Lower Zambezi Official Tick 57 Long crested eagle 139 Bird List Bird No. √ 58 Martial eagle 140 59 Crowned eagle 141 1 Dabchick 8 60 Brown snake eagle 143 2 Eastern White pelican 49 61 Blackbreasted snake eagle 143 3 Whitebreasted comorant 55 62 Western banded snake eagle 145 4 Reed comorant 58 63 Bateleur/short tailed eagle 146 5 Darter 60 64 Palmnut Vulture 147 6 Grey heron 62 65 African fish eagle 148 7 Blackedheaded heron 63 66 Steppe buzzard 149 8 Goliath heron 64 67 Augar buzzard 153 9 Purple heron 65 68 Lizzard Buzzard 154 10 Great white egret 66 69 Ovambo goshawk 156 11 Little egret 67 70 Little Sparow Hawk 157 12 Yellowbilled egret 68 71 Little banded goshawk 159 13 Black egret 69 72 African goshawk 160 14 Cattle egret 71 73 Gabar goshawk 161 15 Common squacco heron 72 74 Dark chanting goshawk 163 16 Greenbacked heron 74 75 Gymnogene 169 17 Rufousbellied heron 75 76 Peregrine falcon 171 18 Black crowned nightheron 76 77 Lanner falcon 172 19 Whitebacked nightheron 77 78 European Hobby Falcon 173 20 Little bittern 78 79 African hobby Falcon 174 21 Dwarf bittern 79 80 Sooty falcon 175 22 Hamerkop 81 81 Rednecked Falcon 178 23 White Stork 83 82 Eastern redfooted kestrel 180 24 Black stork 84 83 Lesser kestrel 183 25 Abdims stork 85 84 Dickinson's kestrel 185 26 Woolynecked stork 86 85 Coqui Falcon 188 27 African openbilled stork 87 86 Crested fracolin 189 28 Saddle billed stork 88 87 Natal fracolin 196 29 Marabou stork 89 88 Swainson's fracolin 199 30 Yellowbilled stork 90 89 Harlequin quail 201 31 Sacred ibis 91 90 Helmeted guineafowl 203 32 Glossy ibis 93 91 Crested guineafowl 204 33 Hadeda ibis 94 92 African Rail 210 34 African spoonbill 95 93 Black crake 213 35 Whitefaced duck 99 94 Spotted Crake 214 36 Fulvous duck 100 95 Buffspotted flufftail 218 37 Egyptian goose 102 96 Purple gallinule 226 38 Redbilled teal 108 97 Blackbellied Korhaan 238 39 Pygmy goose 114 98 Common moorhen 240 40 Knob billed duck 115 99 Greater painted snipe 242 41 Spur winged goose 116 100 White Fronted Plover 246 42 Secretary Bird 118 101 Kittlitz's plover 248 43 African whitebacked vulture 123 102 Threebanded plover 249 44 Lappet face vulture 124 103 Crowned plover 255 45 Whiteheaded vulture 125 104 Blacksmith plover 258 46 Yellowbilled kite 126b 105 Whitecrowned plover 259 47 Blackshouldered kite 127 106 Wattled plover 260 48 Cuckoo hawk 128 107 Longtoed plover 261 49 Bat hawk 129 108 Common sandpiper 264 50 Black eagle 131 109 Green sandpiper 265 51 Tawny eagle 132 110 Wood sandpiper 266 52 Steppe eagle 133 111 Common redshank 268 53 Lesserspotted eagle 134 112 Marsh sandpiper 269 54 Wahlberg's eagle 135 113 Common greenshank 270 55 African hawkeagle 137 114 Curlew sandpiper 272 56 Ayres eagle 138 115 Little stint 274 Bird name. Official Tick 173 Pennantwinged nightjar 410 Bird No. √ 174 European swift 411 116 Ethiopian Snipe 286 175 Whiterumped swift 415 117 Ruff 294 176 Horus swift 416 118 120 295 Blackwinged stilt 295 177 Little swift 416 119 121 297 Spotted dikkop 297 178 African palm swift 421 120 122 298 Water dikkop 298 179 Redfaced mousebird 426 121 Temminck's Courser 300 180 Narina trogon 427 122 Threebanded courser 302 181 Pied Kingfisher 428 123 Bronzewinged courser 303 182 Giant Kingfisher 429 124 Redwinged pranticole 304 183 Malachite kingfisher 431 125 Rock pranticole 306 184 Pygmy kingfisher 432 126 Grey headed gull 315 185 Woodland kingfisher 433 127 Whiskered tern 338 186 Brownhooded kingfisher 435 128 Whitewinged tern 339 187 Grey hooded kingfisher 436 129 African skimmer 343 188 Striped kingfisher 437 130 Doublebanded sandgrouse 347 189 European bee‐eater 438 131 Redeyed dove 352 190 Bluecheeked bee‐eater 440 132 African mourning dove 353 191 Southern carmine bee‐eater 441 133 Cape turtle dove 354 192 Whitefronted bee‐eater 443 134 Laughing dove 355 193 Little bee‐eater 444 135 Namaqua dove 356 194 Swallowtailed bee‐eater 445 136 Emerald spotted dove 359 195 European roller 446 137 Tambourine dove 359 196 Lilac breasted roller 447 138 African green pigeon 361 197 Racket‐tailed roller 448 139 Cape parrot 362 198 Purple roller 449 140 Brownheaded