The Birds of the North Luangwa National Park Taxonomy and names following HBW Alive & BirdLife International (www.hbw.org) as at January 2019 Zambian status: P: palearctic migrant A: Afro-tropical migrant PP: partial or possible migrant R: resident RR: restricted range CC: of global conservation concern cc: of regional conservation concern EXT: extinct at national level I: introduced Group Common name Scientific name Status Seen Apalis Brown-headed Apalis alticola R Yellow-breasted Apalis flavida R Babbler Arrow-marked Turdoides jardineii R Barbet Black-collared Lybius torquatus R White-faced Pogonornis macclounii R Whyte's Stactolaema whytii R Crested Trachyphonus vaillantii R Miombo Pied Tricholaema frontata R Bat hawk Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus R Bateleur Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus PP-CC Batis Chinspot Batis molitor R Bee-eater European Merops apiaster P (+A) White-fronted Merops bullockoides R Swallow-tailed Merops hirundineus PP Southern Carmine Merops nubicoides A Blue-cheeked Merops persicus P Little Merops pusillus PP Olive Merops superciliosus A Bishop Yellow Euplectes capensis R Black-winged Euplectes hordeaceus R Southern Red Euplectes orix R Bittern Common Little Ixobrychus minutus P-minutus PP-paysii Dwarf Ixobrychus sturmii A Boubou Tropical Laniarius aethiopicus R Broadbill African Smithornis capensis R Brownbul Terrestrial Phyllastrephus terrestris R Brubru Brubru Nilaus afer R Buffalo-weaver Red-billed Bubalornis niger R-RR Bulbul Common Pycnonotus barbatus R Bunting Cabanis's Emberiza cabanisi R Golden-breasted Emberiza flaviventris PP Cinnamon-breasted Emberiza tahapisi A Bush-shrike Orange-breasted Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus R Grey-headed Malaconotus blanchoti R Bustard Black-bellied Lissotis melanogaster R Denham's Neotis denhami PP-CC Buttonquail Common Turnix sylvaticus R Buzzard Augur Buteo augur R Eurasian Buteo buteo P Lizard Kaupifalco monogrammicus R European Honey Pernis apivorus P Camaroptera Bleating Camaroptera brachyura R Canary Yellow-fronted Crithagra mozambica R Chat Arnot's Myrmecocichla arnotti R Familiar Oenanthe familiaris R Cisticola Lazy Cisticola aberrans R Short-winged Cisticola brachypterus R Rattling Cisticola chiniana R Red-faced Cisticola erythrops R Zitting Cisticola juncidis R Tinkling Cisticola rufilatus R Trilling Cisticola woosnami R Cordon-bleu Blue-breasted Uraeginthus angolensis R Cormorant Long-tailed Microcarbo africanus PP Great Phalacrocorax carbo PP Coucal Black Centropus grillii A Senegal Centropus senegalensis R White-browed Centropus superciliosus R Courser Temminck's Cursorius temminckii A Bronze-winged Rhinoptilus chalcopterus A Three-banded Rhinoptilus cinctus R Crake Striped Amaurornis marginalis A-RR African Crex egregia A Black Zapornia flavirostra R Crane Grey Crowned Balearica regulorum R-CC Creeper African Spotted Salpornis salvadori R Crombec Long-billed Sylvietta rufescens R Red-capped Sylvietta ruficapilla R Crow Pied Corvus albus R Cuckoo Diederik Chrysococcyx caprius A African Emerald Chrysococcyx cupreus A Klaas's Chrysococcyx klaas A Great Spotted Clamator glandarius A (+P?) Jacobin Clamator jacobinus A Levaillant's Clamator levaillantii A Common Cuculus canorus P Black Cuculus clamosus A African Cuculus gularis A Red-chested Cuculus solitarius A Thick-billed Pachycoccyx audeberti PP Cuckoo-hawk African Aviceda cuculoides PP Cuckooshrike Black Campephaga flava PP White-breasted Ceblepyris pectoralis PP Curlew Eurasian Numenius arquata P-RR-CC Darter African Anhinga rufa PP Dove Namaqua Oena capensis A Laughing Spilopelia senegalensis A Ring-necked Streptopelia capicola R Mourning Collared Streptopelia decipiens R Red-eyed Streptopelia semitorquata R Emerald-spotted Wood Turtur chalcospilos R Drongo Fork-tailed Dicrurus adsimilis R Ducks and geese Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca PP African Black Duck Anas sparsa R Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor PP White-faced Whistling-duck Dendrocygna viduata PP African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus PP Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis PP African Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos PP Eagle Stepp Aquila nipalensis P-CC Tawny Aquila rapax R African Hawk Aquila spilogaster R Verreaux's Aquila verreauxii R-RR Lesser Spotted Clanga pomarina P African Fish Haliaeetus vocifer R Ayres's Hawk Hieraaetus ayresii PP Booted Hieraaetus pennatus P (+A) Wahlberg's Hieraaetus wahlbergi A Long-crested Lophaetus occipitalis R Martial Polemaetus bellicosus R-CC Crowned Stephanoaetus coronatus R-CC Egret Great White Ardea alba PP Yellow-billed Ardea brachyrhyncha PP Cattle Bubulcus ibis A Little Egretta garzetta PP Eremomela Black-necked Eremomela atricollis R Green-capped Eremomela scotops R Burnt-necked Eremomela