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Wildlife of Ethiopia - 2011

   
   September 2011

This journey was to the south of Ethiopia.  The visit concentrated on the tribes around the Omo National Park.  The most memorable part of the trip was the amount of rain we had and the effect this had on the trip.  The trip members were fortunately able to accept this 'little' problem and we came to accept getting stuck in the mud as all in a days march.  One day we managed to move camp about 200m within the park as the vehicles repeatedly became stuck.  And this was a holiday I hear you say!

The visit was arranged by Wild Frontiers and thanks must go to Mette and her team of supporters for which for me was a great adventure into a developing part of the world

 

These photographs are as a record and some of the photographs are not of a good quality.

 

 

 

     

     

 

 

Birds of Ethiopia

Great White Pelican        Pelecanus onocrotalus

   

Cattle Egret                      Bubulcus ibis

Little Egret                        Egretta gazetta

   

Intermediate Egret          Mesophoyx intermedia

   

Goliath Heron                   Arlea goliath

   

Purple Heron                    Ardea purpurea

Grey Heron                       Ardea cinerea

Yellow-billed Stork           Mycteria ibis

     

Marabou Stork                 Leptoptilos crumeniferus

 

 

Hardada Ibis                     Bostrychia hagedash

 

Egyptian Goose                 Alopochen aegyptiacus

   

Yellow-billed Kite               Milvus aegyptius

Black-shouldered Kite      Elanus caeruleus

   

African Fish Eagle              Haliaetus vocifer

   

Egyptian Vulture                Neophron percnopterus

Hooded Vulture                  Necrosyrtes monachus

   

White-headed Vulture       Trigonoceps occipitalis

     

African White-backed Vulture   Gyps africanus

Lappet-faced Vulture        Torgos tracheliotus

Dark Chanting Goshawk    Melierax metabates

Gabar Goshawk                  Micronisus gabar

Augur Buzzard                   Buteo augur

Bateleur                              Terathopius ecaudatus

 

Long-crested Eagle            Lophaetus occipitalis

Pygmy Falcon                       Polihierax semitorquatus

Helmeted Guineafowl          Numida meleagris

Yellow-necked Spurfowl     Francolinus leucoscepus

Black-bellied Bustard           Eupodotis gindiana

 

Senegal Thick-knee              Burhinus senegalensis

 

Egyptian Plover                    Pluvianus aegyptius

 

Common Sandpiper             Actitis hypoleucos

Emerald-spotted Wood-dove Tutur chalcospilos

 

African Mourning Dove        Streptopelia decipiens

   

Laughing Dove                      Streptopelia senegalensis

Dusky Turtle Dove                Streptopelia lugens

 

White-bellied Go-away Bird Corythaixoides leucogaster

Eastern Grey Plantain-eater    Crinifer zonurus

   

White-browed Coucal           Centropus superciliosus

Blue-headed Coucal              Centropus monachus

Speckled Mousebird               Colius striatus

       

Pied Kingfisher                       Ceryle rudis

 

Grey-headed Kingfisher        Halcyon leucocephala

 

Woodland Kingfisher              Halcyon senegalensis

Little Bee-eater                       Merops pusillus

 

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater        Merops persicus

 

Abyssinian Roller                      Coracias abyssinica

Eurasian Hoopoe                     Upupa epops

Red-billed Hornbill                   Tokus erythrorhynchus

   

African grey Hornbill                Tockus nasutus

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill          Bycanistes brevis

   

Abyssinian Ground-hornbill     Bucorvus abyssinicus

 

Ethiopian Swallow                    Hirundo aethiopica

African Pied Wagtail                 Motacilla aguimp

Common Bulbul                         Pycnonotus barbatus

   

Olive Thrush                              Turdus olivaceus

   

Abyssinian Slaty-flycatcher     Melaenornis chocolatinus

 

Arrow-marked Babbler            Turdoides jardineii

   

Grey-backed Fiscal                   Lanius excubitoroides

Fork-tailed Drongo                   Dicrurus adsimilis

 

Thick-billed Raven                        Corvus crassirostris

Greater Blue-eared Starling    Lamprotornis chalybaeus

   

Grey-headed Sparrow            Passer grieus

   

White-browed Sparrow-weaver  Plocepasser mahali

     

White-headed Buffalo-weaver   Dinemellia dinemelli

   

Vitelline Masked Weaver          Ploceus velatus

   

Baglafecht Weaver                   Ploceus baglafecht

 

Black-necked Weaver              Ploceus nigricollis

 

Red-headed Weaver                 Anaplectes rubriceps

Northern Red Bishop                 Euplectes franciscanus

Abyssinian Waxbill (Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda ochrogaster

Pin-tailed Whydah                      Vidua macroura

 

70 Identified birds seen but only 51 photographed


Other Animals

Young Monitor Lizard

       

Bushbuck

     

Colobus Monkey

          

African Nile Crocodile

   

                               

Eland

    

Hippopotamus

     

Leopard Tortoise

      

Butterflies

            

            

Ants

   

Plants

     

                

                

                 

               

                  

         

                 

                  

                 

                      

                          

      

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