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Nech Sar National Park

National Park · Ethiopia

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ABOUT

Where the East African Rift Valley plateaus drop dramatically toward the shore of Lake Abaya, a mosaic of habitats unfolds across sun-scorched savanna and acacia woodland. This relatively compact reserve encompasses volcanic ridges, grassland steppes, and scattered thornbush, creating an ecological patchwork that supports remarkably diverse wildlife. The park's terrain rises and falls with geological drama—ancient lava flows have carved the landscape into a series of natural corridors that funnel game between habitat zones, while permanent water sources sustain populations through Ethiopia's brutal dry season.

For those wielding cameras, few Ethiopian destinations rival Nech Sar's combination of accessibility and authentic wilderness. The African fish eagle dominates the lakeside, but it is the endemic Abyssinian longclaw and the endangered Swayne's hartebeest that draw serious birders and wildlife photographers. Early morning light across the rift valley is particularly golden, and the dry season from October to March offers the clearest visibility and most concentrated wildlife viewing. Though less celebrated than northern reserves, Nech Sar rewards patient observers with uncluttered sightings and genuine remoteness.

WILDLIFE

Thick-billed Raven

Corvus crassirostris

Leptoptilos crumenifer

African Fish Eagle

Icthyophaga vocifer

Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Plocepasser mahali

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Yellow-billed Stork

Actophilornis africanus

Necrosyrtes monachus

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Streptopelia semitorquata

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Bycanistes brevis

Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus

Pycnonotus barbatus

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

Scopus umbretta

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Northern Red Bishop

Euplectes franciscanus

Egretta garzetta

African Grey Hornbill

Lophoceros nasutus

Fan-tailed Raven

Corvus rhipidurus

Rüppell's Starling

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

Northern Masked Weaver

Ploceus taeniopterus

Red-headed Weaver

Anaplectes rubriceps

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Crinifer leucogaster

Black-bellied Bustard

Lissotis melanogaster

Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill

Bucorvus abyssinicus

Grey-backed Fiscal

Lanius excubitoroides

White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

Beautiful Sunbird

Cinnyris pulchellus

Ploceus cucullatus

White-browed Coucal

Centropus superciliosus

Mourning Collared Dove

Streptopelia decipiens

Ardeola ralloides

Long-crested Eagle

Lophaetus occipitalis

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Crested Francolin

Ortygornis sephaena

Speckled Pigeon

Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Turtur chalcospilos

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus

Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

Northern White-crowned Shrike

Eurocephalus ruppelli

Superb Starling

Lamprotornis superbus

Spotted Palm Thrush

Cichladusa guttata

Aplopelia larvata

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensis

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Bostrychia hagedash

Egretta ardesiaca

African Harrier-Hawk

Polyboroides typus

White-backed Vulture

Terathopius ecaudatus

Broad-billed Roller

Eurystomus glaucurus

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

Pied Kingfisher

Double-toothed Barbet

Pogonornis bidentatus

Rattling Cisticola

Cisticola chiniana

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

African Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Swainson's Sparrow

Passer swainsonii

Spilopelia senegalensis

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Anthreptes orientalis

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

Northern Puffback

Dryoscopus gambensis

Black-billed Barbet

Lybius guifsobalito

Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegalus

Tringa glareola

Ciconia abdimii

Ethiopian Bee-eater

Merops lafresnayii

Black-headed Oriole

Oriolus larvatus

Hirundo rustica

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Wire-tailed Swallow

Hirundo smithii

Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

Microcarbo africanus

Western Banded Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinerascens

Coracias naevius

Half-collared Kingfisher

Alcedo semitorquata

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Pternistis leucoscepus

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus clarus

Ceuthmochares australis

Diederik Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

Chrysococcyx klaas

Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia capicola

Blue-spotted Wood Dove

Tambourine Dove

Turtur tympanistria

Crowned Lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

African Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Common Redshank

Calidris pugnax

Calidris minuta

Saddle-billed Stork

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

African Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia microscelis

African Spoonbill

Yellow-billed Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha

Pandion haliaetus

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

White-headed Vulture

Trigonoceps occipitalis

Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotos

Brown Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinereus

Hieraaetus pennatus

Eastern Chanting Goshawk

Melierax poliopterus

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourus

Apaloderma narina

Black-billed Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus somaliensis

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus erythrorhynchus

Hemprich's Hornbill

Lophoceros hemprichii

Abyssinian Roller

Coracias abyssinicus

European Bee-eater

Merops apiaster

D'Arnaud's Barbet

Trachyphonus darnaudii

Red-fronted Barbet

Tricholaema diademata

Greater Honeyguide

Indicator indicator

Nubian Woodpecker

Campethera nubica

Falco ardosiaceus

Red-bellied Parrot

Poicephalus rufiventris

Western Black-headed Batis

Batis erlangeri

Grey-headed Bushshrike

Malaconotus blanchoti

Orange-breasted Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

Slate-colored Boubou

Laniarius funebris

Ethiopian Boubou

Laniarius aethiopicus

White-crested Helmetshrike

Prionops plumatus

Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

Campephaga phoenicea

Ethiopian Oriole

Oriolus monacha

Northern Fiscal

Lanius humeralis

Northern Brownbul

Phyllastrephus strepitans

Lesser Striped Swallow

Cecropis abyssinica

Northern Crombec

Sylvietta brachyura

Red-faced Crombec

Sylvietta whytii

Green-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

Ethiopian White-eye

Zosterops poliogastrus

White-rumped Babbler

Turdoides leucopygia

Wattled Starling

Creatophora cinerea

White-browed Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas leucophrys

Northern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis edolioides

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

Cossypha semirufa

Isabelline Wheatear

Oenanthe isabellina

Oenanthe pleschanka

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

Cinnyris mariquensis

Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

Red-billed Buffalo Weaver

Bubalornis niger

White-headed Buffalo Weaver

Dinemellia dinemelli

Baglafecht Weaver

Ploceus baglafecht

Ploceus luteolus

Lesser Masked Weaver

Ploceus intermedius

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Ploceus vitellinus

Black-winged Red Bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus

Pin-tailed Whydah

Western Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Mountain Wagtail

Motacilla clara

African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aguimp

Anthus cinnamomeus

Crithagra citrinelloides

Reichenow's Seedeater

Crithagra reichenowi

Sombre Nightjar

Caprimulgus fraenatus

Star-spotted Nightjar

Caprimulgus stellatus

Blue-headed Coucal

Centropus monachus

Gallinula chloropus

Butorides striata

Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda rhodopyga

Common Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

Colobus guereza

Grant's Gazelle

Phacochoerus africanus

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Chlorocebus aethiops

Guenther's Dik-dik

Madoqua guentheri

Northern Lesser Galago

Galago senegalensis

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Natural environment

Nech Sar National Park

Warm throughout the year, with rainfall patterns shaping the seasons.

Usual climateTropical savanna with dry winterUpland · Mountain

Average annual temperature 23.6 °C Average of the twelve monthly means

Average elevation 1,252 m Upland

Climate pattern Tropical savanna with dry winter Main environment around this hotspot

A year of temperatures

Monthly means, with the coldest and warmest highlighted

Monthly minimum · July 21.9 °C Monthly maximum · February 25.4 °C

Global temperature scale

−40°−20°0°20°40°

Terrain and elevation

1,252 m · Upland

Average terrain elevation estimate across the hotspot; the figure does not represent its highest summits.

Elevation scale

1,252 m

02,0004,0006,0008,000m

Upland

Long-term climate averages, not live weather.

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