ZAMBIA BIRD CHECKLIST
Remote Species
AFRICA ZAMBIA
Area (SqMi): | 290,585 |
# Species: | 764 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 730 |
# Endemics: | 1 |
# Near Endemics: | 2 |
Species/1000 SqMi: | 2.5 |
OTHER COUNTRIESIN AFRICA
BIRDING LOCALES
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 3 |
V | Vulnerable | 1 |
EN | Endangered | 0 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.
List of species in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
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1 | Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
2 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
3 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
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4 | White-throated Francolin | Campocolinus albogularis | |
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5 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
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6 | Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | |
7 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
8 | Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
9 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
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10 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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11 | Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Crinifer personatus | |
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12 | /Lesser Cuckoo/ | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
13 | \Madagascar Cuckoo\ | Cuculus rochii | |
14 | Burchell's Coucal** | Centropus burchellii | |
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15 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | |
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16 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
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17 | White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | |
18 | Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | |
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19 | Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
20 | Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
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21 | Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | |
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22 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | |
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23 | Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |
24 | Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | |
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25 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | |
26 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
27 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
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28 | Stierling's Woodpecker | Dendropicos stierlingi | |
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29 | Chestnut Wattle-eye | Platysteira castanea | |
30 | Boulton's Batis | Batis margaritae | |
31 | Malawi Batis | Batis dimorpha | |
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32 | Fuelleborn's Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni | |
33 | Four-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus viridis | |
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34 | Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |
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35 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
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36 | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia | |
37 | Angola Lark | Mirafra angolensis | |
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38 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
39 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
40 | Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | |
41 | Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | |
42 | Churring Cisticola | Cisticola njombe | |
43 | Cloud Cisticola | Cisticola textrix | |
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44 | Papyrus Yellow-Warbler | Calamonastides gracilirostris | |
45 | Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis | |
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46 | Bamboo Warbler | Locustella alfredi | |
47 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
48 | White-winged Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus carpalis | |
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49 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
50 | (Red-throated Swallow) | Petrochelidon rufigula | |
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51 | Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | |
52 | Black-browed Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla fusciceps | |
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53 | Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla | |
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54 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla | |
55 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | |
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56 | Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis turdina | |
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57 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | |
58 | African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | |
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59 | Cassin's Flycatcher | Muscicapa cassini | |
60 | Olive-flanked Robin-Chat | Cossypha anomala | |
61 | Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
62 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
63 | White-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas fuelleborni | |
64 | Boulder Chat | Pinarornis plumosus | |
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65 | Bannerman's Sunbird | Cyanomitra bannermani | |
66 | Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | |
67 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
68 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
69 | Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | |
70 | Montane Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris ludovicensis | |
71 | Oustalet's Sunbird | Cinnyris oustaleti | |
72 | Bates's Sunbird | Cinnyris batesi | |
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73 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | |
74 | Tanganyika Masked-Weaver | Ploceus reichardi | |
75 | Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
76 | Olive-headed Weaver | Ploceus olivaceiceps | |
77 | Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | |
78 | Buff-shouldered Widowbird | Euplectes psammacromius | |
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79 | Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii | |
80 | Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | |
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81 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus | |
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82 | Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis | |
83 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | |
84 | Yellow-browed Seedeater | Crithagra whytii | |
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85 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.