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Crithagra citrinelloides
Also known as Abyssinian citril, this East-African species is a seedeater size of the sparrow, mainly yellow with blackish face mask. Previously in Serinus genus, today in Crithagra - it looks like the first record of this species on NOAH.
This is a species of limited range, found in Eastern Africa and Horn, and it prefers open woodlands and grasslands; or edges of forested areas. Here observed in and close to urban environment on shores of lake Awassa, in Ethiopia.
Lake Awassa (or Hawassa) is a part of main Ethiopian Rift Valley series of lakes, situated at some 1700 m of altitude. Like most of Rift lakes in Ethiopian highlands, this is an endorreic lake (landlocked mass of water having no outlet and not connected to the sea), and as such surrounded by marshes that regulate its levels through evaporation. Because of marshes and its forested shores, the lake is known as birdwatcher's paradise - very rich with various waders. Unfortunately, many of these marshes, or at least those of an easy access to visitors are very polluted by plastic garbage - mainly plastic bottles and bags...
Spotted on Nov 30, 2013
Submitted on Mar 5, 2018
3 Comments
Many thanks for this nomination.
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Two, beautiful and colorful photos....beautiful colors....