BORANA
Our list of birds was started in July 1980 and has been compiled by many ornithologists. We have listed 334 different kinds of birds on Borana over the last 20 years.
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Little Grebe | Tackybaptu ruficollis |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelicanus rufescens |
| White-backed Pelican | Pelicanus onocrotalus |
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Phalocrocorax africanus |
| White necked Cormorant | Phalocrocorax carbo |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melancephala |
| Cattle Egret Bulbulcus i. | Ibis |
| Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
| Green-backed Heron | Butorides striatus |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cineria |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilus crumeniferus |
| Saddlebill Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalens |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
| Fulvous Tree Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| Southern Pochard | Aythya erythrophthalma |
| Spurwing Goose | Plectopterus gambensis |
| White Faced Tree Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| Secretary Bird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter bachiro |
| African Hawk Eagle | Hierraaetus spilogaster |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus |
| Ayre's Hawk Eagle | Hieraaetus dubius |
| Bateleur | Terathiopus ecaudatus |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| Black-chested Harrier/Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoraiis |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus oaeruleus |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| Common or Steppe Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron peronoptreus |
| Gabar Goshawk | Meleirax gabar |
| Harrier Hawk | Polyroroides Typos |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos trachiliotos |
| Little Sparrow Hawk | Accipiter minuallus |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis |
| Pale Chanting Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
| Ruppell's Griffon Vulture | Gyps rueppelii |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nepalensis orientalis |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| Verraux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Aquila wahlbergi |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps Africana |
| African Hobby | Flaco cuvieri |
| Eurasian Hobby | Flaco subbuten |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| Lanner | Falco biarmicus |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanai |
| Peregrine | Falco peregrinus |
| Pygmy Falcon | Poliohierax semitorquatus |
| Coqui Francolin | Francolinus coqui |
| Crested Francolin | Francolinus saphaena |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Redwing Francolin | Francolinus levaillantii |
| Scaly Francolin | Francolinus squamatus |
| Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Francolinus leucosceptus |
| Common Button Quail | Turnix sylvatica |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni |
| Black Crake | Limnocorax flavirosta |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| Grey Crowned Crane | Belearica regulorum |
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis melanogaster |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| Spotted Stone Curlew | Burhinus capensis |
| Blacksmith Plover | Vanellus armatus |
| Crowned Plover | Vanellus coronatus |
| Grey Plover | Pluvielis squatarola |
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollar |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| Greater Painted Snipe | Rostratula b. benghalensis |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa ervthropus |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common or Black-winged Stilt | Himanoptus himanoptus |
| Heuglin's Courserÿ (Three Banded) | Hemerodromus cinctus |
| Temmink's Courser | Cursorius temminckii |
| Two-banded Courser | Hemerodromus africanus |
| Grey-headed Gull | Larus cirrocephalus |
| Lichenstein's Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii |
| Dusky Turtle Dove | Streptopelia lugens |
| Emerald-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| Green Pigeon | Treron australis |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur typanistria |
| Brown Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
| Orange-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventrus |
| Red-fronted Parrot | Poicecpalus gulielmi |
| Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlabi |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides leucogaster |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| African Diederik Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| Black and White Cuckoo | Cuculus jacobinus |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| Common or Eurasian Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| Klass' Cuckoo | Chrysococcyc klaas |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Cuculus levaillantii |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| African Scops Owl | Otus scops |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidum perlatum |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| Verraux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus |
| Abyssinian Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephaius |
| Gabon Nightjar | Caprimulgus fosii |
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Macrodipteryx vexillarius |
| European Swift | Apus apus |
| Mottled Swift | Apus aequatorialis |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Colius macrourus |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| Narina's Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| Giant Kingfisher | Ceryle maxima |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus |
| Cinnamon Breasted Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| Eurasian Bee-eater | Merops apiaster |
| Little Bee-eater | merops pusillus |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucu |
| Eurasian Roller | Coracias garrulus |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudata |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coraciasÿ naevia |
| European Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Phoeniculus minor |
| Green Wood-Hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| Scimitarbill | Phoeniculus cyanamelas |
| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus |
| Eastern Yellow Billed Hornbill | Tochus flavirostris |
| Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
| Von der Deckens's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni |
| D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii |
| Red and Yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
| Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diadematum |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus |
