eBird Field Checklist
North-Western, ZM
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553 species (+40 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
dabbling duck sp.
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl
Southern Crested Guineafowl
Coqui Francolin
White-throated Francolin
Shelley's Francolin
Whyte's Francolin
Blue Quail
Harlequin Quail
Natal Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Bronze-naped Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Turtur sp.
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Bustards
Denham's Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Schalow's Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Gray Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
Senegal Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
coucal sp.
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Bat-like Spinetail
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Flufftails
White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Striped Crake
Black Crake
Finfoots
African Finfoot
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Wattled Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Common Ringed Plover
Forbes's Plover
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
White-fronted Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Whimbrel
Jack Snipe
Great Snipe
African Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
peep sp.
Small Buttonquail
Black-rumped Buttonquail
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck's Courser
Rock Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged/Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
African Skimmer
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Storks
African Openbill
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.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
pelican sp.
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Slaty Egret
Black Heron
Little Egret
White-backed Night Heron
Striated Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Spot-breasted Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded 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
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
African Grass-Owl
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pel's Fishing-Owl
Vermiculated Fishing-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Black Scimitarbill
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Pale-billed Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Kingfishers
Half-collared Kingfisher
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
White-bellied Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Böhm's 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
Anchieta's Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Miombo Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Black-backed Barbet
Honeyguides
Green-backed Honeyguide
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
small honeyguide sp.
Pallid Honeyguide
Least Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
large honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Brown-eared Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Black-cheeked Lovebird
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
African and Green Broadbills
African Broadbill
Cuckooshrikes
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Boulton's Batis
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
African Shrike-flycatcher
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
tchagra sp.
Tropical Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Black-fronted Bushshrike
Four-colored Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
bushshrike sp.
Drongos
Square-tailed Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Crested Flycatcher
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Souza's Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Hyliotas
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Southern Hyliota
Fairy Flycatchers
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-winged Black-Tit
Rufous-bellied Tit
Southern Black-Tit
Miombo Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Larks
Dusky Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Angola Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
Nicators
Western Nicator
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-capped Crombec
Cape Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies
Salvadori's Eremomela
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Black-necked Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
White-chinned Prinia
Miombo Wren-Warbler
Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Buff-throated Apalis
Brown-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Red-faced Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Tinkling Cisticola
Luapula Cisticola
Chirping Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Cloud-scraping Cisticola
Pale-crowned Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
African Yellow-Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Bamboo Warbler
River Warbler
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Black-and-rufous Swallow
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Red-throated Swallow
South African Swallow
Petrochelidon sp.
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Black-collared Bulbul
Red-tailed Bristlebill
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Gray-olive Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Laura's Woodland-Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Garden Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Southern Yellow White-eye
Ground Babblers and Allies
Thrush Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Hartlaub's Babbler
Treecreepers
African Spotted Creeper
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Meves's Starling
Splendid Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Sharp-tailed Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush
Groundscraper Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Cassin's Flycatcher
Böhm's Flycatcher
Sooty Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Miombo Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
scrub-robin sp.
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Collared Palm-Thrush
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Bocage's Akalat
Collared Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Miombo Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Sooty Chat
Arnot's Chat
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Bannerman's Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Western Miombo Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Orange-tufted Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Bates's Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Bocage's Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Forest Weaver
Bar-winged Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Compact Weaver
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Marsh Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Green-backed Twinspot
Black-tailed Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Quailfinch
Locustfinch
Cut-throat
Zebra Waxbill
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Peters's Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Brown Firefinch
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Variable Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
Vidua sp.
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Woodland Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Striped Pipit
Tree Pipit
Short-tailed Pipit
pipit sp.
Fülleborn's Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Grimwood's Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-faced Canary
Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Black-eared Seedeater
Reichard's Seedeater
Old World Buntings
Cabanis's Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting