Composition and Diversity of Bird Community in the Chemoga Wetland and the Associated Human-Modified Landscapes, East Gojjam, Ethiopia

Table 1

Bird species composition in the Chemoga wetland and the associated human-modified habitats during the study period.

Family	Scientific name	Common name	Wetland		Human-modified		IUCN 2022
			Dry	Wet	Dry	Wet
Threskiornithidae	Platalea alba	African spoonbill	—	4	—	—	LC
	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Sacred ibis	80	120	—	—	LC
	Bostrychia carunculata	Wattled ibis^EB	60	86	20	22	LC
	Bostrychia hagedash	Hadada ibis	73	26	14	18	LC
Ardeidae	Ardea melanocephala	Black-headed heron	6	4	—	—	LC
	Bubulcus ibis	Cattle egret	64	60	—	—	LC
	Egretta garzetta	Little egret	150	40	—	—	LC
	Egretta alba	Great egret	28	34	—	—	LC
Scopidae	Scopus umbretta	Hamerkop	4	9	—	—	LC
Ciconiidae	Ciconia episcopus	Woolly-necked stork	4	2	—	—	LC
	Ciconia abdimii	Abdim’s stork	12	—	—	—	LC
	Ciconia ciconia	White stork	120	—	—	—	LC
Anatidae	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Egyptian goose	300	250	—	—	LC
	Sarkidiornis melanotos	African comb duck	8	—	—	—	LC
	Tadorna ferruginea	Ruddy shelduck	14	—	—	—	LC
	Dendrocygna viduata	White-faced whistling duck	—	40	—	—	LC
	Anas undulate	Yellow-billed duck	—	30	—	—	LC
Columbidae	Columba guinea	Speckled pigeon	40	20	18	12	LC
	Columba albitorques	White-collared pigeon^EB	30	18	8	8	LC
	Streptopelia capicola	Ring-necked dove	—	—	6	8	LC
	Streptopelia semitorquata	Red-eyed dove	16	—	18	28	LC
	Streptopelia decipiens	African mourning dove	—	—	6	9	LC
	Streptopelia lugens	Dusky turtle dove	—	—	9	8	LC
	Streptopelia senegalensis	Laughing dove	—	—	8	6	LC
Gruidae	Bugeranus carunculatus	Wattled crane	8	2	—	—	VU
	Balearica pavonina	Black crowned crane	4	—	—	—	VU
Recurvirostridae	Himantopus himantopus	Black-winged stilt	50	4	—	—	LC
Charadriidae	Vanellus melanocephalus	Spot-breasted lapwing^E	6	4	—	—	LC
	Vanellus crassirostris	Long-toed lapwing	12	28	—	—	LC
	Vanellus spinosus	Spur-winged lapwing	86	80	—	—	LC
	Vanellus senegallus	African wattled lapwing	34	43	—	—	LC
	Charadrius pecuarius	Kittlitz’s plover	—	6	—	—	LC
	Charadrius asiaticus	Caspian plover	—	4	—	—	LC
Laridae	Larus ridibundus	Black-headed gull	20	8	—	—	LC
	Sterna nilotica	Gull-billed tern	20	—	—	—	LC
	Chlidonias hybrid	Whiskered tern	12	8	—	—	LC
Accipitridae	Milvus (migrans) aegyptius	Yellow-billed kite	8	—	8	—	LC
	Milvus migrans	Black kite	12	10	—	—	LC
	Necrosyrtes monachus	Hooded vulture	20	9	6	4	CR
	Torgos tracheliotus	Lappet-faced vulture	6	4	—	—	EN
	Gyps africanus	White-backed vulture	4	2	6	4	CR
	Circaetus pectoralis	Black-chested snake-eagle	2	1	—	—	LC
	Buteo augur	Augur buzzard	4	2	2	—	LC
	Buteo buteo	Common buzzard	2	—	2	—	LC
	Aquila rapax	Tawny eagle	4	—	—	—	VU
Apodidae	Apus affinis	Little swift	4	—	6	—	LC
	Apus niansae	Nyanza swift	6	—	7	—	LC
Hirundinidae	Riparia paludicola	Plain martin	14	16	2	4	LC
Pycnonotidae	Pycnonotus barbatus	Common bulbul	—	—	8	10	LC
Passeridae	Passer swainsonii	Swainson’s sparrow	—	—	6	4	LC
Muscicapidae	Cossypha semirufa	Rüppell’s robin-chat	—	—	14	12	LC
Turdidae	Turdus abyssinicus	Abyssinian thrush	—	—	20	14	LC
	Turdus pelios	African thrush	—	—	8	4	LC
Estrildidae	Uraeginthus bengalus	Red-cheeked cordon-bleu	—	—	18	10	LC
	Coccopygia quartinia	Yellow-bellied waxbill	—	—	6	2	LC
	Lagonosticta senegala	Red-billed firefinch	8	—	18	16	LC
Ploceidae	Euplectes afer	Yellow-crowned bishop	—	6	—	4	LC
	Euplectes hordeaceus	Black-winged red bishop	—	—	—	8	LC
	Ploceus cucullatus	Village weaver	—	—	8	12	LC
Viduidae	Vidua chalybeate	Village indigobird	—	—	—	14	LC
	Vidua macroura	Pin-tailed whydah	—	—	—	8	LC
	Vidua paradisaea	Eastern paradise whydah	—	—	—	12	LC
Motacillidae	Motacilla aguimp	African pied wagtail	—	8	—	4	LC
Leiothrichidae	Turdoides leucopygia	White-rumped babbler	—	6	—	20	LC
Buphagidae	Buphagus erythrorhynchus	Red-billed oxpecker	8	12	4	6	LC
Sturnidae	Lamprotornis chalybaeus	Greater blue-eared starling	—	—	12	10	LC
	Lamprotornis chloropterus	Lesser blue-eared starling	—	—	16	14	LC
Corvidae	Corvus capensis	Cape crow	30	18	4	2	LC
	Corvus rhipidurus	Fan-tailed raven	4	—	13	8	LC
	Corvus crassirostris	Thick-billed raven^EB	12	6	8	10	LC
	Corvus albus	Pied crow	6	8	12	20	LC
Malaconotidae	Laniarius aethiopicus	Ethiopian boubou	—	—	4	8	LC
Monarchidae	Terpsiphone viridis	African paradise flycatcher	—	—	—	6	LC
Phoenicopteridae	Phoenicopterus roseus	Greater flamingo	—	4	—	—	LC
Bucerotidae	Tockus hemprichii	Hemprich’s hornbill	—	—	—	9	LC
Musophagidae	Tauraco leucotis	White-cheeked turaco	—	—	—	4	LC
Phasianidae	Pternistis clappertoni	Clapperton’s spurfowl	—	—	6	2	LC

Note. E = endemic^E; EB = endemic to both Ethiopia and Eritrea^EB; VU = vulnerable; NT = near threatened; LC = least concern; CR = critically endangered; +indicates with specific number recorded during the study; —, no recorded of species in the indicated season and habitat.