List of birds seen:
Species | Scientific Name | Sites |
1 Ostrich | Struthio camelus | Common in Etosha & Namib-Naukluft |
2 Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Swakopmund |
3 Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus | Swakopmund |
4 Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Hardap Dam, Swakopmund |
5 Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Swakopmund |
6 Great (White-breasted) Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Swakopmund and Northern Wetlands |
7 Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | Swakopmund |
8 Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | Swakopmund |
9 Long-tailed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus | Widespread |
10 African Darter | Anhinga rufa | Northern rivers |
11 Green-backed Heron | Butorides striatus | Rundu, Popa Falls, Chobe |
12 Rufous-bellied Heron | Butorides rufiventris | Chobe |
13 Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Chobe |
14 Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Chobe, Fotheringill Island |
15 Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Widespread |
16 Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Chobe |
17 Black Egret | Egretta ardesiaca | Chobe, Charara |
18 Great Egret | Egretta alba | Hardap Dam, Chobe |
19 Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | Harare |
20 Grey heron | Ardea cinerea | Northern wetlands |
21 Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | Chobe, Charara, Fotheringill Island |
22 Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopica | Johannesburg Airport, Kariba |
23 Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Chobe |
24 Marabou Stork | Leptopilos crumeniferus | Chobe, Charara |
25 Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | Chobe |
26 Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | Swakopmund |
27 White-faced Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Charara |
28 Spur-winged Goose | Plectopterus gambiensis | Charara |
29 Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptus | Widespread on wetlands |
30 Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | Rundu |
31 Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | Etosha |
32 Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Namib-Naukluft |
33 Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Chobe |
34 White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Etosha |
35 Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotus | Etosha |
36 Yellow-billed Kite | Milvus migrans parasitus | Etosha & common in Zimbabwe |
37 Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caerulescens | around Harare |
38 Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Etosha & Kariba |
39 African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | Northern wetlands & Christon Bank |
40 African Cuckoo-hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | Popa Falls |
41 Montagu's Harrier | Circus pyagurgus | Chobe |
42 Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | Etosha |
43 Pale Chanting Goshawk | Melierax canorus | Common in Namibia |
44 Little Banded Goshawk (Shikra) | Accipter badius | Victoria Falls |
45 Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | Christon Bank |
46 African Hawk-Eagle | Hieraeetus fasciatus | Christon Bank |
47 Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Etosha |
48 Wahlberg's Eagle | Aquila wahlbergii | Kariba, Christon Bank |
49 Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | One seen on road between Ketmanshoop & Ai-Ais |
50 Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | singles seen Windhoek & Ai-Ais |
51 Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Hardap Dam |
52 Red-necked Falcon | Falco chiquera | Etosha |
53 Helmeted Guinea-Fowl | Numida meleagris | Common |
54 Swainson's Francolin | Francolinus swainsonii | Etosha, Charara |
55 Coqui Francolin | Francolinus coqui | Charara |
56 Natal Francolin | Francolinus natalensis | Christon Bank |
57 Ruppell's Korhaan | Eupodotis ruepellii | common at Bloedkoppie |
58 Red-crested Korhaan | Eupodotis ruficrista | Etosha |
59 Northern Black Korhaam | Eupodotis afroides | Etosha |
60 Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii | 3 flushed from road between Hobas & Sessreim |
61 Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Ojitotongwe, Etosha, Chobe |
62 African finfoot | Podica senegalensis | Rundu |
63 Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | Etosha |
64 Common Moorhen | Gallinula choloropus | Etosha |
65 African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | Northern wetlands |
66 Water Dikkop | Burhinus vermiculatus | Fotheringill Island |
67 Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | Popa Falls, Zambezi National Park |
68 Collared (Red-winged) Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Chobe, Charara, Kariba |
69 Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Etosha and the northern wetlands |
70 Blacksmith Plover | Vanellus armatus | Widespread |
71 Long-toed Plover | Vanellus crassirostris | Chobe, Zambezi NP |
72 Crowned Plover | Vanellus coronatus | Etosha |
73 Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | Chobe, Fotheringill Island |
74 Little Stint | Calidris minutus | Etosha, Kariba |
75 Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Etosha |
76 Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Etosha |
77 Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Charara, Fotheringill Island |
78 Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleuca | Widespread |
79 Ruff | Philomacus pugnax | Chobe, Fotherungill Island |
80 Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Swakopmund, Cape Cross |
