Mulanje Mountain Forest Reserve is a nature reserve founded in 1927 in Malawi. It is operated by the Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust. The native Mulanje Cypress (Widdringtoniawhytei) has been so heavily logged that it is considered endangered and the park contains the last remaining stands of this tree, as well as a number of other plant and animal species—many of them endemic to the area. Examples include forest butterflies, birds such as the choloalethe and White-winged Apalis, Dwarf Chameleon, geckos, skinks, the Squeaker Frog, and a rare limbless burrowing skink species.
ThyoloAlethes, plus Red-faced Crimsonwing, Green Twinspot, Yellow-streaked Greenbul, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler, Cape/Malawi Batis, Silverycheeked Hornbill, Yellow-throated Apalis, Mountain Wagtail, Square-tailed Drongo,Blue Swallow,Livingstone's Turaco, African Emerald Cuckoo,Trumpeter Hornbill, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Black-fronted Bushshrike,Square-tailed Drongo,Orange Ground Thrush, Grey Tit-Flycatcher,Red-capped Robin-Chat, White-starred Robin, Red-faced Crimsonwing, Mountain Wagtail and Red-capped Robin-Chat.
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Head off to the shores of Lake Malawi at Makuzi Beach, south of Chintheche. Remnants of lowland evergreen forest en route support East Coast Akalat, Red-capped Robin-Chat, Green-backed Woodpecker, Black Saw-wing, Grey-olive Greenbul, Purple-banded Sunbird, Eastern Nicator, African Broadbill, and Olive Sunbird. If time allows search for Lemonbreasted Canary on the floodplain.
Read MoreDo birding in the rich miombo woodlands. Some of the many target birds include Pale-billed Hornbill, Whyte's Barbet, Miombo Pied Barbet, Stierling's Woodpecker, Miombo Scrub Robin, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Rufous-bellied Tit, Whitetailed Blue Flycatcher, Souza's Shrike, Anchieta's Sunbird, Shelley's Sunbird, and the rare Olive-headed Weaver.
Read MoreDuring the summer months a large variety of birds migrate to the park and bird watching is common between June and September. Birds of Kasungu National Park include; Red-billed Teal, Yellow-billed Duck, Little Grebe.
Read MoreLake Malawi attracts a number of birds which favour either the water or islands or the particular vegetation of the shorelands. The African fish eagle is the Pride of the lake and is Malawi's national bird.
Read MoreLengwe's special birds include Western Banded Snake Eagle, Brown-headed Parrot, Crowned Hornbill, African Golden Oriole, African Paradise Flycatcher, Retz's Helmetshrike, Miombo Blue-eared Starling, Variable Sunbird, African Yellow White-eye, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, and Red-headed Weaver.
Read MoreBirds to see here include; African Finfoot, White-backed Night Heron, Schalow'sTuraco, Half-collared Kingfisher, African Broadbill, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Mountain Wagtail, and Pied Mannikin.
Read MoreAn afternoon game activity adds many waterbirds to the list, possibly including specials like White-backed Night Heron, White-backed Duck, African Pygmy Goose, Lesser Jacana, White-crowned Lapwing, Long-toed Lapwing, Gull-billed Tern, African Skimmer, Black Coucal, and Southern Brown-throated Weaver.
Read MoreBirds include the African Finfoot, Böhm's Bee-eater, Egyptian Goose, and Racket-tailed Roller, as well as others in the Anseriformes order.
Read MoreSome 280 species of bird have been recorded in the reserve and there are likely to be considerably more than this figure. They vary in size from tiny iridescent kingfishers to large martial eagles.
Read MoreThe mountain grasslands and forests of the Nyika Plateau are a host of birds that are scarce or absent elsewhere in Malawi.
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