Zambia & Northern Namibia Bird List

11-31 October 2003

Jon Hornbuckle

numbers are daily max seen		ph	Namib	Caprivi	Choma	Kitwe	Mwini	Lusaka	Muti'do	Job'g
X = at least a few, H = heard only	October 2003		13-14	15-16	17	18, 27	18-26	27, 30	27-30	31
Mwinilunga records refer to mainly Hillwood Farm unless C = Chitunta Plain area, L = Luakera Forest, Z = Zambezi rapids.
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1					2			X
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus									3
Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis									1
Long-tailed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus	1		X						X
African Darter	Anhinga rufa	1								2
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor	1								2
Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiacus									X
Yellow-billed Duck	Anas undulata	1								X
African Black Duck	Anas sparsa						1
Red-billed Duck	Anas erythrorhyncha	1								X
Hottentot Teal	Anas hottentota	1								X
Southern Pochard	Netta erythrophthalma	1								6
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus ruber	1								X
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta									1
Slaty Egret	Egretta vinaceigula									1
Great Egret	Ardea alba			X	X	X				X
Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala									X
Goliath Heron	Ardea goliath									2
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis		X	X	X		X	X		X
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides			3	2
Striated Heron	Butorides striatus	1		2				1	1
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus									2
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta			1	1
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	0			8					X
Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash									X
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus									X
African Openbill	Anastomus lamelligerus			X	2		2
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus			1
Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus caeruleus				X		1	1		2
Yellow-billed Kite	Milvus aegyptius	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Black Kite	Milvus migrans						X	X	X
African Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer			2
Palm-nut Vulture	Gypohierax angolensis						1
Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus				2
Black-chested Snake-Eagle	Circaetus pectoralis				1	1
Brown Snake-Eagle	Circaetus cinereus	1		1	1	1
Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus		X	X	X	X	X		1
Western Marsh-Harrier	Circus aeruginosus						2C
African Marsh-Harrier	Circus ranivorus	0					1C
African Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides typus								2
Lizard Buzzard	Kaupifalco monogrammicus						1		1
Dark Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax metabates								1
Pale Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax canorus	1	X	X
Gabar Goshawk	Melierax gabar						1
Shikra	Accipiter badius				1
Ovambo Sparrowhawk	Accipiter ovampensis	1						1	1
Goshawk sp.	Accipiter sp.								1
Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	1				X	X	X	X
Lesser Spotted Eagle	Aquila pomarina	1					X
Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax		1				X
Steppe Eagle	Aquila nipalensis	1
Wahlberg's Eagle	Aquila wahlbergi	1	1		1				1	1
African Hawk-Eagle	Hieraaetus spilogaster		2
Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus			``			1
Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus				1
Long-crested Eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis				1
Secretary-bird	Sagittarius serpentarius						1
Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus		1
Dickinson's Kestrel	Falco dickinsoni	1					1L
Greater Kestrel	Falco rupicoloides		1
Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus						1
Amur Falcon	Falco amurensis						2
Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	1					12
Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus						2Z
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris		X	X	X				1	X
Coqui Francolin	Francolinus coqui								H
Gray-winged Francolin	Francolinus africanus									2
Red-billed Francolin	Francolinus adspersus		1	4
Swainson's Spurfowl	Pternistes swainsonii		2		X
Red-necked Spurfowl	Pternistes afer					H
Hartlaub's Spurfowl	Pternistes hartlaubi	1	3
Black-rumped Buttonquail	Turnix nanus						1C
Red-chested Flufftail	Sarothrura rufa								H
Chestnut-headed Flufftail	Sarothrura lugens								1
Black Crake	Amaurornis flavirostra			1
African Purple Swamphen	Porphyrio madagascariensis									X
Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus									X
Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata	1								X
Denham's/ Stanley Bustard	Neotis denhami	1					3
Black-bellied Bustard	Eupodotis melanogaster								1
African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus
Great Snipe	Gallinago media						1
African Snipe	Gallinago nigripennis						2C
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	1		1						X
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia						1C
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	1					1C			X
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos			2			2Z
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	1					1Z
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	1								X
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	1								X
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	1					1C			X
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	1		X						X
Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	1								X
Temminck's Courser	Cursorius temminckii						4
Black-winged Pratincole	Glareola nordmanni			1
Rock Pratincole	Glareola nuchalis			2
Three-banded Plover	Charadrius tricollaris	1								1
Forbes's Plover	Charadrius forbesi	1					6Z
Caspian Plover	Charadrius asiaticus						1
Blacksmith Plover	Vanellus armatus	1		2						X
White-headed Lapwing	Vanellus albiceps	0		X
African Wattled Lapwing	Vanellus senegallus	1			X		X
Crowned Lapwing	Vanellus coronatus	1	X							X
Grey-headed Gull	Larus cirrocephalus			X						X
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybridus	1								5
African Skimmer	Rynchops flavirostris			X
Afep Pigeon	Columba unicincta						4
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon	Columba iriditorques						H
African Mourning Dove	Streptopelia decipiens								X
Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	1				X	X
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis		X	X						X
Cape Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia capicola	1	X	X	X	X			1	X
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur chalcospilos			2		X	2		2	1
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur afer					1	2		1
Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis			X	X		1	1		2
African Green-Pigeon	Treron calva						X
Meyer's Parrot	Poicephalus meyeri	1		2		2	X	2
Rosy-faced Lovebird	Agapornis roseicollis	0		1
Schalow's Turaco	Tauraco schalowi					H	H	2
Ross' Turaco	Musophaga rossae						3		1
Grey Go-away-bird	Corythaixoides concolor	1	X	X	X	X
Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius				H	1	H
Black Cuckoo	Cuculus clamosus					H			2
Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus			1
African Cuckoo	Cuculus gularis						1L		1
Klaas' Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas						H		H
African Emerald Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx cupreus						1		H
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	Cercococcyx olivinus	1					1
Dideric Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius				H
Senegal Coucal	Centropus senegalensis				H
White-browed Coucal	Centropus superciliosus						H
African Grass/ Marsh Owl	Tyto/ Asio capensis									1
African Scops-Owl	Otus senegalensis		H		H	H	H		H	H
Spotted Eagle-Owl	Bubo africanus						H		2
African Wood-Owl	Strix woodfordii				H	H	H		H
Pearl-spotted Owlet	Glaucidium perlatum	1		H	1
African Barred Owlet	Glaucidium capense								H
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar	Caprimulgus rufigena		H							H
Fiery-necked Nightjar	Caprimulgus pectoralis			1	1		H
Swamp Nightjar	Caprimulgus natalensis					H	H
Freckled Nightjar	Caprimulgus tristigma								H
Square-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus fossii			H
Pennant-winged Nightjar	Macrodipteryx vexillarius								2
African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus		X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Alpine Swift	Tachymarptis melba		1
Common/ African Swift	Apus apus/ barbatus					X	X			X
Bradfield's Swift	Apus bradfieldi		X
Little Swift	Apus affinis		X	X		X	X	X		X
White-rumped Swift	Apus caffer		X						X
Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus						2	2
Red-faced Mousebird	Urocolius indicus		X	X
Narina Trogon	Apaloderma narina						H
Malachite Kingfisher	Alcedo cristata			1
African Pygmy-Kingfisher	Ispidina picta	1					1		1
Blue-breasted Kingfisher	Halcyon malimbica						H
Grey-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala								1
Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis						H
