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Systemmatic list - part 25: Wagtails, Pipits and Longclaws

 

Mountain Wagtail (Long-tailed Wagtail) Motacilla clara [2]

1-2 near the Ku Chawe trout farm at Zomba Plateau 15th-16th.

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Mountain Wagtail, Ku Chawe (Zomba Plateau), 16th May 2011

 

African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp [c30]

Common and widespread:

4 between Malosa and Cape Maclear 17th, 2 Cape Maclear 18th, 3 between Blantyre and Lengwe, 1-2 along the entrance to Lengwe 20th-21st, 1 Nyala Park entrance 21st, 1 between Lilongwe and Dzalanyama 22nd, 3 Dedza and 1 between Dedza and Liwonde 25th, up to 6 Liwonde 25th-27th and 3 Johannesburg Airport 28th.

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African Pied Wagtail, approach to Lengwe, 20th May 2011

 

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African Pied Wagtail, Liwonde, 27th May 2011

 

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African Pied Wagtail, Dedza, 25th May 2011

 

African Pipit (Grassland Pipit, Grassveld Pipit) Anthus cinnamomeus [4]

2 Nyala Park entrance 21st (1 carrying food), 1 between Dzlanyama and Lilongwe 24th and 1 Chongoni dambo 25th. In addition a Pipit at Blantyre Airport 28th was probably this species.

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African Pipits, entrance to Nyala Park, 21st May 2011

 

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African Pipit, way out from Dzalanyama, 24th May 2011

 

Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus [4]

2 Dzalanyama 24th, in flight over the dambo.

 

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