The Best of Ethiopia

Naturetrek Tour Report 9 - 27 February 2018

Ethiopian Oriole Gelada

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Water hole

Report and images compiled by Simon Tonkin

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Tour participants: Simon Tonkin (leader) and Melkamu Alemu (Local guide) With 12 Naturetrek Clients

Summary

Journeying through the ancient lands of Ethiopia we witnessed the myriad of habitats and the special species that inhabit these regions, from Ethiopian Wolves and Bale Monkeys, Blue-winged Geese and Rouget´s Rails to munching Hirax, soaring Verreaux´s Eagles and squabbling Geladas. Add to this the daily scenery, the magnificent local cuisine and the eye-popping traditional coffee, which ensured we were wide awake to marvel at the unbelievable scenes that poured out of this land on a daily basis!

Day 1 Friday 9th February

Today saw us catch our flight to Ethiopia. We had a relaxed and comfortable flight thanks to excellent service from Ethiopian Airlines.

Day 2 Saturday 10th February

Upon arrival in Addis Ababa, we immediately negotiated the complexities of the airport and the rather chaotic visa system (which provided us with great amusement!). We met up with local guide Melkamu and we were soon on our way with our driver through the bustling streets of Addis.

Upon arrival at the Ghion hotel we went to get some food but not before being immediately distracted by a Black Sparrowhawk perched just outside the window. Even the grounds of this inner-city hotel provided feeding grounds for endemic Wattled Ibis, whilst Brown-rumped and Streaky Seedeaters drunk at the birdbath and Mountain Thrush hopped around the bushes. It was clear our Ethiopian adventure had well and truly begun as we got to grips with these new species tallying up fast.

Now we had to get our short internal flight to Bahir Dar. Upon arrival, and once we had freshened-up, we went on our first proper African bush walk around the Blue Nile falls. We encountered some delightful species here - even on the rough track to our destination we found a tree full of Marabou Storks - rather alluring, maybe a bit grim but certainly not ugly!

We spotted the rare Egyptian Vulture (recently downgraded from Critically Endangered to Endangered by the IUCN). Interestingly the yellow pigment in the adult face coloration is obtained from carotenoid pigments derived from eating herbivore faeces!

A Dark Chanting Goshawk obliged us by providing full views atop an Acacia tree, whilst Yellow-billed Kites were seemingly omnipresent. The harrowing but beautiful calls (and views) of African Fish Eagle rang out. Also in the Acacia was a Striped Kingfisher whilst further on a Woodland Kingfisher added to our Kingfisher tally.

Two wonderful and very large Silvery-cheeked Hornbills flew past us and gave us great views in the setting sun whilst we scored our second endemic - a very cute Black-winged Lovebird! Two striking Mocking Cliff-chats danced around us in the gorge below as we crossed the suspension bridge across the river.

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A Grey-backed Camaroptera skulked in the bushes at the end of our walk and after passing by some Grivet Monkeys we loaded up into the bus for the short journey back to our hotel.

Day 3 Sunday 11th February

This morning, following breakfast accompanied by Montane White-eyes, we headed out by boat across Lake Tana. We drifted past Hippopotamus at a respectful distance but they gave us wonderful views in the morning light.

African Fish Eagles again called overhead and White-winged Terns skimmed the water´s surface. We encountered Caspian Tern and Baltic Gull on the way to the Zege Peninsula and to the monastery of Mariam. Around the monastery Melkamu expertly picked out a White-cheeked Turaco - a sought-after species for many. We enjoyed stunning views in the telescope. Some of us decided to have a respectful wander in the chapel guided by Melkamu while some of us decided to linger with the Turaco and Tacazze Sunbirds! Before boarding the boat, we encountered a Gambian Sun Squirrel which provided a variety of taxonomic questions for us to find the answers for. On the journey back we observed in excess of 80 Northern Carmine Bee-eaters.

We headed back to our hotel for lunch after which we were able to explore the grounds and nearby wetlands. On the wetlands various species could be found including Spur-winged Goose and Knob-billed Duck, being delicately side-stepped by African Jacana. We also found a very compact and beautiful Pygmy Goose - a delightful array of colours in miniature form!

Among the Sacred Ibis we picked out three Yellow-billed Storks and two Hadada Ibis. We also found a perched raptor which revealed itself to be a Western Banded Snake Eagle, which provided scope-filling views and an opportunity to try our hands at phone-scoping.

After walking the short distance back to the main hotel grounds we had great views of African Paradise Flycatcher, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird and Double-toothed Barbet, ending a delightful day in the field.

