Zambia

SUB-REGION
Southern Africa

SIZE
752,618 km²

BIRDS AND BIRDING

SPECIES
Diversity
Strongly Afrotropical avifauna
Approximately 790 recorded species

Endemics (E)
Chaplin’s Barbet | Zambian Barbet (VU)
Black-cheeked Lovebird (VU)

Near-endemics (NE)
Shelley’s Sunbird

Birds best found in Zambia but occurring more widely (BT), including Zambezian endemics or near-endemics (Z)
Coppery-tailed Coucal (Z)
Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Long-toed Flufftail
Rufous-bellied Heron
Rufous-bellied Tit (Z)
Laura’s Woodland Warbler | Laura’s Warbler (Z)
Bamboo Warbler
Dambo Cisticola | Cloud-scraping Cisticola (Z)
Bar-winged Weaver (Z)
Red-throated Twinspot | Peters’s Twinspot (Z)
Grimwood’s Longclaw (Z)

Birds occurring in only two territories of the ABC region but not NE or BT (1/2)
Katanga Masked Weaver (Z)
Tanzanian Masked Weaver | Tanganyika Masked Weaver (Z)

More Zambezian endemics or near-endemics occurring in Zambia
Slaty Egret
Bradfield’s Hornbill
Pale-billed Hornbill
Racket-tailed Roller
Böhm’s Bee-eater
Whyte’s Barbet
Dickinson’s Kestrel
Lilian’s Lovebird | Nyasa Lovebird
Souza’s Shrike
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Blue-and-white Crested Flycatcher
Miombo Tit | Miombo Grey Tit
Red-throated Cliff Swallow | Red-throated Swallow
Red-capped Crombec
Tinkling Cisticola
Chirping Cisticola
Long-tailed Cisticola | Tabora Cisticola
Stierling’s Wren-Warbler
Hartlaub’s Babbler | Angola Babbler
Meves’s Starling | Southern Long-tailed Starling
Babbling Starling | White-winged Starling
Boulder Chat
Kurrichane Thrush
Miombo Scrub Robin | Central Bearded Scrub Robin
Collared Palm Thrush
Miombo Rock Thrush
Arnot’s Chat | White-headed Black Chat
Anchieta’s Sunbird | Red-and-blue Sunbird
Eastern Miombo Sunbird
Western Miombo Sunbird
Oustalet’s Sunbird
White-bellied Sunbird | White-breasted Sunbird
Olive-headed Weaver
Brown Firefinch
Zambezi Indigobird | Green Indigobird
Black-faced Canary

Proposed new species or splits not yet accepted by IOC
Chestnut-breasted Francolin (Z dewittei)
Crawshay’s Francolin (momboloensis/crawshayi)
African Quail (erlangeri)
Cranch’s Spurfowl (cranchii)
Usambara Nightjar (guttifer)
Black-faced Go-away-bird (leopoldi)
Barrow’s Bustard (mackenziei)
White-breasted Cormorant (lucidus)
Bar-fronted Owlet (ngamiense)
African Hoopoe (africana)
White-chested Tinkerbird (E makawai)
White-faced Barbet (BT Z macclounii)
Northern Olive Woodpecker (ruwenzori)
Grey-headed Parrot (B2 suahelicus)
East African Pitta (BT longipennis)
Perrin’s Bushshrike (viridis)
Anchieta’s Tchagra (anchietae)
Clancey’s Drongo (apivorus)
Cinnamon-breasted Tit (Z pallidiventris)
Placid Greenbul (placidus)
Dark-capped Bulbul (layardi/tricolor)
Eastern Saw-wing (orientalis)
African Reed Warbler (cinnamomeus/hallae)
Zambian Yellow Warbler (BT bensoni)
“Mafinga” Warbler
Lazy Cisticola (nyika)
Rufous-crowned Cisticola (awemba)
Angola Cisticola (angolensis)
Eastern Buff-throated Apalis (nigrescens)
Salvadori’s Eremomela (Z salvadorii )
Miombo Blue-eared Starling (Z elisabeth)
Northern Olive-flanked Ground Robin | Rusty-flanked Robin-Chat (macclounii)
Stuhlmann’s Weaver (sharpii/nyikae)
Southern Red-headed Weaver (rubriceps)
Black-fronted Red Bishop (nigrifons)
Red-backed Mannikin (nigriceps/woltersi)
Spectacled Quailfinch | African Quailfinch (muelleri/ESS smithersi)
Black-chinned Quailfinch (fuscata)
Benguela Seedeater (benguellensis)
Vincent’s Bunting (vincenti)
Three-streaked Bunting (cognominata/orientalis)

National bird
African Fish Eagle | Cembe

MAIN HABITATS
Miombo woodland, dambo grasslands, mopane woodland, evergreen forest, montane forest and grassland, moist savanna

BIRD AREAS
Tanzania – Malawi mountains Endemic Bird Area
North-west Zambia Secondary Area (SA)
South-west Tanzanian swamps SA
Southern Zambia SA
42 Important Bird Areas

