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Table 3.7 Results of observed cumulative palaearctic migrant bird mortalities in all quadrants
(plots)

Species No. alive No. dead Percent mortality

Ringed plover 5 2 40

Common greenshank 2

Wood sandpiper 467 126 26.98

Marsh sandpiper 3 2 66.7

Green sandpiper 1

Black-tailed godwit 500 215 43

Common snipe 16 10 62.5

Yellow wagtail 14 4 28.57

Ruff 3

Table 3.8 Results of observed cumulative resident and intra-African migrant bird mortalities

Species No. alive No. dead Percent mortality

Abdim's stork 29 26 89.69

African openbill 5848 2261 38.66

Marabou stork 10 3 30

Glossy ibis 39 6 15.38

Hadada ibis 6 1 16.67

Cattle egret 21 9 42.86

Little egret 8 3 37.5

Senegal plover 4

Greater painted snipe 4 1 25

Long-crested eagle 2

Black kite 1

Doves and pigeons 1570 391 24.9

Grassland pipit 2 1 50

Red-billed quelea 50 12 24

Fan-tailed widowbird 11 8 72.72

Parasitic weaver 6 4 66.67

Village weaver 50 2 4

migrants were lost, representing an annual rate of 45% mortality. In addition, 2 734 of the observed 7
654 intra-African migrant birds were poisoned, which represented a mortality rate of nearly 38%.
The analysis that follows examines the impact of poisoning (and the subsequent population
decline) on palaearctic migrants, birds that winter in Africa from Europe; e.g., wood sandpiper
( Tringa glareola ), black-tailed godwit ( Limosa limosa ) and the intra-African migrants which move
within Africa, including the African openbill, Abdim's stork ( Ciconia abdimii ) and glossy ibis
( Plegadis falcinellus ). The comparative mortality within species (mortality against total numbers)
and individual species losses (percentage mortality rate) are tabulated in Tables 3.7 and 3.8.