Birds of the Albertine Rift

Published: July 1, 2009, 12:00 am

Updated: August 31, 2012, 11:51 am

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Grauer's Rush Warbler. Source:Claudien Nsabagasani

The authorship of this article is attributed to the Wildlife Conservation Society. Minor modifications in formatting, wording and hyperlinking have been made by editors of the Encyclopedia of Earth.

1061 bird species have been recorded in the Albertine rift area. This is 52% of all of Africa's birds. Of these species, 25 are considered to be highly threatened. The Wildlife Conservation Society (Ngabo et al.) reports a total of 41 species of bird areendemic to the Albertine Rift. This list combines two of Birdlife International's endemic bird areas (Albertine Rift and Eastern Zairean Lowlands) because there is overlap in the distribution of some of these species.

Family	Species	Common name	IUCN Status	Albertine Rift endemic (AR) or Eastern Zaire Lowland Endemic (EZL)
Phasianidae	Francolinus nobilis	Handsome Francolin		AR
Musophagidae	Tauraco johnstoni	Rwenzori Turaco		AR
Strigidae	Glaucidium albertinum	Albertine Owlet	VU	AR
Tytonidae	Phodilus prigoginei	Congo Bay Owl	EN	AR
Caprimulgidae	Caprimulgus prigoginei	Itombwe Nightjar	EN	AR
Caprimulgidae	Caprimulgus ruwenzorii	Rwenzori Nightjar		AR
Indicatoridae	Indicator pumilio	Dwarf Honeyguide	NT	AR
Eurylaimidae	Pseudocalyptomena graueri	African Green Broadbill	VU	AR
Paridae	Parus fasciiventer	Stripe-breasted Tit		AR
Timaliidae	Kupeornis rufocinctus	Red-collared Mountain Babbler	NT	AR
Timaliidae	Kupeornis chapini	Chapin's Mountain Babbler	NT	AR
Campephagidae	Coracina graueri	Grauer's Cuckoo Shrike	NT	AR
Pycnonotidae	Chlorocichla prigoginei	Prigogine's greenbul	EN	AR
Turdidae	Alethe poliophrys	Red-throated Alethe		AR
Turdidae	Cossypha archeri	Archer's Ground Robin		AR
Turdidae	Zoothera tanganjicae	Kivu Ground Thrush	NT	AR
Sylviidae	Apalis argentea	Kungwe Apalis	EN	AR
Sylviidae	Apalis kaboboensis	Kabobo Apalis	Data Deficient	AR
Sylviidae	Apalis personata	Montane Masked Apalis		AR
Sylviidae	Apalis ruwenzori	Collared Apalis		AR
Sylviidae	Bradypterus graueri	Grauer's Rush Warbler	EN	AR
Sylviidae	Graueria vittata	Grauer's Warbler		AR
Sylviidae	Hemitesia neumanni	Short -tailed/Neumann's Warbler		AR
Sylviidae	Phylloscopus laetus	Red-faced Woodland Warbler		AR
Muscicapidae	Melaenornis ardesiacus	Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher		AR
Platysteiridae	Batis diops	Rwenzori Batis		AR
Prionopidae	Prionops alberti	Yellow-crested Helmet Shrike	VU	AR
Nectariniidae	Cyanomitra alinae	Blue-headed Sunbird	AR
Nectariniidae	Nectarinia purpureiventris	Purple -breasted Sunbird		AR
Nectariniidae	Cinnyris regia	Regal Sunbird		AR
Nectariniidae	Cinnyris rockefelleri	Rockefeller's Sunbird	VU	AR
Nectariniidae	Cinnyris stuhlmanni	Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird		AR
Ploceidae	Ploceus alienus	Strange Weaver		AR
Estrildidae	Cryptospiza jacksoni	Dusky Crimson-wing		AR
Estrildidae	Cryptospiza shelleyi	Shelley's Crimson-wing	VU	AR
Apodidae	Schoutedenapus schoutedeni	Schouteden's swift	VU	EZL
Pycnonotidae	Phyllastrephus lorenzi	Sassi's Olive Greenbul	NT	EZL
Turdidae	Zoothera oberlaenderi	Oberlander's/Forest Ground Thrush	NT	EZL
Monarchidae	Terpsiphone bedfordi	Bedford's Flycatcher	NT	EZL
Ploceidae	Ploceus aureonucha	Golden-naped weaver	EN	EZL
Ploceidae	Ploceus flavipes	Yellow-legged weaver	VU	EZL

Table Source: The Wildlife Conservation Society (Reference 1, 2003)

References:

1. Ngabo,, C. Kahindo, A. Plumptre, N. E. Baker, I.Owiunji, M. Wilson, C. T. Williams, A. Byaruhanga, M. Languy, M. Herremans T. Butynski and D.Moyer, Birds, Chapter Three of The Biodiversity of the Albertine Rift, by Plumptre, A.J., Behangana, M., Ndomba, E., Davenport, T., Kahindo, C., Kityo, R. Ssegawa, P., Eilu, G., Nkuutu, D. and Owiunji, I. . Albertine Rift Technical Reports No. 3, Wildlife Conservation Society, (2003)

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(2012). Birds of the Albertine Rift. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Birds_of_the_Albertine_Rift