Striped Kingfisher	Halcyon chelicuti			1		1		1
Giant Kingfisher	Megaceryle maxima	1		2
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis			X			1Z			1
White-fronted Bee-eater	Merops bullockoides	1		X
Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus	1		X	2		1
Blue-breasted Bee-eater	Merops variegatus						4
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater	Merops hirundineus		X
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater	Merops persicus									X
European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster		X	X			X
Southern Carmine Bee-eater	Merops nubicoides	1		X
Lilac-breasted Roller	Coracias caudata		X	X	X
Purple Roller	Coracias naevia		X	X
Broad-billed Roller	Eurystomus glaucurus	1					2
African Hoopoe	Upupa africana			1		H		1
Green Wood-hoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus			5					5
Common Scimitarbill	Rhinopomastus cyanomelas		1					5	2
Southern Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus rufirostris	1	2	2
Damara Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus damarensis		2
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill	Tockus leucomelas	1	1	X
Crowned Hornbill	Tockus alboterminatus				1		1
Bradfield's Hornbill	Tockus bradfieldi		1
African Grey Hornbill	Tockus nasutus	1	X	X
Pale-billed Hornbill	Tockus pallidirostris	1				1	1	1	1
Trumpeter Hornbill	Ceratogymna bucinator				3		2
Southern Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus leadbeateri			2
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus						H
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus chrysoconus	0					2
Miombo Pied Barbet	Tricholaema frontata					1
Acacia Pied Barbet	Tricholaema leucomelas	0		1
Black-collared Barbet	Lybius torquatus	1		2	2		1Z		1
Chaplin's Barbet	Lybius chaplini	0			2
Black-backed Barbet	Lybius minor	1					2
Scaly-throated Honeyguide	Indicator variegatus								1
Greater Honeyguide	Indicator indicator				1
Lesser Honeyguide	Indicator minor	0					2	1
[Pallid Honeyguide	Indicator meliphilus]								[1]
Green-backed Honeyguide	Prodotiscus zambesiae						1		1
Green-bkd (Little Spotted) Woodpecker	Campethera cailliautii						1
Bennett's Woodpecker	Campethera bennettii						1
Golden-tailed Woodpecker	Campethera abingoni			1			2
Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens						2
African Broadbill	Smithornis capensis						2		H
Rufous-naped Lark	Mirafra africana				X
Angola Lark	Mirafra angolensis	1					XC
Melodious Lark	Mirafra cheniana									2
Flappet Lark	Mirafra rufocinnamomea	1			X	X	X		X
Eastern Long-billed Lark	Certhilauda semitorquata									X
Dusky Lark	Pinarocorys nigricans						1
Sand Martin/Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia						XC
Brown-throated Martin	Riparia paludicola									X
Banded Martin	Riparia cincta	1		X			XC
Grey-rumped Swallow	Hirundo griseopyga		X	X
Rock Martin	Hirundo fuligula		X						X
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica					X	X	X	X	X
Angola Swallow	Hirundo angolensis						XC
White-throated Swallow	Hirundo albigularis	1							X	X
Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii			2
Greater Striped-Swallow	Hirundo cucullata	1								X
Lesser Striped-Swallow	Hirundo abyssinica			X	X	X	X		X
Rufous-chested Swallow	Hirundo semirufa					2
Mosque Swallow	Hirundo senegalensis							X
Black-and-rufous Swallow	Hirundo nigrorufa						6C
Red-throated Cliff-Swallow	Hirundo rufigula					X
Black Saw-wing	Psalidoprocne holomelas						X		X
African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp	1		1			3	1
Cape Wagtail	Motacilla capensis									2
Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava						2C
Mountain Wagtail	Motacilla clara						4Z
Fulleborn's Longclaw	Macronyx fuellebornii	1					X
Cape Longclaw	Macronyx capensis									X
Grimwood's Longclaw	Macronyx grimwoodi	1					5C
Rosy-breasted Longclaw	Macronyx ameliae	1					8
African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus	1					X			2
Woodland Pipit	Anthus nyassae	1					X		X
Plain-backed Pipit	Anthus leucophrys	1					1	3	X
Buffy Pipit	Anthus vaalensis				X		X
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis						X
White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina pectoralis								X
Black Cuckoo-shrike	Campephaga flava						2		X
Square-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus ludwigii						X
Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eurasian Golden-Oriole	Oriolus oriolus								X
African Golden-Oriole	Oriolus auratus	1					2		X
Eastern Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus larvatus					2			2
Cape Crow	Corvus capensis		1
