Summary

Zambia is curiously underestimated as a birding destination despite a long list of selling points: it has a high diversity of habitats, many localised species, stable politics and reasonable infrastructure. This trip delivered a huge number of birds, and we managed 505 species (including heards) in 20 days of birding. We saw an incredible variety of mushitu and dambo specialities. The miombo was disappointingly quiet, but we still managed a good cross section of the southern miombo avifauna. Zambian highlights included the country’s only geographical endemic, Chaplin’s Barbet. The miombo delivered Southern and Yellow-breasted Hyliota, Souza’s Shrike, Black-collared and Green-capped Eremomelas, Racket-tailed Roller, Red-capped Crombec, Pale-billed Hornbill, Central Bearded Scrub Robin, White-headed (Arnot’s) Black Chat, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Miombo Double-collared Sunbird, Boehm’s Flycatcher, Sharp-tailed and Lesser Glossy Starling, Rufous-bellied Tit, Miombo Grey Tit, Little Spotted Woodpecker, Miombo Pied Barbet and in the west the scarce and irregular Bar-winged Weaver.

We made a special effort to visit the Kafue River to look for one of the main target birds of the trip, the enigmatic Pel’s Fishing Owl, which we were extremely fortunate to see. Another highlight were several Pennant-winged Nightjars, including an exquisite male in full daylight, along with with some key birds of the ‘mushitus’; these are patches of moist evergreen forest, usually in the centre of dambos. Key species we found here were Laura’s Warbler, Boulton’s (Margaret’s) Batis, Cabanis’ Greenbul and Bocage’s Akalat.

The Mutanda Bridge revealed the local Red-throated Cliff Swallow, a highly local species in south-central Africa and a spectacular and gaudy Ross’ Turaco. The dambos yielded Black-rumped Buttonquail, Grimwood's, Rosy-breasted and Fülleborn's Longclaws, Parasitic Weaver (Cuckoo Finch), Angola Lark, Sooty Chat, Dambo Cisticola, the black-and-vermillion Locust Finch and Black-chinned Quailfinch. The magnificent Black-and-rufous Swallow was found flitting effortlessly over the plain’s grasslands and Black-faced Canary was found foraging in foresty scrub on the edges of the plain.

Our main destination in Zambia was Hillwood Farm in the Mwinilunga district. Hillwood holds the most southerly tracts of the great equatorial forests. Reaching up between Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the far north-western corner of Zambia provides some of the best birding in the country. It also the most accessible area for seeing several exciting Central African specials and the avifauna has a distinctly Congolese flavour. Hillwood itself is flanked by mushitu on one side, miombo on another and overlooks a beautiful plain. Along the edges of the plain we found Denham's Bustard. The mushitu beside the camp is one of the richest on site and species we found included Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo, Gabon Bronze-naped Pigeon, Little Greenbul, Cabanis's Greenbul, Honeyguide Greenbul, Rufous Ant-Thrush, African Thrush, Grey-winged Robin, Laura's Warbler, Buff-throated Apalis, Bates's and Bannerman's Sunbirds and Splendid Glossy Starling. The highly enigmatic prize bird at Hillwood is the Black-collared Bulbul-Shrike, a bizarre monotypic genus and it is still hotly debated weather the bird is a bulbul or a shrike. After considerable effort we found one at Hillwood, where they are very unobtrusive. Palmnut Vultures were seen drifting up and down the Sakeji valley.

Next, we moved on to Namibia, where we saw another set of amazing endemics and one of the most amazing wilderness areas in Africa. Sparse, uninhabited plains, vermillion dune seas reputed to be 150 million years old and stark impressive mountains clothed in flat-topped Acacia’s were the backdrop to this endemic birding bonanza. Larks were an important component of the endemic avifauna and we racked all the countries endemics and near endemics including the seldom see Benguela Long-billed Lark at Brandberg and both Dune and Gray’s larks. After a fair bit of searching, we located the local Herero Chat at Spitskoppe as well as the nomadic and unpredictable Burchell’s Courser and Rüppell’s Korhaan. Erongo yielded all of the Namibian escarpment specialities including views of the skittish Hartlaub’s Francolin, Monteiro’s Hornbill, Rockrunner, Carp’s Black Tit, Rüppell’s Parrot and the immaculate White-tailed Shrike (now thought to be a terrestrial Batis!). Other small gems abound here including Rosy-faced Lovebird, Violet-eared and Black-cheeked Waxbills. Etosha delivered Bare-cheeked Babbler and Violet Woodhoopoe.
 