BIRDING SITES
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Siloka Island and Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park (NP) for Dickinson’s Kestrel, Meves’s Starling, Collared Palm Thrush, White-bellied Sunbird and Red-throated Twinspot, waterbirds including White-backed Duck, African Finfoot, White-crowned Lapwing, Rock Pratincole, African Skimmer, Saddle-billed Stork, Goliath Heron and Pink-backed Pelican, Schalow’s Turaco, African Emerald Cuckoo, Half-collared Kingfisher, Monotonous Lark, Bearded Scrub Robin, Cut-throat Finch and Mountain Wagtail, as well as more common or widespread birds such as White-faced Whistling Duck, Spur-winged Goose, Egyptian Goose, Helmeted Guineafowl (mitratus), Harlequin Quail, Swainson’s Spurfowl (swainsonii), Square-tailed Nightjar (weltwitschii), African Palm Swift, Grey Go-away-bird, Senegal Coucal, White-browed Coucal, Levaillant’s Cuckoo, Jacobin Cuckoo, Diederik Cuckoo, Double-banded Sandgrouse, Red-eyed Dove, Ring-necked Dove, Laughing Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Namaqua Dove, African Green Pigeon (schalowi), Black Crake, Common Buttonquail, Water Thick-knee, Black-winged Stilt, Three-banded Plover, Blacksmith Lapwing, African Wattled Lapwing, African Jacana, African Openbill, Marabou Stork, Yellow-billed Stork, African Darter, Reed Cormorant, Great Cormorant (lucidus), African Sacred Ibis, Hadada Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black Heron, Little Egret, Little Heron, Squacco Heron, Great Egret, Yellow-billed Egret, Western Cattle Egret, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Black-headed Heron, Hamerkop, Osprey, African Harrier-Hawk, White-headed Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, Hooded Vulture, White-backed Vulture, Bateleur, Western Banded Snake Eagle, African Hawk-Eagle, Gabar Goshawk, Lizard Buzzard, Little Sparrowhawk, Shikra, Yellow-billed Kite, African Fish Eagle, Red-faced Mousebird, Common Hoopoe (africana), Green Wood Hoopoe, Common Scimitarbill, Southern Red-billed Hornbill, African Grey Hornbill, Trumpeter Hornbill, Purple Roller, Lilac-breasted Roller, Broad-billed Roller, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Striped Kingfisher, Woodland Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Little Bee-eater, White-fronted Bee-eater, Crested Barbet (vaillantii), Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (extoni), Black-collared Barbet (bocagei), Lesser Honeyguide, Bennett’s Woodpecker (capricorni), Golden-tailed Woodpecker (abingoni), Bearded Woodpecker (namaquus), Cardinal Woodpecker (centralis), Brown-necked Parrot (suahelicus), Meyer’s Parrot (transvaalensis), Chinspot Batis (palliditergum), Grey-headed Bushshrike (hypopyrrhus), Orange-breasted Bushshrike, Brown-crowned Tchagra (rhodesiensis), Black-crowned Tchagra (kalahari), Black-backed Puffback (okavangensis), Tropical Boubou (mossambicus), Brubru (brubru), White-crested Helmetshrike, Retz’s Helmetshrike (retzii), Black Cuckooshrike, African Golden Oriole, Black-headed Oriole, Fork-tailed Drongo (apivorus), African Paradise Flycatcher, Pied Crow, Southern Black Tit (xanthostomus), Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Terrestrial Brownbul, Common Bulbul (layardi), Wire-tailed Swallow, Lesser Striped Swallow, Long-billed Crombec (pallida), Rattling Cisticola (chiniana), Tawny-flanked Prinia (bechuanae), Yellow-breasted Apalis (neglecta), Grey-backed Camaroptera (sharpei), Southern Yellow White-eye (anderssoni), Arrow-marked Babbler (jardineii), Wattled Starling, Greater Blue-eared Starling (nordmanni), Violet-backed Starling, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Red-billed Oxpecker, White-browed Scrub Robin (zambesiana), Ashy Flycatcher, Southern Black Flycatcher, White-browed Robin-Chat, Collared Sunbird (zambesiana), Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Northern Grey-headed Sparrow, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (stygiceps), White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Thick-billed Weaver (maxima), Spectacled Weaver (crocatus), Holub’s Golden Weaver, Lesser Masked Weaver, Southern Masked Weaver, Village Weaver, Red-billed Quelea, Bronze Mannikin, Common Waxbill (niediecki), Blue Waxbill, Red-billed Firefinch (rendalli), Jameson’s Firefinch, Village Indigobird, Purple Indigobird, Pin-tailed Whydah, African Pied Wagtail, Yellow-fronted Canary (vansoni) and Golden-breasted Bunting
Batoka Gorge for Natal Spurfowl, African Black Swift (hollidayi), Little Swift, Black Stork, Verreaux’s Eagle, Augur Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Red-throated Rock Martin, Red-winged Starling, Mocking Cliff Chat, Familiar Chat and Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Dambwa Lagoons (Livingstone) for waterbirds including Fulvous Whistling Duck, Knob-billed Duck, Blue-billed Teal, Red-billed Teal, Lesser Moorhen, Common Moorhen, Allen’s Gallinule, African Swamphen, Little Grebe, Long-toed Lapwing, Greater Painted-snipe, African Snipe, Collared Pratincole, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Tern and Little Bittern, also Black-necked Grebe, as well as Speckled Pigeon, Brown-throated Martin, Lesser Swamp Warbler (cunenensis), Red-faced Cisticola, Zitting Cisticola, Southern Red Bishop, White-winged Widowbird and African Pipit
Nampene Island, Simungoma IBA, Machile IBA, Sioma Ngwezi NP and Ngonye/Sioma Falls for Black-cheeked Lovebird, Bradfield’s Hornbill, Swamp Boubou (sticturus), Sharp-tailed Starling and Streaky-headed Seedeater (benguellensis), Coppery-tailed Coucal, Racket-tailed Roller, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Tinkling Cisticola (rufilatus), Luapula Cisticola, Chirping Cisticola (arundicola), Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Hartlaub’s Babbler, Meves’s Starling, Kurrichane Thrush, Collared Palm Thrush, Arnot’s Chat, White-bellied Sunbird and Brown Firefinch, African Pygmy Goose, Lesser Moorhen, Lesser Jacana, Rock Pratincole, Slaty Egret and Rufous-bellied Heron among other waterbirds, also Lesser Flamingo and Chestnut-banded Plover, as well as Crested Francolin (zambesiae), Red-billed Spurfowl, Schalow’s Turaco, Red-crested Korhaan, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Mourning Collared Dove, Dark Chanting Goshawk, African Marsh Harrier, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Southern White-faced Owl, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Acacia Pied Barbet, Olive Woodpecker, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Magpie Shrike, Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark, Fawn-colored Lark (makarikari), Flappet Lark (mababiensis), Rufous-naped Lark (griscescens), Pink-billed Lark (ESS harti), Pale-throated Greenbul (flavigula), African Red-eyed Bulbul, Long-billed Crombec (flecki), Greater Swamp Warbler, Rattling Cisticola (smithersi), Croaking Cisticola (holubii), Neddicky (hallae), Black-chested Prinia (nubilosa), Yellow-breasted Apalis (flavida), Yellow-bellied Eremomela (helenorae), Burnt-necked Eremomela, Chestnut-vented Warbler, Arrow-marked Babbler (tamalakanei), Cape Starling, Burchell’s Starling, Groundscraper Thrush, Bearded Scrub Robin, White-browed Scrub Robin (ovamboensis), Marico Flycatcher, Marico Sunbird (mariquensis), Purple-banded Sunbird, Copper Sunbird (chalceus), Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (diffusus), Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, Scaly-feathered Weaver, Southern Brown-throated Weaver, Yellow-crowned Bishop, Black-faced Waxbill, Violet-eared Waxbill, Shaft-tailed Whydah, Cape Wagtail, Rosy-throated Longclaw and Black-throated Canary (semideserti), also Kori Bustard, Burchell’s Sandgrouse, Yellow Canary and Lark-like Bunting
