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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Zambia

Cumulative Checklist

with Rod Cassidy and a WINGS leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of two on which this species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2009 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2009 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard only
A B C D
2 Little Grebe 1 3 Tachybaptus ruficollis
2 African Darter 3 6 Anhinga rufa
1 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
2 Reed Cormorant 8 200 Phalacrocorax africanus
2 Grey Heron 5 4 Ardea cinerea
2 Black-headed Heron 3 2 Ardea melanocephalus
2 Purple Heron 3 1 Ardea purpurea
2 Cattle Egret 11 100 Bubulcus ibis
2 Great Egret 5 10 Casmerodius albus
2 Yellow-billed Egret 2 20 Egretta intermedia
2 Little Egret 3 2 Egretta garzetta
1 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
2 Striated Heron 2 1 Butorides striatus
1 Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Hamerkop 6 3 Scopus umbretta
1 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
2 African Openbill 4 50 Anastomus lamelligerus
1 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
2 Woolly-necked Stork 1 1 Ciconia episcopus
1 European White Stork 3 4 Ciconia ciconia
2 Saddle-billed Stork 1 2 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
2 Marabou 3 15 Leptoptilos crumeniferus
1 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
2 Hadada Ibis 1 1 Bostrychia hagedasha
2 Glossy Ibis 1 1 Plegadis falcinellus
1 Rufous Bellied Heron 2 1 Ardeola rufiventris
1 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
2 White-faced Whistling-duck 4 30 Dendrocygna vidua
1 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
2 Egyptian Goose 2 10 Alopochen aegyptiacus
2 Spur-winged Goose 1 1 Plectropterus gambensis
2 Comb Duck 4 100 Sarkidiornis melanotis
1 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
1 Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhynchus
1 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
2 Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus
1 African Baza Aviceda cuculoides
1 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
2 Black-shouldered Kite 3 2 Elanus caeruleus
2 Yellow-billed Kite 8 10 Milvus aegyptius
2 African Fish-Eagle 2 1 Haliaeetus vocifer
1 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
2 African White-backed Vulture 2 3 Gyps africanus
2 Black-chested Snake-Eagle 3 2 Circaetus pectoralis
2 Brown Snake-Eagle 3 2 Circaetus cinereus
2 Bateleur 4 2 Terathopius ecaudatus
1 Dark Chanting-goshawk Melierax metabates
1 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar
2 Lizard Buzzard 5 2 Kaupifalco monogramicus
2 African Marsh Harrier 1 1 Circus ranivorus
2 African Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter tachiro
1 Shikra Accipiter badius
1 African Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
2 Buzzard 2 1 Buteo buteo
1 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
2 Tawny Eagle 2 2 Aquila rapax
2 Wahlberg's Eagle 3 2 Aquila wahlbergi
1 African Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus spilogastur
1 Long-crested Eagle 1 1 Lophaetus occipitalis
1 Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
2 Amur Falcon 2 15 Falco amurensis
1 Hobby Falco subbuteo
1 African Hobby Falco cuvierii
1 Lanner Falco biarmicus
1 Peregrine Falco peregrinus
2 Red-necked Francolin 1 10 Francolinus afer
2 Swainson's Francolin 1 10 Francolinus swainsonii
1 Natal Francolin 2 1 Francolinus natalensis
1 Crested Guinea Fowl 1 2 Guttera pucherani
1 Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena
1 Shelley's Francolin Francolinus shelleyi
2 Coqui Francolin H Francolinus coqui
