Site Report: Liwonde - Shire River

Shire River, Malawi

Shire River, Malawi

A river valley. There were a lot of mosquitos here, and I blame this place for a bout of illness that came about a week later.

Visits

2003-02-20: Estimated date of a boat trip that Barbara and I took on the river.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (4 records)

Phylum: Chordates (4 records)

Class: Birds (4 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Boehm's Bee-eater (Merops boehmi)
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)

Order: Perching Birds (1 record)
- Family: Weavers
- Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix)

Lifelists

Trips

Africa: Eastern and Southern