Kafue NP (Nanzhila Plains) for Black-cheeked Lovebird
Nkanga River Conservation Area for Chaplin’s Barbet and Shelley’s Sunbird, Miombo Pied Barbet and Black-eared Seedeater, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Racket-tailed Roller, Miombo Tit, Red-capped Crombec, Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Hartlaub’s Babbler, Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Kurrichane Thrush, Collared Palm Thrush, Arnot’s Chat, Western Miombo Sunbird, White-bellied Sunbird and Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, as well as Coqui Francolin, Shelley’s Francolin, Fiery-necked Nightjar, Schalow’s Turaco, Black Coucal, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, African Cuckoo, African Green Pigeon (salvadorii), African Cuckoo-Hawk, Brown Snake Eagle, Wahlberg’s Eagle, Bat Hawk, African Goshawk, African Wood Owl, Narina Trogon, Crowned Hornbill, Greater Honeyguide, Bennett’s Woodpecker (bennettii), African Broadbill, Black-crowned Tchagra (armenus), White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Fork-tailed Drongo (fugax), Grey Penduline Tit (caroli), Flappet Lark (smithersi), Rufous-naped Lark (transvaalensis), Croaking Cisticola (katanga), Neddicky (muelleri), Tawny-flanked Prinia (affinis), Yellow-bellied Eremomela (polioxantha), Green-capped Eremomela, Southern Hyliota, Groundscraper Thrush, Bearded Scrub Robin, Pale Flycatcher (murinus), Sooty Chat, Amethyst Sunbird (kirkii), Red-headed Weaver (rubriceps), Red-headed Quelea, Yellow Bishop, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Quailfinch (muelleri), Orange-winged Pytilia, Cuckoo-finch, Wood Pipit and Cabanis’s Bunting (orientalis), plus waterbirds including African Black Duck, African Crake, Lesser Moorhen and Rufous-bellied Heron
Kafue Flats (Lochinvar NP and Blue Lagoon NP) for Wattled Crane and Slaty Egret among other waterbirds including African Pygmy Goose, Blue-billed Teal, Yellow-billed Duck, Red-billed Teal, Cape Teal, Southern Pochard, African Rail, Lesser Moorhen, Allen’s Gallinule, African Swamphen, Red-knobbed Coot, Greater Flamingo, Pied Avocet, Kittlitz’s Plover, Long-toed Lapwing, Lesser Jacana, African Snipe, Collared Pratincole, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Tern, Grey-headed Gull, African Openbill, Abdim’s Stork, Saddle-billed Stork, African Spoonbill, Black Heron, Rufous-bellied Heron, Goliath Heron, Great White Pelican and Pink-backed Pelican, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Luapula Cisticola, Hartlaub’s Babbler, Meves’s Starling, Collared Palm Thrush and White-bellied Sunbird, as well as Black-bellied Bustard, Black Coucal, Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Grey Crowned Crane, Spotted Thick-knee, Crowned Lapwing, Caspian Plover, Three-banded Courser, Secretarybird, Black-winged Kite, Black-chested Snake Eagle, Tawny Eagle, African Marsh Harrier, African Fish Eagle, Marsh Owl, Red-necked Falcon, Northern Fiscal, Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark, Red-capped Lark (fulvida), Grey-rumped Swallow, Banded Martin, White-throated Swallow, Red-breasted Swallow, Lesser Swamp Warbler (leptorhynchus), Little Rush Warbler, Red-faced Cisticola, Rattling Cisticola (fortis), Zitting Cisticola, Desert Cisticola (eremicus), Burnt-necked Eremomela, Swamp Flycatcher (ESS grimwoodi), African Stonechat, Capped Wheatear, Copper Sunbird, Yellow-crowned Bishop, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Orange-breasted Waxbill, Cape Wagtail, African Pipit and Brimstone Canary
Chisamba IBA for Chaplin’s Barbet and Shelley’s Sunbird, Pale-billed Hornbill, Racket-tailed Roller, Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Souza’s Shrike, Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Arnot’s Chat, White-bellied Sunbird, Red-throated Twinspot and Zambezi Indigobird, as well as Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii), Schalow’s Turaco, African Emerald Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, Marabou Stork, vultures including Cape Griffon, Long-crested Eagle, Crowned Hornbill, Golden-tailed Woodpecker (suahelica), Little Spotted Woodpecker (nyansae), Grey Penduline Tit, Flappet Lark, Croaking Cisticola, Arrow-marked Babbler (kirkii), Grey Tit-Flycatcher, Amethyst Sunbird, Variable Sunbird (falkensteini), Thick-billed Weaver, Lesser Masked Weaver, Red-headed Quelea, Yellow Bishop, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Red-collared Widowbird, Black-and-white Mannikin (nigriceps), Green-winged Pytilia (melba), Jameson’s Firefinch, Purple Indigobird and Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Mutulanganga IBA and Lower Zambezi NP for African Pitta (longipennis) and Livingstone’s Flycatcher, Lilian’s Lovebird, Collared Palm Thrush, White-bellied Sunbird and Red-throated Twinspot, as well as Southern Crested Guineafowl, Crested Francolin, Natal Spurfowl, Mottled Spinetail, Böhm’s Spinetail, Green Malkoha, Burchell’s Coucal, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Narina Trogon, African Broadbill, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Brubru (solivagus), Eastern Nicator, Sombre Greenbul, Mosque Swallow, Bearded Scrub Robin, Red-capped Robin-Chat, Purple-banded Sunbird, Southern Brown-throated Weaver and Cut-throat Finch, plus waterbirds including African Woolly-necked Stork, White-backed Night Heron and Rufous-bellied Heron
Nyanje Hills for Boulder Chat, also Cape Bunting (vincenti), Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Miombo Rock Thrush and Eastern Miombo Sunbird, as well as Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Freckled Nightjar, Black Stork, Verreaux’s Eagle, Augur Buzzard, Lanner Falcon, White-necked Raven, Red-throated Rock Martin, Red-winged Starling, Mocking Cliff Chat, Familiar Chat, Spectacled Weaver (suahelicus), Yellow-throated Longclaw, Striped Pipit and Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Lukusuzi NP for Babbling Starling and Olive-headed Weaver, Rufous-bellied Tit (pallidiventris), Böhm’s Flycatcher, Reichard’s Seedeater and Black-eared Seedeater, Pale-billed Hornbill, Souza’s Shrike, Miombo Tit, Red-capped Crombec, Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Miombo Rock Thrush, Anchieta’s Sunbird and Western Miombo Sunbird, as well as White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Grey Penduline Tit (robertsi), Flappet Lark, Neddicky, Yellow-bellied Eremomela, Green-capped Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, African Spotted Creeper (salvadori), Pale Flycatcher (divisus), Amethyst Sunbird, Red-headed Weaver, Locust Finch, Yellow-throated Longclaw and Wood Pipit, with Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark and Red-winged Prinia nearby