Pied Crow	Corvus albus				X	X	X	X	X
White-necked Raven	Corvus albicollis								2
Grey Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus caroli						2		2
Cape Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus minutus		2
Southern Black-Tit	Parus niger				2
Carp's Tit	Parus carpi		2
Rufous-bellied Tit	Parus rufiventris					2
Miombo Tit	Parus griseiventris	0				2	X		X
Spotted Creeper	Salpornis spilonotus	1					3		2
Black-faced Babbler	Turdoides melanops	1		6
Hartlaub's Babbler	Turdoides hartlaubii	1		X
Southern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides bicolor		1
Arrow-marked Babbler	Turdoides jardineii	1		X		X	X	X	X
Dark-capped Bulbul	Pycnonotus tricolor	1			X	X	X	X	X
African Red-eyed Bulbul	Pycnonotus nigricans	1	X	X						X
Little Greenbul	Andropadus virens	1					X
Yellow-throated Leaf-love	Chlorocichla flavicollis					2	H
Yellow-bellied Greenbul	Chlorocichla flaviventris			2
Terrestrial Brownbul	Phyllastrephus terrestris				1
Cabanis's Greenbul	Phyllastrephus cabanisi						X
Black-collared Bulbul	Neolestes torquatus	1					2
Red-tailed Bristlebill	Bleda syndactylus	1					1
Fraser's Rufous Thrush	Neocossyphus fraseri	1					1
Cape Rock-Thrush	Monticola rupestris		1
Miombo Rock-Thrush	Monticola angolensis	0				H			1
Kurrichane Thrush	Turdus libonyanus	1		1			2	2	X
African Thrush	Turdus pelios					1	1			1
Bocage's Akalat	Sheppardia bocagei								1
Cape Robin-Chat	Cossypha caffra									4
Grey-winged Robin-Chat	Cossypha polioptera	1					X
White-browed Robin-Chat	Cossypha heuglini				1				2
White-browed Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas leucophrys			1		1	2
Miombo Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas barbata	1				2	2		2
Common/ African Stonechat	Saxicola torquata/rubicula	1					X		2	X
Capped Wheatear	Oenanthe pileata						1C			X
Familiar Chat	Cercomela familiaris	1	1						X
Southern Anteater-Chat	Myrmecocichla formicivora									X
Sooty Chat	Myrmecocichla nigra						5C		8
Arnott's Chat	Myrmecocichla arnotti					4
Mocking Cliff-Chat	Thamnolaea coronata								1
Moustached Grass-Warbler	Melocichla mentalis						1		1
Broad-tailed Warbler	Schoenicola brevirostris								4
Lesser Swamp-Warbler	Acrocephalus gracilirostris									2
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler	Chloropeta natalensis	1					1
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus					X	X	X	X
Laura's Woodland-Warbler	Phylloscopus laurae						X
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin					H
Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler	Parisoma subcaeruleum		1
Red-faced Cisticola	Cisticola erythrops					2
Whistling Cisticola	Cisticola lateralis						1Z
Trilling Cisticola	Cisticola woosnami					X	2L		X
Lazy Cisticola	Cisticola aberrans								X
Neddicky	Cisticola fulvicapilla			X	X
Long-tailed Cisticola	Cisticola angusticauda					X		X	X
Short-winged Cisticola	Cisticola brachypterus	1					X		X
Rattling Cisticola	Cisticola chinianus				X
Chirping Cisticola	Cisticola pipiens								X
Levaillant's (Tinkling) Cisticola	Cisticola tinniens						X			X
Stout Cisticola	Cisticola robustus						X
Croaking Cisticola	Cisticola natalensis	0	2	1	2
Dambo Cisticola	Cisticola dambo	1					4
Pale-crowned Cisticola	Cisticola cinnamomeus						2C
Wing-snapping Cisticola	Cisticola ayresii						1
Buff-throated Apalis	Apalis rufogularis						1
Bar-throated Apalis	Apalis thoracica								1
Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava	1				2	X
Black-chested Prinia	Prinia flavicans	1	X							X
White-chinned Prinia	Prinia leucopogon						2
Yellow-bellied Eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis		1						X
Salvadori's Eremomela	Eremomela salvadorii						1
Greencap Eremomela	Eremomela scotops					1			1
Burnt-necked Eremomela	Eremomela usticollis			1	H
Black-necked Eremomela	Eremomela atricollis						1
Red-capped Crombec	Sylvietta ruficapilla					1	6
Long-billed Crombec	Sylvietta rufescens			1	2	2
Grey-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brevicaudata		X	X			1
Stierling's Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes stierlingi	0		1
Pale Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes undosus							1
Yellow-bellied Hyliota	Hyliota flavigaster						1L
Southern Hyliota	Hyliota australis						2		1
Pale Flycatcher	Bradornis pallidus	0				2		1
Marico Flycatcher	Bradornis mariquensis		2
Southern Black-Flycatcher	Melaenornis pammelaina					1	1	2
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata						1		1
Boehm's Flycatcher	Muscicapa boehmi							1
African Dusky Flycatcher	Muscicapa adusta	1				1