Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
WILDLIFE
Ethiopia's ecosystems are diverse, from high Afro-alpine vegetation to desert and semi-
desert scrubland. Rounding out the roster of habitats are six more unique ecosystems: dry
evergreen montane forests and grassland; small-leaved deciduous forests; broad-leaved de-
ciduous forests; moist evergreen forests; lowland semi-evergreen forests; and wetlands.
The massive Ethiopian central plateau is
home to several of these ecosystems, as well as
a distinctive assemblage of plants and animals.
Isolated for millions of years within this 'fort-
ress environment', and unable to cross the in-
hospitable terrain surrounding the plateau, many
highland plants and animals evolved their own
unique adaptations.
Birdwatchers will be thrilled by the newest guide to
this region's unique birdlife,
Birds of the Horn of
Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and
Socotra
by Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson and
John Fanshawe.
