Species list: Birds

The bird species list was compiled from data in the Southern African Bird Atlas Project and from more recent records within the landscape. Over 420 species of birds have been recorded from the Mudumu Landscape, making it one of the most bird-rich areas of Namibia.

Species
1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
8 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
49 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
50 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
55 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus
58 Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
60 African Darter Anhinga melanogaster
62 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
63 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
64 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
65 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
66 Great Egret Egretta alba
67 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
68 Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia
69 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
70 Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
71 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
72 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
74 Green-backed Heron Butorides striata
75 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
76 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
77 White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
78 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
79 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii
81 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
83 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
85 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
86 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
87 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
88 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
89 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
90 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
91 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
93 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
94 Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
95 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
99 White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata
100 Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
101 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
102 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
104 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
106 Cape Teal Anas capensis
107 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
108 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
112 Cape Shoveler Anas smithii
114 African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus
115 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
116 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
118 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
121 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
123 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
124 Lappet-faced Vulture Aegypius tracheliotus
125 White-headed Vulture Aegypius occipitalis
126 Black Kite Milvus migrans
127 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
128 African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
130 European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus
132 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
133 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
134 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
135 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
137 African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
138 Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Aquila ayresii
139 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
140 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
141 African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
142 Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus
143 Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
145 Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
146 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
147 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
148 African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
149 Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus
152 Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
154 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
156 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
157 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
159 Shikra Accipiter badius
160 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
161 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar
162 Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
163 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
165 African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus
166 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
169 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
170 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
172 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
173 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
174 African Hobby Falco cuvierii
178 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
179 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
180 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
181 Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
183 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
185 Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
188 Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui
189 Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena
193 Orange River Francolin Scleroptila levaillantoides
194 Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
199 Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
200 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
201 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
203 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
204 Crested Guineafowl Guttera edouardi
205 Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica
207 Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus
210 African Rail Rallus caerulescens
212 African Crake Crecopsis egregia
213 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
214 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
215 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
217 Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
223 African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
224 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
226 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
227 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
228 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
229 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
230 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
237 Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
238 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogastor
240 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
241 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
242 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
245 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
246 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
248 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
249 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
252 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
254 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
255 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
258 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
259 White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
260 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
261 Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
264 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
266 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
269 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
270 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
272 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
274 Little Stint Calidris minuta
284 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
285 Great Snipe Gallinago media
286 African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
294 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
295 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
297 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
298 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
300 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
301 Double-banded Courser Rhimoptilus africanus
303 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
304 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
305 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
315 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
338 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
339 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
343 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
344 Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
345 Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
346 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
347 Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
352 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
353 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
354 Cape Turtle-Dove Streptopelia capicola
355 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
356 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
358 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
361 African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
362 Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus
364 Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
370 Knysna Turaco Tauraco schalowi
373 Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor
374 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
375 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
377 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
378 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
380 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
381 Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
382 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
384 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
385 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
386 Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
388 Black Coucal Centropus grillii
389 Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
390 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
391 Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii/loandae
392 Barn Owl Tyto alba
394 African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
395 Marsh Owl Asio capensis
396 African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis
397 Southern White-faced Scops-Owl Ptilopsis granti
398 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
399 African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
401 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
402 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
403 Pel's Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli
404 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
405 Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
406 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
407 Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
409 Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
410 Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius
411 Common Swift Apus apus
415 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
417 Little Swift Apus affinis
421 African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
426 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
427 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
428 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
429 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maximus
430 Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
431 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
432 African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta
433 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
436 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
437 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
438 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
440 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
441 Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
443 White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
444 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
445 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
446 European Roller Coracias garrulus
447 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
448 Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
449 Purple Roller Coracias naevius
450 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
451 African Hoopoe Upupa africana
452 Green Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
454 Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
455 Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
457 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
458 Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
459 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
460 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
461 Bradfield's Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi
463 Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
464 Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
465 Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
470 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
473 Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
474 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
476 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
478 Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
481 Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
483 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
486 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
487 Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus
493 Monotonous Lark Certhilauda passerina
494 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
495 Cape Clapper Lark Certhilauda apiata
496 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
497 Fawn-coloured Lark Calendulauda africanoides
505 Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
507 Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
515 Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix leucotis
516 Grey-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix verticalis
518 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
520 White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
522 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
523 Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
524 Red-breasted Swallow Hirundo semirufa
525 Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis
526 Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullata
527 Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
530 Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum
531 Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
532 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
533 Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
534 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
538 Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
539 White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis
541 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
543 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
544 African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
545 Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
547 Cape Crow Corvus capensis
548 Pied Crow Corvus albus
552 Ashy Tit Parus cinerascens
554 Southern Black Tit Parus niger
556 Rufous-bellied Tit Parus rufiventris
558 Grey Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli
560 Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
561 Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops
562 Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
563 Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
567 African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
568 Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor
569 Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
574 Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
576 Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus
580 Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsitsirupa
587 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
594 Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnoti
595 Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
596 African Stonechat Saxicola torquata
599 White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
600 Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
613 White-browed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
615 Kalahari Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas paena
617 Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
619 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
620 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
621 Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler Parisoma subcaeruleum
625 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
628 Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
630 Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
631 African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
634 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
635 Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
636 Greater Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
638 Little Rush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
643 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
648 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
649 Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
651 Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
653 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
655 Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
656 Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
657 Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata
658 Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
659 Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
664 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
665 Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
671 Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
672 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
674 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
675 Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
676 Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
681 Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
683 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
685 Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
689 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
691 Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
693 Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
694 Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
695 Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
696 Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
697 Chat Flycatcher Bradornis infuscatus
701 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
710 African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
711 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
713 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
714 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
716 African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
718 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
730 Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
731 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
732 Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
733 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
735 Magpie Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca
737 Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
738 Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
739 Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
740 Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
741 Brubru Nilaus afer
743 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
744 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala
748 Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
751 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti
753 White-crested Helmet-Shrike Prionops plumatus
754 Retz's Helmet-Shrike Prionops retzii
756 Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
760 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
761 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
762 Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
763 Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
764 Cape Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens
765 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
766 Miombo Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis elisabeth
767 Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus
771 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
772 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
778 Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
779 Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
780 Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
787 White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
791 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
792 Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
793 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
797 African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
798 Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
799 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
805 Yellow-throated Petronia Petronia superciliaris
806 Scaly-feathered Finch Sporopipes squamifrons
807 Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
810 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
811 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
814 Southern Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus
815 Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius
816 Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
818 Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
819 Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes melanotis
821 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
822 Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
824 Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
826 Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
828 Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
829 White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
834 Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
841 Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
842 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
843 Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
844 Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
845 Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
846 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
847 Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
852 African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
857 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
860 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
861 Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
862 Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
863 Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua obtusa
867 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
869 Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambicus
870 Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
878 Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
884 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
886 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi

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