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ETHIOPIA
November 1987

 

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This is a report from a trip to Ethiopia in November 1987. 

It provides brief details of the daily itinerary as well as a full systematic list of the species seen. I travelled as a member of an organised birding tour run by Ornitholidays. The tour was very well run throughout by the two party leaders. The party size, in addition to the two leaders, was made up of 10 participants, all from the UK.

The weather throughout the trip was unseasonably warm and sunny and because of the altitude never unbearably hot.

 

ITINERARY

14th November	Addis Ababa, Hilton hotel grounds pm.
15th November	Addis Ababa, Ghion hotel grounds am, British Embassy compound pm.
16th November	Addis Ababa - Solulta Plain to Debre Libanos.
17th November	Addis Ababa - Ambagida and Bishoftu Crater Lakes, Debre Zeit
18th November	Debre Zeit early am, Lake Basaaka - Awash National Park pm.
19th November	Awash National Park - Camp site and Awash falls am, Along Awash river pm.
20th November	Filoha Hot Springs am, Travel to Nazeret pm
21st November	Nazret early am, Awash river am, Sodero pm.
22nd November	Nazret early am, Koka Dam - Lake Zwai midday. Lake Langano pm.
23rd November	Lake Langano early am, Lake Abiata am, Wondo Guenet pm.
24th November	Wondo Guenet am, Lake Awassa pm.
25th November	Lake Awassa am, Bale mountains foothills pm.
26th November	Lake Awassa.
27th November	Lake Awassa ealy am - Lake Zwai - Journey back to Addis Ababa.
28th November	Addis Ababa, Hilton hotel grounds early am, Gefersa reservoir am, Hilton grounds pm.
29th November	Addis Ababa, Hilton hotel grounds early am, flight home to London.

       

SITE LIST

Addis Ababa.  

The Hilton hotel grounds provide a good introduction to the more common species such as Speckled Mousebirds, Firefinches, Cordon-bleus and Tacazze Sunbird.  Good for the small brown flycatcher species. 

The Ghion grounds are more interesting with a small stream/open sewer passing through.  Attracts Sacred Ibis and Egrets.  Good place for White-necked Raven.

The British Embassy compound is an extensive garden and woodland area in the foothills.  Found plenty of the more common species including Paradise Flycatcher and some migrant warblers.  Black-winged Lovebirds and White-backed Black Tit are seen as well.

Solulta Plain

A large plateau of moorland with few trees.  Lammergeier seen and Augur Buzzard very common.  Small abatoir attracts numerous vulture sp.  Groundscraper Thrush is common.  Good area for Spot-breasted Plover and Blue-winged Goose, both endemics.

Debre Libanos

A spectacular gorge containing a tributary of the Blue Nile.  Good for Fan-tailed Ravens and vulture sp. including White-headed Vulture and Lammergeier.  Slender-billed Chestnut-winged Starlings common.  Woodland and surrounding area also good with Golden-backed Woodpecker and Abyssinian Black Wheatear.

Ambagida and Bishoftu Crater Lakes

Two lakes formed in the cones of extinct volcanoes.  Ambagida is not particularly good as the water is very deep and fairly infertile, although the surrounding crater area can be productive.  Bishoftu is more interesting as it attracts plenty of waterfowl species.  Surrounding scrub is also good for buntings and larks.

Debre Zeit

Another extinct volcanic crater,  with a hotel perched on its rim.  An excellent general site for water birds and woodlands species.  Well worth spending time both birding the rim of the crater, hotel gardens and descending down inside the crater to the waters edge.  Particularly good for barbets.  Bat Hawk seen at dusk so it's worth being out late.

Lake Basaaka

A small shallow looking lake that fringes either side of the main road from Addis Ababa out towards the Awash national park.  Nile Crocodiles present as well as plenty of waders.  Small charadrius plovers as well as stints present.  Good area for both Chanting goshawks although the Dark Chanting species is common almost everywhere.

