Birds of Zambia
Zambia hosts 662 regularly occurring species in this directory, 3 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Zambia
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
- Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowi
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
- Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
- Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
- Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Southern Yellow White-eyeZosterops anderssoni
- Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- African Green PigeonTreron calvus
- Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
- Collared Palm ThrushCichladusa arquata
- Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava
- Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Cuckoo-finchAnomalospiza imberbis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Retz's HelmetshrikePrionops retzii
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- Red-throated TwinspotHypargos niveoguttatus
- Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Lilian's LovebirdAgapornis lilianae
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
- Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
- Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pale-billed HornbillLophoceros pallidirostris
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Trilling CisticolaCisticola woosnami
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Red-capped CrombecSylvietta ruficapilla
- Hartlaub's BabblerTurdoides hartlaubii
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
- Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Stierling's Wren-WarblerCalamonastes stierlingi
- Cape ParrotPoicephalus robustus
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Chirping CisticolaCisticola pipiens
- Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
- Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus
- Wood PipitAnthus nyassae
- Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
- Cabanis's BuntingEmberiza cabanisi
- Böhm's Bee-eaterMerops boehmi
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
- Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Grey Penduline TitAnthoscopus caroli
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Racket-tailed RollerCoracias spatulatus
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Fülleborn's LongclawMacronyx fuelleborni
- Cabanis's GreenbulPhyllastrephus cabanisi
- Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
- Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
- White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
- Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Rosy-throated LongclawMacronyx ameliae
- Broad-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua obtusa
- Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi
- Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadori
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Black-eared SeedeaterCrithagra mennelli
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola
- Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
- Brown-headed ApalisApalis alticola
- Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Eastern NicatorNicator gularis
- Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Burnt-necked EremomelaEremomela usticollis
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis
- Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
- Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coqui
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- Southern HyliotaHyliota australis
- Luapula CisticolaCisticola luapula
- Double-banded SandgrousePterocles bicinctus
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Grey-olive GreenbulPhyllastrephus cerviniventris
- African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- African ThrushTurdus pelios
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Western Miombo SunbirdCinnyris gertrudis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
- Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
- Dickinson's KestrelFalco dickinsoni
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
- Böhm's SpinetailNeafrapus boehmi
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Black-fronted BushshrikeChlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Black-necked EremomelaEremomela atricollis
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Laura's Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus laurae
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- Souza's ShrikeLanius souzae
- Chaplin's BarbetLybius chaplini
- Miombo Rock ThrushMonticola angolensis
- Purple-throated CuckooshrikeCampephaga quiscalina
- Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
- Purple IndigobirdVidua purpurascens
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
- Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus
- Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Miombo Pied BarbetTricholaema frontata
- Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
- Anchieta's SunbirdAnthreptes anchietae
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
- Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Yellow-throated LeafbirdChloropsis palawanensis
- African Black SwiftApus barbatus
- Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
- African RailRallus caerulescens
- Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus
- Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Black-faced CanaryCrithagra capistrata
- Bocage's AkalatSheppardia bocagei
- Stout CisticolaCisticola robustus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
- Locust FinchPaludipasser locustella
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
- Striped PipitAnthus lineiventris
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
- Sharp-tailed StarlingLamprotornis acuticaudus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- White-tailed Blue FlycatcherElminia albicauda
- Reichard's SeedeaterCrithagra reichardi
- Green-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus zambesiae
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Shelley's SunbirdCinnyris shelleyi
- Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Shelley's FrancolinScleroptila shelleyi
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Gorgeous BushshrikeTelophorus viridis
- Yellow-throated SandgrousePterocles gutturalis
- Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
- Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques
- Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Pale-crowned CisticolaCisticola cinnamomeus
- Black-collared BulbulNeolestes torquatus
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
- Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regia
- Tinkling CisticolaCisticola rufilatus
- Margaret's BatisBatis margaritae
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- Pink-billed LarkSpizocorys conirostris
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Bradfield's HornbillLophoceros bradfieldi
- Slaty EgretEgretta vinaceigula
- Black-cheeked LovebirdAgapornis nigrigenis
- Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
- Fraser's Rufous ThrushStizorhina fraseri
- Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
- Angola SwallowHirundo angolensis
- Grimwood's LongclawMacronyx grimwoodi
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens
- Red-throated Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon rufigula
