DURATION : 06 DAYS
TRANSPORTATION : SURFACE
DESTINATION : Sululta Plains, Portuguese Bridge Escarpment, Debrelibanos Forest, Jemma Valley, Ankober Mountains and Ali Deghe Plains & Awash Park
DAY 01 :
Common Sululta plain species include Wattled Ibis, Blue-winged Goose, Yellow-billed Duck, Isabelline Wheatear, Spurwinged Plover, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Yellow Bishop, Abyssinian Longclaw, Yellow-wagtails, Swainson’s Sparrow, Thekla Lark, White-collared Pigeon, Dusky Turtle Dove, Groundscraper Thrush, Moorland Chat, Red-chested Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Common House Martin, Brown-throated Martin, Banded Martin, African Stone Chat, Pectoral-patched Cisticola, Cape Rook, Erlanger’s Lark, Red-breasted Wheatear, Common Bulbul, Red-billed Oxpecker and Greater Blue-eared Starling. Birds of prey are Tawny Eagle, Yellow-billed Kite, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Augur Buzzard, Hooded Vulture, Thick-billed Raven, Montagu‘s Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Lanner Falcon, Peregrine Falcon and Kestrel.
The Portuguese Bridge at Jemma valley escarpment inhabitants White-winged Cliff Chat, Mocking Cliff Chat, White-billed Starling, Fan-tailed Raven, Stout Cisticola, Nyanza Swift, Streaky Seedeater, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Egyptian Vulture, Lanner Falcon, Hooded Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Lammergeier, Ruppell’s Griffon, Ruppell’s Black Chat, Little Rock Thrush and Erckel’s Francolin.
The Debre Libanos remnant indigenous forest shelters unique species including White-rumped Babbler, African Goshawk, Abyssinian Oriole, White-cheeked Turaco, Ethiopian Boubou, White-backed Black Tit, Abyssinian Woodpecker, Eastern Grey Woodpecker, Ruppell’s Robin-Chat, African Paradise Flycatcher, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Black-headed Batis, Montane White-eye, Tacazze Sunbird, Brown Woodland Warbler, Yellow-bellied Sunbird and African Citril.
Animals: Note that the endemic Ghelada Baboon, Anubis Baboon, Rock Hyrax, Vervet Monkey and Tree Hyrax is available in there.
DAY 02 :
Jemma Valley is the only place where we expect the extraordinary rare and shy Harwood’s Francolin and Gemassa Gedel (means Broken Cliff) is key sitting for uncommon Ankober Serin. Other birds include Erckel’s Francolin, Abyssinian Black Wheatear, Yellow Bishop, Norton Red Bishop, Black-winged Red Bishop, Red-collared Widowbird, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Red-billed Firefinch, Yellow-fronted Canary, Cape Eagle-Owl, Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Varreaux’s Eagle, Moorland Chat, Streaky Seedeater, Brown-rumped Seedeater, Foxy Cisticola, Vinaceous Dove, Speckle-fronted Weaver, Common Rock Thrush, Blue Rock Thrush, Abyssinian Waxbill and Cinnamon Bracken Warbler, Little Swift, Zyanza Swift, Alpine Swift, Mottled Swift, Rock Martin, Lesser Striped Swallow, Mosque Swallow, Cliff Swallow (Sp) and Black-faced Firefinch.
Along Jemma riverside is good for Wooly-necked Stork, Yellow-billed Stork, Goliath Heron, Spurwinged Plover, Wire-tailed Swallow, African Pied Wagtail, African Fish-eagle, Senegal Thick-Knee, White-collared Pigeon and Speckled Pigeon.
DAY 03 :
Awash River drainage is find in the rift valley habitat emerges just next to Ankober Mountains and Melka Ghebdu river that drain to Awash river, where we expect the endemic Yellow-throated Seedeater, Yellow-breasted Barbet, Half-collared Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Grey-headed Kingfisher, African Orange-bellied Parrot, Fork-tailed Drongo, Jacobin Cuckoo, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, African Collared Dove, Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver, Egyptian Vulture, Ruppell’s Weaver, Superb Starling, White-browed Sparrow-weaver, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, African Palm Swift, Slender-tailed Nightjar, Dusky Nightjar, Buff-bellied Warbler, Black-throated and Red-fronted Barbet.
DAY 04 :
Drive to Ali Deghe plains and acacia thornbush to search Arabian Bustard, Somali Ostrich, Somali Bulbul, Abyssinian Roller, Lilac-breasted Roller, Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Von der Decken’s Hornbill, Gillett’s Lark, White-backed Vulture, Swallow-tailed Kite, Ashy Cisticola, Chestnut-bellied and Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Abyssinian Roller, Rufous-Crowned Roller, Red-winged Lark, Flappet Lark, Tawny Pipit, Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark and Black-headed Plover.
The Awash river bank inhabit Ruppell’Starling, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, White-bellied Go-Away-Bird, Slaty-colored Boubou, African Grey Hornbill, Northern Red-billed Hornbill, Black-billed Wood-hoopoe, Eurasian Hoopoe, Ring-necked Dove, Blue-spotted Wood-dove, Namaqua Dove, Ashy Cisticola, Grey-headed Batis, Striated Heron, Senegal Thick-knee and Crested Francolin.
DAY 05 :
Exploring the Ilala Sala plains with acacia thickets support species such as Buff-crested Bustard, White-bellied Bustard, Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Yellow-necked Francolin, Pallid Harrier, Montagu’s Harrier, Fan-tailed Raven, Bristle-crowned Starling, Somali Bunting, Grey Wren-warbler, Tawny-flanked Prinia, Sombre Rock Chat, Blackstart, Red-fronted Warbler, Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Cut-throat Finch, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Rosy-patched Bush-shrike, Orange-breasted Bush-shrike, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Cardinal Woodpecker, Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Marico Sunbird, Beautiful Sunbird, Nile Valley Sunbird, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, Pin-tailed Whydah, Straw-tailed Whydah, Green-winged Pytilia, African Collared Dove, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Star-spotted Nightjar, Striped Kingfisher, Little Bee-eater, White-throated Bee-eater, Olive Bee-eater, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, White-browed Scrub Robin, Rufous Scrub Robin, Singing Cisticola, Mouse-colored Penduline-tit, Yellow-spotted Petronia, Bush Petronia, Pale Rockfinch, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Lesser Masked Weaver, Vitelline Masked Weaver, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, African Silverbill and Red-billed Quelea. Animals: Oryx Beisa, Lesser Kudu, Soemmering’s Gazelle, Salt’s Dick-dick, Hammadryas Baboon, Anubis Baboon, Vervet Monkey and Warthog.
DAY 06 :
Bushoftu Crater lakes including Hora, Chalaklaka and Bushoftu are important birding wetland for species including Black Crowned Crane, Goliath Heron, Northern Shoveler, Grey Heron, Northern Pintail, Hottentot Teal, Cape Teal, Yellow-billed Stork, Glossy Ibis, Hadada Ibis, African Spoonbill, Greater, Flamingo, Spur-winged Goose, Knob-billed Duck, White-faced and Fulvous Whistling Duck,African Pygmy Goose, Yellow-billed Duck and Egyptian Goose.
The lakes edge sedges thickets support African Thrush, African Dusky Flycatcher, Beautiful Sunbird, Ruppell’s Weaver, Village Weaver, Marsh Harrier, Little Stint, Temmink’s Stint, Black-winged Lovebird, Red-eyed Dove, Speckled Mousebird, Black-billed Barbet, Banded Barbet, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, Spectacled Weaver, Ruppell’s Weaver, African Quailfinch and Village Indigobird.
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