South Luangwa NP for Lilian’s Lovebird, Racket-tailed Roller, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Meves’s Starling, Collared Palm Thrush, Arnot’s Chat and White-bellied Sunbird, as well as Helmeted Guineafowl (marungensis), Swainson’s Spurfowl (lundazi), Red-necked Spurfowl (melanogaster), Horus Swift, White-rumped Swift, Purple-crested Turaco, Double-banded Sandgrouse, Grey Crowned Crane, Crowned Lapwing, Bronze-winged Courser, Three-banded Courser, Marabou Stork, Abdim’s Stork, vultures and other raptors including African Harrier-Hawk, Bateleur, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Martial Eagle, Tawny Eagle, African Hawk-Eagle, Shikra and African Fish Eagle, African Scops Owl, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Pel’s Fishing Owl, African Wood Owl, Southern Ground Hornbill, Southern Red-billed Hornbill, Crowned Hornbill, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, White-fronted Bee-eater, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Crested Barbet (suahelicus), Black-collared Barbet (pumilio), Cardinal Woodpecker (hartlaubii), Meyer’s Parrot (matschei), Red-necked Falcon, Brown-crowned Tchagra (minor), Brubru (nigritemporalis), Southern Black Tit (ravidus), Eastern Nicator, Brown-throated Martin, Rattling Cisticola (procerus), Tawny-flanked Prinia (mutatrix), Wattled Starling, Greater Blue-eared Starling (sycobius), Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Red-billed Oxpecker, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (ESS luangwae), Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Cardinal Quelea, Southern Red Bishop, Black-winged Red Bishop and White-winged Widowbird, also Northern Carmine Bee-eater, plus waterbirds including White-crowned Lapwing, White-fronted Plover, African Skimmer, Yellow-billed Stork, African Spoonbill, Dwarf Bittern and Goliath Heron
Mutinondo Wilderness for Laura’s Woodland Warbler and Bar-winged Weaver, Whyte’s Francolin, Anchieta’s Barbet, Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Rufous-bellied Tit (masukuensis), Böhm’s Flycatcher, Bocage’s Akalat, Shelley’s Sunbird, Fülleborn’s Longclaw, Reichard’s Seedeater and Black-eared Seedeater, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Pale-billed Hornbill, Souza’s Shrike, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Miombo Tit, Red-capped Crombec, Long-tailed Cisticola, Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Miombo Rock Thrush, Anchieta’s Sunbird, Eastern Miombo Sunbird, Western Miombo Sunbird and Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, as well as Coqui Francolin, Blue Quail, Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Swamp Nightjar, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Ross’s Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Red-chested Flufftail, Chestnut-headed Flufftail, Streaky-breasted Flufftail, Black-rumped Buttonquail, Ovambo Sparrowhawk, African Grass Owl, African Barred Owlet, Olive Bee-eater, Green-backed Honeybird (zambesiae), Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Little Spotted Woodpecker, African Broadbill, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Grey-headed Bushshrike (interpositus), Retz’s Helmetshrike (tricolor), White-breasted Cuckooshrike, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher, Grey Penduline Tit, Pale-throated Greenbul, Little Greenbul (zombensis), Grey-olive Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul (cabanisi), Black Saw-wing (orientalis), Moustached Grass Warbler, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Evergreen Forest Warbler (ufipae), Trilling Cisticola, Stout Cisticola (awemba), Croaking Cisticola (natalensis), Short-winged Cisticola (isabellinus), Pale-crowned Cisticola, Bar-throated Apalis (whitei), Brown-headed Apalis (alticola), Green-capped Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Southern Hyliota, African Spotted Creeper, Groundscraper Thrush, Pale Flycatcher (griseus), Grey Tit-Flycatcher, African Dusky Flycatcher, African Stonechat, Western Violet-backed Sunbird (angolensis), Green-headed Sunbird (viridisplendens), Olive Sunbird (ragazzii), Amethyst Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, Red-headed Weaver, Marsh Widowbird, Red-collared Widowbird, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Locust Finch, Orange-winged Pytilia, African Firefinch, Dusky Indigobird, Wood Pipit, Plain-backed Pipit, Striped Pipit and Cabanis’s Bunting, plus African Black Duck, Half-collared Kingfisher and Mountain Wagtail, Freckled Nightjar, Augur Buzzard, Spotted Eagle-Owl, White-necked Raven, Red-throated Rock Martin, Rock-loving Cisticola, Red-winged Starling, Mocking Cliff Chat and Familiar Chat
Kasanka NP for Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Rufous-bellied Tit (rufiventris), Black-necked Eremomela, Böhm’s Flycatcher, Sharp-tailed Starling, Fülleborn’s Longclaw, Reichard’s Seedeater and Black-eared Seedeater, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Pale-billed Hornbill, Racket-tailed Roller, Böhm’s Bee-eater, Souza’s Shrike, Miombo Tit, Red-capped Crombec, Chirping Cisticola (congo), Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Hartlaub’s Babbler, Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Arnot’s Chat, Anchieta’s Sunbird, Western Miombo Sunbird, White-bellied Sunbird, Red-throated Twinspot, Brown Firefinch and Black-faced Canary, as well as Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii), Ross’s Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco, Black Coucal, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Red-chested Flufftail, Senegal Lapwing, Temminck’s Courser, Palm-nut Vulture, Crowned Eagle, Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle, Black Sparrowhawk, African Marsh Harrier, Pel’s Fishing Owl, African Wood Owl, Speckled Mousebird, Narina Trogon, Crowned Hornbill, Half-collared Kingfisher, African Pygmy Kingfisher, White-fronted Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (mfumbiri), Brown-backed Honeybird, Lesser Honeyguide, Greater Honeyguide, Little Spotted Woodpecker, Olive Woodpecker, African Hobby, African Broadbill, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Black-backed Puffback (hamatus), Tropical Boubou (major), White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (martini), Fork-tailed Drongo (apivorus), Square-tailed Drongo, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher, Northern Fiscal, White-winged Black Tit, Grey Penduline Tit, Pale-throated Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Grey-olive Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul, Common Bulbul (tricolor), Grey-rumped Swallow, Moustached Grass Warbler, African Yellow Warbler, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Little Rush Warbler, Trilling Cisticola, Croaking Cisticola, Short-winged Cisticola, Long-tailed Cisticola, Brown-headed Apalis, Grey-backed Camaroptera (intercalata), Green-capped Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, White-browed Scrub Robin (munda), African Stonechat, Capped Wheatear, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Collared Sunbird (garguensis), Olive Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird (deminuta), Purple-banded Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, Dark-backed Weaver, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Red-collared Widowbird, Black-and-white Mannikin, Grey Waxbill, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Common Waxbill (cavendishi), African Firefinch, Cuckoo-finch, Cape Wagtail, Wood Pipit, Plain-backed Pipit, Buffy Pipit, Bushveld Pipit and Cabanis’s Bunting, plus Wattled Crane among other waterbirds including White-backed Duck, African Pygmy Goose, Yellow-billed Duck, African Rail, African Crake, Lesser Jacana, African Woolly-necked Stork, Saddle-billed Stork and Rufous-bellied Heron