81 Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | One adult seen Dune 45, Namib-Naukluft |
82 Hartlaub's Gull | Larus hartlaubi | Swakopmund |
83 Grey-headed Gull | Larus cirrocephalus | Widespread on freshwater also Swakopmund |
84 Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Swakopmund |
85 Caspian tern | Sterna caspia | Hardap Dam |
86 Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Swakopmund |
87 White-winged-Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Kariba |
88 African Skimmer | Rhynchops flavorostris | northern wetlands |
89 Spotted Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | Ojitotongwe |
90 Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | Etosha |
91 Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | Etosha |
92 Feral Pigeon | Columba livia | Common in association with people |
93 Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | Common and widespread |
94 Cape Turtle Dove | Streptopelia capicola | Common and widespread |
95 Green-spotted Dove | Turtur chalcosplilos | Rundu |
96 Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Common |
97 Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | Christon Bank |
98 Coppery-tailed Coucal | Centropus cupreicaudua | Rundu, Popa Falls, Chobe |
99 White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | Charara |
100 African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | Common and widespread |
101 Alpine Swift | Apus melba | Fish River Canyon |
102 Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldii | Etosha |
103 African Black Swift | Apus barbatus | Chobe |
104 Horus Swift | Apus horus | Charara |
105 White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | Charara |
106 Little Swift | Apus affinis | Common and widespread |
107 Rufous cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | Etosha |
108 White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | Common in southern Namibia |
109 Red-faced Mousebird | Colius indicus | Chobe |
110 Grey Lourie | Corythaxoides concolor | Widespread |
111 Livingstone's Lourie | Tauraco livingstonii | Popa Falls |
112 Purple-crested Lourie | Tauraco porphyreolophus | Christon Bank |
113 Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudata | Chobe & Zimbabwe |
114 Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Christon Bank |
115 Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | Rundu, Chobe |
116 European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Christon Bank |
117
Southern Carmine Bee-eater |
Merops nubicoides | Northern wetlands |
118 White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | Northern wetlands |
119 Grey-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | Mosi o Tunya Game Park |
120 Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata | Zambezi NP |
121 Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | Popa Falls |
122 Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | Northern wetlands |
123 Hoopoe | Upapa epops | Etosha |
124 Red-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | Charara |
125 Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | Tsumeb and northern Zimbabwe |
126 Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | Widespread |
127 Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | Christon Bank |
128 Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillanti | Chobe, Zambezi NP |
129 Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | Charara & Christon Bank |
130 Whyte's Barbet | Stactolaema whytii | Christon Bank |
131 Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | Duiseb Castle |
132 Bearded Woodpecker | Thripias namaquus | Christon Bank |
133 Sharp-billed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus | Charara |
134 Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | Christon Bank |
135 Sabota Lark | Mirafra sabota | Duiseb Castle |
136 Stark's Lark | Alauda starkii | Etosha |
137 Gray's Lark | Ammomanes grayii | Bloedkoppie |
138 Grey-backed Finch-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | Solitaire, Etosha |
139
Chestnut-backed Finch-lark |
Eremopterix leucotis | Fotheringill Island |
140 Brown-throated Martin | Riparia paludicola | Rundu, Charara |
141 Rock Martin | Hirundo fuligula | Common and widespread |
142 Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Etosha |
143 Lesser Striped Swallow | Hirundo abbysinica | Charara |
144 Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | Widespread |
145
South African Cliff Swallow |
Hirundo spilodera | Hardap Dam |
146 Long-billed Pipit | Anthus adsimilis | Windhoek, Etosha |
147 African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla agiump | Popa Falls, Chobe |
148 Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | Ai-Ais, Fish River Canyon |
149 Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | Common and widespread |
150 Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | Common and widespread in Namibia |
151 Black-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | common from Rundu eastwards |
152 Southern Black Tit | Parus niger | Rundu |
153 Southern Pied Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | Etosha |
154 White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygius | Rundu |
155 Mountain Chat | Oenanthe monticola | Common in southern Namibia |
156 Sickle-winged Chat | Cercomela sinuata | Ai-ais, Fish River Canyon, Hobas |
157 Tractrac Chat | Cercomela tractrac | Sessreim & Bloedkoppie |
158 Familiar Chat | Cercomela familiaris | Swakopmund, Christon Bank |
159 Heuglin's Robin | Cossypha heuglini | Chobe |
160 Natal Robin | Cossypha natalensis | Zambezi NP |
