List of species that are endemic (E), near-endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

1	White-throated Francolin	Campocolinus albogularis	RR
2	(Common Quail)	Coturnix coturnix	LC
3	Hildebrandt's Spurfowl	Pternistis hildebrandti	RR
4	Afep Pigeon	Columba unicincta	RR
5	Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix	RR
6	Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon	Columba delegorguei	RR
7	Dusky Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia lugens	RR
8	Burchell's Sandgrouse	Pterocles burchelli	RR
9	Kori Bustard	Ardeotis kori	RR	NT
10	Denham's Bustard	Neotis denhami		NT
11	Red-crested Bustard	Lophotis ruficrista	RR
12	Bare-faced Go-away-bird	Crinifer personatus	RR
13	/Lesser Cuckoo/	Cuculus poliocephalus	RR
14	Green Malkoha	Ceuthmochares australis	RR
15	Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	Cercococcyx olivinus	RR
16	Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo	Cercococcyx montanus	RR
17	Montane Nightjar	Caprimulgus poliocephalus	RR
18	Scarce Swift	Schoutedenapus myoptilus	RR
19	Mottled Swift	Tachymarptis aequatorialis	RR
20	African Swift	Apus barbatus	RR
21	White-spotted Flufftail	Sarothrura pulchra	RR
22	Chestnut-headed Flufftail	Sarothrura lugens	RR
23	Striped Flufftail	Sarothrura affinis	RR
24	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum		EN
25	Wattled Crane	Grus carunculatus		V
26	/Eurasian Curlew/	Numenius arquata		NT
27	/Black-tailed Godwit/	Limosa limosa		NT
28	/Great Snipe/	Gallinago media		NT
29	/Curlew Sandpiper/	Calidris ferruginea		NT
30	Black-winged Pratincole	Glareola nordmanni		NT
31	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	LC
32	/Lesser Flamingo/	Phoenicoparrus minor		V
33	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	RR
34	African Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia microscelis		NT
35	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	LC
36	Slaty Egret	Egretta vinaceigula		V
37	\Malagasy Pond-Heron\	Ardeola idae		EN
38	Shoebill	Balaeniceps rex	RR	V
39	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius		EN
40	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis		CR
41	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos		EN
42	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus		CR
43	White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus		CR
44	#Cape Griffon#	Gyps coprotheres		V
45	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus		EN
46	Crowned Eagle	Stephanoaetus coronatus		NT
47	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus		EN
48	Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax		V
49	/Steppe Eagle/	Aquila nipalensis		EN
50	Verreaux's Eagle	Aquila verreauxii	RR
51	Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk	Accipiter rufiventris	RR
52	/Pallid Harrier/	Circus macrourus		NT
53	Bar-tailed Trogon	Apaloderma vittatum	RR
54	Southern Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus leadbeateri		V
55	Bradfield's Hornbill	Lophoceros bradfieldi	RR
56	Silvery-cheeked Hornbill	Bycanistes brevis	RR
57	Shining-blue Kingfisher	Alcedo quadribrachys	LC
58	White-bellied Kingfisher	Corythornis leucogaster	RR
59	Blue-breasted Kingfisher	Halcyon malimbica	RR
60	Whyte's Barbet	Stactolaema whytii	RR
61	Anchieta's Barbet	Stactolaema anchietae	LC
62	Moustached Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus leucomystax	RR
63	Pied Barbet	Tricholaema leucomelas	RR
64	Spot-flanked Barbet	Tricholaema lacrymosa	RR
65	Chaplin's Barbet	Lybius chaplini	E	V
66	Least Honeyguide	Indicator exilis	RR
67	Red-throated Wryneck	Jynx ruficollis	RR
68	Stierling's Woodpecker	Dendropicos stierlingi		NT
69	Brown-eared Woodpecker	Pardipicus caroli	RR
70	Red-necked Falcon	Falco chicquera		NT
71	/Red-footed Falcon/	Falco vespertinus		V
72	|Sooty Falcon|	Falco concolor		V
73	Taita Falcon	Falco fasciinucha	LC	V
74	Lilian's Lovebird	Agapornis lilianae	RR	NT
75	Black-cheeked Lovebird	Agapornis nigrigenis		V
76	Chestnut Wattle-eye	Dyaphorophyia castanea	RR
77	Boulton's Batis	Batis margaritae	RR
78	Malawi Batis	Batis dimorpha	NE
79	Fuelleborn's Boubou	Laniarius fuelleborni	RR
80	Four-colored Bushshrike	Telophorus viridis	RR
81	Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone rufiventer	RR
82	White-tailed Crested Flycatcher	Elminia albonotata	RR
83	Fischer's Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucopareia	RR
84	Angola Lark	Amirafra angolensis	RR
85	Plateau Lark	Corypha nigrescens	NE
86	Pink-billed Lark	Spizocorys conirostris	RR