Day 4 Monday 12th February

Today saw us on the Bahir Dar to Gondar road. Our first stop was some rice fields that still held on to some over-wintering Common Cranes and a single White Stork. We also found some Woolly-necked Storks resting in a tree and a tiny Black-winged Kite hunting by the road.

Stopping at Tara Gedam or “Devils Finger” provided us with great views of White-backed Vulture, Rüppell's Vulture and Hooded Vulture with up to 30 Tawny Eagles being encountered throughout the area. Pied and Isabelline Wheatears flitted among the rocks and fields. We then spotted a Lanner Falcon, which was joined by its mate swooping overhead. As our attentions turned elsewhere we spotted amongst the boulders a near- endemic in the form of Rüppell's Black Chat which soon multiplied into five individuals.

After drawing some attention from the local kids, who Adele kindly loaned the use of her binoculars, we headed out once again on the road towards Gondar.

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Arriving in Gondar we lunched at the fabulous Four Sisters - here four sisters lavishly provide local food of spicy lentil, bean and meat in the form of wat served on injera - a large sourdough flatbread made of fermented teff flour. Some of us become injera-junkies after this and the local food was so much better than local attempts at western cuisine.

The grounds of the Four Sisters offers pretty good birding too! Village and Baglafecht Weavers noisily drink at the hosepipe while Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Finch and Red-billed Firefinch scurry around at your feet picking up the spilt crumbs! In the trees overhead, African Paradise Flycatchers trail their long tails in flight and Scarlet- chested and Variable Sunbirds provide ornate splashes of colour.

Following lunch we visited the grounds of Guzara castle. Here, whilst looking at the White-coloured Pigeons and Bruce’s Green Pigeons, Melkamu picked out a day-roosting Greyish Eagle Owl.

We then visited the Fasilides Baptism baths. This palace is connected by a charming bridge with stone arches and the bridge could be withdrawn in times of conflict. It is not known whether the pool surrounding the palace was for baptismal ceremonies or simply as a swimming pool - perhaps it had a dual purpose?

In addition to this interesting historical site it also hosts the best avian water tap in Gonder, apparently! So we were keen to check out Melkamu’s bold claim. The first bird to appear at the tap was an endemic in the form of Black-winged Lovebird! It was swiftly followed by another endemic! A new one for us - the stunning Ethopian Oriole! However we still declared Melkamu´s claim to be false. As Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Dusky Turtle Dove, and Great Blue-eared Glossy Starling came to this single dripping tap for a drink we thought surely this was the best dripping tap in the history of dripping taps!!

Following this dripping-tastic avian delight we headed up to the Goha Hotel which overlooks Gonder. Here we found beautiful Thick-billed Ravens feeding right next to the pool and skies full of Yellow-billed Kites as they came into roost in poolside Eucalyptus trees. However the real stars came in the form of both Steppe and Tawny Eagles which provided great joy for the raptorphiles but also an identification challenge and a superb learning experience at close hand.

Day 5 Tuesday 13th February

During breakfast, a Mocking Cliff-chat decided to join us inside the Goha Hotel - this bird had decided it wasn’t going to face the outside when it can pick over some breakfast leftovers with hardly any energy expended. Meanwhile the numbers of Tawny and Steppe Eagle were again evident drifting around the outskirts of the city as we looked down upon it and them.

On route, stopping at a roadside escarpment, we observed up to four individual Lammergeiers and to be honest they pretty much stole the show as they drifted around right in front of us, giving what has to be the best views ever of Lammergeier! Impossible to beat, and impossible to focus cameras on, they were that close!

We climbed further up into our next ‘zone’ in the Simien Mountains - upon arrival here we immediately checked in with a troop of Geladas - the only surviving primate that grazes. We encountered several hundred and sat amongst them as they busily grazed and had the odd ‘domestic’, oblivious to our presence apart from the odd

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cursory glance. We sat respectfully, quietly and largely motionless amongst these wonderful animals for some time, observing their various antics and seemingly we became part of the landscape as they busily fed and argued before slowly returning to their night time roost on the escarpment below. This for many had made the whole trip worthwhile. It was one of those spectacular wildlife experiences that you normally only see on television but here we were experiencing what seemed to be some surreal part of a David Attenborough documentary!

We checked into our wonderful mountain lodges and excitedly reviewed the day. Some of us watched a video being aired in the lodge about the Gelada - but there was little doubt it was nowhere near as good as the real thing!! One Verreaux's Eagle was seen but we only got a tantalising glimpse of this hyrax-eating beauty!

Day 6 Wednesday 14th February

This morning saw us discovering more wonderful sites around the Simien Mountains. Heading up the dirt road we stopped at a steep escarpment and found Klipsringer - “klip” is Dutch for rock and these guys can hop from one rock to the other barely with enough room to accommodate all the hooves! However below us was the real star in the form of the endemic and much sought after Walia Ibex, with eight individuals observed here and a huge male living up to the species reputation of having the largest horns of any Ibex species.

As we continued to discover the area, Eastern Long-legged Buzzards, Augur Buzzards and Steppe Eagles were found.

Arriving at the edge of a herders’ village we found 12 Spot-breasted Lapwing, another endemic of Ethiopia. Just like many of the other Ethiopian endemics, its movements and habits are poorly understood. Among them ran Blick’s Grass Rats.

Over 15 Alpine Swifts cruised along the edges of escarpments and at least five Lanner Falcons were encountered, whilst 50+ Red-billed Chough fed out on the high plains. An endemic Erlanger's Lark showed and in some of the hillside vegetation we found the near-endemic Ethiopian Cisticola (a stunning Cisticola and rather obliging too!) which we watched and photographed. Along these roadsides we also observed Ethiopian Siskin - yet another endemic species, but commonly seen in flocks around the high plains.

During a walk through some hilltop scrub, we found Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler, Cinnamon Bracken Warbler and some scat of Leopard too. We also saw two Yellow-spotted Hyrax amongst the rocks on our way back.

Around the lodges, and seemingly everywhere else, Moorland Chats were omni-present and three Red-breasted Wheatear were observed.

Day 7 Thursday 15th February

Exploring once again the Simien Mountains, we headed for the area around the Sankaber Camp site. On route we finally encountered two marvellous Verreaux's Eagles! YES!

Up at the campsite we wandered through the bush and found not one but two Menelik’s Bushbuck. This race is named after Emperor Menelik and is endemic to Ethiopia. After encountering the Bushbuck, we walked passed a

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rather jaded sign that had an illustration of Menelik’s Bushbuck and thought it was rather convenient they decided to show right next to their sign! We also accidentally flushed a Pallid Harrier from the ground in front of us.

Following lunch, we settled into watching Geladas again, and this different troupe provided us with some of the best Gelada action. As we sat quietly among them the large males noisily and with shows of aggression chased each other and we were in the thick of it! Amazing stuff! A Little Sparrowhawk also bombed through, whilst Pale Crag and Rock Martins whizzed beneath us.

Amongst the hillside scrub here were White-backed Black Tit, Thekla Larks, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Ethiopian Cisticola, Pectoral-patch Cisticola and probably the star avian endemic, Abyssinian Catbird.

Day 8 Friday 16th February

Today we descended the Simien Mountains. Plenty of roadside stops ensured views of Plain-backed and Grassland Pipits. Two Barbary Falcons were found, one of which we watched stooping to flush small passerines from the plains, hoping to make a kill of either Red-throated Pipits, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Finch, Yellow Bishops or perhaps Northern, Isabelline, Red-breasted or Pied Wheatears - we were sure it caught something but it was all too quick to know for sure what had met its end.

We lunched again at the now famous Four Sisters, again enjoying excellent local food and a warm welcome with some birds to keep us entertained too.

Following lunch, we checked once again into the Aquila metropolis of Goha Hotel. For those that wished, we spent the rest of the afternoon getting to grips with and getting photos of both Steppe and Tawny Eagles, whilst Rock Martins drifted below us and Thick-billed Ravens also provided photographic opportunities.

For those who preferred to indulge in some of the historical sites, Melkamu took a group to the Church of Debre Birhan Selassie, which is renowned for being one of the most beautiful churches in Ethiopia. Built at the end of the seventeenth century it was rebuilt a century later. Built into the high surrounding wall are 12 towers representing the 12 apostles. These high towers and walls probably helped the church survive as all others in the vicinity were destroyed by attacks from Sudanese.

Day 9 Saturday 17th February

Today we bade farewell to this region and headed for Gondar airport and our brief flight back to Addis. It was an uneventful flight, and we were soon amongst its busy streets. We once again stopped at Ghion Hotel for lunch which Melkamu kindly arranged to be of local dishes of spicy beans, and lentils served on injera …fabulous!

After lunch we indulged in the traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony and were each treated to some rocket fuel caffeine which tastes so different (and very good!) compared to the coffee we all knew.

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Fuelled by great food and a strong Ethiopian caffeine buzz, we briefly looked around the grounds again and then began our road journey to Awash National Park. En route out of Addis, two Wattled Ibis flew over the busy streets - a bit odd to see a near-endemic over such an urban and bustling environment!

