OTHER COUNTRIES
IN AFRICA

• Angola
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

BIRDING LOCALES

• Batoka Gorge (BG)
• Kafue Flats (KFLT)
• Kafue National Park (KNP)
• Lower Zambesi National Park (LZNP)
• Nchila Wildlife Reserve (NWR)
• North Luangwa National Park (NLNP)

DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	0
LC	Local	3
NE	Near Endemic	2
RR	Restricted Range	61

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 all specialty birds in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. 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.*

1	White-throated Francolin	Campocolinus albogularis	RR
2	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	RR
3	Afep Pigeon	Columba unicincta	RR
4	Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix	RR
5	Delegorgue's Pigeon	Columba delegorguei	RR
6	Dusky Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia lugens	RR
7	Burchell's Sandgrouse	Pterocles burchelli	RR
8	Bare-faced Go-away-bird	Crinifer personatus	RR
9	/Lesser Cuckoo/	Cuculus poliocephalus	RR
10	Montane Nightjar	Caprimulgus poliocephalus	RR
11	Scarce Swift	Schoutedenapus myoptilus	RR
12	White-spotted Flufftail	Sarothrura pulchra	RR
13	Chestnut-headed Flufftail	Sarothrura lugens	RR
14	Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk	Accipiter rufiventris	RR
15	Bar-tailed Trogon	Apaloderma vittatum	RR
16	Silvery-cheeked Hornbill	Bycanistes brevis	RR
17	Shining-blue Kingfisher	Alcedo quadribrachys	LC
18	White-bellied Kingfisher	Corythornis leucogaster	RR
19	Blue-breasted Kingfisher	Halcyon malimbica	RR
20	Moustached Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus leucomystax	RR
21	Pied Barbet	Tricholaema leucomelas	RR
22	Spot-flanked Barbet	Tricholaema lacrymosa	RR
23	Stierling's Woodpecker	Dendropicos stierlingi		NT
24	Chestnut Wattle-eye	Platysteira castanea	RR
25	Boulton's Batis	Batis margaritae	RR
26	Malawi Batis	Batis dimorpha	NE
27	Fuelleborn's Boubou	Laniarius fuelleborni	RR
28	Four-colored Bushshrike	Telophorus viridis	RR
29	Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone rufiventer	RR
30	Fischer's Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucopareia	RR
31	Angola Lark	Mirafra angolensis	RR
32	Singing Cisticola	Cisticola cantans	RR
33	Whistling Cisticola	Cisticola lateralis	RR
34	Wailing Cisticola	Cisticola lais	RR
35	Churring Cisticola	Cisticola njombe	RR
36	Papyrus Yellow-Warbler	Calamonastides gracilirostris		V
37	Mountain Yellow-Warbler	Iduna similis	RR
38	Bamboo Warbler	Locustella alfredi	RR
39	Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler	Bradypterus cinnamomeus	RR
40	White-winged Swamp Warbler	Bradypterus carpalis	RR
41	Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	RR
42	Brown Parisoma	Curruca lugens	RR
43	Thrush Babbler	Illadopsis turdina	RR
44	Slender-billed Starling	Onychognathus tenuirostris	RR
45	Cassin's Flycatcher	Muscicapa cassini	RR
46	Olive-flanked Robin-Chat	Cossypha anomala	RR	NT
47	Cape Robin-Chat	Cossypha caffra	RR
48	White-starred Robin	Pogonocichla stellata	RR
49	White-chested Alethe	Chamaetylas fuelleborni	RR
50	Bannerman's Sunbird	Cyanomitra bannermani	RR
51	Bronze Sunbird	Nectarinia kilimensis	RR
52	Malachite Sunbird	Nectarinia famosa	RR
53	Red-tufted Sunbird	Nectarinia johnstoni	LC
54	Orange-tufted Sunbird	Cinnyris bouvieri	LC
55	Oustalet's Sunbird	Cinnyris oustaleti	RR
56	Bates's Sunbird	Cinnyris batesi	RR
57	Bertram's Weaver	Ploceus bertrandi	RR
58	Slender-billed Weaver	Ploceus pelzelni	RR
59	Tanganyika Masked-Weaver	Ploceus reichardi	NE
60	Black-headed Weaver	Ploceus melanocephalus	RR
61	Olive-headed Weaver	Ploceus olivaceiceps	RR	NT
62	Compact Weaver	Pachyphantes superciliosus	RR
63	Buff-shouldered Widowbird	Euplectes psammacromius	RR
64	Red-faced Crimsonwing	Cryptospiza reichenovii	RR
65	Orange-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda melpoda	RR
66	Western Citril	Crithagra frontalis	RR
67	Streaky Seedeater	Crithagra striolatus	RR
68	Cape Bunting	Emberiza capensis	RR

 

 *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.