Birds of Lusenga Plain National Park, Zambia Peter Leonard Les oiseaux du Parc National de la Plaine de Lusenga, Zambie. Le Parc National de la Plaine de Lusenga, situe a Fextreme nord de la Zambie, est mal connu et difficile d’acces. De recents travaux sur le terrain sont presentes ainsi qu’une liste annotee de 214 especes d’oiseaux recensees dans le pare. Le site a ete identifie comme une Zone d’lmportance pour la Conservation des Oiseaux a cause de son importante biodiversite et de la presence de deux especes globalement menacees, le Vautour oricou Torgos tracheliotus et la Grue caronculee Bugeranus carunculatus et de 26 especes , confinees a un certain biome, parmi lesquelles 20 endemiques ou quasi endemiques du biome zambesien. Summary. Lusenga Plain National Park, situated in the far north ofZambia, is poorly known and difficult to reach. This paper summarises recent field work and presents a list of 214 species recorded in the park with an indication ofstatus and habitat. The park has been identified as an Important Bird Area due to its high biodiversity and the presence of two species of global con- servation concern, Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus and Wattled Crane Bugeranus carun- culatus and 26 biome-restricted species, including 20 Zambezian endemics and near-endemics. , Lusenga Plain is a forgotten park. It is small by Captions to plates on opposite page Zambian standards, difficult to reach and a long way off the beaten track. Nevertheless, inter- Figure 1. Map ofLusenga Plain National Park and sur- rounding area. est in the park was generated during the prepara- tion of the Zambian Important Bird Area (IBA) Carte du Parc National de la Plaine de Lusenga et de ses environs. inventory when it became clear that Zambia’s dominant biome (the Zambezian) was poorly rep- Figure 2. View of Lusenga Plain from the southern edge, showing a finger ofmushitu extending onto the plain resented in the high-rainfall areas ofthe Northern (Pete Leonard) Province plateau. Biodiversity was known to be La plaine de Lusenga vue a partir de la limite sud, avec high in such areas and as Lusenga Plain National une zone de mishitu (foret dense sempervirente) s’eten- Park lies in this area and was already afforded pro- dant dans la plaine (Pete Leonard) tected status, it was suggested that it might make Figure 3. View over a valley in the park. Taken from open a suitable addition to the IBA network. However, hill miombo and overlooking a strip ofgallery mushitu, data were very few and it became clear that new beyond which is more typical, closed miombo (Pete field work was going to be necessary. Furthermore, Leonard) the state of the habitat needed to be assessed. Une vallee a l’interieur du pare. Vue prise a partir d’une Enquiries were made at the Zambia Wildlife zone de miombo ouvert surplombant une foret galerie au- Authority (ZAWA) headquarters, but unfortu- dela de laquelle se trouve une zone de miombo plus typi- nately no-one had even heard ofthe park, let alone que et ferme (Pete Leonard) knew of its status or whether it was feasible to Figure 4. Kabweluma Falls on the Kalungwishi River visit. I came to an informal agreement with ZAWA (Pete Leonard) that I would investigate the park and report my Les chutes de Kabweluma sur la riviere Kalungwishi (Pete Leonard) findings. Formerly a game reserve, the area became a Figure 3. Lumangwe Falls on the Kalungwishi River (Pete Leonard) national park in 1972. Until recently it had received almost no attention from ornithologists, Les chutes de Lumangwe sur la riviere Kalungwishi (Pete Leonard) or indeed field workers of any description. Therefore it should be noted that the following is still based on few data and visits to only small areas ofthe park. 38-BullABC 1/0/ 14 No 1 (2001) Birds ofLusenga Plain NP, Zambia: Leonard Birds ofLusenga Plain NP, Zambia: Leonard BullABC Vo! 14 No 1 (2007) -39 Geography and vegetation from Tambatamba village to the site of the now- Lusenga Plain National Park covers an area of derelict Mbeleshi Wildlife Camp. It