Out into the villages and surrounding countryside, we saw Wahlberg's Eagle and Lammergeier whist African Palm Swift flew through like a pencil-sketching in the sky. A single Northern Carmine Beet-eater and Little Bee- eaters were seen along with an Isabelline Shrike.

As we got to the park entrance and waited for the necessary paperwork to be completed, we simply looked down the road and there was the stunning Beisa Oryx. As we drove further into the park, Salt's Dik-dik and Scrub Hare were seen, as well as Buff-crested Bustard. Both Bare-faced and White-bellied Go-away-birds were seen, and a group of Yellow-necked Spurfowl ran through the base of the Acacias.

We soon arrived at Awash Falls Lodge to singing Ethiopian Boubou and settled into our rooms and the views over the falls with Nile Crocodiles below.

Day 10 Sunday 18th February

Awash Falls Lodge is in a magical setting, with comfortable but basic lodge accommodation that ensures you feel part of the African bush but with the best possible facilities and great staff on hand to help out with any needs.

As we made the short walk from the lodge we immediately began to see some great species. Squacco Heron and Goliath Heron, Green and Common Sandpiper fed at the water´s edge. Two African Fish Eagles (as well as being heard!) which would prove to become a regular sighting.

Namaqua Doves filled the bushes, where we also found a Blue-headed Coucal and a tiny Pearl-spotted Owlet sat aloft a tree in the shade. Nearby to the lodge we could see Olive Baboons, probably up to 20.

Driving out following lunch, we once again encountered Salt's Dik-dik and Scrub Hare, but also new mammals, with sightings of Soemmerring's Gazelle and Lesser Kudu along with a Common Jackal.

We also found more Yellow-necked Spurfowl and Buff-crested Bustard, but the star Bustard today was at least four huge Kori Bustards. Two Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse were found in the clearings, and here we also found several groups of Blue-naped Mousebirds and Black-billed Barbets.

We found some parties of both White-crested Helmet-shrike and Rosy-patched Bush-shrike - smart birds indeed - but a Pygmy Falcon on top of an Acacia close by was a brilliant addition.

In some of the clearings we encountered several groups of feeding Chestnut-backed Sparrow Larks and both Superb and Rüppell's Starling, whilst Red-billed Oxpeckers hitched lifts on Donkeys as well as Beisa Oryx.

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Days 11/12 Monday 19th/Tuesday 20th February

Beisa Oryx were evident in our drive out into the Awash National park once more, along with individual Black- backed and Common Jackal. We also observed a total of eight Warthogs thundering through the Sahelian scrub. Soemmerring's Gazelle and Salt’s Dik-dik were again encountered.

We also happened upon a very confiding Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse which posed for pictures and enthralled us with close-up views. We found a Steppe Grey Shrike, which provided a variety of taxonomic questions rather than answers!

After some refreshments and relaxing time, we made our journey to Awassa Lake & Unite Africa hotel.

Day 13 Wednesday 21st February

Around the Awassa Lake & Unite Africa Hotel Grounds provided some good birding, including Marabou Storks nesting in trees around the hotel buildings.

However a quick trip to the Awassa Fish Market provided fabulous entertainment with Marabou Storks walking alongside us! Sacred Ibis, Hammerkops, Pink-backed Pelicans and Little Stints fed in the shallows whilst masses of White-winged Terns cruised overhead.

Ahead of us our journey to the Bale Mountains and our hotel awaited so after obtaining the relevant pictures of the ornithological and human bedlam at the fish market we saddled up for our journey.

Day 14 Thursday 22nd February

Today we journeyed out into the Bale Mountains, and after climbing through forests, fields, little villages and banana groves, we reached open grassy uplands where Blue-winged Geese and Rouget's Rails were found.

On the higher areas and after not a great deal of searching we were gawping at the fabulous Ethiopian Wolf hunting among the boulders. We ended up watching five different individuals, one of which we observed successfully hunting.

Here we were also happy to add two Francolin species - the near endemic Chestnut-naped Francolin and the Moorland Francolin. We were also very fortunate to get fleeting views of a Cerval pegging it over the hillside, and views of the endemic Mountain Nyala.

After quite a lot of hype and discussion we were very pleased to find the endemic Bale Monkey and whilst it was hard to ascertain for certain the numbers we were observing it was great to get fabulous views of this species and observe their antics.

Journeying back to the hotel we surprisingly found two African Black Duck just by a busy bridge, oblivious to the people around them.

