Site Report: Lake Langano - Bishangari Forest, Ethiopia
Bishangari Sunset
Ethiopian Bee-eater (Merops lafresnayii)
Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
Heuglin's Courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) (Three-banded Courser)
Scaly Francolin (Pternistis squamatus)
Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza) - Male
Anubis Baboon (Papio anubis)
Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza)
Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina) - Male
Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)
Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
Ethiopian Bee-eater (Merops lafresnayii)
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Wattled Ibis (Bostrychia carunculata)
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
Brown Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinereus)
Western Banded Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinerascens)
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur afer)
Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
Lesser Honeyguide (Indicator minor)
African Thrush (Turdus pelios)
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
Collared Sunbird (Anthreptes collaris) - Female
Northern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax) - Immature
Kittlitz's Plover (Charadrius pecuarius)
African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea)
Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) - Male
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) - Females
Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chinianus)
Northern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides)
Yellow-fronted Parrot (Poicephalus flavifrons)
White-rumped Babbler (Turdoides leucopygius)
Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina) - Female
Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara)
Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus)
Possible Lesser Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius)
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis)
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike (Campephaga phoenicea)
Gambian Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus)
Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis)
Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
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Bishangari Sunset
Ethiopian Bee-eater (Merops lafresnayii)
Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
Heuglin's Courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) (Three-banded Courser)
Scaly Francolin (Pternistis squamatus)
Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza) - Male
Anubis Baboon (Papio anubis)
Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza)
Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina) - Male
Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)
Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
Ethiopian Bee-eater (Merops lafresnayii)
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Wattled Ibis (Bostrychia carunculata)
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
Brown Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinereus)
Western Banded Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinerascens)
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur afer)
Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
Lesser Honeyguide (Indicator minor)
African Thrush (Turdus pelios)
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
Collared Sunbird (Anthreptes collaris) - Female
Northern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax) - Immature
Kittlitz's Plover (Charadrius pecuarius)
African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea)
Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) - Male
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) - Females
Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chinianus)
Northern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides)
Yellow-fronted Parrot (Poicephalus flavifrons)
White-rumped Babbler (Turdoides leucopygius)
Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina) - Female
Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara)
Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus)
Possible Lesser Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius)
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis)
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike (Campephaga phoenicea)
Gambian Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus)
Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis)
Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
Langano is a shallow Rift Valley lake about five hours by car from Addis Ababa.
Visits
- 2011-01-04: We left Addis Ababa for the Bishangari Forest in the early afternoon. The first couple of hours driving was pretty brutal considering the traffic and air pollution, and the constant swerving to avoid the goats and people in the road was starting to make me ill. We also got our first dose of faranji pricing when we were charged at least twice the going rate for a watermelon from a roadside vendor. We finally reached the road to the lodge. The traffic was non-existent on the road, but we were no longer on pavement, and dust was starting to coat everything. Following another bumpy hour, we arrived at the lodge in time for darkness. The trip was worth it though as we found excellent food and accommodations. The next morning was not so great either as I started the day with one of the worst Larium-fueled dreams of all time. The forest around the lodge was superb, however, and Hakim guided us for the entire morning to good birding and monkey-spotting spots.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (107 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(107 records)
Class: Birds
(101 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(4 records)
- Family: Ground Hornbills
- Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
- Family: Hornbills
- Hemprich's Hornbill (Lophoceros hemprichii)
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
- Family: Scimitarbills
- Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus)
- Order: Coliiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Mousebirds
- Blue-naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus)
- Order: Cuckoos
(2 records)
- Family: Coucals
- White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Nyanza Swift (Apus niansae)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (6 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Gray-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
- Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
- Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
- Order: Musophagiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Turacos
- White-cheeked Turaco (Menelikornis leucotis)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Black-winged Lovebird (Agapornis taranta)
- Yellow-fronted Parrot (Poicephalus flavifrons)
- Order: Pelicans
(13 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Coursers
- Three-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Gray Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus)
- Family: Herons
- Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Wattled Ibis (Bostrychia carunculata)
- Family: Jacanas
- African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
- Family: Pelicans
- Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Order: Perching Birds
(45 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- African Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides)
- Family: Drongos
- Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Ethiopian Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis)
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike (Campephaga phoenicea)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- African Gray Flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus)
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- African Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Green-backed Twinspot (Mandingoa nitidula)
- Lesser Masked-Weaver (Ploceus intermedius)
- Little Weaver (Ploceus luteolus)
- Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
- Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
- Swainson's Sparrow (Passer swainsonii)
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
- White-rumped Babbler (Turdoides leucopygia)
- Family: Oxpeckers
- Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythroryncha)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris)
- Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
- Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea)
- Family: Shrikes
- Gray-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
- Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio)
- Rueppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
- Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
- Family: Swallows
- Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Abyssinian Ground-Thrush (Geokichla piaggiae)
- African Thrush (Turdus pelios)
- Northern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides)
- Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis)
- Rueppell's Robin-Chat (Cossypha semirufa)
- White-browed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys)
- Family: Treecreepers
- African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(6 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Gray-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
- White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
- Family: Plovers
- Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
- Kittlitz's Plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius)
- Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
- Order: Trogons
(1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Crested Francolin (Ortygornis sephaena)
- Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(5 records)
- Family: African Barbets
- Banded Barbet (Lybius undatus)
- Double-toothed Barbet (Pogonornis bidentatus)
- Family: Honeyguides
- Lesser Honeyguide (Indicator minor)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Mountain Gray Woodpecker (Dendropicos spodocephalus)
- Nubian Woodpecker (Campethera nubica)
Class: Mammals
(6 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Suidae
- Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(1 record)
- Family: Equidae
- Horse (Equus caballus)
- Order: Primates
(3 records)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Anubis Baboon (Papio anubis)
- Grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops)
- Mantled Guereza (Colobus guereza)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Gambian Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus)