ZAMBIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
AFRICA
ZAMBIA
| Area (SqMi): | 290,585 |
| # Species: | 764 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 730 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 2 |
| Species/1000 SqMi: | 2.5 |
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 | /Lesser Flamingo/ | Phoenicoparrus minor | V | |
| 5 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | RR | |
| 6 | Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | RR | |
| 7 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | RR | |
| 8 | Delegorgue's Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | RR | |
| 9 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | RR | |
| 10 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | RR | |
| 11 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | RR | NT |
| 12 | Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | NT | |
| 13 | Red-crested Bustard | Eupodotis ruficrista | RR | |
| 14 | Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides personatus | RR | |
| 15 | /Lesser Cuckoo/ | Cuculus poliocephalus | RR | |
| 16 | Green Malkoha | Ceuthmochares australis | RR | |
| 17 | Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx olivinus | RR | |
| 18 | Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx montanus | RR | |
| 19 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | RR | |
| 20 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | RR | |
| 21 | Mottled Swift | Apus aequatorialis | RR | |
| 22 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | RR | |
| 23 | White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | RR | |
| 24 | Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | RR | |
| 25 | Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis | RR | |
| 26 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | EN | |
| 27 | Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | V | |
| 28 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | NT | |
| 29 | {Bar-tailed Godwit} | Limosa lapponica | NT | |
| 30 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | NT | |
| 31 | [Red Knot] | Calidris canutus | NT | |
| 32 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | NT | |
| 33 | /Great Snipe/ | Gallinago media | NT | |
| 34 | Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | NT | |
| 35 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | LC | |
| 36 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | NT | |
| 37 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | |
| 38 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | RR | V |
| 39 | Slaty Egret | Egretta vinaceigula | V | |
| 40 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae | EN | |
| 41 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | EN | |
| 42 | {Egyptian Vulture} | Neophron percnopterus | EN | |
| 43 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | CR | |
| 44 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | EN | |
| 45 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | CR | |
| 46 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | CR | |
| 47 | {Rueppell's Griffon} | Gyps rueppelli | CR | |
| 48 | #Cape Griffon# | Gyps coprotheres | V | |
| 49 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | EN | |
| 50 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | NT | |
| 51 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | EN | |
| 52 | [Greater Spotted Eagle] | Clanga clanga | V | |
| 53 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | V | |
| 54 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | EN | |
| 55 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | RR | |
| 56 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | NT | |
| 57 | Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | RR | |
| 58 | Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | RR | |
| 59 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | V | |
| 60 | Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi | RR | |
| 61 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | RR | |
| 62 | Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | LC | |
| 63 | White-bellied Kingfisher | Corythornis leucogaster | RR | |
| 64 | Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | RR | |
| 65 | Whyte's Barbet | Stactolaema whytii | RR | |
| 66 | Anchieta's Barbet | Stactolaema anchietae | LC | |
| 67 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | RR | |
| 68 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | RR | |
| 69 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | RR | |
| 70 | Chaplin's Barbet | Lybius chaplini | E | V |
| 71 | Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | RR | |
| 72 | Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | RR | |
| 73 | Stierling's Woodpecker | Chloropicus stierlingi | NT | |
| 74 | Brown-eared Woodpecker | Campethera caroli | RR | |
| 75 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | NT | |
| 76 | /Red-footed Falcon/ | Falco vespertinus | V | |
| 77 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | V | |
| 78 | Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha | LC | V |
| 79 | Lilian's Lovebird | Agapornis lilianae | RR | NT |
| 80 | Black-cheeked Lovebird | Agapornis nigrigenis | V | |
| 81 | Chestnut Wattle-eye | Platysteira castanea | RR | |
| 82 | Boulton's Batis | Batis margaritae | RR | |
| 83 | Malawi Batis | Batis dimorpha | NE | |
| 84 | Fuelleborn's Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni | RR | |
| 85 | Four-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus viridis | RR | |
| 86 | Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | RR | |
| 87 | White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata | RR | |
| 88 | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia | RR | |
| 89 | Angola Lark | Mirafra angolensis | RR | |
