Birds of Kafue National Park

Please find below a list of birds found in Kafue National Park.

The list comes from the Kafue trust (www.kafue.org) and was compiled by

R. Stjernstedt ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

R	= Resident
A	= IntraAfrican migrant
P	= Palaearctic migrant
PP	= Partial & possible migrant
RR	= Restricted range
V	= Vagrant
CC	= Conservation concern globally
cc	= Conservation concern locally

ZBN ENGLISH NAME Status key ; notes

1 Grebe Little PP

3 Cormorant White breasted PP

4 Cormorant Reed PP

5 Darter PP

6 Pelican White PP

7 Pelican Pink backed PP

9 Bittern Little P-minutus PP-paysii

10 Bittern Dwarf A

11 Heron Black crowned Night PP

12 Heron White backed Night R

13 Heron Common Squacco PP

15 Heron Rufous bellied PP

16 Egret Cattle A

17 Heron Green backed R

18 Egret Black PP

19 Egret Slaty PP-CC

20 Egret Little PP

21 Egret Yellow billed PP

22 Egret Great White PP

23 Heron Purple R

24 Heron Grey PP

25 Heron Black headed PP

26 Heron Goliath R

27 Hammerkop R

28 Stork Yellow billed PP

29 Stork Openbill PP

31 Stork Abdim's A

32 Stork Woolly necked PP

33 Stork White P

34 Stork Saddle billed R-cc

35 Stork Marabou PP

37 Ibis Sacred PP

38 Ibis Glossy PP

39 Ibis Hadada R

40 Spoonbill African PP

42 Flamingo Lesser V-RR

43 Duck Fulvous Whistling PP

44 Duck White faced Whistling PP

45 Duck White backed PP

46 Goose Egyptian PP

47 Goose Spur winged PP

48 Duck Knob billed PP

49 Goose African Pygmy PP

50 Duck African Black R

51 Duck Yellow billed PP

54 Teal Red billed PP

55 Teal Hottentot PP

59 Pochard Southern PP

60 Hawk African Cuckoo PP

61 Buzzard Honey P

62 Hawk Bat R

63 Kite Black shouldered PP

64 Kite Yellow billed/Black P-migrans A-parasiticus

65 Eagle African Fish R

67 Vulture Hooded R

68 Vulture African White backed R

69 Vulture Cape V-RR-CC

70 Vulture Lappet faced R

71 Vulture White headed R

72 Eagle Short toed/Black breasted Snake PP

73 Eagle Brown Snake PP

74 Eagle Western banded Snake R

75 Bateleur PP-cc

76 Gymnogene R

78 Harrier African Marsh R

79 Harrier Pallid P-CC

80 Harrier Montagu's ?

81 Goshawk Dark Chanting R

82 Goshawk Gabar R

83 Goshawk Black R

84 Sparrowhawk Ovambo R

86 Sparrowhawk Little R

87 Goshawk African R

88 Goshawk Little banded/Shikra R

89 Buzzard Lizard R

90 Buzzard Common P

92 Eagle Wahlberg's A

93 Eagle Lesser Spotted P

94 Eagle Tawny R

95 Eagle Steppe P

97 Eagle African Hawk R

98 Eagle Booted P / A

99 Eagle Ayre's Hawk PP

100 Eagle Long Crested R

101 Eagle Crowned R

102 Eagle Martial R

103 Osprey P

104 Secretarybird PP

105 Kestrel Lesser P-CC

106 Kestrel Common P-tinnunculus PP-rupicolus

107 Kestrel Greater PP-RR

108 Kestrel Dickinson's PP

109 Falcon W Red footed P

110 Falcon E Red footed P

111 Falcon Red necked R

112 Hobby European P

113 Hobby African A

115 Falcon Lanner PP

117 Falcon Peregrine P-calidus PP-minor

118 Francolin Coqui R

120 Francolin Crested R

121 Francolin Shelley's R

124 Francolin Natal R

126 Francolin Swainson's R

127 Francolin Red necked R

129 Quail Harlequin A

130 Quail Blue A

131 Guineafowl Crested R

132 Guineafowl Helmeted R

133 Buttonquail Kurrichane R

134 Buttonquail Black rumped A

136 Flufftail Buff spotted A-RR

137 Flufftail Red chested R

141 Rail African Water R

142 Crake Corn P-CC

143 Crake African A

