eBird Field Checklist
Namibia
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636 species (+146 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Muscovy Duck
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Mallard
Yellow-billed Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Southern Crested Guineafowl
Indian Peafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Hartlaub's Spurfowl
Red-billed Spurfowl
Cape Spurfowl
Natal Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Columba sp.
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Croaking Ground Dove
African Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Bustards
Kori Bustard
Ludwig's Bustard
Denham's Bustard
Karoo Bustard
Rüppell's Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
bustard sp.
Turacos
Gray Go-away-bird
Ross's Turaco
Schalow's Turaco
Tauraco sp.
Cuckoos
Senegal Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
White-browed/Burchell's Coucal
Black Coucal
coucal sp.
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African/Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Bradfield's Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus sp.
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Flufftails
Red-chested Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
Corn Crake
African Crake
Spotted Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Striped Crake
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Finfoots
African Finfoot
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Blue Crane
Wattled Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus sp.
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
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Eurasian Oystercatcher
African Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Great Snipe
African Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
Small Buttonquail
Double-banded Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Three-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Burchell's Courser
courser sp.
Rock Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared/Black-winged Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Sabine's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Hartlaub's Gull
Gray-hooded x Hartlaub's Gull (hybrid)
Franklin's Gull
Kelp Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
African Skimmer
Little Tern
Damara Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
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Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Greater/Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
grebe sp.
Penguins
African Penguin
Albatrosses
Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Atlantic/Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
White-capped Albatross
White-capped/Salvin's/Chatham Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
small albatross sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Southern Giant-Petrel
Northern Giant-Petrel
Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel
Pintado Petrel
Great-winged Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Broad-billed Prion
Antarctic Prion
prion sp.
White-chinned Petrel
Spectacled Petrel
Procellaria sp.
Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
stork sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Cape Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Reed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant
Bank Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Eurasian Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Slaty Egret
Black Heron
Little Egret
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White-backed Night Heron
Striated Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Great/Yellow-billed Egret
Western Cattle-Egret/Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
pelican sp.
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
African Cuckoo-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon
Gyps sp.
old world vulture sp.
Bateleur
Western Banded Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
snake-eagle sp.
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe/Tawny Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila sp.
Bat Hawk
Gabar Goshawk
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Lizard Buzzard
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Shikra
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Black Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Red-necked Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Western Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Cape Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pel's Fishing-Owl
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Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
owl sp.
Mousebirds
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Violet Woodhoopoe
Green/Violet Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Bradfield's Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Monteiro's Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Damara Red-billed Hornbill
Southern x Damara Red-billed Hornbill (hybrid)
Southern/Damara Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus sp.
Trumpeter Hornbill
hornbill sp.
Bee-eaters
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Olive Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Kingfishers
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Rollers and Allies
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Racket-tailed Roller
Purple Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
african barbet sp.
Honeyguides
Green-backed Honeybird
Brown-backed Honeybird
honeybird sp.
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Red-footed/Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
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Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Budgerigar
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
Rüppell's Parrot
parrot sp.
African and Green Broadbills
African Broadbill
Cuckooshrikes
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Wattle-eyes and Batises
White-tailed Shrike
Chinspot Batis
Pririt Batis
batis sp.
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White-crested Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
tchagra sp.
Tropical Boubou
Gabon Boubou
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
boubou sp.
Bokmakierie
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
bushshrike sp.
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Magpie Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Southern Fiscal
Souza's Shrike
shrike sp.
White-crowned Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
House Crow
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
crow/raven sp.
Fairy Flycatchers
Fairy Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Rufous-bellied Tit
Southern Black-Tit
Carp's Tit
Ashy Tit
Gray Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Southern Penduline-Tit
Larks
Spike-heeled Lark
Gray's Lark
Karoo Long-billed Lark
Dusky Lark
Black-eared Sparrow-Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Sabota Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Dune Lark
Monotonous Lark
Mirafra sp.
Flappet Lark
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Eastern Clapper Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Stark's Lark
Pink-billed Lark
Sclater's Lark
Red-capped Lark
lark sp.
Nicators
Eastern Nicator
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Long-billed Crombec
crombec sp.
Rockrunner
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-capped Eremomela
Karoo Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
eremomela sp.
Namaqua Warbler
Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Miombo/Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Barred Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Karoo Prinia
prinia sp.
Cinnamon-breasted Warbler
Rufous-eared Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Tinkling Cisticola
Gray-backed Cisticola
Luapula Cisticola
Chirping Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Hippolais sp.
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Marsh/Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
River Warbler
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Southern Crag-Martin
Red-throated/Southern Crag-Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Greater/Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
South African Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Pale-throated Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Black-fronted Bulbul
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Garden Warbler
Layard's Warbler
Chestnut-vented Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
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old world warbler sp.
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Orange River White-eye
Southern Yellow White-eye
Zosterops sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Bare-cheeked Babbler
Southern Pied-Babbler
Hartlaub's Babbler
Black-faced Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Violet-backed Starling
Pale-winged Starling
Burchell's Starling
Meves's Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Sharp-tailed Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Groundscraper Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
Karoo Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Marico Flycatcher
Bradornis sp.
Pale Flycatcher
Chat Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Herero Chat
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Kalahari Scrub-Robin
White-browed Scrub-Robin
scrub-robin sp.
Cape Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Angola Cave-Chat
Collared Palm-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush
Thrush Nightingale
European Pied/Collared/Semicollared Flycatcher
Short-toed Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Sickle-winged Chat
Karoo Chat
Tractrac Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Mountain Chat
Arnot's Chat
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
muscicapid sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Shelley's Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
White-bellied Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Dusky Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
Cinnyris sp.
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Scaly Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Sociable Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
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Spectacled Weaver
Cape Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-faced Waxbill
Cinderella Waxbill
Common Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Red-headed Finch
Zebra Waxbill
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Brown Firefinch
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
whydah sp.
indigobird sp.
Vidua sp.
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Great Rufous Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Woodland Pipit
Nicholson's Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
pipit sp.
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Yellow Canary
White-throated Canary
african seedeater sp.
Black-headed Canary
Serinus sp.
finch sp.
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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