Lawrence Luhanga, Dip. Wild. Cons., AMCSSA, CTIA, Cert. (ESRI) 2001-c_p 2001-s_a
2001 Scholar Report
(from Convis, 2001 "Conservation Geography", Chapter 10, "International")
Malawi Ornithological Society
Lawrence Luhanga, Dip. Wild. Cons., AMCSSA, CTIA, Cert. (ESRI)
There are more than six hundred species roaming the mountainous greens and the rolling hills of Malawi. Those that scout the savanna land, such as the ground hornbill, do so majestically. Those that take refuge in the lake do it with glamour. But there are also those that are rare and must painstakingly survive the disparaging forces of the human world.
Malawi ornithology goes back many years. Sir Charles Frederic Belcher is probably well known for his publication of what might be the first literature on the birds of Malawi, the Nyasaland birds, in 1930. Since then, occasional surveys or expeditions have been conducted, some of which are well documented and some not known. An important publication came out in 1966 by the Bensons, whose checklist is still used today as a major reference. A few ornithologists have published short or noncomprehensive publications on birds of Malawi including Stewart–Johnston and Bob Medland. Presently, Robert Dowsette and F. Dowsette–Lemaire are working on
