Ethiopia is a great place for birds.Try to find hotels with courtyards--they make bird spotting easy.
And don't miss the Bale Mountains & Lake Tana...
What Where When Great Crested Grebe Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 Great White Pelican Bahir Dar January 30, 2004 Great ormorant Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 Long-tailed Cormorant Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 Darter Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 Grey Heron Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Purple Heron Lake Tana February 2, 2004 Great Egret Gonder February 4, 2004 Little Egret Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Cattle Egret nr. Shashamene January 20, 2004 Common Bittern Lake Tana February 2, 2004 Black-crowned Night Heron Bahir Dar February 2, 2004 Hamerkop Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Sacred Ibis Melka Kunture January 19, 2004 Wattled Ibis Addis Ababa January 17, 2004 Egyptian Goose Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 Spur-winged Goose Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 African Pygmy-goose Lake Tana February 2, 2004 Tufted Duck Melka Kunture January 17, 2004 Black Kite Addis Ababa January 17, 2004 African Fish Eagle Bahir Dar January 30, 2004 Hooded Vulture Gonder February 4, 2004 White-backed Vulture Dodola January 20, 2004 European Griffon Gonder February 4, 2004 White-headed Vulture Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 Red-necked Buzzard Addis Ababa January 16, 2004 Augur Buzzard Day 2-Bale Trek January 22, 2004 Tawny Eagle Melka Kunture January 17, 2004 Verreaux's Eagle Axum January 27, 2004 Grey Kestrel Lake Tana/Zege February 2, 2004 Chestnut-naped Francolin Day 2-Bale Trek January 22, 2004 Black Crowned Crane Lake Tana February 2, 2004 Demoiselle Crane nr. M. Kunture January 17, 2004 African Jacana Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 Spur-winged Plover Lake Tana February 2, 2004 Common Greenshank Lake Tana February 2, 2004 Lesser Black-backed Gull Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 Black-headed Gull Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Gull-billed Tern Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Addis Ababa January 16, 2004 Speckled Pigeon Axum January 28, 2004 White-collared Pigeon Gonder February 4, 2004 Laughing (Palm) Dove Axum January 27, 2004 Tambourine Dove Gonder February 4, 2004 Lemon Dove Addis Ababa January 17, 2004 Black-winged Lovebird Bihere Tsige-Addis January 19, 2004 White-cheeked Turaco Bahir Dar February 2, 2004 Red-chested Cuckoo Day 2-Bale Trek January 22, 2004 Speckled Mousebird Addis Ababa January 18, 2004 Giant Kingfisher Lake Tana February 2, 2004 Striped Kingfisher Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Pied Kingfisher Bahir Dar January 30, 2004 Little Green Bee-eater Lalibela January 30, 2004 Northern Carmine Bee-eater Lake Tana February 2, 2004 Hoopoe Day 1-Bale Trek January 21, 2004 Violet Wood-hoopoe Gonder February 4, 2004 Black-billed Wood-hoopoe Gonder February 4, 2004 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 Black-billed Barbet Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Double-toothed Barbet Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Cardinal Woodpecker Day 5-Bale Trek January 25, 2004 African Pied Wagtail Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Yellow Wagtail Day 1-Bale Trek January 21, 2004 Pied Wagtail Axum January 29, 2004 Mountain Wagtail Day 3-Bale Trek January 23, 2004 Tree Pipit Axum January 27, 2004 Common Bulbul Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Groundscraper Thrush nr. Shashamene January 20, 2004 Olive Thrush Addis Ababa January 16, 2004 Spotted Ground-thrush Day 2-Bale Trek January 22, 2004 Stout Cisticola Day 3-Bale Trek January 23, 2004 Rueppell's Robin-chat Bihere Tsige-Addis January 19, 2004 Eurasian Redstart Melka Kunture January 17, 2004 Common Stonechat Adaba January 28, 2004 White-winged Cliff Chat Lalibela January 30, 2004 Alpine Chat Day 1-Bale Trek January 21, 2004 African Paradise Flycatcher Bihere Tsige-Addis January 19, 2004 Abyssinian Catbird Addis Ababa January 16, 2004 Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Day 3-Bale Trek January 23, 2004 Malachite Sunbird Day 4-Bale Trek January 24, 2004 Northern Pygmy Sunbird Day 1-Bale Trek January 21, 2004 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Bahir Dar February 3, 2004 Tacazze Sunbird Bihere Tsige-Addis January 19, 2004 Beautiful Sunbird Axum January 29, 2004 Marico Sunbird Melka Kunture January 17, 2004 Green-throated Sunbird Addis Ababa January 17, 2004 Variable Sunbird Addis Ababa January 19, 2004 Montane White-eye Axum January 27, 2004 African Black-headed Oriole Bahir Dar February 1, 2004 Taita Fiscal Day 4-Bale Trek January 24, 2004 Common Fiscal Adaba January 25, 2004 Tropical Boubou Bihere Tsige-Addis January 19, 2004 Pied Crow Addis Ababa January 17, 2004 African Rook Day 3-Bale Trek January 23, 2004 Fan-tailed Raven Dodola January 21, 2004 Thick-billed Raven Day 2-Bale Trek January 22, 2004 Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling Axum January 27, 2004 Rueppell's Long-tailed Starling Melke Kunture January 17, 2004 Red-winged Starling Gonder February 4, 2004 Slender-billed Starling Day 2-Bale Trek January 22, 2004 African Drongo Lalibela January 30, 2004 Red-billed Oxpecker Day 5-Bale Trek January 25, 2004 White-billed Buffalo-weaver Addis Ababa January 16, 2004 Baglafecht Weaver Addis Ababa January 16, 2004 Southern Red Bishop Gonder February 4, 2004 Red-collared Widowbird Day 5-Bale Trek January 25, 2004 Jameson's Firefinch Melke Kunture January 17, 2004 African Firefinch Addis Ababa January 17, 2004 Red-billed Firefinch Axum January 27, 2004 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Melke Kunture January 17, 2004 Purple Grenadier Addis Ababa January 16, 2004 Crimson-rumped Waxbill Axum January 27, 2004 Fawn-breasted Waxbill Melke Kunture January 17, 2004 Cut-throat Bahir Dar January 31, 2004 Village Indigobird Axum January 27, 2004 Straw-tailed Whydah Melke Kunture January 17, 2004 Yellow-crowned (Cape) Canary Bahir Dar February 2, 2004 Abyssinian (Black-headed) Siskin Day 3-Bale Trek January 23, 2004 African Citril Bihere Tsige-Addis January 19, 2004 Streaky Serin Day 2-Bale Trek January 22, 2004
Black-crowned Cranes & Spur-winged Plovers on Lake Tana.
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That's a firefinch in the border...Marc took this one in Axum.
