Trip Report: Zambia (2001-05-31 - 2001-07-04)
Breakdown, Zambia
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Breakdown, Zambia
A trip to see a solar eclipse in Zambia.
Sites Visited
Country: England
(3 sites)
Country: South Africa
(1 sites)
Country: United States of America
(1 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (153 records,
2 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(153 records,
2 images)
Class: Birds
(129 records,
0 images)
- Order: Anseriformes (5 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(7 records)
- Family: Ground Hornbills
- Southern Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Family: Hornbills
- African Gray Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus)
- Pale-billed Hornbill (Lophoceros pallidirostris)
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus rufirostris)
- Family: Scimitarbills
- Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas)
- Family: Wood-hoopoes
- Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(9 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- African Green-Pigeon (Treron calvus)
- Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur chalcospilos)
- Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- Mourning Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
- Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
- Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(8 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- African Fish-Eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer)
- African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus)
- Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Little Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza minulla)
- Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
- Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
- White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (9 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)
- Gray-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
- Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
- Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
- Order: Musophagiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Turacos
- Gray Go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars (3 records)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae)
- Order: Pelicans
(26 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- African Darter (Anhinga rufa)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Hamerkops
- Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
- Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
- African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)
- Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
- Family: Jacanas
- African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Family: Storks
- African Openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus)
- Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
- Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
- Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
- Order: Perching Birds (42 records)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Brimstone Canary (Crithagra sulphurata)
- Lawrence's Goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei)
- Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
- Family: Drongos
- Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
- Family: Helmetshrikes
- Retz's Helmetshrike (Prionops retzii)
- White-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)
- Family: Indigobirds
- Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Green-winged Pytilia (Pytilia melba)
- Holub's Golden-Weaver (Ploceus xanthops)
- Northern Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
- Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver (Bubalornis niger)
- Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
- Southern Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus angolensis)
- Southern Masked-Weaver (Ploceus velatus)
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii)
- Family: Oxpeckers
- Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythroryncha)
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor)
- Family: Shrikes
- Magpie Shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus)
- Northern Fiscal (Lanius humeralis)
- Souza's Shrike (Lanius souzae)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
- Meves's Starling (Lamprotornis mevesii)
- Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- Family: Weavers
- Long-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne)
- Family: White-eyes
- Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(6 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris)
- Gray-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
- Family: Plovers
- Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
- Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
- Three-banded Plover (Thinornis tricollaris)
- Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Crested Francolin (Ortygornis sephaena)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(4 records)
- Family: African Barbets
- Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus)
- Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii)
- Family: Honeyguides
- Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens)
Class: Mammals
(23 records,
2 images)
- Order: Carnivorans
(8 records)
- Family: Felidae
- Leopard (Panthera pardus)
- Wild Cat (Felis silvestris)
- Family: Herpestidae
- Slender Mongoose (Galerella sanguinea)
- White-tailed Mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda)
- Family: Hyaenidae
- Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea)
- Family: Mustelids
- Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis)
- Family: Viverridae
- African Civet (Civettictis civetta)
- Large-spotted Genet (Genetta tigrina)
- Order: Elephants
(1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetaceans (7 records)
- Family: Giraffidae
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- Family: Hippopotamidae
- Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
- Order: Primates
(2 records)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus)
- Order: Rabbits and Hares
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- African Savanna Hare (Lepus victoriae)
- Order: Rodents
(4 records)
- Family: Old World Porcupines
- Southern African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis)
- Family: Springhare
- Springhare (Pedetes capensis)
- Family: Squirrels
- Southern African Tree Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)