Awash National Park

A fairly large park with a scattering of interesting animal species, including both Greater and Lesser Kudu, Swayne's Hartebeeest and Soemmering's Gazelles.  An arid area with plenty of dust so remember to shut your windows when ever your vehicle stops as you will be covered in the stuff.   A caravan park type lodge with a central restaurant area perched on the edge of a gorge overlooking the Awash river gives a superb setting to have your meals, but watch out for the Olive Baboons.  The park provides plenty of opportunity to look for raptors of all kinds with specialities such as Swallow-tailed Kite and Pygmy Falcon fairly common.  Also an excellent place to look for various Sandgrouse species as these come down to the edge of the Awash river to drink at both dawn and dusk.  However, they can quite often be seen along the edges of the parks tracks.  Good also for Bustard species.

Filoha Hot Springs

Situated in the northern part of of the Awash National Park, attracts many of the birds mentioned above although with small pools of water nearby, it does attract egrets, herons and waders as well.

Koka Dam

A large area of water on the main road south from Addis Ababa to the rift valley lakes.  Attracts all the usual waders, waterfowl and herons etc.

Lake Zwai

A large reed fringed lake again by the main road.  As above, attracts most water birds with numbers of Pelicans, ducks in greater numbers than the previous lake.

Lake Langano

A large lake with associated lodge.  Again most water birds present but we were able to witness an enormous movement of Yellow Wagtails and their associated flava relations.  Witnessed the birds passing for over half an hour at a rate of  approximately 15,000 a minute as dusk fell.  Not surprisingly, Hobby's were also present.  Good area for Red-billed Hornbills around the scrub on the shore line.

Lake Abiata

Ethiopia's equivalent of Kenya's Lake Naivasha.  Spectacular numbers of Greater and Lesser Flamingo's, Great White and Pink-backed Pelicans and literally thousands of waders including Red-necked Phalaropes.  Shore line scrub good for Hornbills, barbets and Wood-Hoopoes.

Wondo Guenet

A gorgeous woodland setting in the hills.  A fine contrast to the dusty lakes down in the valley with plenty of lush vegetation surrounding the former The former emperor, Haile Sellaises' daughters summer home.  Excellent place for Black-and-white Colobus Monkeys and of course the woodland species including Silvery-cheeked Hornbills, Narina's Trogon and Black-headed Oriole.

Lake Awassa

Arguably the best place to visit in the country for birding.  A fine lodge situated along the edges of a huge reed fringed lake providing you with ample opportunity to study most of the African duck species, waders, pelicans and nearly all of the heron species.  Not unusual to get all the heron species in a single walk along the bank of the river.  The grounds of the lodge are also productive with plenty of woodland species including Blue-headed Coucal.  Always worth getting up at first light here as it can get pretty warm during the day and as always when birding in the tropics, the birds are at their most active early morning.  Excellent area of marsh land at the northern end of the lake through which a small river flows into the lake.  This is a good area for Lesser Moorhen.

Gefersa Reservoir

A man made reservoir outside Addis Ababa that is reputed to be good for the endemic Rouget's Rail although we were unlucky.  However, good area for another endemic, the Black-headed Siskin.  Check out the waters edge for wintering waders.

 

