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W.E.S.M’s 54 Annual Lengwe Game Count 5

Injuries in Bushbuck:
Missing hind leg Limp in front leg Facial lesion

Missing hind leg Limp in front leg
Lengwe National Park is known for its rich birdlife; approximately 350 bird
Facial lesion
species have been recorded in the park, several of which are endemic to the area.
Sightings of 79 bird species were recorded during the 2020 count:

Grey Heron
Eastern blacked-headed Oriole
Hamerkop African Fish-eagle
Woolly-necked Stork Yellow-billed Kite
Marabou Stork
Helmeted Guineafowl
Trumpeter Hornbill Crested Guineafowl

Cardinal Woodpecker African Jacana
Lesser-striped Swallow Marsh Sandpiper
Square-tailed Drongo Wood Sandpiper

Hadeda Ibis
Common Sandpiper
Spur-winged Goose
Red-eyed Dove

White-backed Vulture Cape Turtle Dove
African harrier Hawk (Gymnogene) Laughing Dove

Bateleur
Blue-spotted Wood-dove
Western banded snake eagle Tropical Boubou

African Goshawk Orange-breasted Bush shrike
Shikra African Pipit
African Crowned Eagle Miombo Blue-eared Starling
Martial Eagle
African Hawk-eagle Greater Blue-eared Starling
Tawny Eagle Red-billed Oxpecker
Lesser spotted Eagle Collared Sunbird
Emerald-spotted Wood- dove
White-bellied Sunbird

Burchell’s Coucal Lesser masked Weaver
African Palm Swift Dark-backed Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Speckled Mousebird

Striped Kingfisher Red-headed Weaver
Brown-hooded Kingfisher Red-billed Quelea