 

The great plains of Etosha supported large herds of game game and their associated predators. Kathy had a Cheetah come to the water to drink on our first night, we had a pride of 12 Lions, including two playful youngsters cavorting with their "teenager" siblings for over an hour on our first morning, and at Halali, we were fortunate enough to have a male Leopard "slink" into the waterhole while four Black Rhinos were drinking! Elephants and the scarce Black-faced Impala were other mammal highlights at Etosha.

The final leg pushed us into the broadleaved woodland of the northeast and the mighty Kavango River. Despite very low water levels we were fortunate enough to be able to arrange a special boat trip and the Kavango floodplain yielded a pair of Wattled Crane with a chick, young White-backed Night Heron, Rufous-bellied Heron and the globally threatened Slaty Egret, while the African Skimmers building scrapes for their nests were also very welcome. Buffalo, Roan and Sable Antelope were exciting mammalian additions. Several passerines with ranges centred on the Okavango were also gripped including White-rumped Babbler and Chirping Cisticola. The Okavango also delivered knock-out views of Pel’s Fishing Owl, hunting in the pond next to our dining room table! We had come for Pel’s Owl, and we saw one at the start of the trip and one at the end, but we also managed to pack in another 504 species, including some incredible central African specialities!

BIRD LIST
The nomenclature and taxonomy followed here is according to Sinclair & Ryan’s Bird’s of Africa – south of the Sahara. 2003.

