List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	White-throated Francolin	Campocolinus albogularis		BC
2	Whyte's Francolin	Scleroptera whytei	Many	BC
3	Striped Flufftail	Sarothrura affinis		BC
4	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum	Many	EN
5	\Malagasy Pond-Heron\	Ardeola idae	KFLT,NLNP SLNP	EN
6	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius	Many	EN
7	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis	Many	CR
8	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	Many	EN
9	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Many	CR
10	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Many	EN
11	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Many	EN
12	Boehm's Bee-eater	Merops boehmi	KFLT,KNP,KSK	BC
13	Whyte's Barbet	Stactolaema whytii	KSK,MW,NLNP SLNP	BC
14	Anchieta's Barbet	Stactolaema anchietae	KSK,MW,NWR	BC
15	Chaplin's Barbet	Lybius chaplini	KFLT,KNP,NRC	E
16	Black-backed Barbet	Pogonornis minor	Many	BC
17	Stierling's Woodpecker	Dendropicos stierlingi		BC
18	Lilian's Lovebird	Agapornis lilianae	LZNP,NLNP SLNP	BC
19	Black-cheeked Lovebird	Agapornis nigrigenis	KNP	BC
20	Boulton's Batis	Batis margaritae		BC
21	Malawi Batis	Batis dimorpha		NE
22	Fuelleborn's Boubou	Laniarius fuelleborni		BC
23	Four-colored Bushshrike	Telophorus viridis		BC
24	Miombo Tit	Melaniparus griseiventris	Many	BC
25	Dusky Lark	Pinarocorys nigricans	Many	BC
26	Red-capped Crombec	Sylvietta ruficapilla	Many	BC
27	Black-necked Eremomela	Eremomela atricollis	Many	BC
28	Black-lored Cisticola	Cisticola nigriloris		BC
29	Churring Cisticola	Cisticola njombe		BC
30	Cloud Cisticola	Cisticola textrix		BC
31	Cloud-scraping Cisticola	Cisticola dambo	NWR	BC
32	Pale-crowned Cisticola	Cisticola cinnamomeus	Many	BC
33	Black-and-rufous Swallow	Hirundo nigrorufa	NWR	BC
34	(Red-throated Swallow)	Petrochelidon rufigula	NWR	BC
35	Black-collared Bulbul	Neolestes torquatus	NWR	BC
36	Laura's Woodland-Warbler	Phylloscopus laurae	MW,NLNP,NWR SLNP	BC
37	Livingstone's Flycatcher	Erythrocercus livingstonei	LZNP,SLNP	BC
38	Thrush Babbler	Illadopsis turdina		BC
39	Babbling Starling	Neocichla gutturalis	NLNP,SLNP	BC
40	African Pied Starling	Lamprotornis bicolor		BC
41	Boehm's Flycatcher	Bradornis boehmi	Many	BC
42	Miombo Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas barbata	Many	BC
43	Olive-flanked Robin-Chat	Cossypha anomala		BC
44	Bocage's Akalat	Sheppardia bocagei	KNP,KSK,MW SLNP	BC
45	Boulder Chat	Pinarornis plumosus		BC
46	Anchieta's Sunbird	Anthreptes anchietae	Many	BC
47	Bannerman's Sunbird	Cyanomitra bannermani	NWR	BC
48	Miombo Sunbird	Cinnyris manoensis	Many	BC
49	Montane Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris ludovicensis		BC
50	Forest Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris fuelleborni		BC
51	Oustalet's Sunbird	Cinnyris oustaleti		BC
52	Bates's Sunbird	Cinnyris batesi	NWR	BC
53	Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	KNP,NLNP,SLNP	BC
54	Bocage's Weaver	Ploceus temporalis	NWR	BC
55	Tanganyika Masked-Weaver	Ploceus reichardi		BC
56	Olive-headed Weaver	Ploceus olivaceiceps		BC
57	Bar-winged Weaver	Ploceus angolensis	MW,SLNP	BC
58	Buff-shouldered Widowbird	Euplectes psammacromius		BC
59	Swee Waxbill	Coccopygia melanotis	MW,SLNP	BC
60	Black-tailed Waxbill	Glaucestrilda perreini	KSK,MW,NLNP NWR	BC
61	Locustfinch	Paludipasser locustella	Many	BC
62	Green Indigobird	Vidua codringtoni	KFLT,NRC,SLNP	BC
63	Fuelleborn's Longclaw	Macronyx fuelleborni	Many	BC
64	Grimwood's Longclaw	Macronyx grimwoodi		BC
65	Black-faced Canary	Crithagra capistratus	KSK,NWR	BC

 

 *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

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

BIRDING LOCALES

• Bangweulu Wetlands (BW)
• Barotse Floodplain (BFP)
• Batoka Gorge (BG)
• Kafue Flats (KFLT)
• Kafue National Park (KNP)
• Kasanka National Park (KSK)
• Lower Zambesi National Park (LZNP)
• Mutinondo Wilderness (MW)
• Nchila Wildlife Reserve (NWR)
• Nkanga River Area (NRC)
• North Luangwa National Park (NLNP)
• South Luangwa National Park (SLNP)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	1
NE	Near Endemic	2
CR	Critically Endangered	2
EN	Endangered	6
BC	Best Seen in This Country	54
AT	Always a Target	0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.