SYSTEMATIC LIST
Ostrich	18/11 & 20/11 2 & 3 both Awash NP
Little Grebe	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Black Necked Grebe	Frequent on Lake Awassa
Great Crested Grebe	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Great White Pelican	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Pink Backed Pelican	Frequent on freshwater lakes
White Necked Cormorant	Common on freshwater lakes
Long Tailed Cormorant	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Darter	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Squacco Heron	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Cattle Egret	Frequent
Green Backed Heron	Singles at Debre Zeit 18/11, Awash river 19/11, Lake Awassa 26/11
Black Heron	Singles at Lake Zwai 22/11, Lake Awassa 26/11
Great White Egret	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Yellow Billed Egret	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Little Egret	Common
Grey Heron	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Black Headed Heron	Singles at Lake Awassa 25/11, Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Goliath Heron	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Purple Heron	Frequent on freshwater lakes
Hammerkop	Common
White Stork	3 overhead Addis Ababa 15/11 30 in a field east of Debre Zeit 18/11
Marabou	Common
Yellow Billed Stork	Lake Basaaka 20/11, Lake Awassa 27/11
Sacred Ibis	Common
Wattled Ibis	Frequent around Addis Ababa
Hadada	Common
African Spoonbill	Singles at Filoha 20/11, Lake Zwai 22/11 and Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Greater Flamingo	A number seen at Lake Abiata 23/11
Lesser Flamingo	Numerous at Lake Abiata 23/11
White Faced Tree Duck	Lake Awassa 25,26 & 27/11
Egyptian Goose	Common
Spur Winged Goose	Lake Awassa 25,26, & 27/11
Knob Billed Goose	Small flock at Lake Awassa 26 & 27/11
Pygmy Goose	Singles at Lake Awassa 25, 26 & 27/11
Black Duck	1 Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Wigeon	Small numbers at Debre Zeit 17 & 18/11 and Lake Awassa 27/11
Teal	5 Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Yellow Billed Duck	Singles Solulta plain 16/11 & Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Pintail	1 Lake Awassa 26/11, 3 Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Hottentot Teal	Small numbers at Debre Zeit 17 & 18/11 Lake Abiata 23/11 and Lake Awassa 27/11
Garganey	Small numbers at Debre Zeit 17 & 18/11 Lake Abiata 23/11 & Lake Awassa 25 & 27/11
Shoveler	Frequent on freshwater lakes
African Pochard	singles, Debre Zeit 18/11 & Lake Awassa 27/11
Pochard	1 Lake Zwai 27/11
Ferruginous Duck	singles at Debre Zeit 17/11 & Lake Zwai 27/11
Tufted Duck	Singles Debre Zeit 17 & 18/11 & Lake Zwai 27/11
Maccoa Duck	Small numbers Debre Zeit 17 & 18/11 & Lake Zwai 27/11
Osprey	Singles Lake Awassa 25, 26 & 27/11
Bat Hawk	1 Debre Zeit 17/11
Black Shouldered Kite	Singles Awash NP 18-20/11 & Lake Abiata 23/11
Swallow Tailed Kite	1 Awash NP 20/11
Black Kite	Very common
African Fish Eagle	Common near water
Egyptian Vulture	Frequent
Lammergeier	1 Solulta plain 16/11
Hooded Vulture	Common
White Backed Vulture	Common
Ruppell's Griffon Vulture	Common
Lappet Faced Vulture	Frequent
White Headed Vulture	1 Debre Libanos 16/11
Black Chested Harrier Eagle	1 Lake Langano 23/11
Bateleur	Singles Awash NP 18 - 20/11
Harrier Hawk	Singles Lake Awassa 24, 25 & 27/11
Marsh Harrier	Singles Lake Langano 22 - 23/11 and Lake Awassa 25 - 26/11
