Avian diversity and bird-aircraft strike problems in Bahir Dar International Airport, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Tefera, Tsegaye; Ejigu, Dessalegn; Tassie, Nega

doi:10.1186/s40850-022-00135-8

BMC Zoology

Table 1 List of bird species recorded during wet and dry seasons in the study area and their distribution in the four study habitats

From: Avian diversity and bird-aircraft strike problems in Bahir Dar International Airport, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Order	Habitat types				Seasons
Common name	Scientific name	Family	Order	Bushland	Grassland	Modified habitat	Wetland	dry	wet	both
Abdim's stork	Ciconia abdimii	Ciconiidae	Ciconiiformes		✓	✓				✓
Abyssinian ground horn bill	Bucorvus abyssinicus	Bucorvidae	Bucerotiformes	✓					✓
African Sacred ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Threskiornithidae	Pelecaniformes				✓			✓
African black duck	Anas sparsa	Anatidae	Anseriformes				✓			✓
African black-headed oriole	Oriolus larvatus	Oriolidae	Passeriformes	✓						✓
African darter	Anhinga rufa	Anhingidae	Suliformes				✓			✓
African fish eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer	Accipitridae	Accipitriformes				✓			✓
African grey hornbill	Lophoceros nasutus	Bucerotidae	Bucerotiformes	✓						✓
African hoopoe	Upupa africana	Upupidae	Bucerotiformes		✓	✓				✓
African jacana	Actophilornis africanus	Jacanidae	Charadriiformes				✓			✓
African mourning dove	Streptopelia decipiens	Columbidae	Columbiformes		✓	✓				✓
African open billed stork	Anastomus lamelligerus	Ciconiidae	Ciconiiformes		✓		✓		✓
African paradise Monarch	Terpsiphone viridis	Monarchidae	Passeriformes	✓	✓	✓				✓
African spoon bill	Platalea alba	Threskiornithidae	Pelecaniformes				✓			✓
African thrush	Turdus pelios	Turdidae	Passeriformes		✓	✓				✓
African wattled lapwing	Vanellus senegallus	Charadriidae	Charadriiformes		✓	✓	✓			✓
Black-billed barbet	Lybius guifsobalito	Lybiidae	Piciformes	✓		✓			✓	✓
Black-billed wood dove	Turtur abyssinicus	Columbidae	Columbiformes		✓	✓				✓
Black-billed wood hoopoe	Phoeniculus somaliensis	Phoeniculidae	Bucerotiformes	✓		✓				✓
Black crake	Amaurornis flavirostra	Rallidae	Gruiformes				✓			✓
Black-headed heron	Areda melanocephala	Ardeidae	Pelecaniformes		✓		✓			✓
Black-headed weaver	Ploceus melanocephalus	Ploceidae	Passeriformes	✓		✓				✓
Black-winged love bird	Agapornis taranta	Accipitridae	Accipitriformes	✓		✓				✓
Cardinal woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens	Picidae	Piciformes	✓						✓
Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis	Ardeidae	Pelecaniformes		✓		✓			✓
Common bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus	Pycnonotidae	Passeriformes	✓		✓				✓
Common fiscal	Lanius collaris	Laniidae	Musophagiformes	✓		✓				✓
Common Sand piper	Actitis hypoleucos	Scolopacidae	Charadriformes				✓		✓
Dark chanting goshawk	Melierax metabates	Accipitridae	Accipitriformes	✓		✓				✓
Double toothed barbet	Lybius bidentatus	Lybiidae	Piciformes	✓		✓			✓
Eastern Grey plantain eater	Crinifer zonurus	Musophagidae	Musophagiformes	✓		✓				✓
Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Anatidae	Anseriformes		✓		✓			✓
Giant kingfisher	Megaceryle maxima	Alcedinidae	Coraciiformes	✓						✓
Glossy ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Threskiornithidae	Pelecaniformes				✓			✓
Great white egret	Ardea alba	Ardeidae	Pelecaniformes		✓		✓			✓
