Diversity and Relative Abundance of Avian Species in the Wetland Area Northwest of Lake Abaya, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

The composition of avian species in the study area.

Orders	Families	Common names	Scientific names	Number of records		IUCN category
				Dry	Wet
Passeriformes	Monarchidae	African paradise-flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis	12	0	LC
Suliformes	Anhingidae	African darter	Anhinga rufa	16	56	LC
Charadriiformes	Jacanidae	African jacana	Actophilornis africanus	14	20	LC
Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	African spoonbill	Platalea alba	18	24	LC
Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	Australian white ibis	Threskiornis molucca	18	0	LC
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Black-headed heron	Ardea melanocephala	4	4	LC
Charadriiformes	Glareolidae	Black-winged pratincole	Glareola nordmanni	16	0	NT
Cuculiformes	Cuculidae	Blue-headed coucal	Centropus monachus	2	34	LC
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis	34	78	LC
Charadriiformes	Charadriidae	Crowned lapwing	Vanellus coronatus	28	12	LC
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Dusky turtle dove	Streptopelia lugens	34	52	LC
Anseriformes	Anatidae	Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	42	52	LC
Passeriformes	Sturnidae	Greater blue-eared starling	Lamprotornis chalybaeus	22	28	LC
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Great egret	Ardea alba	30	48	LC
Passeriformes	Laniidae	Gray-backed fiscal	Lanius excubitoroides	2	36	LC
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Gray heron	Ardea cinerea	10	22	LC
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Goliath heron	Ardea goliath	0	14	LC
Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	Wattled ibis	Bostrychia carunculata	2	54	LC
Pelecaniformes	Scopidae	Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	0	22	LC
Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	Intermediate egret	Ardea intermedia	2	18	LC
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Red-eyed dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	30	37	LC
Passeriformes	Sturnidae	Superb starling	Lamprotornis superbus	22	20	LC
Passeriformes	Hirundinidae	White-tailed swallow	Hirundomegaensis	18	20	VU
Passeriformes	Sturnidae	White-billed starling	Onychognathus albirostris	18	16	LC
Charadriiformes	Charadriidae	African wattled lapwing	Vanellus senegallus	10	14	LC
Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	African sacred ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	2	62	LC
Passeriformes	Passeridae	Swainson’s sparrow	Passer swainsonii	8	74	LC
Ciconiiformes	Ciconiidae	Saddle-billed stork	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis	0	10	LC
Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	Pied kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	16	20	LC
Passeriformes	Sturnidae	Rüppell’s starling	Lamprotornis purpuroptera	6	0	LC
Anseriformes	Anatidae	White-faced whistling duck	Dendrocygna viduata	28	58	LC
Passeriformes	Vangidae	White-crested helmetshrike	Prionops plumatus	2	20	LC
Charadriiformes	Charadriidae	Three-banded plover	Charadrius tricollaris	8	22	LC
Ciconiiformes	Ciconiidae	Marabou stork	Leptoptilos crumenifer	4	63	LC
Total				478	1010

Note. LC = least concern, NT = near threatened, and VU = vulnerable.