Pallid Harrier	1 Solulta plain 16/11
Montagu's Harrier	Singles Solutla plain 16/11, Awash NP 19/11, Lake Langano 22/11 and Lake Awassa 26/11
Dark Chanting Goshawk	Common in the highlands
Pale Chanting Goshawk	Single Lake Basaaka 18/11
Great Sparrowhawk	Single Addis Ababa 29/11
African Goshawk	Singles Addis Ababa 15/11 and Wondo Guenet 24/11
Shikra	Singles Awash NP 18/11 and Sodero 21/11
Steppe Buzzard	Singles Addis Ababa 15, 16 & 28/11 and Wondo Guenet 24/11
Augur Buzzard	Common
Tawny Eagle	Common
Steppe Eagle	Common
Imperial Eagle	2 Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Wahlberg's Eagle	1 Addis Ababa 15/11
African Hawk Eagle	1 Lake Basaaka 18/11
Booted Eagle	Singles Debre Zeit 17/11 & 18/11, Bale mountains 25/11, Gefersa Reservoir 28/11
Long Crested Eagle	Frequent along roadsides
Pygmy Falcon	Common in the Awash NP
Lesser Kestrel	3 south of Addis 18/11
Common Kestrel	Frequent
Grey Kestrel	Singles Awash NP 19/11 and Lake Awassa 26/11
European Hobby	Singles Debre Zeit 17/11 and Lake Awassa 26/11
Lanner Falcon	Single Solulta plain 16/11
Crested Francolin	3 Awash NP 19/11
Yellow Necked Spurfowl	Frequent in Awash NP
Tufted Guinea Fowl	Frequent
Common Crane	Small numbers Solutla plain 16/11, Koka Dam 22/11 and 27/11
Crowned Crane	3 Koka Dam 22/11
Black Crake	Common Lake Awassa
Moorhen	Common near water
Red Knobbed Coot	Common near water
Kori Bustard	Single Awash NP 20/11
Buff Crested Bustard	Frequent Awash NP
White Bellied Bustard	Frequent Awash NP
Jacana	Common near water
Spur Winged Plover	Very common
Black Winged Plover	5 Filoha hot springs 20/11
Crowned Plover	Singles Awash NP 19/11,Sodero 21/11
Grey Plover	1 Lake Abiata 23/11
Ringed Plover	1 Lake Langano 22/11
Little Ringed Plover	Singles Filoha Hot springs 20/11, Koka Dam 22/11, Lake Abiata 23/11, Lake Awassa 24/11 & 26/11
Kittlitz's Plover	Singles Lake Langano 22 & 23/11
Three Banded Plover	Singles Solulta plain 16/11, Awash NP 18/11, Lake Awassa 26/11 and Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Black Tailed Godwit	Small flocks Lake Zwai 22/11, Lake Abiata 23/11 and Lake Awassa 24/11
Greenshank	Singles Debre Zeit 17/11, Lake Abiata 23/11, Lake Awassa 26/11 and 27/11
Marsh Sandpiper	Singles Filoha hot springs 20/11, Lake Zwai 22/11, Lake Awassa 24/11 & 26/11 and Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Wood Sandpiper	Common near water
Green Sandpiper	Frequent near water
Common Sandpiper	Common
Spotted Redshank	4 Lake Abiata 23/11
Great Snipe	Singles Solulta plain 16/11, Lake Langano 22/11 and Lake Awassa 27/11
Common Snipe	1 Gefersa reservoir 28/11
African Snipe	Singles Lake Awassa 24/11 and Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Curlew Sandpiper	Singles Lake Langano 22 & 23/11
Little Stint	Singles Lake Basaaka 20/11, Koka Dam 22/11 and Lake Zwai 27/11
Temminck's Stint	singles Lake Basaaka 20/11, Lake Abiata 23/11 and Lake Awassa 24/11
Ruff	Small flocks Filoha hot springs 20/11, Lake Zwai 22/11 & 27/11, Lake Awassa 24/11
Black Winged Stilt	Common in suitable habitat
Avocet	200 Lake Abiata 23/11, 50 Lake Zwai 27/11
Red Necked Phalarope	4 Lake Abiata 23/11
Senegal Thicknee	Singles Awash NP 19/11 and Koka Dam 22/11
Pratincole	1 Lake Awassa 27/11
Black Headed Gull	3 Lake Langano 22 & 23/11 and 5 Lake Awassa 25 & 26/11
Grey Headed Gull	15 Lake Langano 22 & 23/11
Lesser Black Backed Gull	3 Lake Langano 22 & 23/11
Gull Billed Tern	Frequent near water
Caspian Tern	1 Lake Abiata 23/11