| 90 | Pink-billed Lark | Spizocorys conirostris | RR | |
| 91 | Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | RR | |
| 92 | White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | RR | |
| 93 | Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | LC | |
| 94 | Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | RR | |
| 95 | Chapin's Apalis | Apalis chapini | RR | |
| 96 | Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | RR | |
| 97 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | RR | |
| 98 | Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | RR | |
| 99 | Black-lored Cisticola | Cisticola nigriloris | RR | |
| 100 | Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | RR | |
| 101 | Churring Cisticola | Cisticola njombe | RR | |
| 102 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | RR | |
| 103 | Cloud-scraping Cisticola | Cisticola dambo | RR | |
| 104 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | RR | |
| 105 | Papyrus Yellow-Warbler | Calamonastides gracilirostris | V | |
| 106 | Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis | RR | |
| 107 | Bamboo Warbler | Locustella alfredi | RR | |
| 108 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | RR | |
| 109 | White-winged Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus carpalis | RR | |
| 110 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | RR | |
| 111 | Montane Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea | V | |
| 112 | Black-and-rufous Swallow | Hirundo nigrorufa | RR | |
| 113 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | RR | |
| 114 | (Red-throated Swallow) | Petrochelidon rufigula | RR | |
| 115 | (White-headed Sawwing) | Psalidoprocne albiceps | RR | |
| 116 | Black-collared Bulbul | Neolestes torquatus | RR | |
| 117 | Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | RR | |
| 118 | Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | RR | |
| 119 | \Black-fronted Bulbul\ | Pycnonotus nigricans | RR | |
| 120 | Livingstone's Flycatcher | Erythrocercus livingstonei | RR | |
| 121 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | RR | |
| 122 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | RR | |
| 123 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | RR | |
| 124 | Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis turdina | RR | |
| 125 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | RR | |
| 126 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | RR | |
| 127 | Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush | Stizorhina fraseri | RR | |
| 128 | Orange Ground-Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi | RR | |
| 129 | Cassin's Flycatcher | Muscicapa cassini | RR | |
| 130 | Sooty Flycatcher | Bradornis infuscata | RR | |
| 131 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbeus | LC | |
| 132 | Olive-flanked Robin-Chat | Cossypha anomala | RR | NT |
| 133 | Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | RR | |
| 134 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | RR | |
| 135 | White-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas fuelleborni | RR | |
| 136 | Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Sheppardia polioptera | RR | |
| 137 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | RR | |
| 138 | Bannerman's Sunbird | Cyanomitra bannermani | RR | |
| 139 | Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | RR | |
| 140 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | RR | |
| 141 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | RR | |
| 142 | Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | LC | |
| 143 | Orange-tufted Sunbird | Cinnyris bouvieri | LC | |
| 144 | Oustalet's Sunbird | Cinnyris oustaleti | RR | |
| 145 | Bates's Sunbird | Cinnyris batesi | RR | |
| 146 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | RR | |
| 147 | Bertram's Weaver | Ploceus bertrandi | RR | |
| 148 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | LC | |
| 149 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | RR | |
| 150 | Bocage's Weaver | Ploceus temporalis | LC | |
| 151 | Tanganyika Masked-Weaver | Ploceus reichardi | NE | |
| 152 | Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | RR | |
| 153 | Olive-headed Weaver | Ploceus olivaceiceps | RR | NT |
| 154 | Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | RR | |
| 155 | <Cardinal Quelea> | Quelea cardinalis | RR | |
| 156 | Buff-shouldered Widowbird | Euplectes psammacromius | RR | |
| 157 | Swee Waxbill | Coccopygia melanotis | LC | |
| 158 | Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | RR | |
| 159 | Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii | RR | |
| 160 | Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | RR | |
| 161 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | RR | |
| 162 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | LC | |
| 163 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | RR | |
| 164 | Grimwood's Longclaw | Macronyx grimwoodi | RR | |
| 165 | Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis | RR | |
| 166 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | RR | |
| 167 | Black-eared Seedeater | Crithagra mennelli | LC | |
| 168 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | RR | |
| 169 | Vincent's Bunting | Emberiza vincenti | 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.
OTHER COUNTRIES
IN AFRICA
BIRDING LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 9 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 2 |
| || | Transient | 1 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 3 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 3 |
| [] | Accidental | 2 |
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 1 |
| LC | Local | 15 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 2 |
| 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.