1 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorgui
2 Helmeted Guineafowl 5 10 Numida meleagris
1 African Crake 1 1 Crecopsis egregia
2 African Black Crake 3 2 Amaurornis flavirostrus
1 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
1 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
1 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
2 African Finfoot 1 1 Podica senegalensis
1 Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
1 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
2 Lesser African Jacana 1 4 Microparra capensis
2 African Jacana 6 12 Actophilornis africanus
1 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
1 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
2 Water Thick-knee 1 3 Burhinus vermiculatus
1 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temmincki
2 Heuglin's Courser 1 1 Rhinoptilus cinctus
2 Collared Pratincole 1 9 Glareola pratincola
2 Rock Pratincole 1 30 Glareola nuchalis
1 Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
2 White-headed Lapwing 1 6 Vanellus albiceps
2 African Wattled Lapwing 4 4 Vanellus senegallus
2 Blacksmith Lapwing 1 6 Anitibyx armatus
1 Forbes's Banded Plover Charadrius forbesi
2 Three-banded Plover 2 6 Charadrius tricollaris
2 Greenshank 1 3 Tringa nebularia
2 Wood Sandpiper 4 3 Tringa glareola
2 Common Sandpiper 4 4 Actitis hypoleucos
1 Little Stint Calidris minuta
2 Ruff 1 6 Philomachus pugnax
1 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
1 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
1 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
1 Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
2 Rock Dove 7 100 Columba livia
1 Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
2 Red-eyed Dove 5 50 Streptopelia semitorquata
2 Cape Turtle Dove 9 20 Streptopelia capicola
1 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
2 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove 12 10 Turtur chalcospilos
1 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
2 African Green-Pigeon 3 20 Treron calva
2 Meyer's Parrot 4 8 Poicephalus meyeri
2 Grey Go-away-bird 5 6 Corythaixoides concolor
2 Ross's Turaco 2 6 Musophaga rossae
1 Purple-crested Turaco H Tauraco porphyreolophus
2 Schalow's Turaco 5 2 Tauraco schalowi
2 Jacobin Cuckoo 3 2 Oxylophus jacobinus
2 Levaillant's Cuckoo H Oxylophus levaillantii
1 Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
2 Red-chested Cuckoo 9 1 H Cuculus solitarius
2 Black Cuckoo 5 1 H Cuculus clamosus
2 African Cuckoo 1 1 Cuculus gularis
1 Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
2 African Emerald Cuckoo 7 2 Chrysococcyx cupreus
2 Klaas's Cuckoo 1 1 Chrysococcyx klaas
2 Diederik Cuckoo 2 1 Chrysococcyx caprius
1 Black Coucal Centropus grillii
2 Coppery-tailed Coucal 1 1 Centropus cupreicaudus
2 Senegal Coucal 3 2 Centropus senegalensis
2 White-browed Coucal 1 1 Centropus superciliosus
1 Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
1 African Scops-Owl 1 H Otus senegalensis
1 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
2 African Wood-Owl 1 1 Ciccaba woodfordii
1 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
2 Fiery-necked Nightjar 3 2 Caprimulgus pectoralis
2 Square-tailed Nightjar 1 3 Caprimulgus fossii
1 African Black Swift Apus barbatus
1 Common Swift Apus apus
2 Little Swift 3 20 Apus affinis
2 African White-rumped Swift 1 4 Apus caffer
2 Speckled Mousebird 1 1 Colius striatus
2 Red-faced Mousebird 1 2 Urocolius indicus
2 Narina's Trogon 2 4 Apaloderma narina
2 African Broadbill 2 1 H Smithornis capensis
1 African (Angola) Pitta Pitta angolensis
2 Giant Kingfisher 2 2 Megaceryle maxima
2 Lesser Pied Kingfisher 8 6 Ceryle rudis
2 Malachite Kingfisher 5 4 Alcedo cristata
1 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
