Notable endemics found here include the yellow-throated serin and Prince Ruspoli's turaco. From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference
Ruppell's chat (Myrmecocichla melaena) and Ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis) are two notable near-endemics. From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands] Reference
Threatened bird species include two near-endemics, the Ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis, EN) and the white-winged flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi, EN). From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands] Reference
Already, continental birds such as the hoopoe and the serin are likely to cross the English Channel, according to ornithologists. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The Abyssinian longclaw is considered near-endemic to this ecoregion, as are the moorland chat (Cercomela sordida), Abyssinian waxbill (Estrilda ochrogaster), moorland francolin (Francolinus psilolaemus), Rueppell's chat (Myrmecocichla melaena), ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis), and spot-breasted lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus). From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian montane moorlands] Reference
And the rarer ones -- the grey shrike, that buzzard of the cliff (the most perilous scramble of all my life), the crested titmouse, the serin finch on the apple tree, that first icterine warbler whose five eggs, blotched with purple and quite unfamiliar at the time, gave me such a thrill of joy that I nearly lost my foothold on the swerving alder branch. From Wordnik.com. [Alone] Reference
Thanks Spike, ev, alvin, erin, serin and April. From Wordnik.com. [DOG PEOPLE • by Ian Rochford] Reference
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