appeared that c.880 km2 in northernmost Kawambwa District, no ZAWA scouts had been stationed there for Luapula Province, between 09°13’-09°35’S and some time. From the camp, the track continued 29°03’-29°20’E. It lies in the north-western cor- along the western edge ofMbereshi dambo, in the ner of the Northern Province plateau and is bor- centre ofwhich is an extremely large mushitu c.3 dered to the east by the Kalungwishi River. The km long. Much of this would appear to lie within entire park falls within the Congo drainage sys- a forest reserve. The track continued around the tem. The highest areas, reaching 1,374 m, are in head of the dambo and entered the park at the south. The north is somewhat lower, with the c.09°32’S 29°04’E. The track was followed for lowest point of c.980 m at the northernmost another c.4 km until it crossed an arm of the extremity. Kafungila River, where we camped at 09°31’S The plain from which the park takes its name 29°05’E. The following day I walked north-east is in the south-western corner. It is oval-shaped from there to the southern tip of Lusenga Plain, and measures c.7 x 3 km. It was formed by the explored several parts of the grassland and walked weathering of an old volcanic plug dome. about one-third ofits western perimeter. Weathering of the softer rock has left an open, On 25 August we returned to Kawambwa and saucer-shaped depression surrounded by concen- visited Lumangwe and Kabweluma Falls via the & tric rings ol rocky ridges (Clarke Loe 1974). D19, both ofwhich lie on the Kalungwishi not far The grassland of the plain is typical of upland from the south-eastern corner of the park. We dambos in northern Zambia and towards the cen- then drove to the north-eastern corner ofthe park tre there are some very wet, swampy areas. Along on the D36 where, with help from local villagers, the small drainage lines entering the plain are we located the site of the now abandoned Misapa patches of mushitu (moist evergreen forest) and Wildlife Camp, at 09°l4’S 29°21’E. We camped set back from the plain itselfare scattered patches here on the banks of the Kalungwishi and on the ofdry evergreen Marquesia forest. morning of26 August I employed a fisherman to Many ofthe park’s rivers support strips ofrich take me across the river in order to spend a morn- gallery mushitu, but the vast majority of the area ing in the park. is covered by woodland. This is mainly miombo {Bracbystegia-dominated) of various formations Birds ranging from tall, dense types on flatter terrain, to The avifauna was rich and a complete list of more open and sometimes stunted types on steep species known from the park is presented in the and rocky ground. Alluvial soils support patches of Appendix. This list includes information on habi- Pteleopsis anisoptera and at lower altitudes the tats from which species are known and an indica- woodland is undifferentiated and somewhat drier. tion of their status, as far as can be determined The Kalungwishi is a sizeable river throughout the from our field work. length ofthe park, with a variety ofwaterfalls and The total number of species recorded in the rocky rapids as well as quiet backwaters lined with park now stands at 214, ofwhich ten are Palearctic riparian forest. migrants, 27 Afrotropical migrants, 25 partial or possible migrants, and the remaining 152 resi- Field work dents. Two species ofglobal conservation concern Between 23 and 26 August 2001, D. Chizuwa, L. occur: Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus and Hamusikili and I explored two areas of the park Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus-, the latter A with the aims of establishing a preliminary bird probably breeds. further four are oflocal conser- checklist and determining whether the park met vation concern: Saddle-billed Stork the criteria needed to qualify as an Important Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Bateleur Terathopius , Bird Area. ecaudatus African Marsh Flarrier Circus ranivorus , The first area visited was the south-western and