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Birds of the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Birdlife in the Luangwa Valley

Below you will find a list of birds that may be seen on a visit to the Luangwa Valley. This list is by no means comprehensive as there are over 470 species recorded in the Valley but it will give you an idea of some of the common and also some of the more interesting birds.

African Darter
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Black Egret
Purple Heron
Goliath Heron
Hamerkop
Yellow-billed Stork
Openbill Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
African Spoonbill
White-faced Whistling Duck
Knob-billed Duck
African Cuckoo Hawk
Bat Hawk
African Fish Eagle
Palm-nut Vulture
African White-backed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Brown Snake Eagle
Western Banded Snake Eagle
Bateleur
Dark Chanting Goshawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
African Goshawk
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Martial Eagle
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Lanner Falcon
Red-billed Francolin
African Water Rail
Lesser Gallinule
Lesser Moorhen
Southern Crowned Crane
Bronze-winged Courser
Common Pratincole
White-crowned Plover
Marsh Sandpiper
Ruff
African Skimmer
African Mourning Dove
Tambourine Dove
Green Pigeon
Lilian's Lovebird
Purple-crested Turaco
Striped Crested Cuckoo
Emerld Cuckoo
African Black Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Pel's Fishing Owl
Barred Owlet
Wood Owl
Gaboon Nightjar
Pennant-winged Nightjar

African Palm Swift
Horus Swift
Red-faced Mousebird
Narina Trogon
Malachite Kingfisher
Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher
Senegal Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Carmine Bee-eater
Racket-tailed Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Pale-billed Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Black-collared Barbet
Greater Honeyguide
Lesser Hoeyguide
Bearded Woodpecker
Red-capped Lark
White-throated Swallow
House Martin
African Pied Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Black Cuckoo-shrike
White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike
Terrestrial Bulbul
White-throated Nicator
Heuglin's Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Collared Palm Thrush
Arnot's Chat
African Moustached Warbler
Long-billed Crombec
Short-winged Cisticola
Southern Black Flycatcher
Paradise Flycatcher
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
African Golden Oriole
Lesser Grey Shrike
Magpie Shrike
Tropical Boubou
Orange-breasted Bush Shrike
Red-billed Helmet Shrike
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Southern Long-tailed Starling
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed Oxpecker
Large Golden Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-winged Red Bishop
Melba Finch
Red-billed Firefinch
Red-throated Twinspot
Green Indigobird
Long-tailed Paradise Widow
Yellow-fronted Canary