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Yabello, Ethiopia (
Center on Interactive Map
)
Map of Yabello, Ethiopia
Map of Yabello, Ethiopia
Borena Village
Red-bellied Parrot (
Poicephalus rufiventris
)
Tawny Eagle (
Aquila rapax
) - Immature
White-bellied Bustard (
Eupodotis senegalensis
)
Superb Starling (
Lamprotornis superbus
)
Stresemann's Bush-Crow (
Zavattariornis stresemanni
)
Red-and-yellow Barbet (
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
)
Large Flycatcher (
Bradornis microrhynchus
)
Reichenow's Seedeater (
Crithagra reichenowi
)
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starlings (
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
)
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
)
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk (
Melierax poliopterus
)
Wattled Starling (
Creatophora cinerea
)
Brubru (
Nilaus afer
)
Yellow-bellied Eremomela (
Eremomela icteropygialis
)
Mourning Collared-Dove (
Streptopelia decipiens
)
Blue-headed Tree Agama (
Acanthocercus atricollis
)
Tawny Eagle (
Aquila rapax
)
Short-tailed Lark (
Spizocorys fremantlii
)
Crowned Lapwing (
Vanellus coronatus
)
Vulturine Guineafowl (
Acryllium vulturinum
)
Yellow-necked Spurfowl (
Pternistis leucoscepus
)
Speckled Mousebird (
Colius striatus
)
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver (
Dinemellia dinemelli
)
Ruspoli's Turaco (
Tauraco ruspolii
)
Hooded Vulture (
Necrosyrtes monachus
) - Immature
Hemprich's Hornbill (
Lophoceros hemprichii
)
Black-billed Barbet (
Lybius guifsobalito
)
Broad-billed Roller (
Eurystomus glaucurus
)
Bateleur (
Terathopius ecaudatus
)
African Gray Flycatcher (
Bradornis microrhynchus
) - Juvenile
White-tailed Swallow (
Hirundo megaensis
)
Grey Kestrel (
Falco ardosiaceus
)
White-crowned Starling (
Lamprotornis albicapillus
)
Speke's Weaver (
Ploceus spekei
)
Lilac-breasted Roller (
Coracias caudata
)
Hunter's Sunbird (
Nectarinia hunteri
)
Fork-tailed Drongo (
Dicrurus adsimilis
)
Rufous-crowned Roller (
Coracias naevia
)
Nubian Woodpecker (
Campethera nubica
)
Spotted Morning-Thrush (
Cichladusa guttata
)
White Helmetshrike (
Prionops plumatus
)
Grey-headed Bushshrike (
Malaconotus blanchoti
)
Ring-necked Dove (
Streptopelia capicola
)
Mariqua Sunbird (
Nectarinia mariquensis
)
Buff-crested Bustard (
Eupodotis gindiana
)
Von der Decken's Hornbill (
Tockus deckeni
)
Dromedary (
Camelus dromedarius
)
White-rumped Shrike (
Eurocephalus rueppelli
)
Yabello is a small crossroads city. The pastoral Borena people are the majority ethnic group in this area.
Trips
Africa: Egypt and Ethiopia
1/9/2011
: We got some supplies in Arba Minch, and from there, we started south on the road to Yabello. We thought about skipping Yabello on this trip, but in the end, the allure of the Stresemann's Bush Crow proved too much. And, anyway, skipping Yabello would have required backtracking from Arba Minch to Shashemene.
The most striking thing about Southern Ethiopia was how dry and overgrazed everything was. Many of the trees had been partially cut down, presumably for firewood. A common sight was of Borena women carrying ten-gallon vegetable oil containers for the miles that they needed to walk to get to the water supply.
The Borena people are said to not eat birds, so some of the birds seemed tamer in this area. I would not say the same about the Hyrax on the hill behind our hotel. The moment we got within 50 yards of the Hyrax, we witnessed a mass exodus of the creatures, and they did not return even after an hour of waiting.
We visited a few sites around Yabello. There was a nice juniper forest a few miles to the west of Yabello. To the east, a dry riverbed provided a good walking path through semi-arid scrub. Further to the east, the town of Arero was an easy place to find Prince Ruspoli's Turaco and Broad-billed Rollers. Our final visit was to some wells and a semi-arid plain where we saw antelope.