2 Woodland Kingfisher 3 1 H Halcyon senegalensis
1 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
2 Brown-hooded Kingfisher 7 4 Halcyon albiventris
2 Striped Kingfisher 1 2 Halcyon chelicuti
2 White-fronted Bee-eater 3 10 Merops bullockoides
2 Little Bee-eater 8 7 Merops pusillus
1 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
2 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1 3 Merops persicus
2 European Bee-eater 9 20 Merops apiaster
1 Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
1 Roller Coracias garrulus
2 Lilac-breasted Roller 9 6 Coracias caudata
2 Racquet-tailed Roller 1 4 Coracias spatulata
2 African Broad-billed Roller 8 20 Eurystomus glaucurus
1 African Hoopoe Upupa africana
2 Green Woodhoopoe 2 15 Phoeniculus purpurureus
2 Common Scimitarbill 2 2 Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
2 Crowned Hornbill 2 2 Tockus alboterminatus
Bradfield's Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi
2 Pale-billed Hornbill 5 10 Tockus pallidirostris
2 African Grey Hornbill 3 6 Tockus nasutus
2 African Red-billed Hornbill 1 2 Tockus erythrorhynchus
2 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 1 2 Tockus leucomelas
2 Trumpeter Hornbill 5 4 Bycanistes bucinator
2 Southern Ground-Hornbill 3 6 Bucorvus leadbeateri
1 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
2 Lesser Honeyguide 3 2 H Indicator minor
1 Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
1 Anchieta's Barbet 2 4 Stactolaema anchietae
1 Whyte's Barbet 4 2 H Stactolaema whytii
2 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 4 2 H Pogoniulus chrysoconus
2 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird 1 1 Pogoniulus bilineatus
2 Miombo Barbet 2 2 Tricholaema frontatus
2 Black-collared Barbet 5 6 Lybius torquatus
2 Chaplin's Barbet 1 1 Lybius chaplini
2 Black-backed Barbet 3 3 Lybius minor
2 Crested Barbet 5 4 Trachyphonus vaillantii
2 Bennett's Woodpecker 3 2 Campethera bennetti
2 Golden-tailed Woodpecker 1 1 Campethera abingoni
2 Green-backed Woodpecker 2 2 Campethera cailliautii
2 Cardinal Woodpecker 4 4 Dendropicos fuscescens
2 Rufous-naped Lark 1 1 Mirafra africana
1 Angolan Lark Mirafra angolensis
1 Flappet Lark 3 1 H Mirafra rufocinnamomea
2 Brown-throated Sand-Martin 1 3 Riparia paludicola
1 Bearded Woodpecker 1 2 Thripias namaquus
1 Sand-Martin 1 1 Riparia riparia
1 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
1 Grey-rumped Swallow 1 3 Pseudhirundo griseopyga
2 Rock Martin 1 2 Hirundo fuligula
2 Barn Swallow 13 50 Hirundo rustica
2 Wire-tailed Swallow 1 15 Hirundo smithii
2 Lesser Striped Swallow 1 2 Hirundo abyssinica
2 Rufous-chested Swallow 7 10 Hirundo semirufa
2 Mosque Swallow 3 2 Hirundo senegalensis
1 Common House-Martin Delichon urbica
1 Eastern Saw-wing Psalidoprocne orietalis
2 Square-tailed Drongo 1 2 Dicrurus ludwigii
2 Common Drongo 11 10 Dicrurus adsimilis
2 White-breasted Cuckooshrike 3 4 Coracina pectoralis
2 Black Cuckooshrike 3 2 Campephaga flava
2 African Pied Crow 9 30 Corvus albus
2 African Golden Oriole 7 5 Oriolus auratus
2 African Black-headed Oriole 2 2 Oriolus larvatus
2 African Penduline-Tit 1 1 Anthoscopus caroli
2 Miombo Grey Tit 2 2 Melaniparus griseiventris
2 White-winged Black Tit 2 2 Melaniparus leucomelas
2 Rufous-bellied Tit 1 1 Aegithospiza rufiventris
2 Spotted Creeper 3 3 Salpornis spilonotus
2 Arrow-marked Babbler 2 6 Turdoides jardineii
2 Common Bulbul 14 50 Pycnonotus barbatus
1 Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
2 Yellow-bellied Greenbul 4 4 Chlorocichla flaviventris
2 Terrestrial Brownbul 3 4 Phyllastrephus terrestris
2 Grey-olive Greenbul 1 4 Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
2 Cabanis' Greenbul 2 1 H Phyllastrephus cabinisi
2 Eastern Nicator 3 1 H Nicator gularis
