BATOKA GORGE
ZAMBIA
LOCALE
| # Species*: | 163 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 163 |
| # Endemics*: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 0 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
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 |
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| 2 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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| 3 | Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptera shelleyi |
| 4 | Natal Spurfowl | Pternistis natalensis |
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| 5 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 6 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 7 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 8 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 9 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 10 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus |
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| 11 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor |
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| 12 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 13 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 14 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 15 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
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| 16 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
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| 17 | \Alpine Swift\ | Tachymarptis melba |
| 18 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| 19 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus |
| 20 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| 21 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 22 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 23 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 24 | White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps |
| 25 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
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| 26 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 27 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 28 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
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| 29 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus |
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| 30 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 31 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
| 32 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| 33 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
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| 34 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
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| 35 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
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| 36 | (Dwarf Bittern) | Botaurus sturmii |
| 37 | Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla |
| 38 | /Western Cattle-Egret/ | Bubulcus ibis |
| 39 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
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| 40 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 41 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 42 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 43 | African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides |
| 44 | /European Honey-buzzard/ | Pernis apivorus |
| 45 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 46 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 47 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 48 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 49 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 50 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| 51 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 52 | |Wahlberg's Eagle| | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 53 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 54 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| 55 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 56 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| 57 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 58 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 59 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii |
| 60 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus |
| 61 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 62 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 63 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 64 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
| 65 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 66 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 67 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 68 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
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| 69 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus |
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| 70 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 71 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
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| 72 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 73 | Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi |
| 74 | Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris |
| 75 | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
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| 76 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| 77 | Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus |
| 78 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
| 79 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
| 80 | (Southern Carmine Bee-eater) | Merops nubicoides |
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| 81 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| 82 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| 83 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 84 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 85 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
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| 86 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| 87 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus |
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| 88 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 89 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
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| 90 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 91 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
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| 92 | Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni |
| 93 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| 94 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor |
| 95 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo |
| 96 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| 97 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| 98 | Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha |
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| 99 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
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| 100 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
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| 101 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
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| 102 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 103 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 104 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 105 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 106 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
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| 107 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 108 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 109 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 110 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis |
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| 111 | Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger |
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| 112 | Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina |
| 113 | Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea |
| 114 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
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| 115 | Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
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| 116 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 117 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 118 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 119 | Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans |
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| 120 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| 121 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 122 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 123 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 124 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 125 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
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| 126 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 127 | Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris |
| 128 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 129 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
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| 130 | Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni |
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| 131 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 132 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 133 | Meves's Starling | Lamprotornis mevesii |
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| 134 | Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana |
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| 135 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata |
| 136 | Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens |
| 137 | Bearded Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon quadrivirgata |
| 138 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 139 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 140 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| 141 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris |
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| 142 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 143 | White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala |
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| 144 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 145 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 146 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| 147 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea |
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| 148 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 149 | <Cut-throat> | Amadina fasciata |
| 150 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| 151 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 152 | Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus |
| 153 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 154 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
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| 155 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus |
| 156 | Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis superciliaris |
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| 157 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| 158 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| 159 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 160 | Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris |
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| 161 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
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| 162 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 163 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
*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 | 12 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 3 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 2 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 3 |
| V | Vulnerable | 3 |
| EN | Endangered | 2 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
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.
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