Michael´s Second Year

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211/ET128.) Grey-Headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) / Graukopfliest

 

Lake Langano. Our only sighting of this bird.

 

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212/ET129.) Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) / Haubenzwergfischer

 

Lake Awasa, our only sighting. Ethiopia was not exactly Kingfisher-land for us.

 

 

 

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213/ET130.) Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) / Graufischer

 

Doho Lodge. Abundant around all waterbodies, especially Lake Awasa.

 

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214/ET131.) Little Bee-Eater (Merops pusillus) / Zwergspint

 

Awash NP. Surprisingly this was our only sighting of this familiar bird.

 

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215/ET132.) Ethiopian Bee-Eater (Merops lafresnayii) / Äthiopienspint

 

Lake Langano. A recent (and not universally accepted) split from the Blue-Breasted Bee-Eater.

 

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216/ET133.) Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater (Merops persicus) / Blauwangenspint

 

Doho Lodge. A few sightings all over the country.

 

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217/ET134.) Northern Carmine Bee-Eater (Merops nubicus) / Karminspint

 

Lake Langano, where it was reasonably common - don´t remember it from anywhere else.

 

 

We also saw European Bee-Eaters a couple of times but never close enough.

Edited July 23, 2017 by michael-ibk

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218/ET135.) Purple Roller (Coracias naevius) / Strichelracke

 

Somewhere on the road in the Rift Valley South of Lake Ziway. The only sighting.

 

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219/ET136.) Lilac-Breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) / Gabelracke

 

Lake Langano. A good example for how different birdlife here is. This (ebc)-sighting was the only time we saw this classic safaribird - it´s not very common in Ethiopia.

 

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220/ET137.) Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus) / Senegalracke.

 

Close to Doho Lodge. This bird, delightfully common in the lowlands, more than made up for the lack of LBRs.

 

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221/ET138.) Black-Billed Wood-Hoopoe (Phoeniculus somaliensis) / Schwarzschnabel-Baumhopf.

 

Lake Langano. A new one for me , it´s a near-endemic to the horn, only occurring in Northern Kenya otherwise.

 

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222/ET139.) Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus) / Mohrensichelhopf

 

Lake Langano. Similar to the Black-Billed Wood-Hoopoe being the pendant to the Green Wood-Hoopoe this is the more Northern and Central African answer to the Common Scimitarbill.

 

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223/ET140.) Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) / Wiedehopf

 

A few scattered sightings of my favourite bird. This one from Senkelle NP.

 

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224/ET141.) Northern Red-Billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) / Nördlicher Rotschnabeltoko

 

Abijatta Shalla NP. Our only sighting.

 

Edited July 23, 2017 by michael-ibk

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225/ET142.) Eastern Yellow-Billed Hornbill (Tockus flavirostris) / Östlicher Gelbschnabeltoko

 

Lake Langano. By far not as common as I had expected, only a handful of sightings.

 

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226/ET143.) Von der Decken´s Hornbill (Tockus deckeni) / Von-der-Decken-Toko

 

Abijatta Shalla NP. A beautiful Hornbill specimen.

 

Edited July 23, 2017 by michael-ibk

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227/ET144.) African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus) / Grautoko

 

One sighting at Abijatta Shalla NP.

 

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228/ET145.) Silvery-Cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) / Silberwangenhornvogel

 

Lake Langano where it was very confiding. Also a couple of sightings in Bale Mountain´s Harenna Forest but much shier there.

 

Edited July 23, 2017 by michael-ibk

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229/ET146.) Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) / Sudanhornrabe

 

Lake Langano. An immensely cool bird, I remember three sightings: Awash NP, here and close to Lake Awasa on the road.

 

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230/ET147.) Red-Fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus pusillus) / Feuerstirn-Bartvogel

 

Lake Langano, very common there, its song was very present.

 

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231/ET148.) Red-Fronted Barbet (Tricholaema diademata) / Diadem-Bartvogel

 

Awash NP. Nowhere near as confiding as the Tinkerbird.

 

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232/ET149.) Black-Throated Barbet (Tricholaema melanocephala) / Schwarzkopf-Bartvogel

 

One sighting at Doho Lodge.

 

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233/ET150.) Banded Barbet (Lybius undatus) / Wellenbartvogel - ENDEMIC

 

Lake Langano. One of my top targets, we saw two. It´s only occurring in Ethiopia and a small part of Erithrea.

 

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234/ET151.) Double-Toothed Barbet (Lybius bidentatus) / Doppelzahn-Bartvogel

 

Lake Langano. A spectacular bird with its rich colours and the ivory-toned beak. One of my favourite sightings.

 

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235/ET152.) Abyssinian Woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus) / Wacholderspecht - ENDEMIC

 

One sighting in Harenna Forest, Bale. Also known as the Golden-Mantled Woodpecker, closely related to the familiar Cardinal Woodpecker.