List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	White-throated Francolin	Campocolinus albogularis		BC
2	Whyte's Francolin	Scleroptera whytei	Many	BC
3	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum	Many	EN
4	\Malagasy Pond-Heron\	Ardeola idae	KFLT,NLNP SLNP	EN
5	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius	Many	EN
6	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis	Many	CR
7	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	Many	EN
8	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Many	CR
9	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Many	EN
10	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Many	EN
11	Anchieta's Barbet	Stactolaema anchietae	KSK,MW,NWR	BC
12	Chaplin's Barbet	Lybius chaplini	KFLT,KNP,NRC	E
13	Black-cheeked Lovebird	Agapornis nigrigenis	KNP	BC
14	Boulton's Batis	Batis margaritae		BC
15	Malawi Batis	Batis dimorpha		NE
16	Plains Lark	Corypha kabalii		BC
17	Plateau Lark	Corypha nigrescens		BC
18	Black-necked Eremomela	Eremomela atricollis	Many	BC
19	Cloud Cisticola	Cisticola textrix		BC
20	Dambo Cisticola	Cisticola dambo	NWR	BC
21	Black-and-rufous Swallow	Hirundo nigrorufa	NWR	BC
22	(Red-throated Swallow)	Petrochelidon rufigula	NWR	BC
23	Thrush Babbler	Illadopsis turdina		BC
24	Bannerman's Sunbird	Cyanomitra bannermani	NWR	BC
25	Montane Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris ludovicensis		BC
26	Oustalet's Sunbird	Cinnyris oustaleti		BC
27	Bates's Sunbird	Cinnyris batesi	NWR	BC
28	Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	KNP,NLNP,SLNP	BC
29	Bocage's Weaver	Ploceus temporalis	NWR	BC
30	Tanganyika Masked-Weaver	Ploceus reichardi		BC
31	Bar-winged Weaver	Ploceus angolensis	MW,SLNP	BC
32	Swee Waxbill	Coccopygia melanotis	MW,SLNP	BC
33	Grimwood's Longclaw	Macronyx grimwoodi		BC
34	Black-faced Canary	Crithagra capistratus	KSK,NWR	BC

 

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

OTHER COUNTRIESIN AFRICA

• Angola
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zimbabwe

BIRDING LOCALES

• Bangweulu Wetlands (BW)
• Barotse Floodplain (BFP)
• Batoka Gorge (BG)
• Kafue Flats (KFLT)
• Kafue National Park (KNP)
• Kasanka National Park (KSK)
• Lower Zambesi National Park (LZNP)
• Mutinondo Wilderness (MW)
• Nchila Wildlife Reserve (NWR)
• Nkanga River Area (NRC)
• North Luangwa National Park (NLNP)
• South Luangwa National Park (SLNP)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	1
NE	Near Endemic	3
CR	Critically Endangered	2
EN	Endangered	6
BC	Best Seen in This Country	22
AT	Always a Target	0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.