaver

Anaplectus rubriceps

91

Orange-winged Pytilia

Pytilia afra

92

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

93

African Firefinch

Lagonosticta rubricate

94

Jameson’s Firefinch

Lagonosticta rhodopareia

95

Abyssinian crimson-wing

Cryptospiza salvadorii

96

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

97

Common Waxbill

Estrilda astild

98

Pin-tailed whydah

Vidua macroura

99

Purple grenadier

Uraeginthus ianthinogaster

100

Yellow-bellied waxbill

Coccoptgia quartinia (formerly Estrilda melanotis)

101

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

102

Cut-throat Finch

Amadina fasciata

103

African Citril

Serinus citrinelloides

104

Black-headed siskin

Serinus nigriceps

105

Brown-rumped Serin

Serinus tristriatus

106

Yellow-rumped seedeater

Serinus leucopygius

107

Yellow-throated seed-eater

Serinus flavigula

108

Streaky Seed-eater

Serinus gularis