NAMIBIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
AFRICA
NAMIBIA
# Species: | 667 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 614 |
# Endemics: | 1 |
# Near Endemics: | 31 |
List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*
1 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | EN | |
2 | Hartlaub's Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi | NE | |
3 | Cape Spurfowl | Pternistis capensis | NE | |
4 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | RR | |
5 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | NT | |
6 | Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii | EN | |
7 | Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | RR | NT |
8 | Karoo Bustard | Heterotetrax vigorsii | NE | |
9 | Rueppell's Bustard | Heterotetrax rueppelii | NE | |
10 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi | RR | |
11 | Burchell's Coucal | Centropus burchellii | RR | |
12 | Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | RR | |
13 | (African Emerald Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx cupreus | RR | |
14 | Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | RR | |
15 | Bat-like Spinetail | Neafrapus boehmi | RR | |
16 | Horus Swift | Apus horus | RR | |
17 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | EN | |
18 | Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus | RR | V |
19 | Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | V | |
20 | /Eurasian Oystercatcher/ | Haematopus ostralegus | NT | |
21 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | NT | |
22 | /Great Snipe/ | Gallinago media | NT | |
23 | /Red Knot/ | Calidris canutus | NT | |
24 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | NT | |
25 | /Black-winged Pratincole/ | Glareola nordmanni | NT | |
26 | Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | NE | |
27 | (Lesser Flamingo) | Phoenicoparrus minor | V | |
28 | African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | EN | |
29 | #Snowy Albatross# | Diomedea exulans | V | |
30 | #Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross# | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | EN | |
31 | #Gray-headed Albatross# | Thalassarche chrysostoma | EN | |
32 | #White-capped Albatross# | Thalassarche cauta | NT | |
33 | #Leach's Storm-Petrel# | Hydrobates leucorhoa | V | |
34 | #White-chinned Petrel# | Procellaria aequinoctialis | V | |
35 | #Sooty Shearwater# | Ardenna griseus | NT | |
36 | (Cape Gannet) | Morus capensis | EN | |
37 | Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | NE | EN |
38 | Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | EN | |
39 | Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | RR | |
40 | |Slaty Egret| | Egretta vinaceigula | V | |
41 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | EN | |
42 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | RR | EN |
43 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | CR | |
44 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | EN | |
45 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | CR | |
46 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | CR | |
47 | Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | V | |
48 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | EN | |
49 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | EN | |
50 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | RR | |
51 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | V | |
52 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | EN | |
53 | Black Harrier | Circus maurus | EN | |
54 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | NT | |
55 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | RR | |
56 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | V | |
57 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | RR | |
58 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | NE | |
59 | Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis | E | |
60 | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | RR | |
61 | Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | RR | |
62 | (African Pygmy Kingfisher) | Ispidina picta | RR | |
63 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | RR | |
64 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | NT | |
65 | /Red-footed Falcon/ | Falco vespertinus | V | |
66 | Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus fuscicollis | RR | |
67 | &Rueppell's Parrotl | Poicephalus rueppellii | NE | |
68 | African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | RR | |
69 | White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus | NE | |
70 | Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | LC | |
71 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | RR | |
72 | Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi | NE | |
73 | Gray Tit | Melaniparus afer | NE | |
74 | Gray's Lark | Ammomanopsis grayi | NE | |
75 | Cape Lark | Certhilauda curvirostris | NE | |
76 | Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | NE | |
77 | Benguela Lark** | Certhilauda benguelensis | NE | |
78 | Dune Lark | Calendulauda erythrochlamys | NE | |
79 | Cape Clapper Lark | Corypha apiata | NE | |
80 | &Sclater's Larkl | Spizocorys sclateri | NE | NT |
81 | Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris | NE | |
82 | Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | RR | |
83 | Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius | NE | |
84 | Karoo Eremomela | Eremomela gregalis | NE | |
85 | Namaqua Warbler | Phragmacia substriata | NE | |
86 | Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa | NE | |
87 | Cinnamon-breasted Warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea | NE | |
88 | Luapula Cisticola | Cisticola luapula | RR | |
89 | Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | NE | |
90 | Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | NE | |
91 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | RR | |
92 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | RR | |
93 | Sharp-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis acuticaudus | RR | |
94 | Herero Chat | Namibornis herero | NE | |
95 | Angola Cave-Chat | Xenocopsychus ansorgei | NE | |
96 | Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata | RR | |
97 | Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus | NE | |
98 | Shelley's Sunbird | Cinnyris shelleyi | RR | |
99 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | RR | |
100 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | RR | |
101 | Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | RR | |
102 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | RR | |
103 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | RR | |
104 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | RR | |
105 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | RR | |
106 | Angola Waxbill | Coccopygia bocagei | NE | |
107 | Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | RR | |
108 | Cinderella Waxbill | Glaucestrilda thomensis | NE | |
109 | Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | RR | |
110 | Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | RR | |
111 | Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa | RR | |
112 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | RR | |
113 | Black-eared Seedeater | Crithagra mennelli | LC |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
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DISTRIBUTION CODES
Code | Description | ## |
E | Endemic | 1 |
LC | Local | 2 |
NE | Near Endemic | 31 |
RR | Restricted Range | 41 |
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
V | Vulnerable | 1 |
EN | Endangered | 2 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.