- Eastern Miombo SunbirdCinnyris manoensis
- Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricans
- Miombo Wren-WarblerCalamonastes undosus
- Black-and-rufous SwallowHirundo nigrorufa
- Wing-snapping CisticolaCisticola ayresii
- Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
- Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
- Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
- Evergreen Forest WarblerBradypterus lopezi
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- Blue-mantled Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus cyanomelas
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
- Livingstone's FlycatcherErythrocercus livingstonei
- Swamp BoubouLaniarius bicolor
- Katanga Masked WeaverPloceus katangae
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Bates's SunbirdCinnyris batesi
- African HobbyFalco cuvierii
- Buff-throated ApalisApalis rufogularis
- African PittaPitta angolensis
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser rufoscapulatus
- Bannerman's SunbirdCyanomitra bannermani
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Marico FlycatcherBradornis mariquensis
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
- Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Dambo CisticolaCisticola dambo
- Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Bar-winged WeaverPloceus angolensis
- Long-tailed CisticolaCisticola angusticauda
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- White-tailed Crested FlycatcherElminia albonotata
- Dusky IndigobirdVidua funerea
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
- Yellow-streaked GreenbulPhyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix verticalis
- Vermiculated Fishing OwlScotopelia bouvieri
- Anchieta's BarbetStactolaema anchietae
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus
- Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
- White-headed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne albiceps
- Red-crested KorhaanLophotis ruficrista
- Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
- ShoebillBalaeniceps rex
- African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
- African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
- Cape BatisBatis capensis
- Black-browed Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla fusciceps
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- African Grass OwlTyto capensis
- Pallid HoneyguideIndicator meliphilus
- Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
- Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
- Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
- Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
- Whyte's BarbetStactolaema whytii
- Moustached TinkerbirdPogoniulus leucomystax
- Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
- Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
- Bar-tailed TrogonApaloderma vittatum
- Crimson-breasted ShrikeLaniarius atrococcineus
- Zambezi IndigobirdVidua codringtoni
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis
- Least HoneyguideIndicator exilis
- Chapin's ApalisApalis chapini
- Fülleborn's BoubouLaniarius fuelleborni
- Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea
- Blue QuailSynoicus adansonii
- Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Forest Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris fuelleborni
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Hildebrandt's SpurfowlPternistis hildebrandti
- Black-lored CisticolaCisticola nigriloris
- Rufous-cheeked NightjarCaprimulgus rufigena
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
- Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Spot-breasted IbisBostrychia rara
- Chestnut-headed FlufftailSarothrura lugens
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Scaly-feathered WeaverSporopipes squamifrons
- Bronze SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis
- Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia
- Bushveld PipitAnthus caffer
- Brown-eared WoodpeckerPardipicus caroli
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
- Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescens
- Babbling StarlingNeocichla gutturalis
- Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
- Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
- Churring CisticolaCisticola njombe
- Short-tailed PipitAnthus brachyurus
- Ludwig's Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris ludovicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- South African Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Wailing CisticolaCisticola lais
- Buff-spotted FlufftailSarothrura elegans
- Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertex
- Streaky-breasted FlufftailSarothrura boehmi
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
- Sharpe's AkalatSheppardia sharpei
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Southern CitrilCrithagra hyposticta
- Waller's StarlingOnychognathus walleri
- Oustalet's SunbirdCinnyris oustaleti
- Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantii
- Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
- Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Red-faced CrimsonwingCryptospiza reichenovii
- Papyrus Yellow WarblerCalamonastides gracilirostris
- White-winged Swamp WarblerBradypterus carpalis
- Boulder ChatPinarornis plumosus
- Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
- Montane NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus
- Cardinal QueleaQuelea cardinalis
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis
- Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis
- Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
- African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
- Tanzanian Masked WeaverPloceus reichardi
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
- Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
- White-throated FrancolinCampocolinus albogularis
- Bertram's WeaverPloceus bertrandi
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- Bocage's WeaverPloceus temporalis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
- Blue SwallowHirundo atrocaerulea
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
- Western NicatorNicator chloris
- Cinnamon Bracken WarblerBradypterus cinnamomeus
- Montane WidowbirdEuplectes psammacromius
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Cape VultureGyps coprotheres
- Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Rufous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris
- Mountain Yellow WarblerIduna similis
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
- Green MalkohaCeuthmochares australis
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Orange-tufted SunbirdCinnyris bouvieri
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Cloud CisticolaCisticola textrix
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Silvery-cheeked HornbillBycanistes brevis
- Yellow-throated Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus ruficapilla
- Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
- Scarlet-tufted SunbirdNectarinia johnstoni
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii
- Brown-headed ParrotPoicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
- Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostris
- Barred Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
- Orange Ground ThrushGeokichla gurneyi
- Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilus
- Yellow-browed SeedeaterCrithagra whytii