Checklist for Zimbabwe

eBird Field Checklist

Zimbabwe

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560 species (+28 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year

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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

Blue-billed Teal

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

Southern Pochard

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Southern Crested Guineafowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Blue Quail

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Red-billed Spurfowl

Natal Spurfowl

Swainson's Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Delegorgue's Pigeon

Lemon Dove

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

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

Red-crested Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Livingstone's Turaco

Schalow's Turaco

Purple-crested Turaco

Gray Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

Senegal Coucal

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

coucal sp.

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Lesser Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Nightjars

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Eurasian Nightjar

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

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

African Palm Swift

small swift sp.

swift sp.

Flufftails

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

Streaky-breasted Flufftail

Striped Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Corn Crake

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Striped Crake

Black Crake

Baillon's Crake

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Wattled Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

White-crowned Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Kittlitz's Plover

White-fronted Plover

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

African Snipe

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Ruff

Little Stint

Small Buttonquail

Black-rumped Buttonquail

Bronze-winged Courser

Three-banded Courser

Temminck's Courser

Rock Pratincole

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

Black-winged/Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

African Skimmer

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

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

Pink-backed Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

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

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

Steppe Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Pale Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

harrier sp.

African Goshawk

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

Owls

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

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

Red-faced Mousebird

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

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

Kingfishers

Half-collared Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed 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

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

Honeyguides

Green-backed Honeyguide

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Pallid Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal 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

Sooty Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Taita Falcon

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Lilian's Lovebird

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

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Cape Batis

Cape/Malawi Batis

Chinspot Batis

Pale Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Retz's Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Black-backed Puffback

puffback sp.

Marsh Tchagra

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Southern Boubou

Crimson-breasted Gonolek

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Olive Bushshrike

Black-fronted Bushshrike

Four-colored Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

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

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

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

Chirinda Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Black-chested Prinia

Red-winged Prinia

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Rock-loving Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Tinkling Cisticola

Wailing Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Piping Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Pale-crowned Cisticola

Wing-snapping Cisticola

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

Grassbirds and Allies

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Barratt's Warbler

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Black Sawwing

Gray-rumped Swallow

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Montane Blue 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

South African Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Stripe-cheeked Greenbul

Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Terrestrial Brownbul

Common Bulbul

Black-fronted Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler

Bush Warblers and Allies

Livingstone's Flycatcher

Sylviid Warblers

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

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Common Myna

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Burchell's Starling

Meves's Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Cape Starling

Thrushes

Orange Ground-Thrush

Groundscraper Thrush

Kurrichane Thrush

Olive Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Marico Flycatcher

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

Collared Palm-Thrush

White-starred Robin

Swynnerton's Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Collared Flycatcher

Miombo Rock-Thrush

African Stonechat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Arnot's Chat

Capped Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Boulder Chat

Sugarbirds

Gurney's Sugarbird

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Eastern Miombo Sunbird

Marico 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

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Southern Masked-Weaver

Village Weaver

Forest Weaver

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Red-collared Widowbird

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

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Zebra Waxbill

Violet-eared Waxbill

Southern Cordonbleu

Green-winged Pytilia

Orange-winged Pytilia

Peters's Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

Brown Firefinch

firefinch 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

Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

Woodland Pipit

Buffy Pipit

Striped Pipit

Tree Pipit

Orange-throated Longclaw

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

longclaw sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Black-throated Canary

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