ZIMBABWE CHECKLIST R=rare, V=vagrant, ?=confirmation required Common Ostrich Red-billed Teal Dark Chanting-goshawk Great Crested Grebe V Northern Pintail R Western Marsh-harrier Black-necked Grebe R Garganey African Marsh-harrier Little Grebe Northern Shoveler V Montagu's Harrier European Storm-petrel V Cape Shoveler Pallid Harrier Great White Pelican Southern Pochard African Harrier-hawk Pink-backed Pelican African Pygmy-goose Osprey White-breasted Cormorant Comb Duck Peregrine Falcon Reed Cormorant Spur-winged Goose Lanner Falcon African Darter Maccoa Duck Eurasian Hobby Greater Frigatebird V Secretarybird African Hobby Grey Heron Egyptian Vulture V Sooty Falcon R Black-headed Heron Hooded Vulture Taita Falcon Goliath Heron Cape Vulture Red-necked Falcon Purple Heron White-backed Vulture Red-footed Falcon Great Egret Rüppell's Vulture V Amur Falcon Little Egret Lappet-faced Vulture Rock Kestrel Yellow-billed Egret White-headed Vulture Greater Kestrel Black Heron Black Kite Lesser Kestrel Slaty Egret R Black-shouldered Kite Dickinson's Kestrel Cattle Egret African Cuckoo Hawk Coqui Francolin Squacco Heron Bat Hawk Crested Francolin Malagasy Pond-heron R European Honey-buzzard Shelley's Francolin Green-backed Heron Verreaux's Eagle Red-billed Spurfowl Rufous-bellied Heron Tawny Eagle Natal Spurfowl Black-crowned Night-heron Steppe Eagle Red-necked Spurfowl White-backed Night-heron Lesser Spotted Eagle Swainson's Spurfowl Little Bittern Wahlberg's Eagle Common Quail Dwarf Bittern Booted Eagle Harlequin Quail Eurasian Bittern V African Hawk-eagle Blue Quail Hamerkop Ayres's Hawk-eagle Helmeted Guineafowl White Stork Long-crested Eagle Crested Guineafowl Black Stork Martial Eagle Kurrichane Buttonquail Abdim's Stork African Crowned Eagle Black-rumped Buttonquail Woolly-necked Stork Brown Snake-eagle Wattled Crane African Openbill Black-chested Snake-eagle Grey Crowned Crane Saddle-billed Stork Southern Banded Snake-eagle African Rail Marabou Stork Western Banded Snake-eagle Corn Crake Yellow-billed Stork Bateleur African Crake African Sacred Ibis Palm-nut Vulture R Black Crake Glossy Ibis African Fish-eagle Spotted Crake Hadeda Ibis Steppe Buzzard Baillon's Crake African Spoonbill Forest Buzzard ? Striped Crake Greater Flamingo Jackal Buzzard R Red-chested Flufftail Lesser Flamingo Augur Buzzard Buff-spotted Flufftail White-faced Duck Lizard Buzzard Streaky-breasted Flufftail Fulvous Duck Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Striped Flufftail White-backed Duck Ovambo Sparrowhawk White-winged Flufftail V Egyptian Goose Little Sparrowhawk African Purple Swamphen South African Shelduck V Black Sparrowhawk Allen's Gallinule Yellow-billed Duck Shikra Common Moorhen African Black Duck African Goshawk Lesser Moorhen Cape Teal Gabar Goshawk Red-knobbed Coot Hottentot Teal Southern Pale Chanting-goshawk African Finfoot Kori Bustard Black-winged Pratincole Burchell's Coucal Denham's Bustard Rock Pratincole White-browed Coucal Red-crested Korhaan Lesser Black-backed Gull Barn Owl Black-bellied Bustard Grey-headed Gull African Grass-owl African Jacana Common Black-headed Gull R African Wood-owl Lesser Jacana Gull-billed Tern Marsh Owl Greater Painted-snipe Caspian Tern African Scops-owl Common Ringed Plover Sooty Tern V Southern White-faced Scops-owl Little Ringed Plover V Whiskered Tern Pearl-spotted Owlet White-fronted Plover White-winged Tern African Barred Owlet Chestnut-banded Plover African Skimmer Cape Eagle-owl Kittlitz's Plover Namaqua Sandgrouse Spotted Eagle-owl Three-banded Plover Burchell's Sandgrouse Verreaux's Eagle-owl Lesser Sand Plover R Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pel's Fishing-owl Greater Sand Plover R Double-banded Sandgrouse European Nightjar Caspian Plover Rock Dove Fiery-necked Nightjar Pacific Golden Plover V Speckled Pigeon Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Grey Plover African Olive-pigeon Swamp Nightjar Crowned Lapwing Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Freckled Nightjar Senegal Lapwing Red-eyed Dove Square-tailed Nightjar Blacksmith Lapwing African Mourning Dove Pennant-winged Nightjar Spur-winged Lapwing V Cape Turtle-dove Common Swift White-crowned Lapwing European Turtle-dove V African Black Swift African Wattled Lapwing Laughing Dove White-rumped Swift Long-toed Lapwing Namaqua Dove Horus Swift Ruddy Turnstone Blue-spotted Wood-dove Little Swift Terek Sandpiper Emerald-spotted Wood-dove Alpine Swift Common Sandpiper Tambourine Dove Mottled Swift Green Sandpiper Lemon Dove Scarce Swift Wood Sandpiper African Green-pigeon African Palm-swift Spotted Redshank Grey-headed Parrot Mottled Spinetail Common Redshank Brown-headed Parrot Böhm's Spinetail Marsh Sandpiper Meyer's Parrot Speckled Mousebird Common Greenshank Rose-ringed Parakeet Feral Red-faced Mousebird Lesser Yellowlegs Lilian's Lovebird Narina Trogon Curlew Sandpiper Livingstone's Turaco Pied Kingfisher Little Stint Schalow's Turaco Giant Kingfisher Pectoral