Special Bird Species in Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, there are some selected species of birds, which according to BirdLife Zimbabwe deserve attention because their numbers or areas of distribution have undergone adverse change in the recent past or they are of other research interest. The list changes according to circumstance.

The Special Species are:

• White Stork
• Black Stork
• Saddle-billed Stork
• Marabou Stork
• Yellow-billed Duck
• Maccoa Duck
• Secretary Bird
• Lappet-faced Vulture
• Yellow-billed Kite
• Verreaux’s Eagle
• Martial Eagle
• African Crowned Eagle
• Bateleur
• African Marsh-harrier
• Wattled Crane
• Grey Crowned Crane
• Kori Bustard
• Denham’s Bustard
• African Skimmer
• Grey-headed Parrot
• Lilian’s Lovebird
• Southern Carmine Bee-eater (in colonies)
• Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
• Southern Ground-hornbill
• Blue Swallow
• Common Myna
• Yellow-billed
• Red-billed Oxpecker