ZAMBIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 303 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 303 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 0 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate 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. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 2 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus |
| 3 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| 4 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| 5 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| 6 | African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus |
| 7 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| 8 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
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| 9 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 10 | Southern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera edouardi |
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| 11 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena |
| 12 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
| 13 | Natal Spurfowl | Pternistis natalensis |
| 14 | Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii |
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| 15 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 16 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 17 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 18 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 19 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 20 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 21 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 22 | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis |
| 23 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus |
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| 24 | Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
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| 25 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor |
| 26 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi |
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| 27 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 28 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| 29 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus |
| 30 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| 31 | Coppery-tailed Coucal | Centropus cupreicaudus |
| 32 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis |
| 33 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 34 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 35 | Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius |
| 36 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 37 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| 38 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
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| 39 | Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius |
| 40 | Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena |
| 41 | Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
| 42 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
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| 43 | Bat-like Spinetail | Neafrapus boehmi |
| 44 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus |
| 45 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 46 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 47 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
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| 48 | Wattled Crane | Grus carunculatus |
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| 49 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
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| 50 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 51 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| 52 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| 53 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| 54 | /Caspian Plover/ | Anarhynchus asiaticus |
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| 55 | Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis |
| 56 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
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| 57 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
| 58 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 59 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 60 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 61 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 62 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 63 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax |
| 64 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta |
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| 65 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus |
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| 66 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus |
| 67 | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus |
| 68 | (Temminck's Courser) | Cursorius temminckii |
| 69 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
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| 70 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
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| 71 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 72 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
| 73 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii |
| 74 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| 75 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| 76 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 77 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
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| 78 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
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| 79 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
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| 80 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 81 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
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| 82 | (Dwarf Bittern) | Botaurus sturmii |
| 83 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 84 | Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla |
| 85 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 86 | /Western Cattle-Egret/ | Bubulcus ibis |
| 87 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 88 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 89 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 90 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
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| 91 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 92 | #Great White Pelican# | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| 93 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
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| 94 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 95 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 96 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 97 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 98 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 99 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 100 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 101 | Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| 102 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 103 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 104 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 105 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 106 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina |
| 107 | |Wahlberg's Eagle| | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 108 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii |
| 109 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 110 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
| 111 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 112 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 113 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 114 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 115 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus |
| 116 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 117 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis |
| 118 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 119 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 120 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
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| 121 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 122 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| 123 | Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis |
| 124 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 125 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| 126 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli |
| 127 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| 128 | African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense |
| 129 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
| 130 | Marsh Owl | Asio capensis |
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| 131 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus |
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| 132 | Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
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| 133 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 134 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
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| 135 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| 136 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 137 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 138 | Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris |
| 139 | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
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| 140 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| 141 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 142 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
| 143 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus |
| 144 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
| 145 | (Southern Carmine Bee-eater) | Merops nubicoides |
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| 146 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 147 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| 148 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 149 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 150 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| 151 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 152 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 153 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 154 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
| 155 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 156 | Racket-tailed Roller | Coracias spatulatus |
| 157 | &Purple Rollerl | Coracias naevius |
| 158 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
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| 159 | Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
| 160 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| 161 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus |
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| 162 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus |
| 163 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 164 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
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| 165 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus |
| 166 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 167 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii |
| 168 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
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| 169 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni |
| 170 | Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni |
| 171 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| 172 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo |
| 173 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
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| 174 | Black-cheeked Lovebird | Agapornis nigrigenis |
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| 175 | Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus fuscicollis |
| 176 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
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| 177 | African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis |
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| 178 | White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis |
| 179 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
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| 180 | African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| 181 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
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| 182 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
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| 183 | White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| 184 | Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii |
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| 185 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 186 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 187 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 188 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 189 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 190 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus |
| 191 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
| 192 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
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| 193 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 194 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 195 | Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleuca |
| 196 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio |
| 197 | |Lesser Gray Shrike| | Lanius minor |
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| 198 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 199 | Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger |
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| 200 | &Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Larkl | Eremopterix leucotis |
| 201 | Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea |
| 202 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
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| 203 | Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis |
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| 204 | Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
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| 205 | Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis |
| 206 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 207 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 208 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 209 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 210 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 211 | Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus |
| 212 | Luapula Cisticola | Cisticola luapula |
| 213 | Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis |
| 214 | Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla |
| 215 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
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| 216 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina |
| 217 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 218 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| 219 | /Great Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
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| 220 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| 221 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta |
| 222 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia |
| 223 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 224 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 225 | Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata |
| 226 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 227 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa |
| 228 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
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| 229 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 230 | Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris |
| 231 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| 232 | \Black-fronted Bulbul\ | Pycnonotus nigricans |
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| 233 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
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| 234 | /Greater Whitethroat/ | Curruca communis |
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| 235 | Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni |
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| 236 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
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| 237 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
| 238 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
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| 239 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| 240 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 241 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis |
| 242 | Meves's Starling | Lamprotornis mevesii |
| 243 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
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| 244 | Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana |
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| 245 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata |
| 246 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis |
| 247 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 248 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbeus |
| 249 | Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens |
| 250 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| 251 | Bearded Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon quadrivirgata |
| 252 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 253 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 254 | Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata |
| 255 | Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra |
| 256 | Arnot's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti |
| 257 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
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| 258 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| 259 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 260 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 261 | Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus |
| 262 | White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala |
| 263 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus |
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| 264 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| 265 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons |
| 266 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 267 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 268 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 269 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 270 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 271 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| 272 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 273 | &Red-billed Queleal | Quelea quelea |
| 274 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 275 | &Yellow-crowned Bishopl | Euplectes afer |
| 276 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| 277 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| 278 | Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura |
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| 279 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos |
| 280 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 281 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| 282 | &Cut-throatl | Amadina fasciata |
| 283 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina |
| 284 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| 285 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 286 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 287 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
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| 288 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 289 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 290 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia |
| 291 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| 292 | Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens |
| 293 | Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis |
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| 294 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus |
| 295 | Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis superciliaris |
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| 296 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 297 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 298 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| 299 | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis |
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| 300 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 301 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis |
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| 302 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 303 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
*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.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 30 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 3 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 5 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 3 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
| V | Vulnerable | 4 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 3 |
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.