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Systemmatic list - part 2: Storks, Cormorants and allies

 

African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus [c50]

Common at Chilwa and Liwonde:

8+ Lake Chilwa 15th, 1 over Lengwe entrance 21st and up to 40 Liwonde 25th-27th.

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African Openbills, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011

 

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African Openbill, Liwonde, 25th May 2011

 

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African Openbills, Liwonde, 26th May 2011

 

Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus [4]

4 Liwonde 26th - seen only in flight but a new bird for me.

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Woolly-necked Stork, Liwonde, 26th May 2011

 

Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis [1]

1 Liwonde 25th. Last time I just got a brief flight view of this local and decreasing species so it was good to get excellent close views of one this time, even if failing light meant I had to use a graiy ISO setting.

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Saddle-billed Stork, Liwonde, 25th May 2011

 

Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus [1]

1 Lengwe 21st - my first Marabou, seen only in flight.

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Marabou Stork, Lengwe, 21st May 2011

 

Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis [3]

3 Liwonde 26th.

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Yellow-billed Storks, Liwonde, 26th May 2011

 

White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax (carbo) lucidus [100+]

Large numbers (100+?) breeding at Liwonde 25th-27th.

White-breasted Cormorant is often treated as a race of Great Cormorant, the common Cormorant of much of Europe, Asia and the Atlantic coast of North America.

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White-breasted Cormorants, Liwonde, 26th May 2011

 

Long-tailed Cormorant (Reed Cormorant) Phalacrocorax africanus [40]

Small numbers at several sites:

3 Lake Chilwa 15th, 6 Cape Maclear and 10 Otter Point 18th, 15 Mongochi 19th and 6 Liwonde 26th-27th.

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Long-tailed Cormorant, Liwonde, 27th May 2011

 

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Long-tailed Cormorants, Cape Maclear, 18th May 2011

 

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Long-tailed Cormorants, Otter Point, 18th May 2011

 

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Long-tailed Cormorants, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011 (left) and Liwonde, 26th May 2011 (right)

 

 

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