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This checklist includes all bird species found in Liuwa Plain National Park , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).

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Country or region: Liuwa Plain National Park [map]

Number of species: 340
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2024-08-03
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
Hottentot TealSpatula hottentota
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Comb DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
Red-billed FrancolinPternistis adspersus
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
Swainson's FrancolinPternistis swainsonii
Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantii

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Laughing DoveStreptopelia senegalensis
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Namaqua DoveOena capensis

 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Yellow-throated SandgrousePterocles gutturalis

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Rufous-cheeked NightjarCaprimulgus rufigena
Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
Mozambique NightjarCaprimulgus fossii

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae

African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Common SwiftApus apus

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
African Black CoucalCentropus grillii
Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Common CuckooCuculus canorus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

African RailRallus caerulescens
African CrakeCrex egregia
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Striped CrakeAmaurornis marginalis
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulata
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorumEndangered
Wattled CraneGrus carunculataVulnerable

 
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
Denham's BustardArdeotis denhamiNear-threatened
Red-crested BustardLophotis ruficrista
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis

 
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

Grey Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ciconiidae

MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
European White StorkCiconia ciconia
Saddle-bill StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens

 
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

HamerkopScopus umbretta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
White-backed Night HeronGorsachius leuconotus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Striated HeronButorides striata
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Great EgretArdea alba
Intermediate EgretArdea intermedia
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Slaty EgretEgretta vinaceigulaVulnerable
Little EgretEgretta garzetta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus

 
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo

 
PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae

African DarterAnhinga rufa

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Kittlitz's PloverCharadrius pecuarius
Three-banded PloverCharadrius tricollaris
White-fronted PloverCharadrius marginatus
Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
White-headed LapwingVanellus albiceps
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNear-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnax
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaNear-threatened
Little StintCalidris minuta
African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesRare/Accidental
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix hottentottus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae

Secretary-birdSagittarius serpentariusEndangered

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
African Harrier HawkPolyboroides typus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatusEndangered
Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalisCritically endangered
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCritically endangered
White-backed VultureGyps africanusCritically endangered
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotosEndangered
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosusEndangered
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVulnerable
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensisEndangered
African Hawk EagleAquila spilogaster
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Ayres's EagleHieraaetus ayresii
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNear-threatened
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
African GoshawkAccipiter tachiro
ShikraAccipiter badius
Little SparrowhawkAccipiter minullus
Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
Black SparrowhawkAccipiter melanoleucus
African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralisRare/Accidental
Eurasian BuzzardButeo buteo

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Common Barn OwlTyto alba

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
Marsh OwlAsio capensis
African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Spotted Eagle OwlBubo africanus
Verreaux's Eagle OwlBubo lacteus

 
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae

Narina's TrogonApaloderma narina

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateriVulnerable
Crowned HornbillTockus alboterminatus
Pale-billed HornbillTockus pallidirostris
African Grey HornbillTockus nasutus
Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Common HoopoeUpupa epops

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae

Green Wood-hoopoePhoeniculus purpureus

 
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae

Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii
Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera cailliautii
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus

 
PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae

Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
Black-backed BarbetPogonornis minor

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

Rufous-crowned RollerCoracias naevius
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
European RollerCoracias garrulus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
African Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
Dickinson's KestrelFalco dickinsoni
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVulnerable
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Brown ParrotPoicephalus meyeri

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eastern Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Margaret's BatisBatis margaritae
Chinspot BatisBatis molitor

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

White-crested Helmet-shrikePrionops plumatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

Grey-headed Bush-shrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
BrubruNilaus afer
Orange-breasted Bush-shrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Tropical BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
Swamp BoubouLaniarius bicolor

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Souza's ShrikeLanius souzae
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Cape CrowCorvus capensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

African Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone viridis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Mariqua SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
Holub's WeaverPloceus xanthops
Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus
Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra
Blue-breasted Cordon-bleuUraeginthus angolensis
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
African QuailfinchOrtygospiza fuscocrissa
Zebra WaxbillAmandava subflava
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Eastern Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
Parasitic WeaverAnomalospiza imberbis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Bushveld PipitAnthus caffer
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Woodland PipitAnthus nyassae
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
Fülleborn's LongclawMacronyx fuelleborni
Rosy-breasted LongclawMacronyx ameliae
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
African WagtailMotacilla aguimp

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Golden-breasted BuntingFringillaria flaviventris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Southern Black TitMelaniparus niger
Northern Black TitMelaniparus leucomelas
Miombo TitMelaniparus griseiventris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Chestnut-backed Sparrow LarkEremopterix leucotis
Grey-backed Sparrow LarkEremopterix verticalis
Fawn-coloured LarkCalendulauda africanoides
Eastern Clapper LarkMirafra fasciolata
Rufous-naped LarkMirafra africana
Flappet LarkMirafra rufocinnamomea
Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
Pink-billed LarkSpizocorys conirostris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
Red-capped CrombecSylvietta ruficapilla

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
Grey-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Tinkling CisticolaCisticola rufilatus
Winding CisticolaCisticola galactotes
Chirping CisticolaCisticola pipiens
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
Northern House MartinDelichon urbicum
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata
Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
Plain MartinRiparia paludicola
Sand MartinRiparia riparia

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
Black-fronted BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

African Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
Hartlaub's BabblerTurdoides hartlaubii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Amethyst StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Eastern Bearded Scrub RobinCercotrichas quadrivirgata
Miombo Bearded Scrub RobinCercotrichas barbata
White-browed Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Ashy FlycatcherMuscicapa caerulescens
Grey Tit FlycatcherMyioparus plumbeus
Pale FlycatcherBradornis pallidus
Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
White-browed Robin ChatCossypha heuglini
Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
Arnott's ChatMyrmecocichla arnotti
Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana

 

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