Checklist for Midlands, ZW

eBird Field Checklist

Midlands, ZW

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359 species (+12 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Blue-billed Teal

African Black Duck

Red-billed Duck

Southern Pochard

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Southern Crested Guineafowl

Indian Peafowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Harlequin Quail

Natal Spurfowl

Swainson's Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Grebes

Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Double-banded Sandgrouse

Bustards

Kori Bustard

Red-crested Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Purple-crested Turaco

Gray Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

Senegal Coucal

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Nightjars

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Eurasian Nightjar

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

Bat-like Spinetail

Common Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Black Crake

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Three-banded Plover

Blacksmith Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

Common Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Small Buttonquail

Bronze-winged Courser

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Whiskered Tern

Storks

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Long-tailed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Dwarf Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Egret

Striated Heron

Squacco Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Yellow-billed Egret

Gray Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Cape Griffon

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

African Goshawk

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

hawk sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

African Barred Owlet

African Wood-Owl

Mousebirds

Red-faced Mousebird

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Bradfield's Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Racket-tailed Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Crested Barbet

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Pied Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

Honeyguides

Lesser Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Bennett's Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Rock Kestrel

Dickinson's Kestrel

Amur Falcon

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Brown-necked Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Old World Pittas

African Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

White-breasted Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

African Golden Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Chinspot Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Retz's Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

tchagra sp.

Tropical Boubou

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Magpie Shrike

Southern Fiscal

White-crowned Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Southern Black-Tit

Ashy Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

African Penduline-Tit

Larks

Sabota Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

Monotonous Lark

lark sp.

Nicators

Eastern Nicator

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Red-faced Crombec

Cape Crombec

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Greencap Eremomela

Burnt-neck Eremomela

Stierling's Wren-Warbler

Miombo/Stierling's Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Bar-throated Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Black-chested Prinia

Red-faced Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Piping Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Pale-crowned Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Black Sawwing

Gray-rumped Swallow

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Rock Martin

Pearl-breasted Swallow

Barn Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Terrestrial Brownbul

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler

Bush Warblers and Allies

Livingstone's Flycatcher

Sylviid Warblers

Chestnut-vented Warbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Southern Yellow White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Arrow-marked Babbler

Southern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Common Myna

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Meves's Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Cape Starling

Thrushes

Groundscraper Thrush

Kurrichane Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Marico Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

Bearded Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

White-throated Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

robin-chat sp.

Miombo Rock-Thrush

African Stonechat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Capped Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Boulder Chat

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Collared Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Eastern Miombo Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

White-breasted Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

Scaly Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

Holub's Golden-Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Southern Masked-Weaver

Village Weaver

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Red-collared Widowbird

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Black-faced Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Cut-throat

Zebra Waxbill

Violet-eared Waxbill

Southern Cordonbleu

Green-winged Pytilia

Peters's Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Shaft-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

Buffy Pipit

Striped Pipit

Bush Pipit

Orange-throated Longclaw

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Black-throated Canary

Brimstone Canary

Black-eared Seedeater

Streaky-headed Seedeater

Old World Buntings

Cabanis's Bunting

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cape Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting