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Theme: THE DEGRADATION OF WETLANDS AND ITS SOCIO ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS IN NDOP CENTRAL SUBDIVISION, NORTH WEST PROVINCE CAMEROON

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Table12 : fauna species within the wetlands of N.C.S.D. from the 1960s to present

Phylum	Local and Vernacular names	Description of external Characteristics	Possible English names	Scientific name(s)	Year lastly seen in N.C.S.D.	Category according to IUCN
AVES	Bush fowl, Nyegomeh or Tehneh	Looks like a domestic fowl; some have brown feathers while others have grey/black feathers	Partridge	Perdix perdix	Seen in 2007	E.N
	Ngu, Ngok	Contains some red feathers which are used as noble decorations	Turaco bird	Tauraco cyrythaix	Early 1990s	C.R
	Water dog fowl or Nwa zo'omeh	Looks like a domestic duck and can fly at very great heights. There are two kinds, some very large meanwhile others are smaller	duck	Fratercular Spp.	Occasionally seen 2007	C.R
	Cornemih	Looks like a vulture, feeds on dead animals. Looks big(about0.5m tall).	African fish Eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer	Early 1990s	EX
	"Buhnuh"	Three kinds exist; some have brown feathers, others have greenish feathers and others havegreyish/blue feathers.looks like domestic pigeons.	Doves		Seen in 2007	NT
			-Green dove	Vinago australis	Seen in 2007	NT
			-Blue dove	Columba sjostedi	Seen in 2007	NT
			-Grey dove	Columba spp.	Seen in 2007	NT
	"Ngo'kingeh"	Very large birds, the biggest ever seen in the area. It could carry children away and eats large domestic animals. Had three toes like an ostridge	Ostritch	Struthio camelus	Seen lastly about the early 1970s	EX
	"Nyawonahmeh", Poli poli	White in colour and always comes with cows. Have long legs and a long beak	Cattle egret	Andeola spp.	Seen in 2007	NT
	Ngodeh	Looks like a domestic duck and comes only in the dry season	Water duck	Fratercular spp.	Lastly seen in the 1970s	EX
	Waterbird	Red long legs, long beak, webbed toes, mostly comes in the rtainy season. Some are white, others brown, meanwhile others are blu	Moorhens - -	Gallinula spp.	Seen in 2007	N.T.
	Choo'keh	Have black coloured feathers and a whitez neck. Looks like a domestic pigeon in dimension or just a little bigger	Hawk	Polyboroides typus	Seen in 2007	L.C.
	Palmbird	Small yellow feathered bird. Small in size and mostly found on palm trees, raphia palm and date palms	Weaver bird	Ploceus cucullatus	Seen in 2007	L.C.

Source: Mphoweh J.N (2007)

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