Bangweulu Wetlands for Shoebill among other waterbirds including Wattled Crane, Katanga Masked Weaver (katangae), Coppery-tailed Coucal, Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Luapula Cisticola, Chirping Cisticola, Hartlaub’s Babbler, Brown Firefinch and Fülleborn’s Longclaw, as well as Blue Quail, Swamp Nightjar, Denham’s Bustard, Black-rumped Buttonquail, Caspian Plover, Temminck’s Courser, Blue-breasted Bee-eater (bangweoloensis), Flappet Lark, Rufous-naped Lark, Red-capped Lark (saturatior), Grey-rumped Swallow, Banded Martin, Brown-throated Martin, Pearl-breasted Swallow, White-throated Swallow, Greater Swamp Warbler, Lesser Swamp Warbler (winterbottomi), Common Reed Warbler, African Yellow Warbler, Little Rush Warbler, Croaking Cisticola, Zitting Cisticola, Desert Cisticola (ESS perplexus), Pale-crowned Cisticola, Swamp Flycatcher (infulata), African Stonechat, Sooty Chat, Capped Wheatear, Copper Sunbird, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Long-tailed Widowbird (delacouri), Quailfinch (fuscata), Orange-breasted Waxbill, Cape Wagtail, Rosy-throated Longclaw, African Pipit (lichenya), Plain-backed Pipit, Buffy Pipit, Black-throated Canary (lwenarum) and Brimstone Canary
Kalungwishi IBA for Black-and-rufous Swallow, Böhm’s Flycatcher, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah and Reichard’s Seedeater, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Dickinson’s Kestrel, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Rufous-bellied Tit, Miombo Tit, Chirping Cisticola, Anchieta’s Sunbird and Fülleborn’s Longclaw, as well as Ross’s Turaco, Chestnut-headed Flufftail, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Olive Woodpecker, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Pale-throated Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Evergreen Forest Warbler, Levaillant’s Cisticola, Stout Cisticola, Brown-headed Apalis, Splendid Starling, Green-headed Sunbird, Marsh Widowbird, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Locust Finch, Orange-winged Pytilia and Cuckoo-finch
Luapula Rivermouth for Katanga Masked Weaver, Papyrus Yellow Warbler (bensoni), White-winged Swamp Warbler, Slender-billed Weaver and Black-headed Weaver, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Greater Swamp Warbler, Desert Cisticola and Swamp Flycatcher among other taxa occurring at Bangweulu Wetlands, as well as Tinkling Cisticola (ansorgei) and Black-faced Canary, Palm-nut Vulture, Marsh Owl, Red-necked Falcon, Marsh Tchagra, Angola Swallow, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Winding Cisticola (suahelicus), Collared Palm Thrush, Thick-billed Weaver (montana), Marsh Widowbird, Grey Waxbill, Fawn-breasted Waxbill and Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, plus waterbirds including Red-chested Flufftail, African Rail, Allen’s Gallinule, Spur-winged Lapwing and Lesser Jacana
Kasangu and Kawendwa Swamp Forests for Black-collared Bulbul, Joyful Greenbul and Bamboo Warbler (kungwensis), as well as Blue Malkoha, White-spotted Flufftail, Ross’s Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Little Spotted Woodpecker, African Broadbill, Purple-throated Cuckooshrike, Pale-throated Greenbul, Honeyguide Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul, Evergreen Forest Warbler, Trilling Cisticola, Short-winged Cisticola (loanda), Brown-headed Apalis, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, African Thrush (stormsi), Grey-winged Robin-Chat, Olive Sunbird, Dark-backed Weaver, Red-headed Quelea, Black-and-white Mannikin and Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Tondwa Game Management Area and Nsumbu NP for Sharp-tailed Starling, Babbling Starling, Böhm’s Flycatcher and Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Pale-billed Hornbill, Racket-tailed Roller, Böhm’s Bee-eater, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Miombo Wren-Warbler, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Arnot’s Chat and Red-throated Twinspot, as well as Coqui Francolin, Whyte’s Francolin, Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii), Schalow’s Turaco, Black-bellied Bustard, Black Coucal, Blue Malkoha, African Emerald Cuckoo, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Grey Crowned Crane, Senegal Lapwing, Temminck’s Courser, Bronze-winged Courser, Palm-nut Vulture, African Cuckoo-Hawk, White-headed Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, Hooded Vulture, White-backed Vulture, Bateleur, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Martial Eagle, Bat Hawk, African Hawk-Eagle, African Goshawk, Dark Chanting Goshawk, African Marsh Harrier, African Barred Owlet, African Wood Owl, Narina Trogon, Southern Ground Hornbill, Crowned Hornbill, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, White-fronted Bee-eater, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Lanner Falcon, Black-throated Wattle-eye, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, White-winged Black Tit, Eastern Nicator, Flappet Lark (fischeri), Red-capped Lark, Grey-rumped Swallow, Banded Martin, Angola Swallow, Croaking Cisticola, Zitting Cisticola, Green-capped Eremomela, Arrow-marked Babbler (tanganjicae), Wattled Starling, Greater Blue-eared Starling (sycobius), Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Red-billed Oxpecker, Groundscraper Thrush, Red-capped Robin-Chat, African Stonechat, Capped Wheatear, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, Dark-backed Weaver, Red-headed Weaver (leuconotos), Black-winged Red Bishop, White-winged Widowbird, Red-collared Widowbird, Black-and-white Mannikin, Green Twinspot (chubbi), Locust Finch, Orange-breasted Waxbill, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Red-billed Firefinch (ruberrima), African Firefinch, Cape Wagtail, Rosy-throated Longclaw, African Pipit, Wood Pipit, Plain-backed Pipit, Buffy Pipit and Yellow-fronted Canary (samaliyae), also Grey Kestrel, plus waterbirds including White-backed Duck, African Pygmy Goose, Buff-spotted Flufftail, Wattled Crane, Spur-winged Lapwing, White-fronted Plover, Greater Painted-snipe, Lesser Jacana, White-backed Night Heron, Slaty Egret and Rufous-bellied Heron, also Lesser Flamingo