Southern Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum corner. This was approached from Kawambwa on (Leonard 2005). Three species have restricted the D76, on 23 August. After crossing the Zambian ranges: Angola Swallow Hirundo Mbereshi River a driveable track was followed angolensis, Cassin’s Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini 40-BullABC Vol 14 No 1 (2007) Birds ofLusenga Plain NP, Zambia: Leonard and Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea and Splendid Glossy , and 26 biome-restricted species occur, including Starling Lamprotornis splendidus were more com- 20 Zambezian endemics and near-endemics. mon in mushitu. Grey-olive Bulbul Phyllastrephus A few other species merit additional com- cerviniventris was also absent from dry evergreen ment. Some of the woodland species showed a forest and seemed to prefer the narrower strips of preference for certain areas. Southern Hyliota gallery mushitu and riparian forest. Hyliota australis was recorded only once (a family Some breeding behaviour was observed. A group), in less well-developed hill miombo. Red- Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila wahlbergi was seen at a cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus was nest in open mushitu near Lusenga Plain. Green- usually found near small clearings in the wood- backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae was regu- land and Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava. larly seen displaying in miombo and a Brown- Trilling Cisticola woosnami and Short-winged backed Honeybird P regulus displaying over dry Cisticolas C. brachypterus tended to favour areas woodland. A Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans was with long grass. Occasionally Red-collared displaying in a typical open woodland location Widowbirds Euplectes ardens were found in such which was still smouldering after a recent fire. areas too. The high density of Violet-backed Local residents reported large owls beside the Sunbirds Anthreptes longuemarei in the miombo Kalungwishi River and although these may refer was particularly notable as this species is general- to Pel’s Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli, the species’ ly not that common in Zambia. presence could not be confirmed. Southern Species found in both forest and woodland Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoideswas recorded that were only found in the latter where it was par- regularly overhead, but all birds were on passage. ticularly rich and well developed included Black- Until the work reported here, the park’s bird backed Barbet Lybius minor, Little Spotted list stood at just 27 species. Twelve of these were Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii Dusky recorded again during our visit and the remaining , Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta and Yellow White-eye 15 also probably still occur. The one plausible Zosteropssenegalensis. A few woodland species were exception is Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus common at forest edges, such as Common Bulbul africanus, which is perhaps no longer present due Pycnonotus barbatus and Amethyst Sunbird to the lack oflarge mammals. Ofthe 15 species not Nectarinia amethystina. Pale-billed Hornbill recorded by us, there are published references for Tockuspallidirostris was recorded once at a fruiting only three: Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata (four fig tree within a mushitu and a Whyte’s Barbet on 18 September 1954: Rowan 1963), Yellow- Stactolaema whytii was observed in the canopy of billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus (mentioned as dry evergreen forest. The habitat ofLead-coloured present by Attwell 1966) and Parasitic Weaver Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus was particularly Anomalospiza imberbis (‘Coll.’: no date: Benson interesting, being apparently the ecotone between 1956). However, there is informal documentation riparian forest and adjacent dry woodland along for the 12 others (R. J. Dowsett in litt. 2005). the Kalungwishi River. On one occasion several Several ornithologists have visited francolins, probably Red-necked Francolinus afer, Kundabwika Falls on the Kalungwishi (09°12’S were flushed from a patch of mushitu. 