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Day 15 Friday 23rd February

This morning we decided to explore the Gesay valley, where we enjoyed the abundance of endemic Mountain Nyala but also superb views of Abysinnian Longclaw!

Following lunch we headed to Dinsho and the National Park HQ, where we were greeted by a local guide. With his help we were able to find the near-endemic Abyssinian Long-eared Owl, which provided fabulous views. However we did have to stop the local guide flushing the Owl for us to see even better as he hadn’t quite yet grasped the need to ensure the Owls are not disturbed!

Day 16 Saturday 24th February

After leaving our hotel we journeyed into the Gesay Valley and stopped at a gully. Many children from the village came out to greet us and they knew exactly what we were looking for. Here we found with their help the Cape Eagle Owl. The kids were a little overzealous so Melkamu and Simon explained why they needed to protect the bird, not flush it. Often these discussions fall on deaf ears but it was apparent that one young lad had taken it upon himself to be the guardian of the Owl and joined in telling everyone else off too!

We hope that other groups coming there will provide a similar message so the future of the species is ensured. This way it can be enjoyed by visiting tourists and local people can benefit from this mini-ecotourism too!

Moving on we journeyed to our base for the next two nights, at a comfortable eco-lodge beside picturesque Lake Langano. Here is a beautiful setting with fabulous wildlife. Black-and-white Colobus Monkeys adorned the trees and Dark Chanting Goshawks, African Fish Eagles, Hemprich's and Von der Decken's Hornbills, Cardinal Woodpeckers, White-bellied Go-away Birds, Red-billed and White-headed Buffalo Weavers were also found. We settled in for the evening in the beautiful cabins in the woods and some of us realised a Hippo had wandered past in the middle of the night!

Day 17 Sunday 25th February

Today we explored the Bishan Gari Forest. Here we found African Harrier-Hawk, Western Banded Snake Eagle and Klaas’s Cuckoo, whilst on the lake side we found our first Kittlitz's Plovers, together with both Little Ringed and Common Ringed Plovers and at least ten Black-tailed Godwits, Little Stints and oodles of Ruff!

Going for a night drive this evening, we were lucky enough to find four Spotted Hyenas in the fields and we got fabulous views of them! We had been thwarted for security reasons (political curfews were in place) and our night excursions had been restricted elsewhere so this was a really welcome addition.

Days 18/19 Monday 26th/Tuesday 27th February

Sadly it was time to return to Addis Ababa for our journeys back home. Due to political issues in the country and some road blocks in protest we left in plenty of time, keen to make Addis in good time. This we did, giving us chance to freshen up before moving on to our flights, full of amazing memories of a truly spectacular trip.

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Species Lists

Birds (=recorded but not counted; H = heard only; E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced)

February

Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes 1 1 2 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata 30+ 3 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus 4 4 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 10 30+  2 1 2 5 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 2 6 Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera c.10 4 4 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 5+ 20+ 5+ 2 1 1   2 8+ 8 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 4 9 African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus 2 6+ 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 1 11 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 3  2 12 African Black Duck Anas sparsa 2 13 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 2 15+ 14 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris c.8 15 Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema c.10 16 Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena 5+ 2 17 Chestnut-naped Francolin - N Pternistis castaneicollis 20+ c.4 2 18 Erckel's Francolin Pternistis erckelii 30+ 20+ 19 Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus 10+ 10+ 3 1 20 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 1 21 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 3+ 1 3 22 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 1 4 23 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 3 2 1 24 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 2 1 25 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 3 1 26 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 2 27 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 1 2 1 4 28 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 3 3 29 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer 20+ 10+ 10+ 100+ 200+ 1

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February

Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 30 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus      4+ 31 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 3 2 2 3  3 1 32 Wattled Ibis-N Bostrychia carunculata 2 1 6 2 1 10+   4 33 African Spoonbill Platalea alba 1 34 Striated Heron Butorides striata 1 1 2 35 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 1 10+ 1 1 20+ 10+   36 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis      3+    37 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea    1 1 3 1 38 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 3+ 39 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 1+ 2 1 2 4 1 1 40 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 2 6 41 Great Egret Ardea alba 1 2 1 42 Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia 1 2 1 1 43 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 2 1 3 10+   44 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 2 5+ 1+ 2 1 1 1 10+ 1 1 45 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 50+ 30+ 10+ 4 c.20 46 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 2 4 2 c.7 47 Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus 50+ 10+ 50+ 48 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus 20+ c.10 50+ 20+   49 African Darter Anhinga rufa 50+ 3 2 50 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus caeruleus 1 1 3 1 51 African Harrier-hawk Polyboroides typus 2 1 52 Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus 4 3 2 1 53 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 2 1 1 54 African Cuckoo-hawk Aviceda cuculoides 1 55 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus     1   1 2     56 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 30+ 70+ 10+ 3+ 2 1    10+ 57 Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli 20+ 50+ 20+ 10+ 10+ 3 3   58 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis 1 59 Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis 1 1 2 1 60 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus 1 61 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens 1 1