87	Eastern Nicator	Nicator gularis	RR
88	White-chinned Prinia	Schistolais leucopogon	RR
89	Bar-throated Apalis	Apalis thoracica	LC
90	Buff-throated Apalis	Apalis rufogularis	RR
91	Chapin's Apalis	Apalis chapini	RR
92	Red-winged Prinia	Prinia erythroptera	RR
93	Singing Cisticola	Cisticola cantans	RR
94	Whistling Cisticola	Cisticola lateralis	RR
95	Black-lored Cisticola	Cisticola nigriloris	RR
96	Wailing Cisticola	Cisticola lais	RR
97	Churring Cisticola	Cisticola njombe	RR
98	Stout Cisticola	Cisticola robustus	RR
99	Dambo Cisticola	Cisticola dambo	RR
100	Wing-snapping Cisticola	Cisticola ayresii	RR
101	Papyrus Yellow-Warbler	Calamonastides gracilirostris		V
102	Mountain Yellow-Warbler	Iduna similis	RR
103	Bamboo Warbler	Locustella alfredi	RR
104	Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler	Bradypterus cinnamomeus	RR
105	White-winged Swamp Warbler	Bradypterus carpalis	RR
106	(White-headed Sawwing)	Psalidoprocne albiceps	RR
107	Montane Blue Swallow	Hirundo atrocaerulea		V
108	Black-and-rufous Swallow	Hirundo nigrorufa	RR
109	Angola Swallow	Hirundo angolensis	RR
110	African Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis melanocrissus	RR
111	(Red-throated Swallow)	Petrochelidon rufigula	RR
112	Black-collared Bulbul	Neolestes torquatus	RR
113	Honeyguide Greenbul	Baeopogon indicator	RR
114	Yellow-streaked Greenbul	Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	RR
115	\Black-fronted Bulbul\	Pycnonotus nigricans	RR
116	Livingstone's Flycatcher	Erythrocercus livingstonei	RR
117	African Hill Babbler	Sylvia abyssinica	RR
118	Chestnut-vented Warbler	Curruca subcaerulea	RR
119	Brown Parisoma	Curruca lugens	RR
120	Thrush Babbler	Illadopsis turdina	RR
121	Slender-billed Starling	Onychognathus tenuirostris	RR
122	Cape Starling	Lamprotornis nitens	RR
123	Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush	Stizorhina fraseri	RR
124	Orange Ground-Thrush	Geokichla gurneyi	RR
125	Cassin's Flycatcher	Muscicapa cassini	RR
126	Sooty Flycatcher	Artomyias infuscata	RR
127	Gray Tit-Flycatcher	Fraseria plumbeus	LC
128	Olive-flanked Robin-Chat	Dessonornis anomala	RR	NT
129	Cape Robin-Chat	Dessonornis caffra	RR
130	White-starred Robin	Pogonocichla stellata	RR
131	White-chested Alethe	Chamaetylas fuelleborni	RR
132	Gray-winged Robin-Chat	Sheppardia polioptera	RR
133	Green-headed Sunbird	Cyanomitra verticalis	RR
134	Bannerman's Sunbird	Cyanomitra bannermani	RR
135	Green-throated Sunbird	Chalcomitra rubescens	RR
136	Bronze Sunbird	Nectarinia kilimensis	RR
137	Malachite Sunbird	Nectarinia famosa	RR
138	Red-tufted Sunbird	Nectarinia johnstoni	LC
139	Orange-tufted Sunbird	Cinnyris bouvieri	LC
140	Oustalet's Sunbird	Cinnyris oustaleti	RR
141	Bates's Sunbird	Cinnyris batesi	RR
142	Scaly Weaver	Sporopipes squamifrons	RR
143	Bertram's Weaver	Ploceus bertrandi	RR
144	Baglafecht Weaver	Ploceus baglafecht	LC
145	Slender-billed Weaver	Ploceus pelzelni	RR
146	Bocage's Weaver	Ploceus temporalis	LC
147	Tanganyika Masked-Weaver	Ploceus reichardi	NE
148	Black-headed Weaver	Ploceus melanocephalus	RR
149	Olive-headed Weaver	Ploceus olivaceiceps	RR	NT
150	Compact Weaver	Pachyphantes superciliosus	RR
151	<Cardinal Quelea>	Quelea cardinalis	RR
152	Buff-shouldered Widowbird	Euplectes psammacromius	RR
153	Swee Waxbill	Coccopygia melanotis	LC
154	Green-backed Twinspot	Mandingoa nitidula	RR
155	Red-faced Crimsonwing	Cryptospiza reichenovii	RR
156	Orange-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda melpoda	RR
157	Red-cheeked Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus bengalus	RR
158	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	LC
159	Yellow-throated Longclaw	Macronyx croceus	RR
160	Grimwood's Longclaw	Macronyx grimwoodi	RR
161	Western Citril	Crithagra frontalis	RR
162	Streaky Seedeater	Crithagra striolatus	RR
163	Black-eared Seedeater	Crithagra mennelli	LC
164	Yellow-crowned Canary	Serinus flavivertex	RR
165	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.

BIRDING LOCALES

• Bangweulu Wetlands
• Barotse Floodplain
• Batoka Gorge
• Kafue Flats
• Kafue National Park
• Kasanka National Park
• Lower Zambesi National Park
• Mutinondo Wilderness
• Nchila Wildlife Reserve
• Nkanga River Area
• North Luangwa National Park
• South Luangwa National Park

DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	1
LC	Local	15
NE	Near Endemic	3
RR	Restricted Range	114

STATUS CODES

Code	Description	##
NT	Near Threatened	4
V	Vulnerable	3
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.