Afar Region, Ethiopia
Afar Region
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Afar Region
Materials recorded in Afar Region
List of all the materials recorded in Afar Region, sorted by rating.57 Videos
Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus)
A bird on a branch, looking around and preening.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp lafresnayii) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 21 sec 4.7
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
A close-up of a bird preening.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp migrans) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 43 sec 4.6
Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus)
A bird in several perches, finally returning with a prey and swallowing it.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp lafresnayii) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 33 sec 4.6
Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens)
A male on a rock, preening its wing.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp lugubris) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 49 sec 4.6
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
A male on a dirty road, walking alert.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp lichtensteinii) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 37 sec 4.5
Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus)
A bird on a branch, foraging.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp lafresnayii) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 47 sec 4.5
Slate-coloured Boubou (Laniarius funebris)
A bird on top of a bush and flying away.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp degener) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 20 sec 4.3
Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
A bird pecking dried mud off a fallen branch to get to ants.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp tectus) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 28 sec 4.2
Rüppell's Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera)
A bird feeding on the ground and flying to a bush.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp aenocephalus) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 26 sec 4
Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus)
A bird on a perch, yawning.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp lafresnayii) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 32 sec 4
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
Several females feeding on the ground where grains are milled.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp bengalus) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 40 sec 4
Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
A bird feeding on the ground.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp erythrorhynchus) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 42 sec 3.9
Rüppell's Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera)
A bird on a bush and jumping to the ground to feed.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp aenocephalus) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 38 sec 3.9
Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
A bird feeding on ants from a fallen branch and the ground.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp tectus) Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 33 sec 3.9
16 Photographs
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
A close-up of a bird on a wire.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
A male on the ground.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 3
Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus)
A bird on a branch.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 3
Juba Weaver (Ploceus dicrocephalus)
A breeding male in full breeding plumage, mounts guard a few yards away from its new nest, awaiting female visitors.
LocalityMhelka Gebdu, Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Christian Boix Hinzen 15 November 2009 3
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
A bird on a wire.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
A male.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 2.8
Yellow-breasted Barbet (Trachyphonus margaritatus)
An inquisitive Yellow-breasted Barbet flies in to investigate my spishings.
LocalityMhelka Gebdu, Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Christian Boix Hinzen 04 November 2009 2.7
Yellow-throated Seedeater (Serinus flavigula)
Two individuals feeding on young shoots of an unidentified creeper, gritting on the embankment followed.
LocalityMhelka Gebdu, Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Christian Boix Hinzen 04 November 2009 2.5
White-browed Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
A bird on a bush.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 2.5
Yellow-breasted Barbet (Trachyphonus margaritatus)
A bird perched on a thorny fence.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2005 2.5
Ethiopian Swallow (Hirundo aethiopica)
An adult and young Ethiopian Swallows take a rest on a wire.
LocalityMhelka Gebdu, Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Christian Boix Hinzen 05 November 2009 2
African Mourning Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
A bird in an acacia tree.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 2
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
A female feeding on the ground.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 2
Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
A bird feeding on the ground.
LocalityAfar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 2
2 Sounds
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White-bellied Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides leucogaster)
A bird calling.
Locality:Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 4
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Northern White-crowned Shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli)
A bird calling.
Locality:Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 4
List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Afar Region
Species with materials recorded in Afar Region
List of species with materials recorded in Afar Region. Species that occur in Afar Region but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Storks (Ciconiidae)
- Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
- Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)
- Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar)
- Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
- Crested Francolin (Francolinus sephaena)
- Bustards (Otididae)
- Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
- Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
- Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae)
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)
- African Mourning Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- Turacos (Musophagidae)
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides personatus)
- White-bellied Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides leucogaster)
- Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus)
- Rollers (Coraciidae)
- Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus)
- Woodhoopoes (Phoeniculidae)
- Black-billed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus somaliensis)
- Black Woodhoopoe (Rhinopomastus aterrimus)
- Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
- Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
- Barbets (Capitonidae)
- Yellow-breasted Barbet (Trachyphonus margaritatus)
- Woodpeckers (Picidae)
- Nubian Woodpecker (Campethera nubica)
- Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens)
- Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
- Ethiopian Swallow (Hirundo aethiopica)
- Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
- Thrushes (Turdidae)
- Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens)
- Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
- Shining Sunbird (Cinnyris habessinicus)
- Shrikes (Laniidae)
- Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus)
- Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus)
- Northern White-crowned Shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli)
- Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae)
- Slate-coloured Boubou (Laniarius funebris)
- Drongos (Dicruridae)
- Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
- Starlings (Sturnidae)
- Rüppell's Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera)
- Weavers (Ploceidae)
- Red-billed Buffalo-weaver (Bubalornis niger)
- White-browed Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
- Juba Weaver (Ploceus dicrocephalus)
- Waxbills (Estrildidae)
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
- Finches (Fringillidae)
- Yellow-throated Seedeater (Serinus flavigula)