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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Zambia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisPassage migrantUncommon48–61 cmRegularly May–Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentUncommon35–50 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusWinter visitorUncommon112–150 cmRegularly May–Dec
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusWinter visitorUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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