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February

Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 62 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 2 63 Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 64 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 30+ 40+ 3+ 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 65 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 15+ 20+ 2 1 c.10  5+ 66 Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii 1+ 2 67 African Hawk-eagle Aquila spilogaster 1 68 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates 1 1 2 3 4+ 2 3 3 1 69 Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus 1 70 Shikra Accipiter badius 1 1 71 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus 1 72 Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 1 73 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 5+ 10+ 2 1 2 1 74 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 1 1 2 75 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 1 1 2 1 1 76 Black Kite Milvus migrans 1 1 77 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius     10+ 5+          78 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 2 5+ 3 2 1 2 2 8 3 2+ 4 79 Eastern Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 2 4 1 80 Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus 1 2 3 2 1 8 81 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur 2 8+ 15+ 10+ 8+ 2 2 5 15+  10+ 82 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 4+ 2 3 83 Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana 1 3+ 10+ 84 Rouget's Rail - N Rougetius rougetii 2 15+ 85 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 1 2 2 2 86 African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis 1 87 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus meridionalis 1 88 Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata 1 89 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 1 40+ 15+ 100+ 90 Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina 1 91 Common Crane Grus grus 150+ 92 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis 2 1+ 3 8 5+ 93 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 20+ 30+

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February

Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 94 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 5+     95 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 2 96 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 4+ 5+ 97 Spot-breasted Lapwing - E Vanellus melanocephalus 12 40+ 7 98 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10+ 99 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20+ 100 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 6 101 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 2 c.8 20+ 10+ 1 102 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 10+ 103 Ruff Calidris pugnax 4  104 Dunlin Calidris alpina 2 105 Little Stint Calidris minuta 1 2 1 8+ 106 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 10+ 5+ 107 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1 3 1 1 1 1 3+ 108 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1 1 1 1 109 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 2 110 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1 5+ 20+ 1 111 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1 1 112 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii 3 113 Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus 2 114 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 1 115 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 2 116 Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus    117 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus fuscus 20+ 1 118 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 6+ 119 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 1 2 120 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 100+ 150+ 100+  121 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 1 122 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus 2 2 123 Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii 2 2 2 124 Feral Rock Dove - I Columba livia var. domestica 1 125 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea      4         

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February

Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 126 White-collared Pigeon - N Columba albitorques    10+ 7  70+ 127 African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix c.5 5 128 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 2 129 Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens 4 10+ 20+ 5+ 2 5 1    130 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 1 2 131 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens 4+ 3 2 132 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata     10+        133 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola  134 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea    1 1  135 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 2 5+ 3 2 10+ 5+ 20+    6+ 136 Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer 1 1 137 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria   138 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 3      139 Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia 3 11 3 3 10+ 140 White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis 5 2 141 Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personatus 2 5+ 142 White-bellied Go-away-bird Corythaixoides leucogaster 1 1 7 4 143 Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus 10+ 30+ 5+ 1 3 2 2 144 Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus 1 1 1 145 Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis 1 146 Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens 1 147 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum 1 1 1 148 Abyssinian Owl - N Asio abyssinicus 1 149 Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus 1 2+ 1+ 150 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus     151 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 15+ 6 4 152 Common Swift Apus apus  153 Nyanza Swift Apus niansae 2+  154 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus 1 8+ 10+ 3+ 10+ 2  3   155 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus 20+ 20+  156 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina 2 157 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus 1 3 5   

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Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 158 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 2 2 1 1 159 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 160 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta 1 161 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus 1 1 7+ 1 162 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima 1 163 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 2+ 20+ 10+ 5+ 2+  164 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 2+ 2 2 2 1 4 2 165 Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus lafresnayii 5+ 3+ 20+ 3+ 3+ 2 2 1 166 Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus 10+ 80+ 20+ 1 30+ 2 30+ 167 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 4 3 5+ 1 168 African Hoopoe Upupa africana 1 169 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 3 170 Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis 1 5+ 1 171 Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus 1 2 172 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus 1 2 3 8 2 173 Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus 3 8+ 2 174 Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni 2 1 2 175 Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris 1 2 3 176 Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii 2 4 2 177 African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus 2 10+ 4 4 c.15    178 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis 2 4 2 2+ 2 4+ 179 Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus 1 3 180 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus 2 4+ 2 181 Banded Barbet - N Lybius undatus 1 2 182 Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito 2 2 1 8 4 2 1 183 Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus 4 7 2 2 184 Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus 2 1 185 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 1 186 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus 1 187 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 2 188 Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 189 Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus 2

