Ethiopia - South

Stresmann's Bush-Crow

Coming out of the Bale Mountains we visited a number of sites in the south and Rift Valley - near the towns of Yabelo, Nagele, and Awassa. Each of these areas have special birds to see, especially Yabelo where we sought and found the endemics
White-tailed Swallow and Stresemann's Bush-Crow. For those who bird the mountains of the western U.S., it's not hard to see the amazing resemblance to our Clark's Nutcracker (also a corvid). 

We also spent part of a morning on the Liben Plains, near Negele, for a look at one of the rarest birds on earth - Archer's (Liben) Lark. With some estimates of as few at 100 birds, we felt fortunate to get good looks and a few photos of this species.

eBird List Liben Plain

eBird List Yabelo

eBird List Lake Awassa

Brubru

Golden-breasted Starling

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Somali Bunting

Vitelline Weaver

White-tailed Swallow

White-winged Widowbird

Archer's Lark

Archer's Lark

Plain-backed Pipit

Somali Fiscal

Somali Short-toed Lark

Straw-tailed Wydah on straw

White-bellied Bustard

White-crested Helmet-Shrike

White-crowned Starling

Black Crake

Grivet Monkey

Guereze (Black and White Colubus) Monkey

Marabou Stork

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

African Spotted Creeper

This post gets us caught up to real time. We have about a week left on the trip.