2 Kurrichane Thrush 6 6 Turdus libonyanus
1 African Thrush Turdus pelios
1 Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsipsirupa
2 Miombo Rock-Thrush 2 3 Monticola angolensis
1 Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush Neocossyphus fraseri
2 African Stonechat 2 1 Saxicola torquata
1 Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
2 Arnott's Chat 5 6 Myrmecocichla arnotti
2 White-browed Robinchat 4 3 H Cossypha heuglini
2 Red-capped Robinchat 1 1 Cossypha natalensis
2 Collared Palm Thrush 1 1 Cichladusa arquata
1 Miombo Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas barbatus
2 Eastern Bearded Scrub-Robin 1 2 Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
2 White-browed Scrub-Robin 3 2 Cercotrichas leucophrys
1 Grey-winged Akalat Sheppardia polioptera
1 Bocage's Akalat Sheppardia bocagei
1 Laura's Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus laurae
2 Willow-Warbler 3 2 Phylloscopus trochilus
1 Whitethroat Sylvia communis
2 Green-capped Eremomela 3 6 Eremomela scotops
2 Black-necked Eremomela 2 6 Eremomela atricollis
2 Sedge Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
1 Great Reed-Warbler 1 H Acrocephalus arundinaceus
2 Greater Swamp-Warbler 1 2 Acrocephalus rufescens
1 Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
2 African Moustached Warbler 3 2 Melocichla mentalis
2 Green-backed Camaroptera 2 3 Camaroptera brachyrus
2 Stierlings Wren-Warbler 5 2 H Calamonastes stierlingi
2 Red-capped Crombec 1 1 Sylvietta ruficapilla
2 Long-billed Crombec 3 1 Sylvietta rufescens
2 Yellow-bellied Hyliota 2 3 Hyliota flavigaster
2 Southern Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota australis
2 Yellow-breasted Apalis 3 2 Apalis flavida
2 Grey Apalis 2 2 Apalis cinerea
2 Red-faced Cisticola 8 6 Cisticola erythrops
2 Trilling Cisticola 4 3 Cisticola woosnami
2 Rattling Cisticola 4 2 Cisticola chinianus
1 Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
2 Croaking Cisticola 4 6 Cisticola natalensis
2 Siffling Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola brachypterus
2 Zitting Cisticola 2 1 Cisticola juncidis
1 Cloud-scraping Cisticola Cisticola dambo
2 Tawny-flanked Prinia 9 6 Prinia subflava
2 White-chinned Prinia 1 3 Prinia leucopogon
2 Southern Black-Flycatcher 7 10 Melaenornis pammelaina
2 Yellow-breasted Tit 9 4 Parus flavipectus
2 2 10 Muscicapa boehmi
2 African Dusky Flycatcher 1 3 Muscicapa adusta
2 Ashy Flycatcher 2 3 Muscicapa caerulescens
2 Livingstone's Flycatcher 2 2 Erythrocercus livingstonia
2 African Paradise-Flycatcher 8 12 Terpsiphone viridis
2 African Yellow White-eye 3 4 Zosterops senegalensis
2 Margaret's Batis 1 1 Batis margaritae
2 Chinspot Batis 5 6 Batis molitor
2 Black-throated Wattle-Eye 1 2 Platysteira peltata
2 African Pied Wagtail 8 10 Motacilla aguimp
2 Fülleborn's Longclaw 1 2 Macronyx fuelleborni
2 Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
2 Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodii
2 Grassland Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
2 Woodland Pipit 1 1 Anthus nyassae
2 Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
2 Bush Pipit Anthus caffer
2 Magpie Shrike 1 3 Corvinella melanoleucus
2 Souza's Shrike 1 3 Lanius souzae
2 Red-backed Shrike 4 4 Lanius collurio
1 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
2 Common Fiscal 4 6 Lanius collaris
2 Tropical Boubou 8 2 Laniarius aethiopicus
2 Black-crowned Tchagra 1 1 Tchagra senegala
2 Brown-crowned Tchagra 1 1 Tchagra australis
2 Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike 3 1 Telophorus sulfureopectus
2 Grey-headed Bushshrike 3 H Malaconotus blanchoti
2 Brubru 5 2 Nilaus afer
2 Black-backed Puffback 11 3 Dryoscopus cubla
2 White Helmetshrike 4 20 Prionops plumatus