Mutondwe Island for Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Kalambo Falls for Collared Palm Thrush, Miombo Rock Thrush and Oustalet’s Sunbird, as well as Freckled Nightjar, Mottled Swift, Peregrine Falcon, Little Greenbul, Red-throated Rock Martin, Red-winged Starling, Familiar Chat, Striped Pipit and Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Saise River and Uningi Pans for Tanzanian Masked Weaver and Oustalet’s Sunbird, Bare-faced Go-away-bird (leopoldi), Spot-flanked Barbet (ruahae), Singing Cisticola (muenzneri), Marico Sunbird (suahelicus) and Baglafecht Weaver (sharpii), as well as Coppery-tailed Coucal, Whyte’s Barbet (stresemanni), Rufous-bellied Tit (masukuensis), Chirping Cisticola, Hartlaub’s Babbler, Brown Firefinch and Fülleborn’s Longclaw, Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Speckled Pigeon, African Olive Pigeon, African Marsh Harrier, Marsh Owl, Lanner Falcon, Pale-throated Greenbul, Grey-rumped Swallow, African Red-rumped Swallow (emini), Lesser Swamp Warbler, Little Rush Warbler, Stout Cisticola, African Stonechat, Copper Sunbird, Red-headed Quelea, Yellow Bishop, Red-collared Widowbird, Quailfinch (ESS smithersi), Orange-breasted Waxbill, Cape Wagtail, Rosy-throated Longclaw, African Pipit, Black-throated Canary and Brimstone Canary, also White-throated Bee-eater and Western Citril, plus waterbirds including White-backed Duck, Yellow-billed Duck, African Swamphen, Red-knobbed Coot, Lesser Jacana, Whiskered Tern, Eurasian Bittern and Rufous-bellied Heron, also Great Crested Grebe
Nyika NP and Mafinga Mountains for Red-winged Francolin (crawshayi), Whyte’s Francolin, Malawi Batis, Fülleborn’s Boubou, Plateau Lark (nyikae), Black-browed Mountain Greenbul, Sharpe’s Greenbul, Blue Swallow, Mafinga Warbler (undescribed form), Black-lored Cisticola, Churring Cisticola, Chapin’s Apalis, White-chested Alethe, Olive-flanked Ground Robin (macclounii), Sharpe’s Akalat, Scarlet-tufted Sunbird, Whyte’s Double-collared Sunbird, Forest Double-collared Sunbird, Bertram’s Weaver, Montane Widowbird, Southern Citril and Yellow-browed Seedeater, as well as Common Quail (erlangeri), Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Montane Nightjar (guttifer), Freckled Nightjar, Scarce Swift, Denham’s Bustard, African Olive Pigeon, Lemon Dove (larvata), Dusky Turtle Dove, Tambourine Dove, Striped Flufftail, Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Augur Buzzard, Speckled Mousebird (berlepschi), Bar-tailed Trogon, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Moustached Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (bilineatus), Olive Woodpecker, Rock Kestrel, Black-fronted Bushshrike (nigrifons), White-necked Raven, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher, Cabanis’s Greenbul (placidus), Yellow-streaked Greenbul, White-headed Saw-wing, African Red-rumped Swallow, Angola Swallow, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler, Mountain Yellow Warbler, Evergreen Forest Warbler (usambarae), Cinnamon Bracken Warbler, Singing Cisticola, Rock-loving Cisticola, Wailing Cisticola, Stout Cisticola, Wing-snapping Cisticola, Bar-throated Apalis (youngi), Brown-headed Apalis, Green-backed Camaroptera (fugglescouchmani), African Hill Babbler (stierlingi), Brown Parisoma (jacksoni), Southern Yellow White-eye (stierlingi), Slender-billed Starling, Waller’s Starling, Sharpe’s Starling, Orange Ground Thrush, Abyssinian Thrush, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, African Dusky Flycatcher, White-starred Robin, Cape Robin-Chat, African Stonechat, Mocking Cliff Chat, Green-headed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird (alfredi), Bronze Sunbird, Malachite Sunbird, Baglafecht Weaver (nyikae), Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Red-faced Crimsonwing, Striped Pipit and Yellow-crowned Canary
Shiwa Ng’andu and Kapishya Hot Springs for Whyte’s Barbet (angoniensis), Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Souza’s Shrike, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Rufous-bellied Tit, Red-capped Crombec, Laura’s Woodland Warbler, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Bocage’s Akalat, Miombo Rock Thrush, Anchieta’s Sunbird, Eastern Miombo Sunbird, Western Miombo Sunbird and Reichard’s Seedeater, as well as Ross’s Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco, Tambourine Dove, Palm-nut Vulture, Hooded Vulture, Half-collared Kingfisher, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (mfumbiri), Brown-backed Honeybird, Olive Woodpecker, Black-throated Wattle-eye, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Purple-throated Cuckooshrike, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher, White-necked Raven, White-winged Black Tit, Grey Penduline Tit (rhodesiae), Pale-throated Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul (cabanisi), White-headed Saw-wing, Evergreen Forest Warbler, Rock-loving Cisticola, Levaillant’s Cisticola, Stout Cisticola, Bar-throated Apalis (whitei), Brown-headed Apalis, Green-capped Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, African Spotted Creeper, Splendid Starling, African Thrush, Pale Flycatcher, African Dusky Flycatcher, Mocking Cliff Chat, Familiar Chat, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Green-headed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Dark-backed Weaver, Marsh Widowbird, Black-and-white Mannikin, Grey Waxbill and Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Copperbelt (Nsombe Camp and Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage) for Miombo Pied Barbet, Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Rufous-bellied Tit (rufiventris), Laura’s Woodland Warbler, Miombo Wren-Warbler, Black-necked Eremomela, Sharp-tailed Starling, Böhm’s Flycatcher, Bocage’s Akalat, Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver, Fülleborn’s Longclaw, Reichard’s Seedeater and Black-eared Seedeater, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Pale-billed Hornbill, Racket-tailed Roller, Böhm’s Bee-eater, Whyte’s Barbet (buttoni), Souza’s Shrike, Miombo Tit, Red-throated Cliff Swallow, Red-capped Crombec, Chirping Cisticola, Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Miombo Rock Thrush, Arnot’s Chat, White-bellied Sunbird, Red-throated Twinspot, Brown Firefinch, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah and Black-faced Canary, as well as Pennant-winged Nightjar, Böhm’s Spinetail, Ross’s Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco, Black Coucal, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Tambourine Dove, African Cuckoo-Hawk, Crowned Eagle, Long-crested Eagle, African Goshawk, Black Sparrowhawk, African Marsh Harrier, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, African Wood Owl, Narina Trogon, Crowned Hornbill, Half-collared Kingfisher, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Green-backed Honeybird, Brown-backed Honeybird, Pallid Honeyguide (angolensis), Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Little Spotted Woodpecker, Olive Woodpecker, African Broadbill, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Black-fronted Bushshrike (manningi), Marsh Tchagra, Brown-crowned Tchagra (souzae), Purple-throated Cuckooshrike, Fork-tailed Drongo (apivorus), Square-tailed Drongo, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher, White-winged Black Tit, Grey Penduline Tit, Pale-throated Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Grey-olive Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul, Black Saw-wing (reichenowi), Angola Swallow, Mosque Swallow, Long-billed Crombec (adelphe), African Yellow Warbler, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Evergreen Forest Warbler, Trilling Cisticola, Brown-headed Apalis, Green-capped Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Southern Hyliota, African Spotted Creeper, Groundscraper Thrush, African Thrush, Olive Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Thick-billed Weaver, Dark-backed Weaver, Black-winged Red Bishop, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Marsh Widowbird, Red-collared Widowbird, Black-and-white Mannikin, Grey Waxbill, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Orange-winged Pytilia, Cape Wagtail, Rosy-throated Longclaw, Wood Pipit, Plain-backed Pipit, Brimstone Canary and Cabanis’s Bunting, plus waterbirds including African Pygmy Goose, African Black Duck, Yellow-billed Duck, Red-chested Flufftail, African Crake, Lesser Moorhen, Lesser Jacana, African Woolly-necked Stork and Rufous-bellied Heron