Ostrich Struthio camelus
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Cape Gannet Morus capensis
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Great Egret Ardea alba
Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron Butorides striatus
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha
Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus
Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
Pale Chanting-Goshawk Melierax canorus
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Shikra Accipiter badius
Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Ayres' Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
Secretary-bird Sagittarius serpentarius
Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui
Orange River Francolin Francolinus levaillantoides
Hartlaub's Francolin Francolinus hartlaubi
Red-billed Francolin Francolinus adspersus
Swainson's Francolin Francolinus swainsonii
Red-necked Francolin Francolinus afer
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Blue Crane Grus paradisea
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus
Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix hottentotta
Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
Stanley Bustard Neotis denhami
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
Rueppell's Bustard Eupodotis rueppellii
Red-crested Bustard Eupodotis ruficrista
White-quilled Bustard Eupodotis afraoides
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
Hartlaub's Gull Larus hartlaubii
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
Rock Dove,Columba livia
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Gabon Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
African Green-Pigeon Treron calva
Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus robustus
Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
Rueppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii
Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
Ross' Turaco Musophaga rossae
Gray Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
Klaas' Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
Barn Owl Tyto alba
African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis
Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
Pel's Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli
African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
Marsh Owl Asio capensis
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius
African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
Common Swift Apus apus
Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
Little Swift Apus affinis
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta
Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata
Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevia
Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulata
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
Common Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
Damara Hornbill Tockus damarensis
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
Bradfield's Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi
African Gray Hornbill Tockus nasutus
Pale-billed Hornbill Tockus pallidirostris
Trumpeter Hornbill Ceratogymna bucinator
Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
(Acacia) Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
Miombo Barbet Tricholaema frontata
Chaplin's Barbet Lybius chaplini
Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
Green-backed Honeyguide Prodotiscus zambesiae
Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus
Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis
Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Sabota Lark Mirafra sabota
Karoo Long-billed Lark Certhilauda subcoronata
Benguela Lark Certhilauda benguelensis
Dune Lark Certhilauda erythrochlamys
Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
Gray's Lark Ammomanes grayi
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
Stark's Lark Eremalauda starki
Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
Banded Martin Riparia cincta
Gray-rumped Swallow Hirundo griseopyga
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa
Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
Greater Striped-Swallow Hirundo cucullata
Lesser Striped-Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
Rufous-chested Swallow Hirundo semirufa
Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis
Red-throated Cliff Swallow Hirundo rufigula
House Martin Delichon urbica
Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne
African Pied Wagtail,Motacilla aguimp
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
Fuelleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuellebornii
Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
(Wood) Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis (nyasae)
White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike Coracina pectoralis
Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Black-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
Yellow-throated Greenbul Chlorocichla flavicollis
Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
Cabanis' Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
Gray-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
Common Bristlebill Bleda syndactyla
Black-collared Bulbul Neolestes torquatus
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush Neocossyphus fraseri
Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsipsirupa
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus
African Thrush Turdus pelios
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
Gray Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
Piping Cisticola Cisticola fulvicapillus
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticaudus
Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
Dambo (Cloud-scraping) Cisticola Cisticola dambo
Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
Brown-headed Apalis Apalis alticola
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Miombo Camaroptera Calamonastes undosus
Stierling’s Barred Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
Barred Camaroptera Calamonastes fasciolatus
Moustached Grass-Warbler Melocichla mentalis
Damara Rock-jumper Achaetops pycnopygius
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Greater Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
African Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis
Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
Burnt-neck Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
Greencap Eremomela Eremomela scotops
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
Cape Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
Laura's Wood-Warbler Phylloscopus laurae
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
Layard's Warbler Parisoma layardi
Rufous-vented Warbler Parisoma subcaeruleum
Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Chat Flycatcher Bradornis infuscatus
Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
Southern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
Mariqua Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Boehm's Flycatcher Muscicapa boehmi
Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
Gray Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
Bocage's Akalat Sheppardia bocagei
Gray-winged Robin-Chat Cossypha polioptera
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
Miombo Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas barbata
Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
Kalahari Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas paena
Herero Chat Namibornis herero
African Stonechat Saxicola torquata
Mountain Wheatear Oenanthe monticola
Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
Karoo Chat Cercomela schlegelii
Tractrac Chat Cercomela tractrac
Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
White-headed Black-Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
Southern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
Boulton's Batis Batis margaritae
Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
Pririt Batis Batis pririt
White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus
African Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygius
Southern Pied-Babbler Turdoides bicolor
Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys
White-winged Black-Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
Southern Black-Tit Melaniparus niger
Carp's Tit Melaniparus carpi
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
Southern Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus minutus
Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus
Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
Bannerman's Sunbird Cyanomitra bannermani
Western Olive-Sunbird Cyanomitra obscura
Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
Mariqua Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
Bates' Sunbird Cinnyris batesi
Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus
African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
Cape White-eye Zosterops capensis
Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus
African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
Lesser Gray Shrike Lanius minor
Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
Magpie Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca
S. White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
Brubru Nilaus afer
Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
Gabon Boubou Laniarius bicolor
Crimson-breasted Gonolek Laniarius atrococcineus
Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
Black-fronted Bushshrike Telophorus nigrifrons
White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Cape Crow Corvus capensis
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Cape Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis nitens
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Meves’ Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
Burchell’s Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis australis
Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Sharp-tailed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis
(Mossie) Cape Sparrow,Passer melanurus
N. Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
S. Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
Yellow-throated Petronia Petronia superciliaris
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
Scaly Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
Social Weaver Philetairus socius
Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
Southern Brownthroated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
African Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor
Bar-winged Weaver Ploceus angolensis
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
Parasitic Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis
Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatina
Black-tailed Waxbill Estrilda perreini
Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Red-billed Quailfinch Ortygospiza gabonensis
Locustfinch Ortygospiza locustella
Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata
Black-and-white Mannikin Lonchura bicolor
Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Black-throated Canary Serinus atrogularis
Black-faced Canary Serinus capistratus
Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus
Yellow Canary Serinus flaviventris
White-throated Canary Serinus albogularis
Black-eared Seedeater Serinus mennelli
Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
Cabanis' Bunting Emberiza cabanisi