usticollis R Falcon Amur Falco amurensis P Lanner Falco biarmicus PP Peregrine Falco peregrinus P-calidus PP-minor Red-necked Falco ruficollis R-CC Finfoot African Podica senegalensis R Firefinch Jameson's Lagonosticta rhodopareia R African Lagonosticta rubricata R Red-billed Lagonosticta senegala R Flamingo Lesser Phoeniconaias minor PP-RR-CC Flufftail Red-chested Sarothrura rufa R Flycatcher Pale Agricola pallidus R Böhm's Bradornis boehmi R Collared Ficedula albicollis P Ashy Fraseria caerulescens R Grey Tit Fraseria plumbea R Southern Black Melaenornis pammelaina R African Dusky Muscicapa adusta PP Spotted Muscicapa striata P African Paradise Terpsiphone viridis A Francolin Coqui Peliperdix coqui R Red-necked Pternistis afer R Hildebrandt's Pternistis hildebrandti R-RR Swainson's Pternistis swainsonii R Whyte's Scleroptila whytei R Gallinule Allen's Porphyrio alleni A Godwit Bar-tailed Limosa lapponica P-RR-CC Goshawk African Accipiter tachiro R Dark Chanting Melierax metabates R Gabar Micronisus gabar R Grassbird Fan-tailed Schoenicola brevirostris PP Grebe Little Tachybaptus ruficollis PP Greenbul Yellow-bellied Chlorocichla flaviventris R Little Eurillas virens R Grey-olive Phyllastrephus cerviniventris R Greenshank Common Tringa nebularia P Ground Hornbill Southern Bucorvus leadbeateri R-CC Guineafowl Helmeted Numida meleagris R Gull Grey-headed Larus cirrocephalus PP Hamerkop Hamerkop Scopus umbretta R Harrier Pallid Circus macrourus P-CC Montagu's Circus pygargus P African Marsh Circus ranivorus R-cc Harrier-hawk African Polyboroides typus R Helmetshrike White-crested Prionops plumatus R Helmetshrike Retz's Prionops retzii R Heron Grey Ardea cinerea PP Goliath Ardea goliath R-cc Black-headed Ardea melanocephala PP Purple Ardea purpurea R Madagascar Pond-heron Ardeola idae A-RR-CC Squacco Ardeola ralloides PP Rufous-bellied Ardeola rufiventris PP Green-backed Butorides striata R Black Egretta ardesiaca PP Hobby Eurasian Falco subbuteo P Honeybird Green-backed Prodotiscus zambesiae R Honeyguide Greater Indicator indicator R Lesser Indicator minor R Scaly-throated Indicator variegatus R Hoopoe Common Upupa epops A Hornbill Trumpeter Bycanistes bucinator R Crowned Lophoceros alboterminatus R African Grey Lophoceros nasutus R Pale-billed Lophoceros pallidirostris R Red-billed Tockus erythrorhynchus R Hyliota Yellow-bellied Hyliota flavigaster R Ibis Hadada Bostrychia hagedash R Glossy Plegadis falcinellus PP African Sacred Threskiornis aethiopicus PP Indigobird Village Vidua chalybeata R Jacana African Actophilornis africanus PP Kestrel Dickinson's Falco dickinsoni PP Lesser Falco naumanni P-CC Common Falco tinnunculus P-tinnunculus PP-rupicolus Kingfisher Half-collared Alcedo semitorquata R Pied Ceryle rudis R Malachite Corythornis cristatus R Brown-hooded Halcyon albiventris R Striped Halcyon chelicuti R Grey-headed Halcyon leucocephala A Woodland Halcyon senegalensis A African Pygmy Ispidina picta A Giant Megaceryle maxima R Kite Black-winged Elanus caeruleus PP Black Milvus migrans P-migrans A-parasitus Lapwing White-headed Vanellus albiceps R Blacksmith Vanellus armatus PP Crowned Vanellus coronatus A Senegal Vanellus lugubris PP-RR Wattled Vanellus senegallus PP Spur-winged Vanellus spinosus PP-RR Lark Red-capped Calandrella cinerea A Chestnut-backed Sparrow Eremopterix leucotis PP Flappet Mirafra rufocinnamomea R Dusky Pinarocorys nigricans A Longclaw Yellow-throated Macronyx croceus R-RR Lovebird Nyasa Agapornis lilianae R-CC Mannikin Black-and-white Spermestes bicolor R Bronze Spermestes cucullata R Martin Northern House Delichon urbicum P African Plain Riparia paludicola PP Collared Sand Riparia riparia P Moorhen Lesser Gallinula angulata A Common Gallinula chloropus R Mousebird Red-faced Urocolius indicus R Neddicky Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla R Nicator Eastern Nicator gularis R Night-heron White-backed Calherodius leuconotus R Black-crowned Nycticorax nycticorax PP Nightjar Mozambique Caprimulgus fossii PP Fiery-necked Caprimulgus pectoralis PP Freckled Caprimulgus tristigma PP Pennant-winged Caprimulgus vexillarius A Oriole African Golden Oriolus auratus A Eastern Black-headed Oriolus larvatus R Eurasian Golden Oriolus oriolus P Osprey Osprey Pandion haliaetus P Owl Marsh Asio capensis R Spotted Eagle Bubo africanus R Verreaux's Eagle Bubo lacteus R African Scops Otus senegalensis R Southern White-faced Ptilopsis granti R Pel's Fishing Scotopelia peli R African Wood Strix woodfordii R Common Barn Tyto alba R Owlet African Barred Glaucidium capense R Pearl-spotted Glaucidium perlatum R Oxpecker Yellow-billed Buphagus africanus R-cc Red-billed Buphagus erythrorynchus R-cc Parrot Brown Poicephalus meyeri R Brown-necked Poicephalus robustus PP Pelican Great White Pelecanus onocrotalus PP Pink-backed Pelecanus rufescens PP Pigeon African Green Treron calvus R Pipit African