29°20’E). Although this site lies just outside the Several forest generalists were found to occur park, 1 1 species recorded only there, most ofthem in varying densities according to the forest type. in March 1972 (R. J. Dowsett in litt. 2005; see Thus, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilin- Appendix), have been included on the park list, as eatus. Little Greenbul Andropadus virens and the habitat is continuous and the area is so close. Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii were least common in dry evergreen forest. The remaining Conservation species mentioned in this paragraph were all In the areas visited, the habitat was relatively apparently absent from dry evergreen forest. undisturbed. There was a general paucity of large Furthermore, Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor mammals but much evidence of medium- and and Yellow-throated Leaflove Chlorocichlaflavicol- small-sized mammals. A single Reedbuck Redunca lis were more common in riparian forest, whereas arundinum was seen on the plain and many areas Cabanis’s Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi, Olive had been rooted by Bush Pigs Potamochoerus lar- Birds ofLusenga Plain NP, Zambia: Leonard BullABCVol 14 No 1 (2007)-41 ) vatus. Numerous antelope tracks were tentatively References identified as belonging to Bushbuck Tragelaphus Attwell, R. I. G. 1966. Oxpeckers, and their associa- scriptus, duikers SylvicapralCephalophus spp., tions with mammals in Zambia. Puku 4: 17-48. Lichtenstein’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus Benson, C. W. 1956. A contribution to the ornithology ( lichtensteinii and Roan Antelope Hippotragus equi- of Northern Rhodesia. Occ. Pap. Nat. Mus. South. nus. Yellow Baboons Papio cynocephalus were seen Rhod. 2IB: 1-51. & on rocky ridges and Vervet Cercopithecus pygery- Benson, C. W., Brooke, R. K., Dowsett, R. J. Irwin, thrus Blue Monkey C. nictitans mitis and M. P. S. 1971. The Birds ofZambia. London, UK: , Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus Collins. were observed in mushitu. Greater Galagos Clarke, J. & Loe, I. 1974. A Guide to theNationalParks ofZambia. Lusaka: Anglo American Corporation Otolemur crassicaudatus were regularly heard at (Central Africa) Ltd. night. Leonard, P. 2005. Important Bird Areas in Zambia. Traps and snares of subsistence hunters were Lusaka: Zambian Ornithological Society. found in many places, particularly within mushi- Rowan, M. K. 1963. The Yellowbill 'Du.PkAnas undula- tus. The occasional small but well-used bicycle ta Dubois in southern Africa. Ostrich Suppl. 5: track suggested that these were checked fairly reg- 1-56. ularly. Birds most at risk and clearly targeted by such methods were Helmeted Guineafowl 46 Trenchard Close, Newton, Nottingham, NG13 8HG, Numida meleagris and francolins. The occasional UK. E-mail:[email protected] tree had been felled, probably for collecting honey, Received 26 October 2005; revision accepted 30 but perhaps the most important conservation issue September 2006. was the rigorous burning of large sections of the park, affecting all habitats. Despite this, the rela- Appendix. Bird species recorded in Lusenga Plain tively high number ofbird species combined with National Park. the large area ofrelatively undisturbed habitat sug- Annexe. Especes d’oiseaux recensees dans le Parc gests that the park is a suitable IBA and it has been National de la Plaine de Lusenga. Abundance included as such in Zambia’s national inventory (+) = previously recorded, but not found during this survey (Leonard 2005). + = rarely encountered during this survey, only one ortwo Future field workers are encouraged to explore ++ = froeucnorddosccinastiootnalally, one ortwo records per day other areas of the park, particularly in the north- +++ = found