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Zambia birds

Common birds to look for in Zambia

Grey Crowned Crane 1
Balearica regulorum
Helmeted Guineafowl 2
Numida meleagris
White-browed Coucal 3
Centropus superciliosus
Senegal Coucal 4
Centropus senegalensis
Little Bee-eater 5
Merops pusillus
Olive Bee-eater 6
Merops superciliosus
White-fronted Bee-eater 7
Merops bullockoides
Lilac-breasted Roller 8
Coracias caudatus
Broad-billed Roller 6
Eurystomus glaucurus
Woodland Kingfisher 7
Halcyon senegalensis
Brown-hooded Kingfisher 9
Halcyon albiventris
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove 10
Turtur chalcospilos
African Spoonbill 11
Platalea alba
Hadada Ibis 12
Bostrychia hagedash
Hamerkop 11
Scopus umbretta
Common Greenshank 13
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper 14
Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper 14
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper 15
Actitis hypoleucos
Great White Pelican 16
Pelecanus onocrotalus
African Jacana 17
Actophilornis africanus
Three-banded Courser 18
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Amur Falcon 9
Falco amurensis
Yellow-billed Stork 9
Mycteria ibis
Saddle-billed Stork 19
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Three-banded Plover 7
Charadrius tricollaris
White-fronted Plover 20
Charadrius marginatus
Black-winged Stilt 21
Himantopus himantopus
White-headed Lapwing 7
Vanellus albiceps
African Wattled Lapwing 7
Vanellus senegallus
Blacksmith Lapwing 2
Vanellus armatus
Water Thick-knee 22
Burhinus vermiculatus
Grey Heron 23
Ardea cinerea
Goliath Heron 7
Ardea goliath
Black-headed Heron 24
Ardea melanocephala
Squacco Heron 3
Ardeola ralloides
Dwarf Bittern 3
Ixobrychus sturmii
Shikra 25
Accipiter badius
Bateleur 26
Terathopius ecaudatus
Brown Snake-Eagle 7
Circaetus cinereus
Banded Snake-Eagle 27
Circaetus cinerascens
African Harrier-Hawk 28
Polyboroides typus
Black Kite 29
Milvus migrans
African Fish-Eagle 2
Haliaeetus vocifer
Martial Eagle 30
Polemaetus bellicosus
White-backed Vulture 2
Gyps africanus
Spur-winged Goose 11
Plectropterus gambensis
Purple-crested Turaco 2
Tauraco porphyreolophus
Grey Go-away-bird 31
Corythaixoides concolor
Black-backed Puffback 3
Dryoscopus cubla
Wire-tailed Swallow 2
Hirundo smithii
African Pied Wagtail 32
Motacilla aguimp
White-winged Widowbird 33
Euplectes albonotatus
Red-billed Quelea 32
Quelea quelea
Village Indigobird 34
Vidua chalybeata
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 2
Plocepasser mahali
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 35
Bubalornis niger
Burchell's Starling 36
Lamprotornis australis
Meves's Starling 8
Lamprotornis mevesii
Square-tailed Nightjar 37
Caprimulgus fossii
Pearl-spotted Owlet 7
Glaucidium perlatum
Pel's Fishing-Owl 36
Scotopelia peli
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl 3
Bubo lacteus
African Scops-Owl 38
Otus senegalensis
Striated Heron 39
Butorides striata
Southern Carmine Bee-eater 40
Merops nubicoides
Egyptian Goose 41
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Giant Kingfisher 42
Megaceryle maxima
Red-billed Oxpecker 2
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Southern Ground-Hornbill 43
Bucorvus leadbeateri
Great Egret 44
Ardea alba
Gabar Goshawk 32
Micronisus gabar
African Hawk-Eagle 9
Aquila spilogaster
Malachite Kingfisher 43
Corythornis cristatus
Southern Red-billed Hornbill 37
Tockus rufirostris
Marabou Stork 11
Leptoptilos crumenifer
African Great Egret
Ardea alba melanorhynchos
Ruff 45
Calidris pugnax
Yellow-billed Kite (parasitus) 46
Milvus migrans parasitus
Swainson's Spurfowl 47
Pternistis swainsonii
Red-necked Francolin 48
Pternistis afer
African Sacred Ibis 2
Threskiornis aethiopicus aethiopicus
Sacred Ibis 49
Threskiornis aethiopicus

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