ZAMBIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 337 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 336 |
| # 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 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota |
| 7 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| 8 | Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma |
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| 9 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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| 10 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena |
| 11 | Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui |
| 12 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus |
| 13 | Natal Spurfowl | Pternistis natalensis |
| 14 | Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii |
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| 15 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 16 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 17 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 18 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 19 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 20 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 21 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 22 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 23 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor |
| 24 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi |
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| 25 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 26 | Coppery-tailed Coucal | Centropus cupreicaudus |
| 27 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis |
| 28 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 29 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 30 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 31 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| 32 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
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| 33 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
| 34 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
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| 35 | Bat-like Spinetail | Neafrapus boehmi |
| 36 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus |
| 37 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| 38 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 39 | Horus Swift | Apus horus |
| 40 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 41 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 42 | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens |
| 43 | Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata |
| 44 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 45 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis |
| 46 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
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| 47 | African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis |
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| 48 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| 49 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
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| 50 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
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| 51 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 52 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
| 53 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| 54 | White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps |
| 55 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| 56 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| 57 | Brown-chested Lapwing | Vanellus superciliosus |
| 58 | Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius |
| 59 | White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus |
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| 60 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 61 | Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis |
| 62 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
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| 63 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
| 64 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 65 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 66 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 67 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 68 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 69 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax |
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| 70 | Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis |
| 71 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
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| 72 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| 73 | African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris |
| 74 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 75 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
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| 76 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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| 77 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 78 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
| 79 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii |
| 80 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| 81 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| 82 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 83 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
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| 84 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
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| 85 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| 86 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
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| 87 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 88 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 89 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 90 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
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| 91 | (Dwarf Bittern) | Botaurus sturmii |
| 92 | Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus |
| 93 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 94 | Slaty Egret | Egretta vinaceigula |
| 95 | Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca |
| 96 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 97 | White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus |
| 98 | Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla |
| 99 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris |
| 100 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 101 | /Western Cattle-Egret/ | Bubulcus ibis |
| 102 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 103 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 104 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 105 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 106 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 107 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
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| 108 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 109 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
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| 110 | #Great White Pelican# | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
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| 111 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
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| 112 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 113 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 114 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 115 | African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides |
| 116 | /European Honey-buzzard/ | Pernis apivorus |
| 117 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 118 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 119 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 120 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 121 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 122 | Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| 123 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 124 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 125 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| 126 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 127 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 128 | |Wahlberg's Eagle| | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 129 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 130 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii |
| 131 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 132 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| 133 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 134 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| 135 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 136 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 137 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 138 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii |
| 139 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus |
| 140 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 141 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis |
| 142 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| 143 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 144 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 145 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
| 146 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 147 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 148 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| 149 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli |
| 150 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| 151 | African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense |
| 152 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
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| 153 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus |
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| 154 | Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
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| 155 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 156 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
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| 157 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| 158 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 159 | Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi |
| 160 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 161 | Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris |
| 162 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas |
| 163 | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
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| 164 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| 165 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 166 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
| 167 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus |
| 168 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
| 169 | (Southern Carmine Bee-eater) | Merops nubicoides |
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| 170 | Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata |
| 171 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 172 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 173 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 174 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| 175 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 176 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 177 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 178 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
| 179 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 180 | &Purple Rollerl | Coracias naevius |
| 181 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
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| 182 | Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
| 183 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| 184 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus |
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| 185 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 186 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
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| 187 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus |
| 188 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 189 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii |
| 190 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
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| 191 | Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni |
| 192 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo |
| 193 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| 194 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| 195 | Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha |
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| 196 | Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus fuscicollis |
| 197 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
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| 198 | White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis |
| 199 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
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| 200 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus |
| 201 | African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| 202 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
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| 203 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
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| 204 | White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| 205 | Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii |
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| 206 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 207 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 208 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 209 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 210 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 211 | Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor |
| 212 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
| 213 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
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| 214 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 215 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 216 | Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleuca |
| 217 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio |
| 218 | |Lesser Gray Shrike| | Lanius minor |
| 219 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
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| 220 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 221 | Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger |
| 222 | Rufous-bellied Tit | Melaniparus rufiventris |
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| 223 | Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans |
| 224 | &Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Larkl | Eremopterix leucotis |
| 225 | Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea |
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| 226 | Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis |
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| 227 | Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
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| 228 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 229 | Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops |
| 230 | Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis |
| 231 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 232 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 233 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 234 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 235 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 236 | Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla |
| 237 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
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| 238 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| 239 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 240 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
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| 241 | Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala |
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| 242 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| 243 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta |
| 244 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 245 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia |
| 246 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 247 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata |
| 248 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 249 | White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis |
| 250 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 251 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 252 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 253 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa |
| 254 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
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| 255 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 256 | Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris |
| 257 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| 258 | \Black-fronted Bulbul\ | Pycnonotus nigricans |
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| 259 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
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| 260 | Livingstone's Flycatcher | Erythrocercus livingstonei |
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| 261 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin |
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| 262 | Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni |
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| 263 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
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| 264 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
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| 265 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| 266 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 267 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 268 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis |
| 269 | Meves's Starling | Lamprotornis mevesii |
| 270 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| 271 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens |
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| 272 | Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana |
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| 273 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| 274 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata |
| 275 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis |
| 276 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 277 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbeus |
| 278 | Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens |
| 279 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| 280 | Bearded Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon quadrivirgata |
| 281 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 282 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 283 | Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata |
| 284 | /Thrush Nightingale/ | Luscinia luscinia |
| 285 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| 286 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| 287 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris |
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| 288 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 289 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| 290 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 291 | Shelley's Sunbird | Cinnyris shelleyi |
| 292 | Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus |
| 293 | White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala |
| 294 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| 295 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus |
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| 296 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons |
| 297 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 298 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 299 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 300 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 301 | Southern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus xanthopterus |
| 302 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 303 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| 304 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 305 | &Red-billed Queleal | Quelea quelea |
| 306 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 307 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| 308 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| 309 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
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| 310 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 311 | Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava |
| 312 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 313 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| 314 | &Cut-throatl | Amadina fasciata |
| 315 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina |
| 316 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| 317 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 318 | Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra |
| 319 | Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus |
| 320 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 321 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
| 322 | Brown Firefinch | Lagonosticta nitidula |
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| 323 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 324 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 325 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| 326 | Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens |
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| 327 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 328 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| 329 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus |
| 330 | Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis superciliaris |
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| 331 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| 332 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| 333 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
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| 334 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
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| 335 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 336 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| 337 | Cabanis's Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi |
*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 | 28 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 3 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 4 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
| V | Vulnerable | 5 |
| 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.