regularly, several records per day ++++ = found very frequently, many records per day west. Field work at other seasons would also be Habitat desirable. In addition, the extensive mushitu along W = woodland (all types) the Mbereshi should be investigated, as this may W(m) = miombo W(d) = drier, undifferentiated woodland well prove to be a valuable extension to the IBA. F = forest (all types) It is unfortunate that once a national park loses F(m) = mushitu F(r) = riparian forest its large mammals, interest in it dwindles. This can K = Kalungwishi River and environs (including riparian lead to a decrease in protection and an increase in 0 = foovreersth)ead human disturbance. It is hoped that by affording L = Lusenga Plain S = scrub Lusenga Plain National Park IBA status, its impor- KF = known only from Kundabwika Falls tance for all other aspects ofits flora and fauna will Species Abundance Habitat be highlighted. ReedCormorant Phalacrocoraxafricanus ++ K Cattle Egret Bubulcusibis ++ K Acknowledgements Green-backed Heron Butoridesstriata (+) KF Purple Heron Ardeapurpurea + K My grateful thanks to Dispencer Chizuwa and Hamerkop Scopusumbretta ++ K Lazaro Hamusikili for their help with field work. Woolly-necked Stork Ciconiaepiscopus (+) - Thanks also to the villagers in Tambatamba and near Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchussenegalensis (+) - ZAWA Hadada Ibis Bostrychiahagedash ++ K Misapa for all their help and staff for their Spur-winged Goose Piectropterusgambensis (+) - cooperation. Bob Dowsett provided comments and Yellow-billed Duck Anasunduiata (+) - details ofsome ofthe historic records. Red-billedTeal Anaserythrorhyncha (+) - Black/Yellow-billed Kite Milvusmigrans +++ K African Fish Eagle Haiiaeetus vocifer ++ K Lappet-facedVulture Torgos tracheliotus (+) - 42-BullABC Vol 14 No 1 (2007) Birds ofLusenga Plain NP, Zambia: Leonard Western Banded Snake Eagle Black-backed Barbet Lybiusminor ++ F(m) Circaetuscinerascens ++ F(m) Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscuszambesiae +++ W(m) Bateleur Terathopiusecaudatus +++ 0 Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscusregulus + W(d) African Marsh Harrier Circusranivorus (+) Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicatorvariegatus ++ W(m) DarkChanting Goshawk Melieraxmetabates ++ W, L Greater Honeyguide Indicatorindicator ++ W(m) African GoshawkAccipitertachiro ++ F LesserHoneyguide Indicatorminor ++ W, F ShikraAccipiterbadius ++ W(m) Golden-tailedWoodpecker Campetheraabingoni + W(d) Common Buzzard Buteobuteo (+) Green-backedWoodpecker Campetheracailliautii +++ F,W(m) Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila wahlbergi ++ W, F CardinalWoodpecker Dendropicosfuscescens + W(d) Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (+) . OliveWoodpecker Dendropicosgriseocephalus ++ F(m) Ayres's Hawk Eagle Hieraaetusayresii + 0 African Broadbill Smithorniscapensis +++ F(m) Coqui Francolin Francolinuscoqui ++ W(m) FlappetLark Mirafra rufocinnamomea ++ W Red-necked Francolin Francolinusafer ++ W DuskyLark Pinarocorysnigricans + W(m) African Blue Quail Coturnixadansonii + L Red-capped Lark Calandrellacinerea + L Helmeted Guineafowl Numidameleagris ++ W Banded Martin Ripariacincta ++ L Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnixsylvaticus + S Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundogriseopyga +++ L Wattled Crane Bugeranuscarunculatus + L Red-breasted Swallow Hirundosemirufa ++ L GreyCrowned Crane Balearica reguiorum (+) . LesserStriped Swallow Hirundoabyssinica ++ K Common Pratincole Glareolapratincola +++ L Angola Swallow Hirundoangolensis (+) KF RRuofcfkPPhrialtoinmcaoclheusGlpauregonlaaxnuchalis +w++ K. YAferlilcoawnWPaigetdaiWlagMtoatiaclilMloatafclialvlaaaguimp ++(++) K- Greenshank Tringa nebularia (+) - Grassland PipitAnthuscinnamomeus ++ L Wood Sandpiper Tringaglareola + L Woodland PipitAnthusnyassae ++ W Common SandpiperActitishypoleucos ++ K Plain-backed PipitAnthusleucophrys +++ L African Green Pigeon Treroncalvus ++ W(m) Fulleborn’s Longclaw Macronyxfuellebornii ++ L Blue-spottedWood Dove Turturafer ++ F(m) Rosy-breasted Longclaw Macronyxameliae ++ L Emerald-spottedWood Dove Turturchalcospilos +++ W(d) Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike Campephagaquiscalina++ F(m) Red-eyed Dove Streptopeliasemitorquata ++ F(r) White-breastedCuckoo-shrike Coracinapectoralis +++ W(m) Schalow’sTuraco Tauracoschalowi ++ W(m), F Little Greenbul Andropadus virens ++++ F Lady Ross'sTuraco Musophaga rossae ++ F Yellow-throated Leaflove Chlorocichlaflavicollis +++ F (r,m) Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculussolitarius +++ W(m), F Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephuscerviniventris +++ F (r,m) Black Cuckoo Cuculusclamosus ++ W(m) Cabanis’sGreenbul Phyllastrephuscabanisi +++ F(m,r) African Cuckoo Cuculusgularis +++ W(m) Common Bulbul Pycnonotusbarbatus ++ W, F Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyxcupreus ++ F(m) Bocage’s Robin Sheppardiabocagei +++ F(m) Klaas’sCuckoo Chrysococcyxkiaas +++ W(m) White-browed Robin Chat Cossyphaheuglini +++ F Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropuscupreicaudus ++ L Red-capped RobinChat Cossypha natalensis ++ F(r) White-browed (Burchell’s) Coucal Miombo Scrub Robin Cercotrichasbarbata ++++ W(m) Centropussuperciliosus ++ F, K White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichasleucophrys ++ W(d) African Scops Owl Otussenegalensis +++ W(m) Stonechat Saxicola torquatus +++ L SouthernWhite-faced Owl Ptilopsisgranti + W(d) Arnot’sChat Myrmecocichlaarnotti + W(m) African Barred Owlet Glaucidiumcapense ++ F(r) Miombo RockThrush Monticolaangolensis ++ W(m) AfricanWoodOwl Strixwoodfordii +++ F(m) AfricanThrush Turduspelios +++ F Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulguspectoralls ++ W(m) KurrichaneThrush Turduslibonyanus +++ W w Swamp (Natal) Nightjar Caprimulgusnatalensis - Evergreen-forestWarbler Bradypteruslopezi +++ F(m) W Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius +M++ African MoustachedWarbler Melocichlamentalis ++ L, K Bohm’s Spinetail Neafrapusboehml KF Broad-tailedWarbler Schoenicolabrevirostris +++ L Common SwiftApusapus (+) KF AfricanYellowWarbler Chloropetanatalensis + K White-rumped SwiftApuscafler (+) KF Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis ++ W Narina’sTrogon Apalodermanarina ++++ F Green-capped Eremomela Eremomelascotops ++++ W Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyonalbiventris +++ F Black-necked Eremomela Eremomelaatricollis +++ W(m) Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyonleucocephala +++ W(m) Red-capped Crombec Sylviettaruficapilla +++ W(m) Striped Kingfisher Halcyonchelicuti ++ W(d) WillowWarblerPhylloscopustrochilus (+) KF African Pygmy Kingfisher Ceyxpictus + F(m) Laura'sWoodlandWarblerPhylloscopuslaurae ++ F(m) Half-collared KingfisherAlcedosemitorquata ++ K Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster ++++ W(m) Giant Kingfisher Megacerylemaxima ++ K Southern Hyliota Hyliotaaustralis + W(m) Little Bee-eaterMeropspusillus ++ W(d) Red-facedCisticola Cisticolaerythrops +++ K Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus ++++ L TrillingCisticola Cisticola woosnami +++ W(m) Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Meropshirundineus ++ W(d) StoutCisticola Cisticolarobustus +++ L European Bee-eater Meropsapiaster ++ 0 CroakingCisticola Cisticolanatalensis ++ L Southern Carmine Bee-eater Meropsnubicoides +++ 0 Short-winged Cisticola Cisticolabrachypterus ++++ W, L Broad-billed Roller Eurystomusglaucurus ++ W(d) Tabora (Long-tailed) Cisticola W Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastuscyanomelas ++ Cisticolaangusticauda (+) KF W Hoopoe Upupa epops ++ Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticolacinnamomeus ++ L W W Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvusleadbeateri ++ Tawny-flanked Prinia Priniasubflava ++++ Crowned Hornbill Tockusalboterminatus ++ W(m), F Yellow-breastedApalisApalisflavida ++ F(r) Pale-billed Hornbill Tockuspallidirostris ++ W(m) GreyApalisApaliscinerea +++ F(m) Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistesbucinator ++ F(m) Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaropterabrachyura ++ F Whyte’s Barbet Stactolaema whytii ++ W(m) GreyWrenWarbler Calamonastessimplex +++ W(m) Yellow-rumpedTinkerbird Pogoniulusbilineatus +++ F Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornispammelaina + W(d) Yellow-frontedTinkerbird Pogoniuluschrysoconus ++ W(m) Pale Flycatcher Bradornispallidus ++ W(d) Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata + W(m) Ashy FlycatcherMuscicapacaerulescens +++ F (edge), W(m) Birds ofLusenga Plain NP, Zambia: Leonard BullABC Vol 14 No 1 (2007)-43 Cassin’s Flycatcher Muscicapacassini + K African Golden Oriole Oriolusauratus ++ W African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapaadusta +++ F (edge),W(m) Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurusludwigii ++ F W Lead-coloured FlycatcherMyioparusplumbeus +++ F(r), W(d) Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurusadsimilis +++ African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis +++ W, F Splendid GlossyStarling Lamprotornissplendidus ++++ F(m,r) Black-throatedWattle-eye Platysteirapeltata +++ F Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclusleucogaster +++ F,W W Chinspot Batis Batismolitor ++++ Yellow-billedOxpecker Buphagusatricanus (+) - W White-rumped Babbler Turdoidesleucopygius ++ K Yellow-throated Petronia Petroniasuperciliaris +++ Rufous-belliedTit Parusrufiventris +++ W(m) Chestnut-backed SparrowWeaver White-winged BlackTit Parusleucomelas ++ W(d) Plocepasserrufoscapulatus (+) KF W Grey PendulineTitAnthoscopuscaroli (+) KF Red-headedWeaverAnaplectesrubriceps + Spotted CreeperSalpornisspilonotus ++ W(m) SpectacledWeaver Ploceusocularis ++ F(r) WesternViolet-backed Sunbird Holub's GoldenWeaver Ploceusxanthops ++ K Anthrepteslonguemarei ++++ W(m) Dark-backedWeaver Ploceusbicolor ++ F(r.m) Anchieta’sSunbird Anthreptesanchietae ++++ W(m) Red-collaredWidowbird Euplectesardens +++ L Olive Sunbird Cyanomitraolivacea ++++ F (m,r) MarshWidowbird Euplecteshartlaubi ++ L Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitraamethystina ++++ W GreyWaxbill Estrildaperrelni + F(m) Collared Sunbird Hedydipnacollaris ++++ F Fawn-breastedWaxbill Estrildapaludicola +++ L w Miombo Double-collared Sunbird Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestesostrinus KF Cinnyrismanoensis ++++ W(m) Red-cheekedCordon-bleu Uraeginthusbengalus + W Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyrisbifasciatus ++ K Red-throatedTwinspot Hypargosniveoguttatus +++ F Yellow-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris venustus +++ F (edge), L Orange-winged Pytilia Pytiliaafra +++ W YellowWhite-eyeZosteropssenegalensis +++ F,W(m) Blue-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata +++ F (edge) Common Fiscal Laniuscollaris + L Jameson’s Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia ++ S Many-coloured Bush-shrike Malaconotusmulticolor + F(m) Black-chinnedQuailfinch Ortygospizagabonensis ++++ L Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike LocustFinch Paludipasserlocustella ++ L Malaconotussulfureopectus ++ W(d) Bronze Mannikin Spermestescucullatus ++ F (edge),W W Black-crownedTchagra Tchagrasenegalus +++ Red-backed Mannikin Spermestesbicolor ++ F(m) Black-backed (Southern) Puffback ParasiticWeaverAnomalospizaimberbis (+) Dryoscopuscubla ++++ W, F Yellow-frontedCanary Serinusmozambicus + W Tropical Boubou Laniariusaethiopicus +++ WF Black-eared SeedeaterSerinusmennelli + W(m) Brubru Nilausafer +++ W Cabanis’s Bunting Emberizacabanisi ++ W(m) White Helmet-shrike Prionopsplumatus +++ w Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris +++ w Retz’s Helmet-shrike Prionopsretzii ++ Eastern Black-headed Oriole Orioluslarvatus +++ w A selection from our stock: Bannerman Birds ofTropical West Africa. 8 vols Bannerman Birds ofthe Atlantic Islands. 4 vols Chapin: The Birds ofthe Belgian Congo. 4 vols Friedmann The Parasitic Cuckoos ofAfrica. 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