Checklist for Zimbabwe

eBird Field Checklist

Zimbabwe

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633 species (+97 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Wood Duck

Garganey

Blue-billed Teal

Cape Shoveler

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Mallard

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

dabbling duck sp.

Southern Pochard

Maccoa Duck

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Southern Crested Guineafowl

Indian Peafowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Blue Quail

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

old world quail sp.

Red-billed Spurfowl

Natal Spurfowl

Swainson's Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Delegorgue's Pigeon

Columba sp.

Lemon Dove

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Double-banded Sandgrouse

Burchell's Sandgrouse

Bustards

Kori Bustard

Denham's Bustard

Red-crested Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

bustard sp.

Turacos

Livingstone's Turaco

Schalow's Turaco

Purple-crested Turaco

Gray Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

Senegal Coucal

Coppery-tailed Coucal

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

coucal sp.

Green Malkoha

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Lesser Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Madagascar Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

African/Common Cuckoo

Cuculus sp.

Nightjars

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Eurasian Nightjar

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus sp.

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail

Bat-like Spinetail

Scarce Swift

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

African Palm Swift

large swift sp.

small swift sp.

swift sp.

Flufftails

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

Streaky-breasted Flufftail

Striped Flufftail

flufftail sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Corn Crake

African Crake

Spotted Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Striped Crake

Black Crake

Baillon's Crake

rail/crake sp.

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Wattled Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Black-bellied Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

White-crowned Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Caspian Plover

Kittlitz's Plover

Chestnut-banded Plover

White-fronted Plover

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

Whimbrel

Black-tailed Godwit

Great Snipe

African Snipe

snipe sp.

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Sanderling

Little Stint

peep sp.

Small Buttonquail

Black-rumped Buttonquail

Bronze-winged Courser

Three-banded Courser

Double-banded Courser

Temminck's Courser

courser sp.

Rock Pratincole

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

pratincole sp.

shorebird sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

gull sp.

African Skimmer

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias sp.

Storks

African Openbill

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.

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Great Bittern

Dwarf Bittern

Little 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

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

ibis sp.

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

Cape Griffon

White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon

Gyps sp.

old world vulture sp.

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Fasciated Snake-Eagle

Banded Snake-Eagle

snake-eagle sp.

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

Aquila sp.

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Pale Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

African Goshawk

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Red-necked Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

African Grass-Owl

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Cape Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pel's Fishing-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

African Barred Owlet

African Wood-Owl

Marsh Owl

owl sp.

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

Red-faced Mousebird

mousebird sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Crowned Hornbill

Bradfield's Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus sp.

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

hornbill sp.

Kingfishers

Half-collared Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

kingfisher sp.

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Racket-tailed Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

roller sp.

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Crested Barbet

White-eared Barbet

Whyte's Barbet

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

tinkerbird sp.

Pied Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

african barbet sp.

Honeyguides

Green-backed Honeyguide

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Pallid Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

honeyguide sp.

Woodpeckers

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Olive Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Bennett's Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Rock Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Dickinson's Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Red-footed Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eleonora's Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Taita Falcon

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Lilian's Lovebird

Domestic lovebird sp. (Domestic type)

lovebird sp.

Brown-necked Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

Brown-headed Parrot

parrot sp.

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Old World Pittas

African Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

White-breasted Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Golden Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

old world oriole sp.

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Cape Batis

Cape/Malawi Batis

Woodwards' Batis

Chinspot Batis

Pale Batis

batis sp.

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Retz's Helmetshrike

Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Black-backed Puffback

puffback sp.

Marsh Tchagra

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

tchagra sp.

Tropical Boubou

Gabon Boubou

Southern Boubou

Crimson-breasted Gonolek

boubou sp.

Bokmakierie

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Olive Bushshrike

Black-fronted Bushshrike

Four-colored Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

bushshrike sp.

Drongos

Square-tailed Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Crested Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Magpie Shrike

Southern Fiscal

shrike sp.

