We provide Word-class Tailor-made Ethiopia Birding Tours
Ethiopia is truly one of the best birding destinations in the world. From the beautiful highlands of the Bale Mountains National Park to the birding scrublands of Awash National Park, there’s so much on offer.
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Ethiopia Birding Tour
Day 1 – Sululta Plains & Debre Libanos
On your first day of the tour, we’ll head to the Sululta Plains just north of Addis Ababa. These high-altitude plateau grasslands provide fantastic birding, where we’ll likely see species such as the endangered White-backed Vulture, African Hobby, African Citril, Mountain Thrush, Tacazze Sunbird, Greater Blue-eared Starling, Secretarybird, Erckel’s Francolin, Red-chested Swallow, Cape Crow, Pectoral-patch Cisticola and African Quailfinch to name a few.
In the afternoon, we’ll be birding near Debre Libanos, an old monastery situated on a stunning mountain escarpment with some breath-taking views! Here we will likely find the Fan-tailed Raven, Stout Cisticola, Ethiopia Boubou, Variable Sunbird, Ruppell’s Robin-chat, Yellow-bellied Waxbill and three endemics White-winged Cliff-chat, Ruppell’s Black Chat and White-billed Starling. It’s also a good place to find Lammergeiers soaring above, and if we’re lucky a large troop of Gelada Baboons.
*Greater Blue-eared Starling
Day 2 & 3 – Jemma Valley & Melka Jebdu
On Day 2, we’ll be birding around the stunning Jemma River Valley. Here on the rocky valley rim, we will be looking for a number of species but the main agenda will be to find the elusive and well sought-after endemic Ankober Serin, occurring only along the spectacular Ankober escarpment. The next day we’ll be visiting Melka Jebdu to look for species such as Erckel’s Francolin, Crested Francolin, Speckled Pigeon, White-collared Pigeon, Dusky Turtle Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Eastern Plantain-eater, Abyssinian Nightjar, African Grey Hornbill, Yellow-breasted Barbet, Shining Sunbird to name a few!
In the afternoon, we’ll head back to Addis Ababa where this short, but very rewarding Ethiopia Birding Tour will come to end 🙂
*Gelada Baboon
Ethiopia’s Best Birding Locations
Click the button below to explore Ethiopia’s best birding locations. Here you can learn about each location and some of the bird species found in them.
Please let us know if you would like to include any of the birding locations below, or if you’re simply unsure, then leave it to us to create you an outstanding birding itinerary based on our expert knowledge 😊 🇪🇹
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