Comparison of bird assemblage structures and diversity patterns between seasons among two Ethiopian wetlands

Awash, Numeri; Tekalign, Wondimagegnehu

doi:10.1186/s40850-023-00164-x

BMC Zoology

Table 2 The bird species that were observed in the study area (number of individuals)

From: Comparison of bird assemblage structures and diversity patterns between seasons among two Ethiopian wetlands

Order	Common name	IUCN Category	Scientific name	Family	Season
Order	Common name	IUCN Category	Scientific name	Family	Dry	Wet
Anseriformes	Egyptian Goose	LC	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Anatidae	0	33
	White-backed Duck	LC	Thalassomis leuconotus	Anatidae	30	66
	White-faced Tree-Duck	LC	Dendrocygna viduata	Anatidae	0	35
	Fulvous Whistling-Duck	LC	Dendrocygna bicolor	Anatidae	0	24
	African Black Duck	LC	Anas sparsa	Anatidae	20	0
Columbiformes	Bruce’s Green-Pigeon	LC	Treron waalia	Columbidae	0	16
Coliiformes	Speckled Mousebird	LC	Colius striatus	Collidae	14	19
Cuculiformes	Blue-headed Coucal	LC	Centropus monachus	Cuculidae	0	18
Pelecaniformes	Cattle Egret	LC	Bubulcus ibis	Ardeidae	62	30
	Grey Heron	LC	Ardea cinerea	Ardeidae	0	15
	Hadada Ibis	LC	Bostrychia hagedash	Threskiornithidae	96	140
	Great White Pelican	LC	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Pelicanidae	19	16
	African Sacred Ibis	LC	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Threskiornithidae	56	71
	Royal Spoonbill	LC	Platalea regia	Threskiornithidae	0	36
	Hammercop	LC	Scopus umbretta	Scopidae	37	90
Passeriformes	Thick-billed Raven	LC	Corves crassirostris	Corvidae	0	27
	Parrot-billed Sparrow	LC	Passer gongonensis	Passeridae	34	33
	Ruppell’s Robin-Chat	LC	Cossyphase mirufa	Musicapidae	19	0
	Red-billed Oxpecker	LC	Buphagus erithriorhynchus	Buphagidae	23	26
	Red-winged Warbler	LC	Prinia erythropterus	Cisticolidae	0	20
	Northern Masked-Weaver	LC	Ploceus taeniopterus	Ploceidae	0	41
	Bronze Mannikin	LC	Spermestes cucullata	Estrildidae	63	40
	Beautiful Sunbird	LC	Cinnyris pulchella	Nectariniidae	16	0
	Barred Warbler	LC	Curruca nisoria	Sylvinidae	0	18
	Abyssinian Citril	LC	Crithagra citrinelloides	Fringillidae	36	35
	Collared Sunbird	LC	Hedydipna collaris	Nectariniidae	15	12
	Common Bulbul	LC	Pycnonotus barbatus	Pycnonotidae	76	77
	Fork–tailed Drongo	LC	Dicrurus adisimiss	Dicruridae	0	38
	Lesser Masked Weaver	LC	Ploceus intermedius	Ploeceidae	0	38
	Lesser Whitethroat	LC	Curruca curruca	Sylviidae	23	61
	Garden Warbler	LC	Sylvia borin	Sylviidae	27	34
	Little Weaver	LC	Ploceus luteolus	Ploeceidae	35	37
Piciformes	Greater Honeyguide	LC	Indicator indicator	Indicatoridae	19	0
Piciformes	Banded Barbet	LC	Lybius undatus	Lybiidae	20	106
Coraciformes	Malachite Kingfisher	LC	Corythornis cristatus	Alcedinidae	22	16
	Pied Kingfisher	LC	Ceryie rudis	Alcedinidae	24	50
	Giant Kingfisher	LC	Megaceryie maxima	Alcedinidae	20	18
	Silver-checked Hornbill	LC	Bycanistes brevis	Buceratidae	11	0
Charadriformes	African Jacana	LC	Actophilornis africanus	Jacanidae	80	0
	Green-capped Eremomela	LC	Eremomela scotops	Cisticolidae	27	45
	Black-headed Gull	LC	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Laridae	0	18
	Whiskered Tern	LC	Chlidonias hybrida	Laridae	0	33
	Grey-headed Gull	LC	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	Laridae	0	21
Ciconiformes	Marabou Stork	LC	Leptoptilos crumenifer	Ciconidae	0	89
Ciconiformes	Saddle-billed Stork	LC	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis	Ciconidae	0	12
Gruiformes	Black Crowned Crane	VU	Balearica pavonina	Gruidae	36	50
	Red-knobbed Coot	LC	Fulica cristata	Heliornithiday	0	26
	Wattled Crane	VU	Grus carunculata	Gruidae	2	0

LC Least concern, VU Vulnerable

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