Whiskered Tern	3 Debre Zeit 17 & 18/11, 5 Lake Langano 22 & 23/11
White Winged Black Tern	Frequent near water
Chestnut Bellied Sandgrouse	Small flocks Awash NP 18 & 19/11 and 2 Lake Abiata 23/11
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse	Frequent Awash NP
White Collared Pigeon	Frequent
Speckled Pigeon	Very Common
Dusky Turtle Dove	Frequent in the highlands
Red Eyed Dove	Very common
Mourning Dove	Frequent
Ring Necked Dove	2 Awash NP 19 & 20/11 and 5 Awash NP 26/11
Laughing Dove	Frequent
Namaqua Dove	Frequent
Blue Spotted Wood Dove	Singles Lake Awassa 26 & 27/11
Emerald Spotted Wood Dove	1 Awash NP 19/11
Bruce's Green Pigeon	Frequent
Yellow Fronted Parrot	Small flock Wondo Guenet 23 & 24/11
Black Winged Lovebird	3 Addis Ababa 15/11, 2 Lake Langano 22/11 and 2 Wondo Guenet 24/11
White Cheeked Turaco	Singles Debre Libanos 16/11, Lake Awassa 24 & 26/11
White Bellied Go-Away Bird	Singles Awash NP 19 & 20/11 and Lake Langano 22 & 23/11
Eastern Grey Plantain Eater	1 Awash NP 19/11
Klaas' Cuckoo	Single 18/11 Debre Zeit
Blue Headed Coucal	Singles Lake Awassa 26 & 27/11
White Browed Coucal	Singles Awash NP 19 & 20/11
Spotted Eagle Owl	1 Sodero 21/11
Pearl Spotted Owlet	1 Awash NP 19/11
African Wood Owl	2 Bale foothills 25/11
Nyanza Swift	Very common in Addis Ababa at dusk
Speckled Mousebird	Very common
Blue Naped Mousebird	Small numbers Awash Np 20/11, Sodero 21/11 and Lake Awassa 27/11
Narina's Trogon	1 Wondo Guenet 24/11
Giant Kingfisher	1 Lake Awassa 26/11
Pied Kingfisher	Common
Malachite Kingfisher	Common
Woodland Kingfisher	Frequent
Striped Kingfisher	Singles Filoha hot springs 20/11, Wondo Guenet 24/11
Grey Headed Kingfisher	Singles Lake Basaaka 21/11, Lake Zwai 22/11 and Lake Awassa 26/11
Madagascar Bee-Eater	1 Awash NP 19/11
Carmine Bee-Eater	Common
Little Bee-Eater	Frequent
Blue-Breasted Bee-Eater	Frequent
European Roller	1 Sodero 21/11
Abyssinian Roller	Common
Lilac Breasted Roller	Frequent
Rufous Crowned Roller	1 Nazret 21/11
Hoopoe	Frequent
Green Wood-Hoopoe	4 Lake Abiata 23/11
Black Wood-Hoopoe	2 Lake Abiata 23/11
Abyssinian Scimitar-Bill	1 Awash NP 19/11
Grey Hornbill	Singles Awash NP 18 - 20/11
Red Billed Hornbill	Frequent
Von der Decken's Hornbill	Singles Awash NP 18/11 and Lake Langano 23/11
Yellow Billed Hornbill	Singles Awash NP 18 - 20/11
Hemprich's Hornbill	Singles Debre Libanos 16/11, Debre Zeit 17/11 and Lake Langano 23/11
Silvery Cheeked Hornbill	4 Wondo Guenet 24/11, 2 Lake Awassa 26/11
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill	Frequent
Double Toothed Barbet	1 Debre Zeit 17/11
Black Billed Barbet	Frequent
Banded Barbet	Singles Debre Libanos 16/11, Debre Zeit 17/11 and Lake Abiata 23/11
Red Fronted Barbet	1 Lake Zwai 22/11
Red Fronted Tinker-bird	Singles Debre Zeit 17/11, Sodero 21/11 and Lake Zwai 22/11
D'Arnaud's Barbet	1 Filoha hot springs 20/11
Greater Honey-guide	1 Lake Awassa 24/11, 3 Lake Awassa 26/11
Lesser Honey-guide	Singles Debre Zeit 17/11 and Lake Awassa 24 & 27/11
Wryneck	1 Debre Zeit 27/11
Nubian Woodpecker	Singles Awash NP 19/11, Sodero 21/11, Lake Langano 22/11 and Lake Awassa 26/11
Cardinal Woodpecker	Singles Lake Langano 23/11 and Lake Awassa 27/11
Golden Backed Woodpecker	Singles Debre Libanos 16/11 and Lake Awassa 24/11
Grey Woodpecker	Frequent
Bearded Woodpecker	Single Lake Abiata 23/11
Fawn Coloured Lark	Single Awash NP 19/11
Chestnut Backed Sparrow Lark	Single Awash river 21/11
