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602 White-throated Robin-chat Cossypha humeralis 766 Miombo Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis elisabeth 613 White-browed Scrub-robin Cercotrichas leucophrys 769 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio 617 Bearded Scrub-robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata 779 Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis 625 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 787 White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala 631 African Reed-warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 791 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis 643 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 798 Red-billed Buffalo-weaver Bubalornis niger Sylvietta rufescens 651 Long-billed Crombec 799 White-browed Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser mahali 653 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis 801 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 657.1 Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata 804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus 664 Fantailed Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 805 Yellow-throated Petronia Petronia superciliaris 672 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chinianus 806 Scaly-feathered Finch Sporopipes squamifrons 679 Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans 811 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus 681 Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapillus 814 Southern Masked-weaver Ploceus velatus 683 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 819 Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps 689 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 821 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea 691 Ashy Flycather Muscicapa caerulescens 829 White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus 694 Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina 834 Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba 695 Marico Flycatcher Bardornis mariquensis 841 Jameson’s Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia 701 Chin-spot Batis Batis molitor 842 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala 710 African Paradise-flycathcer Terpsiphone viridis 844 Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis 731 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 845 Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina 733 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 846 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 735 Magpie Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca 847 Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos 737 Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus 860 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura 739 Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus 861 Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia 740 Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla 862 Long-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua paradisaea 741 Brubru Nilaus afer 867 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata 743 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis 869 Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus 744 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala 870 Black-fronted Canary Serinus astrogularis 748 Orange-breasted Bush-shrike Telephorus sulfureopectus 877 Brimstone Canary Serinus sulphuratus 751 Grey-headed Bush-shrike Malaconotus blanchoti Serinus gularis 753 White-crested Helmet-shrike Prionops plumatus 881 Streaky-headed Seedeater 756 Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens 884 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris 761 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 886 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi 764 Cape Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens BIRD LIST 765 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus Species subject to Special Survey by 183 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 443 White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides BirdLife Zimbabwe indicated in pink. Non-breeding migrants indicated in blue. 188 Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui 444 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus Peliperdix sephaena Breeding migrants in red. 189 Crested Francolin 445 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 196 Natal Francolin Pternistes natalensis 063 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 447 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata 199 Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistes swainsonii 071 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 451 African Hoopoe Upupa africana 200 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 074 Green-backed Heron Butorides strata 452 Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 201 Harlequin Quail Corturnix delegorguei 454 Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas 084 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 203 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 457 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus 085 Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii 205 Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica 458 Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus 209 Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum 088 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 459 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas 230 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 102 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aeguptiacus 237 Red-crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista 463 Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri 121 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 255 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 464 Black-collared Barbet Lybius torguatus 123 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 303 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus 473 Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii 124 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus 347 Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus 474 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 352 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 125 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis 481 Bennett’s Woodpecker Campethera bennettii 354 Cape Turtle-dove Streptopelia capicola 487 Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus 126 Black Kite Milvus migrans 355 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 494 Rufus-naped Lark Mirafra africana 127 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 356 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 497 Fawn-coloured Lark Calendulauda africanoides 132 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 358 Emerald-spotted Wood-dove Turtur chalcospilos 498 Sabota Lark Mirafra sabota Treron calvus 135 Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila wahlbergi 361 African Green-pigeon 515 Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix leucotis 364 Meyer’s Parrot Poicephalus meyeri 140 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus 518 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 373 Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor 142 Brown Snake-eagle Circaetus cinereus 390 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 522 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 143 Black-chested Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus 392 Barn Owl Tyto alba 524 Red-breasted Swallow Hirundo semirufa 146 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 394 African Wood-owl Strix woodfordii 538 Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava 396 African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis 148 African Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 541 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 398 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum 544 African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus 149 Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus 402 Verreaux’s Eagle-owl Bubo lacteus 545 Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus 157 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus 405 Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis 554 Southern Black Tit Parus niger 159 Shikra Accipiter badius 408 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulugus tristigma 560 Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii 161 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar 417 Little Swift Apus affinis 568 Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor 426 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus 163 Dark Chanting-goshawk Melierax metabates 569 Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris 435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris 167 Pallid Harrier Circis macrourus 574 Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris 436 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 172 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 437 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 576 Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus 181 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 438 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 599 White-browed Robin-chat Cossypha heuglini.
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