Bale Mountains National Park - Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt

PEC Co-occurring Ecosystem Components
Gaysay grasslands
Hagenia / Juniper
woodlands
Afroalpine
• Endemic and near endemic bird spp.
o Rouget’s rail (Rougetti rougetti)
o Bale parisome (Parisoma greaventris)
• Large mammal including antelope spp.
o Mountain nyala
o Menelik’s bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki)
o Bohor reedbuck (Redunca redunca bohor)
o Serval (Felis serval)
o Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta)
o Golden jackal (Canis aureus)
• Endemic rodents
o White-footed rat (Praomys albipes)
o Giant molerat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus)
• Endemic, near endemic, and threatened bird spp.
o Abyssinian long-claw (Macronyx flavicollis)
o Black-headed siskin (Serinus nigriceps)
o White-collared pigeon (Columba albitorques)
• Medicinal plants
• Threatened tree spp.
o Hagenia abyssinica
o Juniperus procera
• Antelope and primate spp.
o Mountain nyala
o Menelik’s bushbuck
o Grey duiker
o Guereza colobus monkey
o Olive baboon (Papio anubis)
• Threatened, endemic, and near-endemic bird spp.
o Bale parisome (Parisoma griseaventris)
o Abyssinian woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus)
• Endemic rodents
o White-footed rat (Praomys albipes)
• Endemic and near endemic bird spp.
o Spot-breasted plover (Vanellus melanocephallus)
o Blue-winged goose (Cyanochen cyanoptera)
• Eurasian bird spp. breeding sites
o Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
o Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
o Ruddy shellduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
• Raptor spp.
o Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
o Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
o Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax)
o Verreaux’s (black) eagle (Aquila verreauxii)
• Other bird spp.
o Wattled crane (Grus carunculatus)
• Endemic rodent spp.
o Giant molerat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus)
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