Thekla Lark	Single Solulta plain 16/11
Sand Martin	3 Addis Ababa 16/11 and common Lake Awassa 24-27/11
African Sand Martin	Common
Barn Swallow	Common
Wire Tailed Swallow	Small numbers in Awash NP 19-21/11 and Lake Awassa 25/11
Ethiopian Swallow	Singles Awash NP 18 & 20/11
Mosque Swallow	Single Lake Awassa 26/11
Red Rumped Swallow	Frequent
Striped Swallow	Small numbers Awash NP 19-20/11 and Lake Abiata 23/11
Grey Rumped Swallow	Singles Lake Awassa 26/11 and Gefersa reservoir 28/11
African Rock Martin	Frequent, common in Addis Ababa
Rough Winged Swallow	Small numbers Wondo Guenet 23-24/11
Yellow Wagtail	Common - Approx 300,000 heading for roost Lake Langano 22/11
Grey Wagtail	Frequent
Mountain Wagtail	Singles Debre Libanos 16/11, Wondo Guenet 24/11 and Bale foothills 25/11
White Wagtail	Common
African Pied Wagtail	Single Sodero 21/11
Tawny Pipit	Single Lake Baasaka 20/11
Richard's Pipit	Singles Solulta plain 16/11, Lake Abiata 23/11, Bale foothills 25/11 and Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Tree Pipit	3 Bale foothills 25/11
Red Throated Pipit	Small flocks Solulta plain 16/11, Awassa marsh 25/11 and Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Abyssinian Long-claw	Singles Solulta plain 16/11 and Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Black Cuckoo Shrike	Singles Addis Ababa 15-16/11 and Sodero 21/11
White Vented Bulbul	Common
White Crowned Shrike	Singles Filoha hot springs 20/11 and Lake Abiate 23/11
Crested Helmet Shrike	1 Awash NP 19/11
Puff Back Shrike	Frequent
Black Headed Tchagra	1 Awash NP 18/11
Rosy Patched Shrike	1 Awash NP 19/11
Tropical Boubou	Frequent
Sulphur Breasted Bush Shrike	Singles Awash NP 19/11, Lake Zwai 22/11 and Lake Awassa 26/11
Isabelline Shrike	1 Lake Langano 22/11
Southern Grey Shrike	1 Lake Abiata 23/11
Grey Backed Fiscal	Frequent
Somali Fiscal	1 Awash NP 19/11
Fiscal	Common
Woodchat Shrike	Singles Debre Zeit 17/11, Awash NP 19/11 and Filoha hot springs 20/11
Nubian Shrike	1 Awash river 21/11
Stonechat	Frequent on Solulta plain 16/11 and 2 Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Northern Wheatear	Common
Pied Wheatear	Common
Isabelline Wheatear	Frequent
Abyssinian Black Wheatear	1 Debre Libanos 16/11
Red Breasted Wheatear	Common in the highlands
Hill Chat	Frequent around Addis Ababa
Cliffchat	Singles Awash NP 18-20/11
Ruppell's Chat	1 Debre Libanos 16/11
Little Rock Thrush	1 Debre Libanos 16/11
Redstart	Frequent
Ruppell's Robin Chat	Frequent
White Browed Robin Chat	Frequent Lake Awassa 25-27/11
African Thrush	Singles Nazret 16/11 and Lake Awassa 25-26/11
Olive Thrush	Common
Ground Scraper Thrush	Abundant in the highlands
White Rumped Babbler	Frequent
Rufous Chatterer	5 Awash NP 19/11, 2 Bale foothils 25/11
Sedge Warbler	Common at Debre Zeit and Lake Awassa
Swamp Warbler	Common in reeds
Olivaceous Warbler	Singles Zwai 22/11, Lake Awassa 26-27/11
Blackcap	Frequent
Lesser Whitethroat	Singles Awash NP 19/11 and Lake Awassa 26/11
Willow Warbler	Common
Chiffchaff	Single Debre Zeit 17/11
Winding Cisticola	3 Addis Ababa 15/11, Singles Lake Awassa 26-27/11
Pectoral Patch Cisticola	1 Solutla plain 16/11
Tawny flanked Prinia	Singles Debre Libanos 16/11, Lake Awassa 25/11 and Lake Awassa 27/11
Buff Bellied Warbler	Singles Debre Zeit 17/11, Lake Zwai 22/11, Lake Awassa 26-27/11
Grey Backed Cameroptera	Singles Debre Zeit 17/11, Lake Awassa 24, 26-27/11
Yellow Bellied Eremomela	Singles Awash NP 19/11 and Lake Abiata 23/11
