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 370 species of birds have been recorded from the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape:
| Species | ||
| 1 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
| 3 | African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus |
| 6 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| 7 | Blacknecked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| 8 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 11 | Shy Albatross | Thalassarche cauta |
| 12 | Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophrys |
| 14 | Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
| 17 | Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus |
| 18 | Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli |
| 21 | Pintado Petrel | Daption capense |
| 32 | Whitechinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis |
| 34 | Cory’s Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea |
| 37 | Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus |
| 44 | Wilson’s Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus |
| 49 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| 50 | Pinkbacked Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
| 53 | Cape Gannet | Morus capensis |
| 55 | White-breasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax lucidus |
| 56 | Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis |
| 57 | Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus |
| 58 | Reed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
| 59 | Crowned Cormorant | Phalacrocorax coronatus |
| 60 | African Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
| 62 | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 63 | Blackheaded Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 65 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 66 | Great Egret | Egretta alba |
| 67 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 68 | Yellowbilled Egret | Egretta intermedia |
| 69 | Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca |
| 71 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 72 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 74 | Green-backed Heron | Butorides striata |
| 76 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 78 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus |
| 79 | Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii |
| 81 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| 83 | White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| 84 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
| 85 | Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii |
| 87 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 89 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
| 91 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 95 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| 96 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
| 97 | Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor |
| 99 | Whitefaced Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 100 | Fulvous Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| 101 | Whitebacked Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus |
| 102 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
| 103 | South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana |
| 104 | Yellowbilled Duck | Anas undulata |
| 105 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa |
| 106 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis |
| 107 | Hottentot Teal | Anas hottentota |
| 108 | Redbilled Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| 112 | Cape Shoveler | Anas smithii |
| 113 | Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma |
| 116 | Spurwinged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| 117 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa |
| 118 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| 121 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 122 | Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres |
| 123 | Whitebacked Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 124 | Lappetfaced Vulture | Aegypius tracheliotus |
| 125 | White-headed Vulture | Aegypius occipitalis |
| 126 | Black Kite/Yellowbilled Kite | Milvus migrans/parasitus |
| 127 | Blackshouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 131 | Verreauxs' Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| 132 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 133 | Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis |
| 136 | Booted Eagle | Aquila pennatus |
| 137 | African Hawk Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 140 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 142 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 143 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 148 | African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| 149 | Steppe Buzzard | Buteo vulpinus |
| 152 | Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus |
| 153 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| 159 | Shikra | Accipiter badius |
| 161 | Gabar Goshawk | Melierax gabar |
| 162 | Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk | Melierax canorus |
| 165 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| 167 | Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus |
| 168 | Black Harrier | Circus maurus |
| 169 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 170 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| 171 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| 172 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| 173 | Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo |
| 178 | Rednecked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| 179 | Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus |
| 181 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus |
| 182 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| 183 | Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni |
| 186 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| 193 | Orange River Francolin | Francolinus levaillantoides |
| 194 | Redbilled Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus |
| 197 | Hartlaub’s Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi |
| 200 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix |
| 201 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
| 203 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 205 | Kurrichane Buttonquail | Turnix sylvatica |
| 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 |
| 223 | African Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis |
| 226 | Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 227 | Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata |
| 228 | Redknobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 230 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| 232 | Ludwig’s Bustard | Neotis ludwigii |
| 235 | Karoo Korhaan | Eupodotis vigorsii |
| 236 | Rüppell’s Korhaan | Eupodotis rueppellii |
| 239 | Northern Black Korhaan | Afrotis afraoides |
| 240 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| 242 | Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