Previous Visit (Nechisar National Park: 1/7/2011)
Next Visit (Hawassa Bridge: 1/11/2011)
Species Recorded (81)
Birds ( 74 )
Old World Flycatchers and Chats ( Muscicapidae )
Grayish Flycatcher -
Bradornis microrhynchus
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites ( Accipitridae )
Hooded Vulture -
Necrosyrtes monachus
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and Allies ( Acciptridae )
Tawny Eagle -
Aquila rapax
Augur Buzzard -
Buteo augur
Black-Breasted Snake-Eagle -
Circaetus pectoralis
Long-crested Eagle -
Lophaetus occipitalis
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk -
Melierax poliopterus
Bateleur -
Terathopius ecaudatus
Falcons and Allies ( Falconidae )
Gray Kestrel -
Falco ardosiaceus
Eurasian Kestrel -
Falco tinnunculus
Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies ( Phasianidae )
Yellow-necked Francolin -
Pternistis leucoscepus
Bustards ( Otididae )
Kori Bustard -
Ardeotis kori
Buff-crested Bustard -
Eupodotis gindiana
White-bellied Bustard -
Eupodotis senegalensis
Guineafowl ( Numididae )
Vulturine Guineafowl -
Acryllium vulturinum
Plovers ( Charadriidae )
Crowned Lapwing -
Vanellus coronatus
Pigeons and Doves ( Columbidae )
Ring-necked Dove -
Streptopelia capicola
Mourning Collared-Dove -
Streptopelia decipiens
New World Parrots ( Psittacidae )
Red-bellied Parrot -
Poicephalus rufiventris
Turacos ( Musophagidae )
Prince Ruspoli's Turaco -
Tauraco ruspolii
Mousebirds ( Coliidae )
Speckled Mousebird -
Colius striatus
Sunbirds ( Nectariniidae )
Hunter's Sunbird -
Chalcomitra hunteri
Mariqua Sunbird -
Cinnyris mariquensis
Trogons ( Trogonidae )
Narina Trogon -
Apaloderma narina
Rollers ( Coraciidae )
Lilac-breasted Roller -
Coracias caudatus
Rufous-crowned Roller -
Coracias naevius
Broad-billed Roller -
Eurystomus glaucurus
Hoopoes ( Upupidae )
Eurasian Hoopoe -
Upupa epops
Wood-hoopoes ( Phoeniculidae )
Black-billed Woodhoopoe -
Phoeniculus somaliensis
Hornbills ( Bucerotidae )
Hemprich's Hornbill -
Lophoceros hemprichii
Von der Decken's Hornbill -
Tockus deckeni
Northern Red-billed Hornbill -
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Barbets ( Lybiidae )
Black-billed Barbet -
Lybius guifsobalito
Red-and-yellow Barbet -
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
Black-throated Barbet -
Tricholaema melanocephala
Piculets and Woodpeckers ( Picidae )
Nubian Woodpecker -
Campethera nubica
Drongos ( Dicruridae )
Fork-tailed Drongo -
Dicrurus adsimilis
Larks ( Alaudidae )
Short-tailed Lark -
Spizocorys fremantlii
Swallows ( Hirundinidae )
White-tailed Swallow -
Hirundo megaensis
Prinias and Apalis ( Cisticolidae )
Rattling Cisticola -
Cisticola chiniana
Shrike-flycatchers ( Platysteiridae )
Gray-headed Batis -
Batis orientalis
Jays and Crows ( Corvidae )
Gray-headed Bushshrike -
Malaconotus blanchoti
Stresemann's Bush-Crow -
Zavattariornis stresemanni
Orioles ( Oriolidae )
African Black-headed Oriole -
Oriolus larvatus
Dark-headed Oriole -
Oriolus monacha
Gonoleks ( Malaconotidae )
Slate-colored Boubou -
Laniarius funebris
Brubru -
Nilaus afer
Helmetshrikes ( Prionopidae )
White Helmetshrike -
Prionops plumatus
Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers ( Sylviidae )
Yellow-bellied Eremomela -
Eremomela icteropygialis
Thrushes and Allies ( Turdidae )
Red-backed Scrub-Robin -
Cercotrichas leucophrys
Spotted Morning-Thrush -
Cichladusa guttata
Northern Black-Flycatcher -
Melaenornis edolioides
Isabelline Wheatear -
Oenanthe isabellina
African Bare-eyed Thrush -
Turdus tephronotus
Wagtails and Pipits ( Motacillidae )
Tree Pipit -
Anthus trivialis
Shrikes ( Laniidae )
White-rumped Shrike -
Eurocephalus ruppelli
Taita Fiscal -
Lanius dorsalis
Somali Fiscal -
Lanius somalicus
Starlings and Mynas ( Sturnidae )
Wattled Starling -
Creatophora cinerea
White-crowned Starling -
Lamprotornis albicapillus
Greater Blue-eared Starling -
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Golden-breasted Starling -
Lamprotornis regius
Shelley's Starling -
Lamprotornis shelleyi
Superb Starling -
Lamprotornis superbus
Cardueline Finches and Allies ( Fringillidae )
Reichenow's Seedeater -
Crithagra reichenowi
Old World Sparrows ( Passeridae )
Black-cheeked Waxbill -
Brunhilda charmosyna
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver -
Bubalornis niger
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver -
Dinemellia dinemelli
Purple Grenadier -
Granatina ianthinogaster
Shelley's Rufous Sparrow -
Passer shelleyi
Swainson's Sparrow -
Passer swainsonii
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver -
Plocepasser mahali
Speke's Weaver -
Ploceus spekei
Gray-headed Social-Weaver -
Pseudonigrita arnaudi
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