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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 are endemic 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.
 

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)