🇪🇹 Ethiopia Oromia — Southern 1 tour

Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary

Remote sanctuary for two Ethiopian endemic birds — Stresemann's bush-crow and the white-tailed swallow.

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Country

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Region

Oromia — Southern

Best time

October–March

Coordinates

4.880, 38.080

About Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary

Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary covers 2,496 km² of acacia-commiphora savanna on the road to the Kenyan border. It is the only place on Earth where two Ethiopian endemic birds — Stresemann's bush-crow and the white-tailed swallow — can be reliably seen. Additional draws: Borana pastoralist culture, Soda lakes of Abaya fringe, and 194 other bird species including Somali ostrich.

Highlights

  • Stresemann's bush-crow (Ethiopian endemic)
  • White-tailed swallow (Ethiopian endemic)
  • Borana pastoralist culture
  • Acacia-commiphora savanna
  • 194+ bird species
Live forecast · Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary
20°C Drizzle · 6 km/h wind
Updated 2026-05-18T16:00
  1. 🌦 21° 13° 💧 7.6mm
  2. 🌦 21° 13° 💧 2.7mm
  3. 🌦 22° 14° 💧 1.1mm
  4. 🌧 22° 14° 💧 3.1mm
  5. 🌦 23° 14° 💧 2.4mm
  6. 🌦 22° 14° 💧 1.5mm
  7. 🌦 22° 14° 💧 0.6mm
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Live wildlife observations
Recently spotted near Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary

Real observations published to GBIF by researchers, lodges, and citizen scientists — refreshed daily.

Zavattariornis stresemanni
2026-01-01 · Ethiopia
Stigmochelys pardalis
2026-01-01 · Ethiopia
Equus quagga
2026-01-01 · Ethiopia
Acryllium vulturinum
2026-01-11 · Ethiopia
Zavattariornis stresemanni
2026-01-11 · Ethiopia
Camaroptera brachyura
2026-01-11 · Ethiopia
Source: GBIF.org — Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Best time to visit

October–March

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