161 Karoo Robin | Erythropygia coryphaeus | Hardap Dam, Hobas |
162 Kalahari Robin | Erythropygia paena | Etosha |
163 Boulder Chat | Pinarornis plumosus | Christon Bank |
164 (African) Stonechat | Saxicola torquata | Chobe |
165 Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litisrupa | Etosha, Chobe |
166 Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | Ai-Ais |
167 Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | Christon Bank |
168 Cape Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | Ai-Ais |
169 African Sedge Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | Rundu |
170
Grey-backed Bleating Warbler |
Caramoptera brevicaudata | Rundu |
171 Stierling's Warbler | Caramoptera steirlingi | Christon Bank |
172
Yellow-bellied Eremomela |
Eremomela icteropygialis | Hardap Dam |
173
Burnt-necked Eremomela |
Eremomela usticollis | Ai-Ais |
174 Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | Christon Bank |
175 Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | Rundu |
176 Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | Etosha |
177 Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | Charara & Christon Bank |
178 Titbabbler | Parisoma subcaerulum | Duiseb Castle, Etosha |
179 Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | Rundu |
180 Neddicky | Cisticola fulvicapilla | Charara Christon Bank |
181 Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Rundu |
182 Chat Flycatcher | Melaeornis infuscatus | Duiseb Castle, Etosha |
183 Marico Flycatcher | Melaeornis mariquensis | Etosha |
184 Blue-grey Flycatcher | Melaeornis caerulescens | Kariba |
185
Southern Black Flycatcher |
Melaeornis pammelaina | Christon Bank |
186 Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | Charara |
187
African Paradise Flycatcher |
Terpisphone viridis | Charara & Christon Bank |
188 Grey Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | Rundu |
189 Fiscal Shrike | Lanius collaris | Common |
190 Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | Rundu, Charara, Christon Bank |
191Swamp Boubou | Laniarus bicolor | Rundu, Popa Falls |
192 Tropical Boubou | Laniarus aethiopicus | Chobe |
193 Cromson Boubou | Laniarus atrococcineus | Etosha |
194 Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra australis | Rundu |
195 Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegala | Charara |
196 White Helmet-shrike | Prionops plumatus | Charara & Christon Bank |
197 Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | Zambezi NP |
198 African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | Christon Bank |
199 Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | Common in southern Namibia |
200 Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | Victoria Falls |
201 Wattled Starling | reatophora cinerea | Chobe |
202 Plum-coloured Starling | Cinnyrincinclus leucogaster | Charara |
203 Cape Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | Common |
204
Greater Blue-eared Starling |
Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Chobe |
205
Burchell's Glossy Starling |
Lamprotornis australis | Popa Falls |
206
Long-tailed Glossy Starling |
Lamprotornis mevesii | Charara |
207 Pied Crow | Corvus albus | Common |
208 Black Crow | Corvus capensis | Common in Namibia |
209 Black Sunbird | Nectarinia amethystina | Christon Bank |
210 Dusky Sunbird | Nectarinia fusca | Common in southern Namibia |
211 White-bellied Sunbird | Nectarinia talatala | Charara |
212 Miombo Sunbird | Nectarinia manoensis | Christon Bank |
213 Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | Christon Bank |
214 Cape White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | Ai-Ais |
215 Yellow White-eyes | Zosterops senegalus | Christon Bank |
216 House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Common in towns and villages |
217 Great Sparrow | Passer motitensis | Hardap Dam, Sessreim area, Bloedkoppie |
218 Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | Etosha, Charara |
219 Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus Hobas | Seissreim |
220
White-browed Sparrow-weaver |
Ploceopasser mahali | Common and widespread |
221 Masked Weaver | Ploceus velatus | Common and widespread |
222 Spotted-backed Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Charara, Kariba |
223 Golden Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | Chobe |
224 Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | Charara |
225
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver |
Bubalornis niger | Etosha |
226 Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | Rundu, Charara, Kariba |
227 Sociable Weaver | Philetarius socius | Central Namibia |
228 Scaly-feathered Finch | Sporopipes squamifrons | Sessreim & Namib |
229 Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Swakopmund |
230 Blue Waxbill | Ureaginthus angolensis | Charara |
231 Melba Finch | Pytilia melba | Charara |
232 Golden-backed Pytilia | Pytilia afra | Charara |
233 Red-billed Firefinch | Lagnosticta senegala | Victoria Falls, Charara |
234 Brown Firefinch | Lagnosticta nitidula | Popa Falls, Chobe |
235 Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullatus | Christon Bank |
236 White-winged Widow | Euplectes albonotatus | Rundu |
237 Yellow-eyed Canary | Serinus mozambicus | Christon Bank |
238 Yellow Canary | Serinus flaviventris | Common and widespread in Namibia |
239 Black-throated Canary | Serinus atrogularis | Etosha |
240 White-throated Canary | Serinus albogularis | Etosha |
241 Streaky-headed Canary | Serinus gularis | Christon Bank |
242 Bully Canary | Serinus sulphuratus | Chobe |
243 Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | Fish River Canyon |
David Kelly,
Prestonpans,
East Lothian