| 243 | European Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus |
| 244 | African Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini |
| 245 | Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 246 | Whitefronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus |
| 247 | Chestnutbanded Plover | Charadrius pallidus |
| 248 | Kittlitz’s Plover | Charadrius pecuarius |
| 249 | Threebanded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
| 250 | Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus |
| 251 | Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii |
| 252 | Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus |
| 253 | Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| 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 |
| 262 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| 263 | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| 264 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 265 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| 266 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| 268 | Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| 269 | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 270 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| 271 | Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| 272 | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| 274 | Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| 281 | Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| 283 | Broadbilled Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus |
| 284 | Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| 286 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
| 287 | Blacktailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| 288 | Bartailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| 289 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| 290 | Common Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| 291 | Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicaria |
| 292 | Rednecked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| 293 | Wilson’s Phalarope | Steganopus tricolor |
| 294 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
| 295 | Blackwinged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| 297 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| 299 | Burchell’s Courser | Cursorius rufus |
| 300 | Temminck’s Courser | Cursorius temminckii |
| 301 | Doublebanded Courser | Rhinoptilus africanus |
| 307 | Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| 308 | Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| 309 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| 310 | Subantarctic Skua | Catharacta antarctica |
| 312 | Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus |
| 315 | Greyheaded Gull | Larus cirrocephalus |
| 316 | Hartlaub’s Gull | Larus hartlaubii |
| 317 | Franklin’s Gull | Larus pipixcan |
| 318 | Sabine’s Gull | Larus sabini |
| 319 | Common Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus |
| 322 | Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia |
| 324 | Swift Tern | Sterna bergii |
| 326 | Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis |
| 327 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 328 | Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
| 331 | Blacknaped Tern | Sterna sumatrana |
| 334 | Damara Tern | Sterna balaenarum |
| 335 | Little Tern | Sterna albifrons |
| 337 | Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| 338 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus |
| 339 | Whitewinged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 344 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua |
| 347 | Doublebanded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus |
| 348 | Rock Dove | Columba livia |
| 349 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 354 | Cape Turtle Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 355 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| 356 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 365 | Rüppell’s Parrot | Poicephalus rueppellii |
| 367 | Rosyfaced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis |
| 373 | Grey Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor |
| 375 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| 378 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| 380 | Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius |
| 382 | Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 385 | Klass’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 386 | Diderick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| 392 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| 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 |
| 400 | Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis |
| 401 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 402 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus |
| 404 | European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus |
| 405 | Fierynecked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
| 406 | Rufouscheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena |
| 408 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
| 411 | Common Swift | Apus apus |
| 412 | African Black Swift | Apus barbatus |
| 413 | Bradfield’s Swift | Apus bradfieldi |
| 415 | Whiterumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 417 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 418 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 421 | African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| 425 | Whitebacked Mousebird | Colius colius |
| 426 | Redfaced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus |
| 428 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| 431 | Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata |
| 433 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 436 | Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 438 | European Bee-Eater | Merops apiaster |
| 445 | Swallowtailed Bee-Eater | Merops hirundineus |
| 446 | European Roller | Coracias garrulus |
| 447 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 449 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius |
| 451 | African Hoopoe | Upupa africana |
| 452 | Green Wood-Hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 453 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis |
| 454 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
| 457 | African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus |
| 458 | Redbilled Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| 459 | Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas |
| 462 | Monteiro’s Hornbill | Tockus monteiri |
| 465 | Acacia Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas |
| 476 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 483 | Goldentailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
| 486 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 487 | Bearded Woodpecker | Dendropicos namaquus |
| 493 | Monotonous Lark | Certhilauda passerina |
| 495 | Cape Clapper Lark | Certhilauda apiata |
| Eastern Clapper Lark | Mirafra fasciolata | |
| 497 | Fawn-coloured Lark | Calendulauda africanoides |
| 498 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota |
| 500 | Cape Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda curvirostris |
| Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | |
| 502 | Karoo Lark | Calendulauda albescens |
| Barlow's Lark | Calendulauda barlowi | |
| 503 | Dune Lark | Calendulauda erythrochlamys |
| 506 | Spikeheeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata |
| 507 | Redcapped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
| 511 | Stark’s Lark | Spizocorys starki |
| 514 | Gray’s Lark | Ammomanopsis grayi |
| 515 | Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark | Eremopterix leucotis |
| 516 | Grey-backed Sparrowlark | Eremopterix verticalis |
| 517 | Black-eared Sparrowlark | Eremopterix australis |
| 518 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 520 | Whitethroated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis |
| 523 | Pearlbreasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata |
| 526 | Greater Striped Swallow | Hirundo cucullata |
| 528 | South African Cliff-Swallow | Hirundo spilodera |
| 529 | Rock Martin | Hirundo fuligula |
| 530 | Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum |
| 532 | Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
| 533 | Brownthroated Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 534 | Banded Martin | Riparia cincta |
| 541 | Forktailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| 543 | Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus |
| 547 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 548 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 551 | Grey Tit | Parus afer |
| 552 | Ashy Tit | Parus cinerascens |
| 555 | Carp’s Tit | Parus carpi |
| 557 | Cape Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus |
| 563 | Southern Pied Babbler | Turdoides bicolor |
| 564 | Barecheeked Babbler | Turdoides gymnogenys |
| 567 | African Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans |
| 577 | Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus |
| 580 | Groundscraper Thrush | Psophocichla litsitsirupa |
| 583 | Shorttoed Rock Thrush | Monticola brevipes |
| 586 | Mountain Wheatear | Oenanthe monticola |
| 587 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| 589 | Familiar Chat | Cercomela familiaris |
| 590 | Tractrac Chat | Cercomela tractrac |
| 592 | Karoo Chat | Cercomela schlegelii |
| 595 | Anteating Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora |
| 614 | Karoo Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas coryphoeus |
| 615 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena |
| 618 | Herero Chat | Namibornis herero |
| 619 | Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin |
| 621 | Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler | Parisoma subcaeruleum |
| 622 | Layard’s Titbabbler | Parisoma layardi |
| 625 | Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina |
| 631 | African Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus |
| 634 | Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| 635 | Lesser Swamp-Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| 643 | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 651 | Longbilled Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
| 653 | Yellowbellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 654 | Karoo Eremomela | Eremomela gregalis |
| 657 | Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brevicaudata |
| 658 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus |
| 660 | Cinnamonbreasted Warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea |
| 662 | Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius |
| 664 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 665 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridula |
| 669 | Greybacked Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla |
| 683 | Tawnyflanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 685 | Blackchested Prinia | Prinia flavicans |
| 686 | Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa |
| 688 | Rufouseared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis |
| 689 | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| 695 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis |
| 697 | Chat Flycatcher | Bradornis infuscatus |
| 698 | Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens |
| 703 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt |
| 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 |
| 717 | Longbilled Pipit | Anthus similis |
| 722 | Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| 731 | Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor |
| 732 | Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
| 733 | Redbacked Shrike | Lanius collurio |
| 739 | Crimson-breasted Shrike | Laniarius atrococcineus |
| 741 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 743 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 746 | Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus |
| 752 | Whitetailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus |
| 760 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| 761 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 764 | Cape Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis nitens |
| 770 | Palewinged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup |
| 779 | Marico Sunbird | Nectarinia mariquensis |
| 787 | Whitebellied Sunbird | Nectarinia talatala |
| 788 | Dusky Sunbird | Nectarinia fusca |
| 791 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 796 | Cape White-Eye | Zosterops pallidus |
| 798 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| 799 | Whitebrowed Sparrowweaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 800 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius |
| 801 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 802 | Great Sparrow | Passer motitensis |
| 803 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus |
| 804 | Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus |
| 806 | Scalyfeathered Finch | Sporopipes squamifrons |
| 812 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| 814 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| 821 | Redbilled Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| 824 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 834 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 845 | Violeteared Waxbill | Uraeginthus granatinus |
| 846 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 847 | Black-faced Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos |
| 849 | Cinderella Waxbill | Estrilda thomensis |
| 856 | Redheaded Finch | Amadina erythrocephala |
| 860 | Pintailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 861 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia |
| 862 | Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 870 | Blackthroated Canary | Serinus atrogularis |
| 876 | Blackheaded Canary | Serinus alario |
| 878 | Yellow Canary | Serinus flaviventris |
| 879 | Whitethroated Canary | Serinus albogularis |
| 884 | Goldenbreasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| 885 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis |
| 886 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 887 | Larklike Bunting | Emberiza impetuani |