144 Crake Black R

146 Crake Spotted P-RR

147 Crake Striped A-RR

148 Gallinule Purple R

149 Gallinule Lesser A

150 Moorhen Common R

151 Moorhen Lesser A

152 Coot Red knobbed PP

153 Crane Wattled PP-CC

154 Crane Southern Crowned R-cc

155 Finfoot African R

156 Bustard Denham's PP-cc

157 Korhaan Red crested R

158 Bustard White bellied R-cc

159 Bustard Black bellied R

160 Jacana African PP

161 Jacana Lesser PP

162 Snipe Painted PP

163 Stilt Black winged PP

164 Avocet PP

165 Dikkop Water R

166 Dikkop Spotted R

167 Courser Three banded R

168 Courser Bronze winged A

169 Courser Temminck's A

170 Pratincole Common PP

171 Pratincole Black winged P-RR-CC

172 Pratincole Rock A

174 Plver Ringed P

175 Plover Kittlitz's PP

176 Plover Three banded PP

182 Plover Caspian P

184 Plover Grey P

185 Plover Senegal Wattled PP

186 Plover White crowned R

187 Plover Blacksmith PP

189 Plover Lesser Black winged PP-RR

190 Plover Crowned A

191 Plover Long toed R

193 Snipe Ethiopian PP

194 Snipe Great P-CC

199 Curlew P-RR

200 Redshank Spotted P-RR

201 Redshank Common P-RR

202 Sandpiper Marsh P

203 Greenshank P

205 Sandpiper Green P

207 Sandpiper Wood P

209 Sandpiper Common P

212 Sanderling P

213 Stint Little P

216 Sandpiper Curlew P

218 Ruff P

220 Gull Lesser Black backed P-RR

221 Gull Grey headed PP

222 Tern Gull billed P-RR

225 Tern Whiskered PP

226 Tern White winged Black P

227 Skimmer African PP

228 Sandgrouse Double banded R

229 Sandgrouse Yellow throated A

236 Dove Laughing A

237 Dove African Mourning R

238 Dove Cape Turtle R

239 Dove Red eyed R

240 Dove Emerald spotted Wood R

241 Dove Blue spotted Wood R

243 Dove Namaqua A

244 Pigeon Green R

245 Parrot Brown necked PP

246 Parrot Meyer's R

248 Lovebird Black cheeked R-RR-CC

249 Turaco Schalow's R

251 Turaco Lady Ross's R

252 Lourie Grey R

254 Cuckoo Great spotted A

255 Cuckoo Jacobin A

256 Cuckoo Striped Crested A

257 Cuckoo Thick billed PP

258 Cuckoo Red chested A

259 Cuckoo Black A

260 Cuckoo European Grey P

261 Cuckoo Afriacn Grey A

266 Cuckoo Emerald A

267 Cuckoo Klaas's A

268 Cuckoo Didric A

270 Coucal African Black A

271 Coucal Coppery tailed R

272 Coucal Senegal R

273 Coucal Burchell's R

274 Owl Barn R

275 Owl Grass R

276 Owl African Scops R

277 Owl White faced R

278 Owl Spotted Eagle R

279 Owl Giant Eagle R

280 Owl Pel's Fishing R

281 Owl Pearl spotted R

282 Owlet Barred R

283 Owl Wood R

284 Owl Marsh R

285 Nightjar European P-RR

286 Nightjar Rufous cheeked A

287 Nightjar Fiery necked PP

289 Nightjar Natal R

290 Nightjar Freckled Rock PP

291 Nightjar Gaboon/Mozambique PP

292 Nightjar Pennant winged A

295 Spinetail Bat-like R

296 Swift African Palm R

300 Swift European P

302 Swift Little R

304 Swift African White rumped A

306 Mousebird Red faced R

307 Trogon Narina A

309 Kingfisher Half collared R

311 Kingfisher Malachite R

313 Kingfisher Pygmy A

314 Kingfisher Brown headed R

315 Kingfisher Chestnut bellied A

317 Kingfisher Senegal A

318 Kingfisher Striped R

319 Kingfisher Giant R

320 Kingfisher Pied R

321 Bee eater Little PP

322 Bee eater White cheeked R

323 Bee eater Swallow tailed PP

324 Bee eater White fronted R

325 Bee eater Bohm's R

327 Bee eater Blue cheeked P

328 Bee eater European P / A

329 Bee eater Southern Carmine A

