Bird Watching

Ethiopia’s Extreme topographic navigation, proximately to the equator and great habitat diversity makes it one of the richest Bird lives in Africa. There are more than 820 species and 16 endemic Birds registered by urban and brown’s checklist of the Birds of Ethiopia published in 1971. Ethiopians major significance as a Birding destination is the high profile among Birdwatchers that most specious are endemic or near endemic in Africa.
The Endemics and rare Bird lists of  Ethiopia

• Watt led Ibis –common in vociferous highlands.
• Wattled rap- Ethiopian highlands
• Ruddy shelduck-resident on Senetti plateau, Bale
Mountains
• Blue-winged goose (endemic) –Resident around Gefersa
Reservoir and senetti plateau
• Lammergeyer-in habit in most Ethiopian high lands.
• Golden eagle –resides mostly at Bale mountains
• Hard wood’s francolin- (endemic to Ethiopia) in
Rift valley Lakes Region at
Bishangari and Jemma Valley.
• Chestnut –napped francolin-(near Endemic)-in habit
Around Bale mountains.
• White-Winged fluff tail- (Rare and elusive) inhabit
Around Sululta plain.
• Rouge’s Rail- (Endemic)-around Bale Mountains.
• Watt led Crane-inhabit in Bale Mountains.
• Spot-breasted lapwing /plover-(Endemic)Bishangari
And bale mountains.
• White collared pigeon –(share with Eritrea)common in
most highlands.
• Black winged love Bird-(endemic)inhabit at
Wondogenet, Menagesha
Forest, Dinsho (Bale).
• Prince Ruspolis turaco -(endemic)in habits at
Genale near Negele
Borena only.
• Abyssinian long-eared owl-(near endemic)around
Shashemane.
• Banded Barbet-(share with Eritrea )
Quite common in Rift
Valley and woodlands

   • Abyssinian woodpecker- (endemic ) widespread
resident of woodland
• Degoli lark – (endemic) around Negele Borena
• White tailed swallow –(endemic) – around Yabelo
and Mega
• Ethiopian cliff swallow –(endemic ) –in the
Southern highlands and Rift
Valley
• Abyssinian land claw –(endemic ) –mostly in the
Bale area
• White winged cliff chat (share with Eritrea )
common in rocky highlands
• Abyssinian catbird – (endemic ) – around Dinsho
(Bale)
• Black headed forest arid ( share with Eritrea )
Forrest habitat, around
Bishangari
• Abyssinian bush crow –(endemic ) – around
Yabelo
• White billed starling –(share with Eritrea ) often
Seen around Lalibela
• Black headed Siskin (share with Eritrea ) abundant
around Bale highlands
• Yellow throated Serine –(endemic ) around Semien
Mountains and Ankober
highlands
• Salvador’s Serine –(endemic )- Negele Borena area
and Sofomar cave area.
               
 
Glory Ethiopia travel arranges bird watching tour guided by ornithologist experienced to the extent of pointing out the exact habitat of hundreds of bird lists including the endemic and rare birds in Africa.
    
 
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