Whydahs (Pin-tailed and Shaft-tailed)
Mutsetse; Tsikidzamutsetse; Tsikidzamakaya – Shona (all dialects)
uMsilabundu – Ndebele
N’waminungu – Shangaan/Tsonga
Kandlilima – baTonga

http://biodiversityexplorer.info/birds/viduidae

Widows (Generic)
Muswewadepa; Chikenya; Chitoto; Nyamafuro; Tserenga – Shona
uMsilamode – Ndebele
Thagalehlaka; Lephaka – Venda/Sotho
Mantunje; Xikhungumala; Tingozi – Shangaan/Tsonga
Simundyoli; Tuyonimbili; Kayonikosiya – baTonga

http://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/birds/ploceidae/euplectes.htm

Wood-hoopoe (Green/Red-billed)
Haya; Wochawocha – Shona (all dialects)
iNhlekabafazi; uNukani; amaJekede – Ndebele
Yokoywana; Kolokolwana – Shangaan/Tsonga
iZokoza – Nambya
Selekeyeza – baTonga

Wood-hoopoe (Scimitar-billed)
Haya – Shona (all dialects)
Yokoywana; Munyani; Indokotwana – Shangaan/Tsonga

http://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/birds/upupiformes.htm

Woodpeckers (Generic)
Hohodza; Chigogodza; Chiohodza – Shona
Kwadzantondo; Chinyamugogoja – Shona
isiQoqodo – Ndebele
Gogonya; Mutanoa – Venda/Sotho
Ghongoswana; Chigongonzwani; Chigosana – Shangaan/Tsonga
Mugogomena – Nambya
Chimagogomweda – baTonga

http://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/birds/picidae/index.htm#

Additional References:

Cooke, P. (1970). Ndebele Bird Names. NADA, vol.10 (2): 67-68.

Maclean, GL. (1985). Roberts’ Birds of Southern Africa (5th ed.). John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa.

This is the final post on bird names collected while gathering information on birds in Zimbabwean Folklore.