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A consolidated checklist and new avifaunal records for southern Tigray, Ethiopia

2023; British Ornithologists' Club; Volume: 143; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.25226/bboc.v143i4.2023.a4

2513-9894

Abadi Mehari Abrha, Kai Gedeon, Shimelis Aynalem Zelelew, Guesh Negash Haile, Habtu Kiros Nigus, Assefa Hidgot, Mengesha Hayelom Siyoum, Ziada Abdelhadi Abdelwahab, Mebrahtom Nguse, Berhe Gebremichael Weldetnsae, Hailemariam Gebrewahed, Till Töpfer,

Economic and Environmental Valuation

We recorded 17 bird taxa new for southern Tigray across a mosaic of habitats. Some of these records document substantial geographical extensions of previously known ranges. Many are Acacia woodland and bushland species but were documented in habitats subject to considerable human disturbance. New records for Tigray include White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus, Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus, Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus mayaudi, Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus, House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus and White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli. In addition, the endemic subspecies erlangeri of Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi, previously known only from the central highlands of Ethiopia, was recorded for the first time in southern Tigray. Focusing on Hugumbirda and Gra-Kahsu State Forest and human-dominated landscapes in southern Tigray, we found key drivers of habitat modification in the area to be the expansion of settlements, farmland and bare land.