Research Article
Diversity and Distribution of Avifauna in the Northeast of Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia
Table 3
Species checklist and IUCN conservation status of birds in Legetafo Legedadi city.
| | Order of species | Family | Common name | Scientific name | IUCN status |
| | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | Yellow-billed kite | Milvus aegyptius | LC | | Hooded vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | CR | | White-backed vulture | Gyps africanus | CR | | Augur buzzard | Buteo augur | LC | | Black kite | Milvus migrans | LC |
| | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Egyptian goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | LC | | Blue-winged goose | Cyanochen cyanoptera | LC |
| | Apodiformes | Apodidae | Common swift | Apus apus | LC |
| | Coliiformes | Coliidae | Speckled mousebird | Colius striatus | LC |
| | Columbiformes | Columbidae | Speckled pigeon | Columba guinea | LC | | White-collared pigeon | Columba albitorques | LC | | Red-eyed dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | LC | | Ring-necked dove | Streptopelia capicola | LC | | Dusky turtle dove | Streptopelia lugens | LC |
| | Coraciiformes | Meropidae | Little bee-eater | Merops pusillus | LC |
| | Passeriformes | Corvidae | Pied crow | Corvus albus | LC | | Fan-tailed raven | Corvus rhipidurus | LC | | Pycnonotidae | Common bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | LC | | Muscicapidae | Moorland chat | Pinarochroa sordida | LC | | Ruppell’s robin-chat | Cossypha semirufa | LC | | Turdidae | Mountain thrush | Turdus plebejus | LC | | Passeridae | Swainson’s sparrow | Passer swainsonii | LC | | Groundscraper thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | LC | | Ploceidae | Baglafecht weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | LC | | Little weaver | Ploceus luteolus | LC | | Village weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | LC | | Estrildidae | Red-cheeked cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | LC | | Red-billed firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | LC | | Zosteropidae | Montain White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | LC | | Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | LC | | Nectariniidae | Scarlet-chested sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalenis | LC | | Fringillidae | African citril | Serinus citrinelloides | LC | | Brown-rumped seedeater | Serinus tristriatus | LC | | Viduidae | Village indigobird | Vidua chalybeate | LC | | Sturnidae | Greater blue-eared starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | LC | | Monarchidae | African paradise flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | LC | | Motacillidae | White wagtail | Motacilla alba | LC |
| | Pelecaniformes | Threskiornithidae | Wattled ibis | Bostrychia carunculate | LC | | Hadeda ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | LC | | African sacred ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | LC | | Ardeidae | Little egret | Egretta garzetta | LC |
| | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Erckel’s francolin | Pternistis erckelii | LC |
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