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

Table 4

The abundance of avian species in different seasons.

Species name	Family	Order	Avian species seasonal abundance
			Dry			Wet
			Jan	Feb	Mar	May	June	July
Terpsiphone viridis	Passeriformes	Monarchidae	0	12	0	0	0	0
Anhinga rufa	Suliformes	Anhingidae	0	4	12	18	20	18
Actophilornis africanus	Charadriiformes	Jacanidae	4	3	7	6	5	9
Ardea cinerea	Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	0	0	18	8	6	10
Platalea alba	Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	4	6	8	0	0	0
Threskiornis molucca	Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	2	1	1	0	2	2
Ardea melanocephala	Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	0	4	12	0	0	0
Glareola nordmanni	Charadriiformes	Glareolidae	1	1	0	16	18	0
Centropus monachus	Cuculiformes	Cuculidae	14	0	20	35	10	33
Bubulcus ibis	Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	8	9	11	4	8	0
Vanellus coronatus	Charadriiformes	Charadriidae	22	5	7	28	24	0
Streptopelia lugens	Columbiformes	Columbidae	19	0	23	20	11	21
Alopochen aegyptiaca	Anseriformes	Anatidae	2	8	12	9	9	10
Lamprotornis chalybaeus	Passeriformes	Sturnidae	12	6	12	10	19	19
Ardea alba	Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	2	0	0	7	16	13
Lanius excubitoroides	Passeriformes	Laniidae	5	5	0	7	7	8
Ardea goliath	Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	0	0	0	5	5	4
Bostrychia carunculata	Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	0	0	2	12	10	32
Scopus umbretta	Pelecaniformes	Scopidae	0	0	0	6	7	9
Ardea intermedia	Pelecaniformes	Ardeidae	0	0	2	5	5	8
Streptopelia semitorquata	Columbiformes	Columbidae	10	15	5	11	17	9
Lamprotornis superbus	Passeriformes	Sturnidae	7	15	0	0	0	20
Hirundo megaensis	Passeriformes	Hirundinidae	8	10	0	10	5	5
Onychognathus albirostris	Passeriformes	Sturnidae	8	3	7	3	6	7
Vanellus senegallus	Charadriiformes	Charadriidae	4	2	4	4	6	4
Passer swainsonii	Passeriformes	Passeridae	0	0	2	20	20	22
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis	Ciconiiformes	Ciconiidae	0	2	6	34	30	10
Ceryle rudis	Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	0	0	0	5	5	0
Lamprotornis purpuroptera	Passeriformes	Sturnidae	6	10	0	17	3	0
Dendrocygna viduata	Anseriformes	Anatidae	5	1	0	0	0	0
Prionops plumatus	Passeriformes	Vangidae	0	0	28	35	23	0
Charadrius tricollaris	Charadriiformes	Charadriidae	2	0	0	12	8	0
Leptoptilos crumenifer	Ciconiiformes	Ciconiidae	7	1	0	14	4	4
Threskiornis aethiopicus	Pelecaniformes	Threskiornithidae	2	0	2	36	15	12
Total monthly records			154	123	201	397	324	289