Research Article

Species Composition, Relative Abundance, and Habitat Association of Avifauna in Zegie Peninsula Forest Patches and Associated Wetlands, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Table 2

Bird species recorded in the study area during wet, dry, and both season surveys, representing the most common species.

SNBird speciesFamilySeasons
WetDryBoth

1.Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii)CiconiidaeYes
2.AbyssinianSlaty-flycatcher (Melaenornis chocolatina)MuscicapidaeYes
3.Abyssinian thrush (Turdus abyssinicus)TurdidaeYes
4.Abyssinian woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus)PicidaeYes
5.African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)ThreskiornithidaeYes
6.African black duck (Anas sparsa)AnatidaeYes
7.African collared-dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea)ColumbidaeYes
8.African comb duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)AnatidaeYes
9.African darter (Anhinga rufa)AnhingidaeYes
10.African fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)AccipitridaeYes
11.African jacana (Actophilornis africana)JacanidaeYes
12.African paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)MonarchidaeYes
13.African pied wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)MotacillidaeYes
14.African pygmy-goose (Nettapus auritus)AnatidaeYes
15.African pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta)AlcedinidaeYes
16.African woolly-neck (Ciconia microscelis)CiconiidaeYes
17.Bare-faced go-away-bird (Corythaixoides personata)MusophagidaeYes
18.Barred warbler (Sylvia nisoria)SylviidaeYes
19.Bearded woodpecker (Dendropicos namaquus)PicidaeYes
20.Bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)AlaudidaeYes
21.Black-billed barbet (Lybius guifsobalito)LybiidaeYes
22Black-crowned crane (Balearica pavonina)GruidaeYes
23.Black-headed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)PloceidaeYes
24.Black-billed wood-dove (Turtur abyssinicus)ColumbidaeYes
25.Black-headed lapwing (Vanellus tectus)CharadriidaeYes
26.Black-winged lovebird (Agapornis taranta)-EEPsittacidaeYes
27.Blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegates)MeropidaeYes
28.Blue-breasted kingfisher(Halcyon malimbica)AlcedinidaeYes
29.Blue-headed coucal (Centropus monachus)AlcedinidaeYes
30.Blue-spotted wood –dove (Turtur afer)ColumbidaeYes
31.Blue-winged goose (Cynochen cyanoptera)-EAnatidaeYes
32.Bronze sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis)NectariniidaeYes
33.Bruce’s green-pigeon (Treron waalia)ColumbidaeYes
34.Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)ArdeidaeYes
35.Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucotis)AlaudidaeYes
36.Citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola)MotacillidaeYes
37.Collared sunbird (Anthreptes collaris)NectariniidaeYes
38.Common bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)PycnonotidaeYes
39.Common fiscal (Lanius collaris)LaniidaeYes
40.Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)ScolopacidaeYes
41.Common stonechat (Saxicola torquata)MuscicapidaeYes
42.Coppery tailed coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus)CuculidaeYes
43.Dark chanting goshawk (Melierax metabates)AccipitridaeYes
44.Double-toothed barbet (Lybius bidentatus)LybiidaeYes
45.Dusky crested flycatcher (Elminia albiventris)StenostiridaeYes
46.Eastern plantain-eater (Crinifer zonurus)MusophagidaeYes
47.Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)AnatidaeYes
48.Ethiopian bee-eater (Merops lafresnayii)MeropidaeYes
49.Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maximus)AlcedinidaeYes
50.Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)ThreskiornithidaeYes
51.Goliath heron (Ardea goliath)ArdeidaeYes
52.Gray-crowned crane (Balearica regulorum)GruidaeYes
53.Great reed-warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)AcrocephalidaeYes
54.Great-white egret (Egretta alba)ArdeidaeYes
55.Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)ScolopacidaeYes
56.Gray-headed wood pecker (Dendropicos spodocephalus)PicidaeYes
57.Grey-backed fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides)LaniidaeYes
58.Grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)AlcedinidaeYes
59.Hadada ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)ThreskiornithidaeYes
60.Hammer kop (Scopus umbretta)ScopidaeYes
61.Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)AccipitridaeYes
62.Isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)TurdidaeYes
63.Isabelline shrike (lanius isabellinus)LaniidaeYes
64.Jameson's fire finch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia)EstrildidaeYes
65.Lesser-swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus gracilirostris)AcrocephalidaeYes
66.Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus)MeropidaeYes
67.Little spotted woodpecker (campethera cailliautii)PicidaeYes
68.Little weaver (Ploceus luteolus)PloceidaeYes
69.Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)AccipitridaeYes
70.Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)AlcedinidaeYes
71.Marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)ScolopacidaeYes
72.Marsh warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)AcrocephalidaeYes
73.Namaqua dove (Oena capensis)ColumbidaeYes
74.Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)AlcedinidaeYes
75.Red -billed fire finch (Lagonosticta senegala)EstrildidaeYes
76.Red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)AlcedinidaeYes
77.Red-eyed dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)ColumbidaeYes
78.Ruppell’s robin-chat (Cossypha semirufa)MuscicapidaeYes
79.Ruppell’s weaver (Ploceus galbula)PloceidaeYes
80.Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)ThreskiornithidaeYes
81.Silvery-cheeked hornbill (Ceratogymna brevis)BucerotidaeYes
82.Speckled mousebird (Colius striatus)ColiidaeYes
83.83. Speckled pigeon (Columba guinea)ColumbidaeYes
84.Spectacled weaver (Ploceus ocularis)PloceidaeYes
85.Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis)AnatidaeYes
86.Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)CharadriidaeYes
87.Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides)ArdeidaeYes
88.Striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)AlcedinidaeYes
89.Tropical boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus)MalaconotidaeYes
90.Wattled ibis (Bostrychia carunculata)-EEThreskiornithidaeYes
91.White browed coucal (Centropus superciliosus)CuculidaeYes
92.White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)AnatidaeYes
93.White-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)LaridaeYes
94.White-fronted black chat (Oenanthe albifrons)MuscicapidaeYes
95.Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)CiconiidaeYes
96.Yellow-fronted parrot (Poicephalus flavifrons)-EPsittacidaeYes

E= Endemic to only Ethiopia, EE = Endemic to Ethiopia and Eritrea.