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Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 190 African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae 1 4 191 Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus 1 192 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 2 1 10+ 5+ 2 193 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 2 4+ 4+ 5+ 2 2 6 2 3 194 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides 1 2 195 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 2 5+ 5+ 1 2 196 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1 1 197 Yellow-fronted Parrot - E Poicephalus flavifrons 2+ 2 20+ 198 Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris 2 199 Black-winged Lovebird - E Agapornis taranta 2 2 3+ 3 3 2 4 1+ 5+ 200 Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis 2 2 2 201 Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri 5+ 2 2 202 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea 2+ 203 White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus cristatus 16 4+ 204 Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti 2 1 1 205 Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus 2 206 Rosy-patched Bushshrike Telophorus cruentus 4 5 7 207 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis 1 208 Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus 1 2 2 6 3 2 1 2 209 Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea 2 210 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus 1 5+ 1 2 3 1 1 211 Steppe Grey Shrike Lanius pallidostris 1 2 212 Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides 1 1 2 3+ 10+ 213 Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus c.10 8+ 3 214 Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis 4+ 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 5+ 215 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1 2 1 1 216 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 1 217 Ethiopian Oriole - N Oriolus monacha 2 218 Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus 1 219 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 1 2 1 1 2 220 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 1 5+ 10+ 1 1 2 5+ 221 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 50+

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Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 222 Cape Crow Corvus capensis 5+ 5+ 20+ 5 20+ 5+       223 Pied Crow Corvus albus 10+ 50+              224 Somali Crow Corvus edithae   225 Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus 2+ 5+ 50+        3+ 226 Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris 15+ 20+    3+    5+ 227 White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas 2 228 White-backed Black Tit - N Melaniparus leuconotus 5 1 c.2 229 Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus 2 2 230 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis 20+ 20+ 10+ 231 Thekla Lark Galerida theklae 2 5+ 4+ 10+ 2 1 1 3    232 Erlanger's Lark - E Calandrella erlangeri 2 233 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus           6    234 Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera 4 235 Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola  3 200+ 236 Sand Martin Riparia riparia   5+ 237 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica     3+  2         238 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida 1+ 3+ 239 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 1 240 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 10+  241 Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta 40+ 20+ 2 242 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula 4+ 10+ 5+ 20+ 243 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum 20+   244 Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis 1 245 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 5+ 30+ 10+ 10+ 1 246 Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura 2 2 2 247 Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii 1 248 Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens 2+ 249 Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis 2 10+ 1 1 2 250 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 1 1 251 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita     3+  1       1+ 252 Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita tristis 2 2 3 1 1 3 2 1 4 253 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 10+

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Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 254 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 1 c.3 1 1 255 Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus 1 4 3 256 Ethiopian Cisticola - N Cisticola lugubris 2 5+ 1 1 1 257 Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus 1 258 Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens 2 259 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 1 2 260 Pale Prinia Prinia somalica 2 261 Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella 1 262 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida 1 263 Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata 1 1 2 4+ 1 2 264 Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex 1 265 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis 1 266 Rufous Chatterer Turdoides rubiginosa 2 267 White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia 4 2 10+ 3 4 10+ 268 Abyssinian Catbird - E Parophasma galinieri 2 2 4 269 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla   1  270 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 1 271 Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus 1 3+ 272 African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis 2 2 273 Montane White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus poliogastrus 1 1+ 1 1 3 3 1   274 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea 10+ 2 2 275 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus             276 Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus    10+ 277 Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera        278 Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus 2 10+ 10+    279 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio 2+ 1 10+ 4 280 Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris 1 5+ 2 1 281 Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii c.5 282 White-billed Starling - N Onychognathus albirostris 1 4 1 283 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorynchus 4 15 2+   3 284 Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae 2 2 285 Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus 1 20+ 5+ 1 1   5 