Sandpiper R Purple-crested Turaco Half-collared Kingfisher Sanderling Ross's Turaco Malachite Kingfisher Broad-billed Sandpiper Grey Go-away-bird African Pygmy-kingfisher Ruff Common Cuckoo Woodland Kingfisher Great Snipe R African Cuckoo Mangrove Kingfisher African Snipe Lesser Cuckoo Brown-hooded Kingfisher Black-tailed Godwit Red-chested Cuckoo Grey-headed Kingfisher Bar-tailed Godwit R Black Cuckoo Striped Kingfisher Eurasian Curlew R Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo European Bee-eater Common Whimbrel Great Spotted Cuckoo Madagascar Bee-eater Red Phalarope R Levaillant's Cuckoo Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Pied Avocet Jacobin Cuckoo Southern Carmine Bee-eater Black-winged Stilt Thick-billed Cuckoo White-fronted Bee-eater Spotted Thick-knee African Emerald Cuckoo Little Bee-eater Water Thick-knee Klaas's Cuckoo Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Temminck's Courser Diderick Cuckoo White-throated Bee-eater V Double-banded Courser Green Malkoha European Roller Three-banded Courser Black Coucal Lilac-breasted Roller Bronze-winged Courser Coppery-tailed Coucal Racquet-tailed Roller Collared Pratincole Senegal Coucal Purple Roller Broad-billed Roller Common House-martin White-starred Robin African Hoopoe Grey-rumped Swallow Swynnerton's Robin Green Wood-hoopoe Sand Martin Thrush Nightingale Common Scimitarbill Brown-throated Martin Boulder Chat Trumpeter Hornbill Banded Martin White-browed Scrub-robin Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Black Saw-wing Kalahari Scrub-robin African Grey Hornbill Eastern Saw-wing Bearded Scrub-robin Red-billed Hornbill White-headed Saw-wing V Garden Warbler Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Black Cuckooshrike Common Whitethroat Crowned Hornbill White-breasted Cuckooshrike Blackcap Bradfield's Hornbill Grey Cuckooshrike Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler Southern Ground-hornbill Fork-tailed Drongo Southern Hyliota Black-collared Barbet Square-tailed Drongo Icterine Warbler Acacia Pied Barbet Eurasian Golden Oriole Olive-tree Warbler White-eared Barbet African Golden Oriole River Warbler Whyte's Barbet Black-headed Oriole Great Reed-warbler Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Cape Crow Basra Reed-warbler ? Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pied Crow Eurasian Reed-warbler R Crested Barbet White-necked Raven African Reed-warbler Greater Honeyguide Ashy Tit Marsh Warbler Scaly-throated Honeyguide Miombo Tit Sedge Warbler Lesser Honeyguide Southern Black Tit Lesser Swamp-warbler Pallid Honeyguide Rufous-bellied Tit Greater Swamp-warbler Brown-backed Honeybird Cape Penduline-tit Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Green-backed Honeybird Grey Penduline-tit Little Rush-warbler Bennett's Woodpecker Spotted Creeper Barratt's Warbler Golden-tailed Woodpecker Arrow-marked Babbler Broad-tailed Warbler Green-backed Woodpecker Hartlaub's Babbler Willow Warbler Cardinal Woodpecker Southern Pied Babbler Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Bearded Woodpecker African Red-eyed Bulbul Bar-throated Apalis Olive Woodpecker Dark-capped Bulbul Chirinda Apalis Red-throated Wryneck Terrestrial Brownbul Black-headed Apalis African Broadbill Yellow-streaked Greenbul Yellow-breasted Apalis African Pitta Tiny Greenbul Red-faced Crombec Melodious Lark Sombre Greenbul Long-billed Crombec Monotonous Lark Stripe-cheeked Greenbul Red-capped Crombec V Rufous-naped Lark Yellow-bellied Greenbul Yellow-bellied Eremomela Flappet Lark Eastern Nicator Green-capped Eremomela Fawn-coloured Lark Kurrichane Thrush Burnt-necked Eremomela Sabota Lark Olive Thrush Green-backed Camaroptera Dusky Lark Orange Ground-thrush Grey-backed Camaroptera Red-capped Lark Groundscraper Thrush Barred Wren-warbler Stark's Lark V Miombo Rock-thrush Stierling's Wren-warbler Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Common Redstart R Cape Grassbird Grey-backed Sparrowlark Northern Wheatear R Moustached Grass-warbler Barn Swallow Capped Wheatear Zitting Cisticola White-throated Swallow Familiar Chat Desert Cisticola Blue Swallow Mocking Cliff-chat Wing-snapping Cisticola Wire-tailed Swallow Arnot's Chat Pale-crowned Cisticola Pearl-breasted Swallow Ant-eating Chat Wailing Cisticola Red-breasted Swallow African Stonechat Tinkling Cisticola Red-rumped Swallow R Whinchat V Rattling Cisticola Mosque Swallow White-browed Robin-chat Singing Cisticola Greater Striped Swallow Red-capped Robin-chat Red-faced Cisticola Lesser Striped Swallow Cape Robin-chat Rufous-winged Cisticola South African Cliff-swallow White-throated Robin-chat Luapula Cisticola Rock Martin Collared Palm-thrush Chirping Cisticola Levaillant's Cisticola Anchieta's Tchagra R Southern Brown-throated Weaver Croaking Cisticola Bokmakierie Red-headed Weaver Lazy Cisticola Gorgeous Bush-shrike Cuckoo Finch Short-winged Cisticola Orange-breasted Bush-shrike Red-billed Quelea Neddicky Black-fronted