Uncommon Birds in Zambia
Our list for Zambia has 41 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 17 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Zambia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made