| Spotted-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosum |
| White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucochephalus |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus lbilineatus |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| Scally-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Thripias namaquus |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicus fuscascens |
| Grey Woodpecker | Mesopicus goertae |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| Fawn-colored Lark | Mirafra africanoides |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana |
| African Rock Martin | Hirundo fuligula |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Black Saw-wing Swallow | Psalidoprocne holomelaena |
| Common House Martin | Delichon urbIca |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Hirundo abyssinica |
| Mosque Swallow | Hirundo senegalensis |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Hirundo daurica |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| European Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| European Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus |
| Grassland Pipit | Antus novaeseelandiae |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| Northern Bulbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans |
| Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpii |
| Northern Pied Babbler | Turdoides hypoleucus |
| Rufous Chatterer | Turdoides rubiginosa |
| Anteater Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops |
| Cliffchat | Thamnolea cinnamomeiventris |
| Common Wheater (European) | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| European Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis |
| Little Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis |
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olicaceus |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe p. pleschanka |
| Robin Chat | Cossypha caffra |
| Spotted Morning Warbler | Cichladusa guttata |
| White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| White-winged Scrub Robin | Erythrina leucoptera |
| Chin-spot Flycatcher | Batis molitor |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Alseonax adustus |
| European Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus |
| Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| South African Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher | Dioptrornis fischeri |
| Banded Tit-Warbler | Parisoma bohmi |
| Black-breasted Apalis (Yellow-breasted) | Apalis flavida |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
| Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| Crombec Sylvetta | brachyura |
| Grey Apalis | Apalis cineria |
| Grey Wren Warbler | Camaroptera simplex |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brevicaudata |
| Olivaceous Warbler | Hippolais paliida |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytil |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| Willow Warbler | Sylvia communis |
| Montant White-eye | Zosterops poliogaster |
| Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
| Mouse-colored Penduline Tit | Remiz musculus |
| White Breasted Tit | Parus albivenetris |
| African Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| Chin-Spot Batis | Batis molitor |
| Curly-crested Helmet Shrike | Prionops cristata |
| White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus rupelli |
| Black-headed Bush Shrike | Malaconotus alius |
| Brown-headed Bush Shrike | Tchagra australis |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| Fiscal Shrike | Lanius collaris |
| Grey-headed Bush Shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus |
| Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike | Malaconotus sulphureopectus |
| Three-streaked Bush Shrike | Tchagra jamesi |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus |
| Black Cuckoo-shrike | Campephaga flava |
| Grey Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina caesia |
| Fork Tailed Drongo | Dicruruus adsimilis |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus rolleti |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| Fan Tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| Blue-eared Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus amethystinus |
| Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hilderbrandti |
| Magpie Starling | Speculipastor bicolor |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus walleri |
| Slander-billed Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris theresae |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| Violet Backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Nectarinia amethystina |
| Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis |
| Golden-winged Sunbird | Nectarinia reichenowi |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Nectarinia verticalis |
| Hunter's Sunbird | Nectarinia hunteri |
| Mariqua Sunbird | Nectarinia mariquensis |
| Scarlet-chested | Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensis |
| Shining Sunbird | Nectarinia babessinica |
| Variable Sunbird | Nectarinia venusta |
| Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| Grey-headed Social Weaver | Passer motitensis |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albitrons |
| Hartlaub's Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi |
| Indigo-bird | Hypochera chalypesta |
| Layard's Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus nigricep |
| Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne |
| Northern Masked Weaver | Ploceus naeniopterus |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| Red-billed Buffalo Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| Reichenow's Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht reicheno |
| Rufous Sparrow | Passer griseu |
| Speckled-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontallis |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei |
| Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri |
| Vitelline Masked Weaver | Ploceus velatusi |
| White-browed Sparrow Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| White-headed Buffalo Weaver | Dinemellia dinemellia |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| Bronze Mannikin | Lonchura cucullata |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasclate |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| Grey-headed Silverbill | Lonchura griseicapilla |
| Purple Grenadier | Uraeginthus ianthinogaster |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu | Uraeginthus bengalis |
| Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Estrilda melanotis |
| African Citril | Serinus citrinelloides |
| Brimstone Canary | Serinus sulphuratus |
| Yellow-rumped Seed-eater | Serinus strogularis |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberizia tahapisi |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberizia flaviventris |