Journal article
Avifauna of Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve, Malawi
Journal of East African Natural History, v 101(2), pp 223-240
May 2013
Abstract
Despite having a well-documented avifauna, some areas of Malawi, such as Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve (986 km2), are still poorly known ornithologically. We spent 12 days in October 2009, before the wet season, and two days in November 2009, after the first rains, documenting the birds of Vwaza. We found six new species for the Reserve-red-chested flufftail, African pitta, African broadbill, African reed warbler, marsh tchagra, and dark-capped yellow warbler-and we recorded 56 new quadrat records, filling in distributional gaps in the Malawi bird atlas. Many of these records are documented with voucher specimens. Here we provide a complete list of the 394 species of birds known to occur in Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve.
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- Title
- Avifauna of Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve, Malawi
- Creators
- Joshua I Engel - Field Museum of Natural HistoryJohn M Bates - Field Museum of Natural HistoryJason D Weckstein - Field Museum of Natural HistoryThomas P Gnoske - Field Museum of Natural HistoryPotiphar M Kaliba - Museum of Malawi
- Publication Details
- Journal of East African Natural History, v 101(2), pp 223-240
- Publisher
- Nature Kenya
- Number of pages
- 18
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Other Identifier
- 991019350661304721