2 Retz's Helmetshrike 1 15 Prionops retzii
1 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinereus
2 Blue-eared Glossy-starling 2 10 Lamprotornis chalybaeus
2 Southern Blue-eared Glossy-Starling 3 50 Lamprotornis elisabeth
1 Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
2 Meves's Glossy-starling 1 20 Lamprotornis mevesii
2 Burchell's Glossy-starling 1 10 Lamprotornis australis
2 Sharp-tailed Glossy-Starling 2 30 Lamprotornis acuticaudus
2 Violet Starling 7 20 Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
1 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
1 Yellow-billed Oxpecker 1 4 Buphagus africanus
1 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
1 Western Violet-backed Sunbird 2 3 Anthreptes longuemarei
1 Collared Sunbird 5 6 Hedydipna collaris
1 Bannerman's Sunbird Cyanomitra bannermani
1 Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
2 Amethyst Sunbird 8 12 Chalcomitra amethystina
2 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 4 4 Chalcomitra senegalensis
1 Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
1 Coppery Sunbird 1 1 Cinnyris cupreus
2 Southern White-bellied Sunbird 1 1 Cinnyris talatala
2 Yellow-bellied Sunbird 1 1 Cinnyris venustus
2 House Sparrow 4 4 Passer domesticus
1 Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
2 Yellow-throated Petronia 1 1 Petronia superciliaris
1 Parasitic Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis
1 Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
1 Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
2 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 1 1 Plocepasser mahali
2 Chestnut-mantled Sparrow-Weaver 1 10 Plocepasser rufoscens
2 Lesser Masked-Weaver 4 50 Ploceus intermedius
2 Spectacled Weaver 1 2 Ploceus ocularis
2 Holub's Golden-Weaver 4 4 Ploceus xanthops
2 Southern Masked-Weaver 2 10 Ploceus velatus
2 Village Weaver 5 100 Ploceus cucullatus
2 Dark-backed Weaver 2 H Ploceus bicolor
2 Bar-winged Weaver 1 1 Ploceus angolensis
1 Red-headed Anaplectes 1 2 Anaplectes rubriceps
2 Red-headed Quelea 1 2 Quelea erythrops
2 Red-billed Quelea 1 6 Quelea quelea
1 Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
1 Southern Red Bishop 5 2 Euplectes orix
2 Yellow Bishop 4 5 Euplectes capensis
1 Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
1 Yellow-mantled Widowbird 4 6 Euplectes macrourus
1 Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
1 Red-collared Widowbird 5 10 Euplectes ardens
2 Pin-tailed Whydah 4 2 Vidua macroura
1 Eastern Paradise-Whydah 1 20 Vidua paradisaea
1 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
1 Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
2 Red-billed Firefinch 1 5 Lagonosticta senegala
1 African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
1 Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
2 Common Waxbill 4 15 Estrilda astrild
1 Common Grenadier 1 6 Uraeginthus granatina
2 Blue-cheeked Cordonbleu 6 6 Uraeginthus angolensis
2 Bronze Mannikin 9 20 Lonchura cucullata
1 Brown-backed Munia 2 20 Lonchura nigriceps
1 African Quailfinch 1 10 Ortygospiza atricollis
1 Common Locustfinch Ortygospiza locustella
2 Orange-winged Pytilia 1 7 Pytilia afra
1 Green-winged Pytilia 2 6 Pytilia melba
1 Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
2 Red-throated Twinspot 2 2 Hypargos niveoguttatus
1 Black-faced Canary Serinus capistratus
2 Yellow-fronted Canary 14 12 Serinus mozambicus
1 Southern Yellow-rumped Seedeater 1 2 Serinus atrogularis
2 Brimstone Serin 1 2 Serinus sulphuratus
1 Stripe-breasted Serin 2 6 Serinus reichardi
1 Black-eared (Mennel's) Serin Serinus mennelli
2 Golden-breasted Bunting 3 10 Emberiza flaviventris
2 Cabanis' Bunting 3 10 Emberiza cabanisi

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