SWAKOPMUND
NAMIBIALOCALE
| Altitude (m): | 0-40 |
| # Species: | 205 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 205 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 9 |
| Habitat: Marine, arid scrub, riverine | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
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| 2 | (Egyptian Goose) | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| 3 | (South African Shelduck) | Tadorna cana |
| 4 | |Blue-billed Teal| | Spatula hottentota |
| 5 | Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii |
| 6 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis |
| 7 | (Red-billed Duck) | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| 8 | (Southern Pochard) | Netta erythrophthalma |
| 9 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa |
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| 10 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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| 11 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus |
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| 12 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 13 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 14 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 15 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 16 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
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| 17 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua |
| 18 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus |
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| 19 | Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii |
| 20 | Rueppell's Bustard | Heterotetrax rueppelii |
| 21 | White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides |
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| 22 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor |
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| 23 | (Great Spotted Cuckoo) | Clamator glandarius |
| 24 | (Dideric Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx caprius |
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| 25 | |Alpine Swift| | Tachymarptis melba |
| 26 | Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi |
| 27 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 28 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 29 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 30 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 31 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 32 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis |
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| 33 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| 34 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
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| 35 | /Eurasian Oystercatcher/ | Haematopus ostralegus |
| 36 | African Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini |
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| 37 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 38 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 39 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 40 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| 41 | Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius |
| 42 | Chestnut-banded Plover | Anarhynchus pallidus |
| 43 | White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus |
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| 44 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus |
| 45 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| 46 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica |
| 47 | /Red Phalarope/ | Phalaropus fulicarius |
| 48 | /Red-necked Phalarope/ | Phalaropus lobatus |
| 49 | /Terek Sandpiper/ | Xenus cinereus |
| 50 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 51 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 52 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 53 | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| 54 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 55 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 56 | /Red Knot/ | Calidris canutus |
| 57 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax |
| 58 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea |
| 59 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
| 60 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta |
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| 61 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus |
| 62 | Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus |
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| 63 | Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| 64 | /Parasitic Jaeger/ | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| 65 | /Pomarine Jaeger/ | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| 66 | Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus |
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| 67 | |Sabine's Gull| | Xema sabini |
| 68 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| 69 | Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii |
| 70 | Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus |
| 71 | (Damara Tern) | Sternula balaenarum |
| 72 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 73 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 74 | /Black Tern/ | Chlidonias niger |
| 75 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 76 | /Common Tern/ | Sterna hirundo |
| 77 | /Sandwich Tern/ | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| 78 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
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| 79 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus |
| 80 | (Lesser Flamingo) | Phoenicoparrus minor |
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| 81 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 82 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| 83 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
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| 84 | African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus |
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| 85 | #Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross# | Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
| 86 | #Black-browed Albatross# | Thalassarche melanophris |
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| 87 | #Wilson's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites oceanicus |
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| 88 | /European Storm-Petrel/ | Hydrobates pelagicus |
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| 89 | #White-chinned Petrel# | Procellaria aequinoctialis |
| 90 | #Cory's Shearwater# | Calonectris borealis |
| 91 | #Sooty Shearwater# | Ardenna griseus |
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| 92 | (Cape Gannet) | Morus capensis |
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| 93 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| 94 | Crowned Cormorant | Microcarbo coronatus |
| 95 | Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus |
| 96 | Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis |
| 97 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
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| 98 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
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| 99 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 100 | (Western Cattle-Egret) | Bubulcus ibis |
| 101 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 102 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 103 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 104 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
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| 105 | (Great White Pelican) | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
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| 106 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 107 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 108 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 109 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 110 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus |
| 111 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
| 112 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 113 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 114 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
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| 115 | White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius |
| 116 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus |
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| 117 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana |
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| 118 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
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| 119 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 120 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri |
| 121 | Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis |
| 122 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas |
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| 123 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
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| 124 | (Purple Roller) | Coracias naevius |
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| 125 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas |
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| 126 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
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| 127 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| 128 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus |
| 129 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| 130 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| 131 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 132 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis |
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| 133 | White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus |
| 134 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt |
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| 135 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 136 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 137 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus |
| 138 | Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus |
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| 139 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 140 | (African Paradise-Flycatcher) | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 141 | /Lesser Gray Shrike/ | Lanius minor |
| 142 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
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| 143 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 144 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 145 | Gray's Lark | Ammomanopsis grayi |
| 146 | Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata |
| 147 | Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis |
| 148 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota |
| 149 | Dune Lark | Calendulauda erythrochlamys |
| 150 | Stark's Lark | Spizocorys starki |
| 151 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
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| 152 | Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
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| 153 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 154 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans |
| 155 | Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis |
| 156 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 157 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus |
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| 158 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
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| 159 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia |
| 160 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 161 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 162 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 163 | (Greater Striped Swallow) | Cecropis cucullata |
| 164 | |South African Swallow| | Petrochelidon spilodera |
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| 165 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans |
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| 166 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
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| 167 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea |
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| 168 | Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus |
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| 169 | (Violet-backed Starling) | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 170 | Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup |
| 171 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis |
| 172 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens |
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| 173 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa |
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| 174 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata |
| 175 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis |
| 176 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus |
| 177 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena |
| 178 | Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes |
| 179 | Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii |
| 180 | Tractrac Chat | Emarginata tractrac |
| 181 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora |
| 182 | Mountain Chat | Myrmecocichla monticola |
| 183 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris |
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| 184 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 185 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 186 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus |
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| 187 | &Red-billed Buffalo-Weaverl | Bubalornis niger |
| 188 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 189 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius |
| 190 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 191 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| 192 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea |
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| 193 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos |
| 194 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 195 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala |
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| 196 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia |
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| 197 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 198 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis |
| 199 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus |
| 200 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus |
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| 201 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| 202 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
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| 203 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris |
| 204 | White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis |
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| 205 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani |
*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.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 33 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 4 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 6 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 16 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 2 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 6 |
| V | Vulnerable | 3 |
| EN | Endangered | 8 |
| 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.