Hillwood Farm/Nchila Wildlife Reserve (WR), Source of the Zambezi, Chitunta Plain and Jimbe Drainage IBAs, Nkwaje WR, Kalwelwa Complex, Nyachisala Forest and Mufundu Plain for Margaret’s Batis, Angola Lark (antonii), Black-collared Bulbul, Black-and-rufous Swallow, Bamboo Warbler (kungwensis), Dambo Cisticola, Spotted Thrush-Babbler (upembae), Bannerman’s Sunbird, Bocage’s Weaver, Grimwood’s Longclaw and Short-tailed Pipit, Hartlaub’s Duck, Western Crested Guineafowl, Blue Malkoha, Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo, Afep Pigeon, Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Lemon Dove (samaliyae), White-spotted Flufftail, Forbes’s Plover, Spot-breasted Ibis, Vermiculated Fishing Owl, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, White-bellied Kingfisher, Shining-blue Kingfisher, Least Honeyguide, Red-throated Wryneck, Brown-eared Woodpecker, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Gorgeous Bushshrike (viridis), African Shrike-flycatcher, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Western Nicator, Slender-billed Greenbul, Red-tailed Bristlebill, Honeyguide Greenbul, Whistling Cisticola, White-chinned Prinia, Buff-throated Apalis (nigrescens), Splendid Starling, Fraser’s Rufous Thrush, Cassin’s Flycatcher, Sooty Flycatcher, Grey-winged Robin-Chat, Grey-chinned Sunbird, Blue-throated Brown Sunbird, Green-throated Sunbird, Olive-bellied Sunbird, Orange-tufted Sunbird, Bates’s Sunbird, Compact Weaver and Black-bellied Seedcracker, also Brown-chested Lapwing, as well as Coppery-tailed Coucal, Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Dickinson’s Kestrel, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Rufous-bellied Tit, Red-throated Cliff Swallow, Laura’s Woodland Warbler, Tinkling Cisticola, Chirping Cisticola, Miombo Wren-Warbler, Black-necked Eremomela, Sharp-tailed Starling, Bocage’s Akalat, Arnot’s Chat, Western Miombo Sunbird, Red-throated Twinspot, Brown Firefinch, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, Fülleborn’s Longclaw and Black-faced Canary, African Black Duck, Coqui Francolin, Blue Quail, Swamp Nightjar, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Böhm’s Spinetail, Ross’s Turaco, Denham’s Bustard, African Olive Pigeon, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Buff-spotted Flufftail, Black-rumped Buttonquail, African Snipe, Eurasian Bittern (capensis), Palm-nut Vulture, African Cuckoo-Hawk, African Goshawk, Black Sparrowhawk, African Grass Owl, African Barred Owlet, Marsh Owl, Narina Trogon, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (ESS makawai), Pallid Honeyguide, Olive Woodpecker, African Hobby, African Broadbill, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Black-fronted Bushshrike, Marsh Tchagra, Purple-throated Cuckooshrike, Square-tailed Drongo, Dusky Lark, Rufous-naped Lark (chapini), Little Greenbul (virens), Cabanis’s Greenbul, Black Saw-wing, Long-billed Crombec, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Evergreen Forest Warbler, Croaking Cisticola, Short-winged Cisticola, Levaillant’s Cisticola (perpullus), Stout Cisticola (angolensis), Pale-crowned Cisticola, Wing-snapping Cisticola, African Thrush, Red-capped Robin-Chat, African Stonechat, Sooty Chat, Olive Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, Dark-backed Weaver, Red-headed Quelea, Marsh Widowbird, Black-and-white Mannikin (woltersi), Magpie Mannikin, Green Twinspot (schlegeli), Grey Waxbill, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Quailfinch (fuscata), Locust Finch, Orange-winged Pytilia, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Cuckoo-finch, Cape Wagtail, Rosy-throated Longclaw, Plain-backed Pipit, Buffy Pipit and Black-throated Canary, also Long-legged Pipit
Mwinilunga area for Bar-winged Weaver, Pale-billed Hornbill, Souza’s Shrike, Miombo Tit, Red-capped Crombec, Long-tailed Cisticola, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Miombo Rock Thrush, Western Miombo Sunbird and Black-eared Seedeater, as well as Whyte’s Francolin, Schalow’s Turaco, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Green-backed Honeybird, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Little Spotted Woodpecker, Chinspot Batis (pintoi), Retz’s Helmetshrike (nigricans), White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Grey Penduline Tit (winterbottomi), Trilling Cisticola, Neddicky (dispar), Green-capped Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Southern Hyliota, African Spotted Creeper, Pale Flycatcher, African Dusky Flycatcher, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Red-headed Weaver, Wood Pipit, Striped Pipit and Cabanis’s Bunting (cognominata)
Minyanya Plain for White-throated Francolin (dewittei), Plains Lark (kabalii), Angola Lark, Cloud Cisticola (anselli) and Yellow-bellied Eremomela (salvadorii ), as well as Rufous-cheeked Nightjar, White-bellied Bustard (mackenziei), Black-rumped Buttonquail, Black-winged Pratincole, Secretarybird, Black Scimitarbill (anchietae), Greater Kestrel (rupicoloides), Cape Crow (capensis), Fawn-colored Lark (trapnelli), Flappet Lark (ESS lwenarum), Desert Cisticola (traylori), Tawny-flanked Prinia (kasokae), Black-chested Prinia (bihe), Long-tailed Widowbird (delacouri) and Locust Finch
Liuwa Plain NP for many of the same taxa occurring on the Kafue Flats, including Grey Crowned Crane and Wattled Crane, as well as Red-winged Francolin (momboloensis), Swamp Nightjar, Denham’s Bustard, White-bellied Bustard, Striped Crake, Black-rumped Buttonquail, Temminck’s Courser, Black-winged Pratincole, Secretarybird, Black Scimitarbill, Greater Kestrel, Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark (ESS harti), Fawn-colored Lark, Eastern Clapper Lark (ESS jappi), Pink-billed Lark (ESS makawai), Rufous-naped Lark (gomesi), Pearl-breasted Swallow, Greater Striped Swallow, South African Cliff Swallow, Rattling Cisticola (ESS bensoni), Black-chested Prinia and Long-tailed Widowbird, also Red-necked Buzzard
Also Lusaka NP, Kafue NP (Busanga Plains), Mushingashi Conservancy, Luambe NP, North Luangwa NP, Lavushi Manda NP, Isangano NP, Lusenga Plain NP, Mweru Wantipa NP, North Swaka Forest Reserve, West Lunga NP, Mbulo Forest and Barotse Floodplain

