Ethiopia 17/11/12

Before breakfast we birded the Liban Plains and Acacia SE of Negele to seek the rarest bird of the trip, the Sidamo Lark (found only in fields on the Liban Plains, estimates of only 100 pairs left). Lunch was taken at the Nile Hotel in Negele before heading straight back out again birding an hour south of Negele in search of Bustards. The day list was very large, but only notable birds mentioned here to avoid a long list of birds.

Liban Plains + Acacia scrub
Sidamo Lark - 3
Somali Short-toed Lark - 3
Pectoral Patched Cisticola - 10
Plain-backed Pipit - 2
Blue-cheeked Bee-Eater - 4
Slate-coloured Boubou - 2
White-crowned Starling - 50+
Yellow-breasted Apalis - 2

South of Negele
Grey-capped Social Weavers - 30+
Yellow-bellied Eromomela - 2
Gabar Goshawk - 1
Red-billed Teal - 3
Kori Bustard - 5
Temminck's Courser - 12
Wattled Plover - 1

 Sidamo Lark - ENDEMIC

 Somali Short-toed Lark

 Temminck's Courser

 Superb Starlings

Kori Bustard