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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

It lies adjacent to Nechisar National Park, where the lone wing of the mysterious Nechisar Nightjar was collected in 1990. They adorn their bodies with decorative scarification, a painful process of slicing into the skin and rubbing the wounds with charcoal. The future of these tribal cultures faces considerable uncertainty.

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