Light Gallery - Ethiopia - November 2009
Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
Awash National Park
Salt's Dikdik (Madoqua saltiana)
Awash National Park
Sommerring's Gazelle (Gazella sommerringi)
Awash National Park
Black-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster)
Awash National Park
Nile Crocodile (Crocodilus niloticus)
Awash National Park
Northern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
Awash National Park
Awash Falls
Nile Crocodlie (Crocodylus niloticus)
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) - immature
Leopard Tortoise (stigmochelis pardalis)
The carapace of this tortoise measured about 45cm long
Marabou (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
Lake Ziway
Black Egret (Egretta ardesiaca)
Lake Ziway
Washing the Landcruiser
Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
Lake Ziway
African Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) - male
Lake Ziway
Moorland Francolin (Scleroptila psilolaemus)
Moorland Francolin (Scleroptila psilolaemus)
Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) - male
The Bale Mountains National Park holds half the estimated world population of 2,000-4,000 animals
Abyssinian Long-eared Owl (Asio abyssinicus)
Bale Mountains National Park
Abyssinian Catbird (Parophasma galinieri)
Bale Mountains National Park
Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur)
Bale Mountains National Park
Wattled Crane (Grus carunculatus)
Bale Mountains National Park
Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus)
Endemic to Ethiopian highlands
Up on Top!
Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)
Bale Mountains National Park
Above the Clouds
Bale Mountains National Park
Afro-Alpine Moorland
Bale Mountains National Park
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis)
Endemic to the Ethiopian Highlands. About 500 survive.
Lunchtime!
Bale Mountains National Park
Blue-winged Goose (Cyanochen cyanoptera)
An Ethiopian endemic
Above the Clouds
Bale Mountains National Park
The Road to Kenya
Prince Ruspoli's Turaco (Tauraco ruspolii)
Endemic to a small region of southern Ethiopia
Being Watched
Liban Plains
Liban Plains
Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
Liban Plains
Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
Liban Plains
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
White-bellied Go-away-bird (Criniferoides leucogaster)
Northern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus flavirostris)
Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus)
Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)
Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
Stop for Tea - Yabello Wildlife Sanctuary
Stresemann's Bush Crow (Zavattarionis stresemanni)
Yabello Wildlife Sanctuary
Village just outside the Yabello Wildlife Sanctuary
Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)
Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
African Orange-bellied Parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris)
Bearded Woodpecker (Dendropicos namaquus)
Burchell's Zebra (Equus quagga burchelli)
Yabello Wildlife Sanctuary
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
Yabello
Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
Yabello
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
Cliffs at Lake Langano
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Lake Abijata
Salt Flats, Lake Abijata
Black-billed Barbet (Lybius guifsobalito)
Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus)
Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus)
Rufous-breasted Wryneck (Jynx ruficollis)
Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
Verreaux's Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus)
Lake Langano
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Lake Ziway
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