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Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 286 Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa 6+ 20+ 2 3 1  2 287 African Thrush Turdus pelios   5+ 1 1 288 Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe 1 289 White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys leucoptera 1 10+ 1 290 Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher - N Melaenornis chocolatinus 1 2 10+ 5 c.5 1 291 Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides 1 1 1 1 292 African Grey Flycatcher Melaenornis microrhynchus pumilus 3 2 2 5+ 293 Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa 2 2 4 2 294 White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini 1 295 Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis 4 296 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 2 297 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 1 298 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1 1 c.5 299 Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis 1 300 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus variegatus 3 1 3 301 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 3 1 2 1 3 302 Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida 10+        303 Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris 2 5+ 2+ 4 2 304 Rüppell's Black Chat - N Myrmecocichla melaena 4 305 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 1+ 2 1 1 306 Red-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe bottae 3 6+ 2 6 307 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 2+ 1+ 1 10+ 20+ 30+ 10+ 1 1 15+ 308 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 2 309 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 15+ 5+ 20+  20+ 10+ 2 2 1 1 310 Blackstart Oenanthe melanura 1 311 Sombre Rock Chat - N Oenanthe dubia 1 312 Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica 5 313 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis 2 5+ 10+ 2+ 3 314 Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze 2 4+ c.5 4+ 10+ 5+ 10+ 2   1 315 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus 10+ 5+   c.5 316 Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus 1 2 317 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus 2 5+ 10+ 2 1 2+ 2 1

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February

Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 318 Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii 20+ 10+   5+      319 Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey 2 320 Bush Petronia Gymnoris dentata 2 2 1 1 321 Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger 1 4 20+ 5+ 322 White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli 1 10+ 5+ 1 323 White-browed Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser mahali 10+ 10+ 1 20+ 324 Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht          325 Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus    326 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis     327 Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula     328 Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus      329 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus              330 Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps leuconotos 2 1 331 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea        332 Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus 1+ 333 Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis c.10 10+  334 Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris  335 Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens 3 336 Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata 6 20+   337 Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula 5+ 338 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala           339 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus            340 African Silverbill Euodice cantans  2 4 341 Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata      342 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata  3+ 1 3+ 1 343 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura 1 344 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava        2  345 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flava 1+ 1   346 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg     347 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava thunbergi  4+ 1 1  2  348 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 1 2 349 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp   1 1

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Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 350 Abyssinian Longclaw - E Macronyx flavicollis 3 351 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 1 2 1 352 African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus 5+ 1 353 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys 3 1 354 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 2+ 3 4+   355 African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides 2 2 1 356 Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi 5+ 357 Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata          358 Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata  5+        359 Ethiopian Siskin - E Serinus nigriceps 20   360 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 1 361 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi 1 362 Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura 4

Mammals

1 Yellow-spotted Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei 2+ 2 Ethiopian Rock Hyrax Procavia hapessinica   3 Grivet Monkey Chlorocebus aethiops    3+ 10+     4 Bale Monkey - E Chlorocebus djamdjamensis  Guereza (Black & White Colobus 5 Colobus guereza   1+ 4 10+  Monkeys) 6 Olive Baboon Papio anubis 1 c.20   20+   7 Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas  8 Gelada Baboon - E Theropithecus gelada 100+ 200+ c.400 9 Ethiopian Hare Lepus fagani 1 10 Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis 1 1 2 1 1 1  11 Ethiopian Highland Hare - E Lepus starcki 1 12 Abyssinian Grass Rat - E Arvicanthis abyssinicus  1 10+ 13 Blick's Grass Rat - E Arvicanthis blicki    14 Giant Mole Rat - E Tachyoryctes macrocephalus 1 15 Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus  4 16 Serval Leptailurus serval 1 17 Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta 1H 4

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Common name Scientific name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 18 Common Genet Genetta genetta 1 19 Common Jackal Canis aureus??? Anthus 1 1 1 20 Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas 1 1 2? 21 Ethiopian Wolf - E Canis simensis 5 22 Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus 8 4 c.10 1    23 Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius 9 2 12 24 Walia Ibex - E Capra walie 8 25 Salt's Dik-dik Madoqua saltiana 2 6+ 8  26 Grant's Gazelle Nanger granti 27 Soemmerring's Gazelle Nanger soemmerringii 6+ c.15  28 Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus 2 1+ 6+ 2 29 Beisa Oryx Oryx beisa 3 10+ 10+  30 Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca    31 Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia 1 3+ 32 Mountain Nyala - E Tragelaphus buxtoni   33 Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis 7 3  34 Bushbuck - E Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki 2 

Reptiles

1 Nile Monitor Lizard Varanus niloticus 3 1  2 Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus 4 8+ 8+   

Invertebrates

1 Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus 1 2 Clouded Yellow Colias croceus     3 Painted Lady  4 Common Acraea Acraea encedon, 2  5 Cream-banded Charaxes Charaxes hansalii  6 Cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra  7 Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha  8 Hummingbird Hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum 5+ 9 Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta  

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