Crombec	1 Zwai 27/11
Red Faced Crombec	1 Zwai 21/11
Brown Tit Flycatcher	Singles Addis Ababa 14-15/11 and Bale foothills 25/11
Dusky Flycatcher	Frequent
Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher	2 Addis Ababa 14/11
Black Flycatcher	1 Wondo Guenet 23/11
Grey Flycatcher	1 Lake Awassa 24/11
Pale Flycatcher	1 Wondo Guenet 23/11
Grey Headed Batis	Singles Debre Zeit 17/11, Awash NP 18/11
Wattle Eye	2 Lake Awassa 26-27/11
Paradise flycatcher	Common
Black Tit	1 Wondo guenet 23/11
White Backed Black Tit	Singles Addis Ababa 15/11, Debre Libanos 16/11
Mouse Coloured Penduline Tit	3 Lake Awassa 26/11
Spotted Creeper	1 Wondo guenet 24/11
Scarlet Chested Sunbird	Frequent
Variable Sunbird	Frequent
Mariqua Sunbird	2 Nazret 21/11
Shining Sunbird	1 Awash NP 18/11
Tacazze Sunbird	Common in the highlands
Beautiful Sunbird	Frequent
Green White Eye	Common
Cinnamon Breasted Rock Bunting	Singles Debre Zeit 19/11, Awash NP 19/11
Yellow Rumped Seed Eater	2 Sodero 21/11, 6 Zwai 23 & 27/11
Yellow Crowned Canary	2 Addis Ababa 15/11, 1 Bale foothills 25/11
African Citril	Frequent
Black Headed Siskin	2 Gefersa reservoir 28/11
Streaky Seed Eater	Frequent
Brown Rumped Seed Eater	Common
Pin Tailed Wydah	Frequent
Paradise Wydah	4 Awash NP 19/11, 3 Lake Awassa 24/11
Indigo Bird	2 Zwai 22/11, 1 Lake Awassa 26/11
Cut Throat	5 Awash NP 19/11, 3 Zwai 27/11
Yellow Bellied Waxbill	Frequent in the highlands
Waxbill	4 Debre Libanos 16/11
Purple Grenadier	2 Awash NP 19/11
Red Cheeked Cordon-Bleu	Common
Red Billed Firefinch	Common
Silverbill	6 Awash NP 19/11
Black and White Manikin	2 Lake Awassa 24/11
Bronze Manikin	Frequent in the rift valley
Baglafecht Weaver	Common
Little Weaver	1 Zwai 27/11
Ruppell's Weaver	10 Awash NP 18-19/11
Black Headed Weaver	5 Sodero 21/11
Spectacled Weaver	Frequent
Red Headed Weaver	1 Lake Awassa 26/11
Red Billed Quelea	Frequent
Yellow Bishop	10 Solulta plain 16/11
Red Billed Buffalo Weaver	10 Awash NP 18/11, 7 Lake Abiata 23/11
White Headed Buffalo Weaver	Common in Awash NP 18-20/11, 12 Lake Abiata 23/11
White Browed Sparrow Weaver	Frequent
Swainson's sparrow	Common
Yellow Spotted Petronia	Singles Awash NP 19-20/11
Redwing Starling	Freqeunt
Slender Billed Chestnut Winged Starling	8 Debre Libanos 16/11, 4 Wondo guenet 24/11
White Billed Starling	2 Debre Libanos 16/11
Blue Eared Glossy Starling	Common
Ruppell's Long Tailed Glossy Starling	Common
Violet Backed Starling	5 Lake Awassa 25-26/11
Superb Starling	Frequent
Wattled Starling	Frequent
Red Billed Oxpecker	Frequent
Black Headed Oriole	1 Wondo guenet 23/11
Black Headed Forest Oriole	Singles Lake Awassa 24-25/11
Drongo	Common
Pied Crow	Common
Cape Rook	Frequent
Fan Tailed Raven	Common
Thick Billed Raven	Frequent
Grey Tit Flycatcher	Singles Addis Ababa 16/11, Bale foothills 25/11
Streaky Headed Seed Eater	3 Addis Ababa 16/11
Wood Warbler	1 Debre Libanos 16/11
Whitethroat	1 Lake Awassa 26/11
Rufous Breasted Sparrowhawk	1 Awash NP 18/11
European Sparrowhawk	1 Lake Awassa 26/11
Black Headed Wagtail	100 + Lake Langano 23/11
Grey Headed Wagtail	50 + Lake Langano 23/11
Blue Headed Wagtail	100 + Lake Langano 23/11
White Faced Scops Owl	1 Awash NP 19/11
Rufous Naped Lark	3 Filoha hot springs 20/11
Pink Breasted Lark	2 Lake Zwai 22/11
Lesser Moorhen	1 Awassa marsh 25-26/11
Black Billed Wood-Hoopoe	4 Awash river 21/11, 6 Lake Abiata 23/11
Clapperton's Francolin	2 Lake Abiata 23/11

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