330 Roller European P

331 Roller Lilac breasted PP

332 Roller Racket tailed R

333 Roller Purple PP

334 Roller Broad billed A

335 Hoopoe Red billed Wood R

336 Hoopoe Scimitar billed Wood R

337 Hoopoe A

338 Hornbill red billed R

339 Hornbill Southern Yellow billed R

340 Hornbill Crowned R

342 Hornbill Pale billed R

343 Hornbill African Grey R

344 Hornbill Trumpeter R

346 Hornbill Southern Ground R

350 Tinkerbird Yellow fronted R

354 Barbet Miombo Pied R

355 Barbet Black collared R

356 Barbet Chaplin's R-RR-CC

357 Barbet Black backed R

358 Barbet Crested R

359 Honeyguide Green backed R

360 Honeyguide Brown backed R

361 Honeyguide Scaly fronted R

362 Honeyguide Greater R

363 Honeyguide Lesser R

367 Woodpecker Bennett's R

368 Woodpecker Golden tailed R

369 Woodpecker Little Spotted R

371 Woodpecker Cardinal R

372 Woodpecker Bearded R

373 Woodpecker Olive R

374 Broadbill African R

377 Lark Rufous naped R

379 Lark Flappet R

382 Lark Dusky A

383 Lark Red capped A

385 Lark Chestnut backed Sparrow PP

386 Lark Grey backed Sparrow PP-RR

388 Saw wing Black PP

390 Martin European Sand P

391 Martin African Sand PP

392 Martin Banded PP

393 Swallow Grey rumped PP

394 Swallow Red breasted A

395 Swallow Mosque PP

396 Swallow Lesser striped PP

397 Swallow Greater Striped A-RR

404 Swallow Wire tailed PP

405 Swallow Pearl breasted PP

406 Swallow White throated A

407 Swallow European P

409 Martin House P

410 Wagtail Yellow P

411 Wagtail Cape R

414 Wagtail African Pied R

415 Pipit Richard's PP

416 Pipit Long billed R

417 Pipit Plain backed R

418 Pipit Buffy A

420 Pipit Little Tawny PP

421 Pipit Tree P

423 Pipit Striped R

425 Longclaw Fuelleborn's R

426 Longclaw Rosy breasted R

428 Cuckooshrike Black PP

429 Cuckooshrike Purple throated R

430 Cuckooshrike White breasted PP

436 Greenbul Yellow bellied R

438 Bulbul Terrestrial R

439 Bulbul Grey olive R

443 Bulbul Common R

448 Thrush Miombo Rock R

451 Thrush Kurrichane R

452 Thrush Groundscraper PP

458 Nightingale Thrush P

462 Robin Heuglin's R

463 Robin Red capped A

465 Thrush Collared Palm R

466 Robin Central bearded Scrub R

467 Robin Eastern bearded Scrub R

468 Robin White browed Scrub R

469 Stonechat R

471 Wheatear European P-RR

472 Wheatear Capped A

474 Chat Familiar R

475 Chat Sooty R

476 Chat Arnot's R

477 Chat Mocking R

478 Warbler Broad tailed PP

479 Warbler Little Rush R

485 Warbler Sedge P

486 Warbler Reed P-scirpaceus (fuscus) PP-baeticatus

486 Warbler African Reed

487 Warbler Marsh P

488 Warbler Great Reed P

489 Warbler Lesser Swamp R

490 Warbler Greater Swamp R

492 Warbler Icterine P

494 Warbler African Yellow PP

496 Eremomela Green capped R

497 Eremomela Black collared R

498 Eremomela Burnt necked R

499 Eremomela Yellow bellied R

500 Crombec Red capped R

501 Crombec Long billed R

502 Warbler Willow P

505 Hyliota Yellow bellied R

506 Hyliota Southern R

507 Warbler Garden P

509 Whitethroat Common P

510 Tit babbler PP-RR

513 Cisticola Pectoral patch R

516 Cisticola Fan tailed R

517 Cisticola Desert R

518 Cisticola Croaking R

521 Cisticola Tinkling R

522 Cisticola Rattling R

524 Cisticola Short winged R

525 Neddicky R

528 Cisticola Trilling R

529 Cisticola Red faced R

532 Cisticola Greater Black backed R

533 Cisticola Chirping R

534 Cisticola Lesser Black backed R