parrot 363 199 Broadbilled roller 450 141 Lilian's lovebird 368 200 African hoopoe 451 142 Livingstone lourie 370 201 Redbilled woodhoopoe 452 143 Purplecrested lourie 371 202 Greater scimitarbill woodhoopoe 454 144 Grey lourie 373 203 Trumpeter hornbill 455 145 African cuckoo 375 204 Grey hornbill 457 146 Redchested cuckoo 377 205 Redbilled hornbill 458 147 Black cuckoo 378 206 Yellowbilled hornbill 459 148 Greater spotted cuckoo 380 207 Crowned hornbill 460 149 Striped cuckoo 381 208 Ground hornbill 463 150 Jacobin cuckoo 382 209 Blackcollared barbet 464 151 Thickbilled cuckoo 383 210 Yellowfronted tinkerbarbet 470 152 Emerald cuckoo 384 211 Crested barbet 473 153 Klaas's cuckoo 385 212 Greater honeyguide 474 154 Diederick's cuckoo 386 213 Bennet's woodpecker 481 155 Black coucal 388 214 Goldentailed woodpecker 483 156 Senegal coucal 390 215 Cardinal woodpecker 486 157 Burchells coucal 391a 216 African broadbill 490 158 Whitebrowed coucal 391b 217 Angolan pitta 491 159 Barn owl 392 218 Rufousnapped Lark 494 160 Wood owl 394 219 Flappet lark 496 161 Marsh owl 395 220 Chestnut backed finchlark 515 162 Scops owl 396 221 European swallow 518 163 Whitefaced owl 397 222 Wiretailed swallow 522 164 Pearlspotted owl 398 223 Lesser striped swallow 527 165 Barred owl 399 224 Common house martin 530 166 Spotted eagle owl 401 225 Greyrumped swallow 531 167 Giant Eagle owl 402 226 Black cuckooshrike 538 168 Pel's fishing owl 403 227 White breasted cuckoo shrike 539 169 European nightjar 404 228 Forktailed drongo 541 170 Fiery necked nightjar 405 229 European golden oriole 543 171 Freckled nightjar 408 230 African golden oriole 544 172 Mozambique nightjar 409 231 Eastern blackheaded oriole 545 Bird name. Official Tick 283 Wattled starling 760 Bird No. √ 284 Plum coloured starling 761 232 Southern black tit 554 285 Meves' longtailed starling 763 233 Grey penduline tit 558 286 Southern lesser blue‐eared starling 766 234 Spotted creeper 559 287 Redwinged starling 769 235 Arrow marked babbler 560 288 Purplebanded sunbird 780 236 Kurichane thrush 567 289 Yellowbellied sunbird 786 237 Blackeyed bulbul 568 290 Whitebellied sunbird 787 238 Terrestrial bulbul 569 291 Scarletchested sunbird 791 239 African yellowbellied bulbul 574 292 African black sunbird 792 240 Yellow spotted nicator 575 293 Collared sunbird 793 241 Stone chat 596 294 Yellow white eye 797 242 Heuglins robin 599 295 Whitebrowed sparrow‐weaver 799 243 Natal robin 600 296 House sparrow 801 244 Collared palm thrush 603 297 Southern greyheaded sparrow 804 245 Whitebrowed robin 613 298 Spectacled weaver 810 246 Eastern bearded robin 617 299 Spottedbacked weaver 811 247 Citrine warbler 625 300 Southern masked weaver 814 248 Barthroated appalis 645 301 Lesser masked weaver 815 249 Yellowbreasted appalis 648 302 Golden weaver 816 250 Longbilled crombec 651 303 Redbilled quelea 821 251 Yellowbellied eremolela 653 304 Red bishop 824 252 Greencapped eremomela 655 305 Whitewinged widow 829 253 Burntneck eremomela 656 306 Goldenbacked pytilia 833 254 Greybacked bleating warbler 657b 307 Melba Finch 834 255 Fantiled cisticola 664 308 Redthroated twinspot 839 256 Desert cisticola 665 309 Jameson's firefinch 841 257 Rattling cisticola 672 310 Redbilled firefinch 842 258 Redfaced cisticola 674 311 Blue waxbill 844 259 Neddicky 681 312 Common waxbill 846 260 Tawny flanked prinia 683 313 Bronze mannikin 857 261 Spotted flycatcher 689 314 Pintailed whydah 860 262 Blue grey Flycatcher 691 315 Eastern paradise whydah 862 263 Fantailed flycatcher 693 316 Purple widowfinch 865 264 Black flycatcher 694 317 Steelblue widowfinch 867 265 Chin spot batis 701 318 Yelloweyed canary 869 266 Wattle eyed Flycatcher 705 267 Livingston's flycatcher 707 268 Paradise Flycatcher 710 269 African pied wagtail 711 270 Yellow wagtail 714 271 Grassveld pipit 716 272 Lesser grey shrike 732 273 Red backed shrike 733 274 Topical boubou 737 275 Puffback shrike 740 276 Brubru 741 277 Threestreaked tchagra 743 278 Blackcrowned tchagra 744 279 Orangebreasted bushshrike 748 280 Greyheaded bushshrike 751 281 White helmetshrike 753 282 Redbilled helmetshrike 754