Check List 11(6): e19420, doi: 10.15560/11.6.1818
First record for Malawi of Kenrick’s Starling (Poeoptera kenricki Shelley, 1894) (Aves: Sturnidae)
expand article infoJoshua I. Engel‡, David Willard‡, Potiphar M. Kaliba§, Lovemore Mazibuko§
‡ Field Museum of Natural History, United States of America§ Museums of Malawi, Malawi

Corresponding author: Joshua Engel ( jengel2@fieldmuseum.org )

© 2017 Joshua Engel, David Willard, Potiphar Kaliba, Lovemore Mazibuko.
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Citation: Engel J, Kaliba P, Willard D, Mazibuko L (2015) First record for Malawi of Kenrick’s Starling (Poeoptera kenricki Shelley, 1894) (Aves: Sturnidae). Check List 11(6): 1818. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.6.1818
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Abstract
We report on the first record of Kenrick’s Starling for Malawi. A flock of more than 150 birds was observed in the Misuku Hills in far northern Malawi; two individuals were collected for voucher specimens and deposited in museum collections.
Keywords
new record; endemic bird; East Africa