535 Prinia Tawny flanked R

539 Apalis Yellow breasted R

544 Warbler Bleating Bush R

545 Wren Warbler Pale R

545a Wren Warbler Stierling's

547 Flycatcher Pale R

549 Flycatcher Southern Black R

550 Flycatcher Collared P

551 Flycatcher Spotted P

552 Flycatcher Dusky PP

555 Flycatcher Ashy R

557 Flycatcher Bohm's R

558 Flycatcher Lead coloured R

561 Batis Chinspot R

563 Wattle eye Black throated R

565 Flycatcher White tailed Blue R

568 Flycatcher Paradise A

572 Babbler Arrow marked R

573 Babbler White rumped R

574 Tit Miombo Grey R

575 Tit Southern Black R

576 Tit White winged Black R

577 Tit Rufous bellied R

578 Tit Grey Penduline R

579 Creeper Spotted R

580 Sunbird Red and blue R

581 Sunbird Violet backed R

582 Sunbird Collared R

584 Sunbird Olive R

588 Sunbird Amethyst PP

589 Sunbird Scarlet chested PP

590 Sunbird Yellow bellied R

591 Sunbird White bellied PP

594 Sunbird Miombo Double collared R

596 Sunbird Shelley's PP

599 Sunbird Purple banded PP

600 Sunbird Coppery PP

604 White eye Yellow R

605 Oriole European Golden P

606 Oriole African Golden A

607 Oriole Eastern Black headed R

608 Shrike Sousa's R

609 Shrike Red backed P

610 Shrike Lesser Grey P

611 Shrike Fiscal R

612 Shrike Magpie R

613 Brubru R

614 Puffback Southern R

616 Tchagra Brown headed R

617 Tchagra Black crowned R

618 Boubou Tropical R

622 Shrike Orange breasted Bush R

625 Shrike Grey headed Bush R

627 Shrike White Helmet R

628 Shrike Retz's Red billed R

630 Drongo Fork tailed R

631 Crow Pied R

638 Starling Greater Blue eared PP

639 Starling Lesser Blue eared PP

640 Starling Sharp tailed R

643 Starling Southern Long tailed R

644 Starling Violet backed A

646 Starling Wattled A

647 Oxpecker Yellow billed R

648 Oxpecker Red billed R

649 Sparrow House R

650 Sparrow Grey headed R

651 Sparrow Southern Grey headed R

652 Petronia Yellow throated R

653 Weaver Red billed Buffalo R-RR

655 Weaver White browed Sparrow R

656 Weaver Chestnut mantled Sparrow R

660 Weaver Spectacled R

662 Weaver Large Golden R

664 Weaver Lesser Masked R

665 Weaver African Masked R

667 Weaver Village R

675 Quelea Red headed A

676 Quelea Red billed PP

677 Bishop Yellow crowned PP

678 Bishop Black winged Red R

679 Bishop Red R

680 Bishop Yellow R

681 Wydah Red shouldered R

682 Wydah Yellow mantled R

683 Wydah White winged R

684 Wydah Red collared R

688 Weaver Parasitic PP

689 Weaver Thick billed PP

690 Finch Melba R

691 Pytilia Orange winged PP

694 Twinspot Red throated R

696 Firefinch Brown R

697 Firefinch Red billed R

698 Firefinch Blue billed R

699 Firefinch Jameson's R

702 Waxbill Fawn breasted R

704 Waxbill Common R

706 Waxbill Blue R

708 Waxbill Violet eared R

709 Waxbill Zebra R

710 Finch Locust R

711 Finch Quail R

713 Mannikin Bronze R

714 Mannikin Red backed R

716 Finch Cut throat PP

717 Indigobird Village R

718 Indigobird Dusky R

719 Indigobird Variable R

722 Widow Pin tailed R

724 Widow Long tailed Paradise R

725 Widow Broad tailed Paradise PP

729 Canary Black throated R

730 Canary Yellow fronted R

732 Canary Bully R

733 Seed eater Black eared R

735 Seed eater Stripe breasted R

738 Bunting Cinnamon breasted A

740 Bunting Golden breasted PP

741 Bunting Cabanis's R

492 Species

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