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Systemmatic list - part 1: Wildfowl and Gamebirds

 

White-faced Whistling-Duck (White-faced Duck) Dendrocygna viduata [88+]

8 Lake Chilwa 15th and up to 80 Liwonde 25th-27th.

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White-faced Whistling-Ducks, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011

 

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White-faced Whistling-Ducks, Liwonde, 27th May 2011

 

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White-faced Whistling-Ducks, Liwonde, 26th May 2011

 

Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Fulvous Duck, Fulvous Tree Duck) Dendrocygna bicolor [20+]

20-30 Lake Chilwa 15th - my first genuinely wild Fulvous Whistling-Ducks.

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Fulvous Whistling-Ducks, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011

 

White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus [1]

1 Lake Chilwa 15th.

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White-backed Duck, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011

 

Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos [7]

3 Liwonde 26th with 4 on 27th.

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Comb Ducks, Liwonde, 27th May 2011

 

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Comb Ducks, Liwonde, 26th May 2011

 

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus [2+]

2+ Liwonde 26th-27th.

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Egyptian Goose, Liwonde, 26th May 2011

 

Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis [15]

About 15 Liwonde 26th-27th.

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Spur-winged Geese, Liwonde, 26th May 2011

 

Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata [2]

2 in a small dambo on the way out of Dzalanyama 24th. In addition a pair of ducks flying down the river at Ku Chawe (Zomba Plateau) on 15th were possibly this species.

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Yellow-billed Duck, way out from Dzalanyama, 24th May 2011

 

Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota [12]

c12 Lake Chilwa 15th.

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Hottentot Teal, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011

 

Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris [30+]

Up to 30 Liwonde 25th-26th. In addition to these some domestic birds were seen round houses at one or two sites.

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Helmeted Guineafowl, Liwonde, 26th May 2011

 

Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani [30]

About 30 Lengwe 26th. As this was one of the species I was hoping to see at Lengwe I was disappointed to be told by a regular visitor that he'd never seen them there - he gave me the impression that they no longer occurred at Lengwe so the following morning it was especially pleasing to find that this was not the case! As is reflected by the images I obtained, they didn't exactly show out in the open!

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Crested Guineafowl, Lengwe, 21st May 2011

 

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl (Hildebrandt's Francolin) Francolinus hildebrandti [1]

1 near Cape Maclear 18th.

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Hildebrandt's Spurfowl, near Cape Maclear, 18th May 2011

 

Red-necked Spurfowl (Red-necked Francolin) Francolinus afer [2]

Singles at Lake Chilwa 15th and Liwonde 26th.

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Red-necked Spurfowl, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011

 

 

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