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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank. A long bearded D’Brazza’s Monkey was gorging on figs along the Mago River. Mursi woman. A Mursi woman in full regalia.

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The Geladas of Ethiopia

10,000 Birds

In parts of the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia, from which I have just returned, Geladas have been protected from persecution for some time. Competition with domestic livestock has restricted some Gelada bands to poorer foraging on steep slopes. Bachelor male Geladas chase a harem male. Photo by Adam Riley. Photo by Adam Riley.

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