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Plocepasser mahali
Sparrow-sized (and somewhat sparrow looking...) bird, white below and brown above, sports large white supercilium and dark-brown cheeks.
Observed on shores of lake Awassa, wooded area close to the town of the same name.
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 Mar 5, 2018
Submitted on Mar 5, 2018
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