Great white pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Pelecanidae	Pelecaniformes				✓			✓
Greater blue-eared starling	Lamprotornis chalybaeus	Sturnidae	Passeriformes	✓	✓	✓				✓
Grey woodpecker	Dendropicos goertae	Picidae	Piciformes	✓		✓				✓
Grey-headed kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala	Alcedinidae	Coraciiformes	✓				✓
Northern Grey headed sparrow	Passer griseus	Passeridae	Passeriformes	✓	✓	✓				✓
Grey heron	Ardea cinerea	Ardeidae	Pelecaniformes				✓			✓
Hadada ibis	Bostrychia hagedash	Threskiornithidae	Pelecaniformes		✓	✓	✓			✓
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	Scopidae	Pelecaniformes				✓			✓
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	Numididae	Galliformes	✓	✓					✓
Hooded vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Accipitridae	Accipitriformes		✓	✓				✓
Knob-billed duck	Sarkidiornis melanotos	Anatidae	Anseriformes				✓			✓
Laughing dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	Columbidae	Columbiformes	✓	✓	✓				✓
Lemon dove	Columba larvata	Columbidae	Columbiformes		✓	✓				✓
Little egret	Egretta garzetta	Ardeidae	Pelecaniformes				✓			✓
Long-crested eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis	Accipitridae	Accipitriformes	✓		✓				✓
Marabou stork	Leptoptilos crumenifer	Ciconiidae	Ciconiiformes				✓			✓
Namaqua dove	Oena capensis	Columbidae	Columbiformes			✓				✓
Northern black flycatcher	Melaenornis edolioides	Muscicapidae	Passeriformes	✓		✓			✓
Nubian woodpecker	Campethera nubica	Picidae	Piciformes	✓		✓				✓
Olive thrush	Turdus olivaceus	Turdidae	Passeriformes	✓	✓	✓				✓
Pied crow	Corvus albus	Sturnidae	Passeriformes	✓	✓	✓				✓
Pin-tailed whydah	Vidua macroura	Viduidae	Passeriformes			✓				✓
Red-billed firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	Anatidae	Anseriformes			✓				✓
Red-billed oxpecker	Buphagus erythrorhynchus	Buphagidae	Passeriformes		✓				✓
Red-cheeked cordon bleu	Uraeginthus bengalus	Estrildidae	Passeriformes	✓					✓
Red-eyed dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	Columbidae	Columbiformes		✓	✓				✓
Rueppell’s robin chat	Cossypha semirufa	Muscicapidae	Passeriformes			✓				✓
Ruppell’s weaver	Ploceus galbula	Ploceidae	Passeriformes	✓		✓				✓
Senegal thick-knee	Burhinus senegalensis	Burhinidae	Charadriformes				✓		✓
Silvery-checked hornbill	Bycanistes brevis	Bucerotidae	Bucerotiformes	✓		✓				✓
Speckled mousebird	Colius striatus	Coliidae	Coliiformes	✓		✓				✓
Speckled pigeon	Columba guinea	Columbidae	Columbiformes	✓	✓	✓				✓
Spur-winged goose	Plectropterus gambensis	Anatidae	Anseriformes				✓			✓
Spur-winged lapwing	Vanellus spinosus	Laridae	Charadriiformes				✓			✓
Striped kingfisher	Halcyon chelicuti	Alcedinidae	Coraciiformes	✓		✓				✓
Swainson’s sparrow	Passer swainsonii	Passeridae	Passeriformes		✓					✓
Tawny eagle	Aquila rapax	Accipitridae	Accipitriformes	✓						✓
Tropical boubou	Laniarius major	Malaconotidae	Passeriformes	✓		✓				✓
Village indigobird	Vidua chalybeate	Viduidae	Passeriformes			✓				✓
Wattled ibis	Bostrychia carunculata	Threskiornithidae	Pelecaniformes		✓		✓		✓
White-faced whistling duck	Dendrocygna viduata	Anatidae	Anseriforme				✓			✓
Yellow billed egret	Ardea intermedia	Ardeidae	Pelecaniformes				✓			✓
Yellow-billed kite	Milvus aegyptius	Accipitridae	Accipitriformes	✓	✓	✓				✓
Yellow-fronted canary	Crithagra mozambica	Fringillidae	Passeriformes	✓	✓	✓			✓
Yellow wagtail	Motacilla flava	Motacillidae	Passeriformes		✓					✓

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