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There
are over 50 species of birds to watch, including
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Lammergeyer (Gypaetus
barbatus)
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Thick-billed raven (carvus
crassivostris)
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Harwood francolin
(francolin harwoodi)
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Spot breasted plover (vanellus
melanoce phallus)
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Abyssinian long claw (macronyx
flavor collis)
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Black-headed siskin (serinus
nigriceps)
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White-tailed swallow (hirundo
megaensis)
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Ankober serin (serinus
xantholasmiss)
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Abyssinian woodpecker
(dendropacos abyssinicus)
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White-cheeked turaco
(touraco leucotis)
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Wattled ibis (bostrychia
carunculata)
The
Lammergeyer (left) has a
3 metre
wingspan and interesting feeding habits, taking large bones into the sky
and dropping them onto the rocks in order to get at the tasty bone
marrow.
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