White-crowned Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven

crow/raven sp.

Hyliotas

Southern Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Rufous-bellied Tit

Southern Black-Tit

Miombo Tit

Ashy Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

African Penduline-Tit

Southern Penduline-Tit

Larks

Dusky Lark

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark

Sabota Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

Monotonous Lark

Melodious Lark

Mirafra sp.

Red-capped Lark

lark sp.

Nicators

Eastern Nicator

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Red-faced Crombec

Cape Crombec

crombec sp.

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cape Grassbird

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Greencap Eremomela

Burnt-neck Eremomela

Roberts's Warbler

Stierling's Wren-Warbler

Miombo/Stierling's Wren-Warbler

Barred Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Bar-throated Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Black-headed Apalis

Chirinda Apalis

apalis sp.

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Black-chested Prinia

Red-winged Prinia

prinia sp.

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Rock-loving Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Tinkling Cisticola

Wailing Cisticola

Luapula Cisticola

Chirping Cisticola

Rufous-winged Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Piping Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Pale-crowned Cisticola

Wing-snapping Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

African Yellow-Warbler

Olive-tree Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Basra Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Greater Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

River Warbler

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Barratt's Warbler

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Black Sawwing

Gray-rumped Swallow

Mascarene Martin

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Riparia sp.

Rock Martin

Montane Blue Swallow

Pearl-breasted Swallow

Barn Swallow

White-throated Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Western/Siberian House-Martin

Greater Striped Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

South African Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Stripe-cheeked Greenbul

Tiny Greenbul

Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Terrestrial Brownbul

greenbul sp.

Common Bulbul

Black-fronted Bulbul

Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler

Bush Warblers and Allies

Livingstone's Flycatcher

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

Chestnut-vented Warbler

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Southern Yellow White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Arrow-marked Babbler

Southern Pied-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

Common Myna

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Black-bellied Starling

Burchell's Starling

Meves's Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Cape Starling

Lamprotornis sp.

Thrushes

Orange Ground-Thrush

Groundscraper Thrush

Kurrichane Thrush

Olive Thrush

Turdus sp.

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa sp.

Marico Flycatcher

Bradornis sp.

Muscicapa/Bradornis sp.

Pale Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

Bearded Scrub-Robin

Kalahari Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

scrub-robin sp.

Cape Robin-Chat

White-throated Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

robin-chat sp.

Collared Palm-Thrush

White-starred Robin

Swynnerton's Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Collared Flycatcher

Miombo Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

African Stonechat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Arnot's Chat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Boulder Chat

Sugarbirds

Gurney's Sugarbird

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Plain-backed Sunbird

Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Eastern Miombo Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Shelley's Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

White-breasted Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Copper 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

Southern Brown-throated Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Southern Masked-Weaver

Village Weaver

Forest Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Red-collared Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes sp.

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Magpie Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Green-backed Twinspot

Red-faced Crimsonwing

Black-faced Waxbill

Black-tailed Waxbill

Common Waxbill

waxbill sp.

Quailfinch

Locustfinch

Cut-throat

Red-headed Finch

Zebra Waxbill

Violet-eared Waxbill

Southern Cordonbleu

Lesser Seedcracker

Green-winged Pytilia

Orange-winged Pytilia

Peters's Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

Brown Firefinch

firefinch sp.

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Shaft-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Variable Indigobird

Purple Indigobird

Green Indigobird

Vidua sp.

Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Cape Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

Passer sp.

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

wagtail sp.

African Pipit

Woodland Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Buffy Pipit

Striped Pipit

Tree Pipit

Bush Pipit

pipit sp.

Orange-throated Longclaw

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

longclaw sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Black-throated Canary

Lemon-breasted Seedeater

Brimstone Canary

Black-eared Seedeater

Streaky-headed Seedeater

Cape Canary

Old World Buntings

Cabanis's Bunting

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cape Bunting

Lark-like Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.