Fauna of Zambia

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 116. Chapters: Birds of Zambia, Mammals of Zambia, Reptiles of Zambia, Giraffe, Ostrich, Wildebeest, List of birds of Zambia, Spotted Hyena, White Rhinoceros, Plains Zebra, Lycaon pictus, Black Rhinoceros, Common Eland, African buffalo, African Bush Elephant, Serval, Blue Wildebeest, Banded Mongoose, Warthog, Four-toed Hedgehog, Greater Kudu, Dik-dik, Steenbok, Chacma baboon, Common Waxbill, Lesser Flamingo, Oribi, Bushbuck, African Fish Eagle, Tree Pangolin, Shoebill, Side-striped Jackal, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Waterbuck, Marsh Mongoose, Sable Antelope, Bat-eared Fox, Common Tsessebe, Yellow Mongoose, Springhare, Lechwe, Common Duiker, Sharpe's Grysbok, Goliath Heron, Lemon Dove, Striped Polecat, Cyprichromis leptosoma, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Lesser Swamp-warbler, Trumpeter Hornbill, Ground Pangolin, Cut-throat Finch, Narina Trogon, Green-backed Twinspot, Zebra Waxbill, Bronze Mannikin, African Striped Weasel, Sitatunga, Roan Antelope, Nyala, African Quailfinch, Lichtenstein's Hartebeest, Swee Waxbill, Klipspringer, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, African Pygmy Mouse, Winding Cisticola, Suni, Blue Duiker, Red-faced Cisticola, Angolan Genet, African palm civet, Bar-throated Apalis, Greater Cane Rat, Siffling Cisticola, Cape Porcupine, Puku, African Firefinch, Black-and-white Mannikin, Singing Cisticola, Red-necked Francolin, Southern Reedbuck, Magpie Mannikin, Red-faced Mousebird, Whistling Cisticola, Yellow-backed Duiker, Fawn-coloured Lark, Jameson's Firefinch, Tanganikallabes mortiauxi, Large-scale Grass Lizard, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Locustfinch, Monotonous Lark, Desert Cisticola, Peters's Twinspot, Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu, Angola Lark, Shaft-tailed Whydah, Bathybagrus tetranema, Orange-winged Pytilia, Black-tailed Waxbill, Chaplin's Barbet, Sakeji Horseshoe Bat, Slaty Egret, Purple Indigobird, Red-faced Crimson-wing, Black-cheeked Waxbill, Common Grenadier, Brown-backed Mannikin, Red-billed Quailfinch, Lepidiolamprologus nkambae, Lepidiolamprologus kendalli, Neolamprologus caudopunctatus, Brown Firefinch, Neolamprologus prochilus, Ansell's Shrew, Ansell's Mole Rat, Ophthalmotilapia ventralis, Kafue Mole Rat, Neolamprologus obscurus, Greenwoodochromis christyi, Lestradea stappersii, Hemisus barotseensis, Zambezi Indigobird, Limnochromis abeelei, Perissodus eccentricus, White-chested Tinkerbird, Pitman's Shrew, Onychogomphus kitchingmani, Bar-winged Weaver, Limnochromis staneri, Prodasineura flavifacies, Junodia maculata, Zambian Mole Rat. Excerpt: This article provides a list of the bird species recorded in Zambia. The avifauna of Zambia includes a total of 779 species, of which 1 is endemic, 1 has been introduced by humans, and 4 are rare or accidental. 11 species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Zambia. The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories. The ostrich (Struthio camelus) is the largest living species of bird.Order: Struthioniformes. Family: Struthionidae The Ostrich is a flightless bird nativ...