TIMING (Sep–Oct, Dec)
Best at the start of the rains when most birds breed (Sep–Dec)
African Pitta starts to display in Dec, and Chestnut-headed Flufftail is best found Dec–Jan
Where Black-cheeked Lovebird occurs is more accessible in the dry season (Jul–Nov)
May–Jul is least productive

RESOURCES
Apps
Birds of Africa (iOS or Android)
Birds of Zambia

Field guides
Birds of Greater Southern Africa by Keith Barnes, Terry Stevenson & John Fanshawe (2024)
Birds of Southern Africa by Ber van Perlo (2009)
A Field Guide to Zambian Birds Not Found in Southern Africa by Dylan R Aspinwall & Carl Beel (1998) covers species not treated in Sasol Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton, Niall Perrins, Dominic Rollinson & Peter Ryan (2020)
Pocket Guide Birds of Zambia by Rory McDougall & Derek Solomon (2021)
Common Birds of Zambia: a First Identification Guide by Zambian Ornithological Society (1993)
Birds of Africa South of the Sahara by Ian Sinclair & Peter Ryan (2010)

Sounds
Sounds of Zambian Wildlife by Bob Stjernstedt features recordings of over 570 bird species
African Bird Sounds Vol 2: West and Central Africa by Claude Chappuis also covers most species
Bird Songs of Zambia by Bob Stjernstedt contains songs and calls of 415 species

Site guides
Southern African Birdfinder by Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode & Jonathan Rossouw (2006)

Checklists
Zambian IBA & NP Checklists compiled by Frank Willems & Pete Leonard for BirdWatch Zambia (2019)

Further reading
The Birds of Zambia: an Atlas and Handbook by Robert J Dowsett, Dylan R Aspinwall & Françoise Dowsett-Lemaire (2008)
A Contribution to the Ornithology of Zambia edited by Robert J Dowsett (2009)
The Zambia Barn Swallow Project 2007-2008 edited by Bennie van den Brink (2008)
Important Bird Areas in Zambia: Priority Sites for Conservation by Peter Leonard (2005)
Zambia by P M Leonard in Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands: Priority Sites for Conservation edited by Lincoln D C Fishpool & Michael I Evans (2001)
Zambia Bird Reports (1997-1999)
Articles in Bull. Zambian Orn. Soc. (1969-1984), Zambia Museums Journal, BWZ/ZOS Newsletter, Bull. ABC, etc.

Websites
Birding Zambia
UNESCO World Heritage List: Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls

Facebook groups
Birding Zambia brings Zambia’s top birders and conservationists together, to help you enjoy Zambia’s astounding wilderness areas and its 789 bird species
BirdWatch Zambia Forum is for people interested in birds and birding in Zambia

ORGANISATIONS

BirdWatch Zambia (BWZ), formerly the Zambian Ornithological Society (ZOS), is the BirdLife Partner in Zambia

African Cuckoos are a group of evolutionary biologists studying brood parasites in the field in Choma, Zambia

The Zambia Barn Swallow Project was a collaboration between Stichting Hirundo and the BirdLife Partners in Zambia and the Netherlands

Other bird or conservation organisations active in Zambia include –
Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Society of Zambia (WECZ)
Zambia Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) Forum
Kasanka Trust
North Swaka Trust (NST)
Animal Research Connections (ARC) Zambia
Conservation South Luangwa (CSL)
Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ)
African Parks: Bangweulu Wetlands, Kafue NP and Liuwa Plain
Peace Parks Foundation: Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), Liuwa Plains-Mussuma TFCA, Lower Zambezi-Mana Pools TFCA and Malawi-Zambia TFCA
Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS): North Luangwa NP and Nsumbu NP
Conserve Global: Tondwa Game Management Area
Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)
WeForest
WWF Zambia
WCS
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

The Livingstone Museum’s Ornithology Section curates collections of bird specimens, eggs and nests