Bird list of the south-western Erongo Mountains
Compiled by Katrin Denker
This bird list includes the bird species recorded in the south-western Erongo Mountains (Farms Ameib, Brabant, Schlucht and surroundings).
The numbers in brackets correspond to the numbers of the birds in “Roberts’ Birds of Southern Africa” (sixth edition).
*New species added 5/09/2024: #24 and #150.
1 Ostrich
2 Dabchick
3 White Pelican
4 Whitebreasted Cormorant
5 Darter
6 Grey Heron
7 Blackheaded Heron
8 Purple Heron
9 Great White Egret
10 Little Egret
11 Black Egret
12 Cattle Egret
13 Squacco Heron
14 Blackcrowned Night Heron
15 Dwarf Bittern
16 Hamerkop
17 Black Stork
18 Abdim’s Stork
19 Woolynecked Stork
20 Marabou Stork
21 Yellow-billed Stork
22 African Spoonbill
23 Greater Flamingo
*24 Whitefaced Duck
25 Egyptian Goose
26 South African Shelduck
27 African Black Duck
28 Cape Teal
29 Redbilled Teal
30 Southern Porchard
31 Knobbilled Duck
32 Maccoa Duck
33 Whitebacked Vulture
34 Lappetfaced Vulture
35 Yellowbilled Kite
36 Blackshouldered Kite
37 Black Eagle
38 Tawny Eagle
39 Booted Eagle
40 African Hawk Eagle
41 Martial Eagle
42 Brown Snake Eagle
43 Blackbreasted Snake Eagle
44 African Fish Eagle
45 Augur Buzzard
46 Little Sparrowhawk
47 Little Banded Goshawk
48 Gabar Goshawk
49 Pale Chanting Goshawk
50 Osprey
51 Peregrine Falcon
52 Lanner Falcon
53 Hobby Falcon
54 Rock Kestrel
55 Lesser Kestrel
56 Orange River Francolin
57 Redbilled Francolin
58 Hartlaub‘s Francolin
59 Swainson’s Francolin
60 Common Quail
61 Harlequin Quail
62 Helmeted Guineafowl
63 Kurrichane Buttonquail
64 Black crake
65 Moorhen
66 Lesser Moorhen
67 Redknobbed Coot
68 Kori Bustard
69 Ludwig’s Bustard
70 Rüppell’s Korhaan
71 Redcrested Korhaan
72 Northern Black Korhaan
73 Painted Snipe
74 Threebanded Plover
75 Crowned Plover
76 Blacksmith Plover
77 Greenshank
78 Ethiopian Snipe
79 Blackwinged Stilt
80 Spotted Dikkop
81 Burchell’s Courser
82 Temminck’s Courser
83 Doublebanded Courser
84 Bronzewinged Courser
85 Namaqua Sandgrouse
86 Doublebanded Sandgrouse
87 Rock Pigeon
88 Cape Turtle Dove
89 Laughing Dove
90 Namaqua Dove
91 Greenspotted Dove
92 Rüppell’s Parrot
93 Rosyfaced Lovebird
94 Grey Lourie
95 African Cuckoo
96 Black Cuckoo
97 Great Spotted Cuckoo
98 Striped Cuckoo
99 Jacobin Cuckoo
100 Klaas’s Cuckoo
101 Diderik Cuckoo
102 Barn Owl
103 African Scops Owl
104 Whitefaced Owl
105 Pearlspotted Owl
106 Spotted Eagle Owl
107 Giant Eagle Owl
108 Fierynecked Nightjar
109 Rufouscheeked Nightjar
110 Freckled Nightjar
111 Bradfield’s Swift
112 Whiterumped Swift
113 Horus Swift
114 Little Swift
115 Alpine Swift
116 Palm Swift
117 Whitebacked Mousebird
118 Readfaced Mousebird
119 Greyhooded Kingfisher
120 European Bee-eater
121 Swallowtailed Bee-eater
122 European Roller
123 Lilacbreasted Roller
124 Purple Roller
125 Hoopoe
126 Violet Woodhoopoe
127 Scimitarbilled Woodhoopoe
128 Grey Hornbill
129 Damara Hornbill
130 Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill
131 Monteiro’s Hornbill
132 Pied Barbet
133 Lesser Honeyguide
134 Cardinal Woodpecker
135 Bearded Woodpecker
136 Rufousnaped Lark
137 Fawncoloured Lark
138 Sabota Lark
139 Karoo Long-billed Lark
140 Gray’s lark
141 Greybacked Finchlark
142 Pearlbreasted Swallow
143 Greater Striped Swallow
144 Rock Martin
145 Forktailed Drongo
146 European Golden Oriole
147 Pied Crow
148 Ashy Tit
149 Carps Tit
150 Cape Penduline Tit
151 Pied Babber
152 Redeyed Bulbul
153 Shorttoed Rock Thrush
154 Mountain Chat
155 Familiar Chat
156 Tractrac Chat
157 Anteatig Chat
158 Whitebrowed Robin
159 Kalahari Robin
160 Hereo Chat
161 Titbabbler
162 Longbilled Crombec
163 Yellowbellied Eremomela
164 Grey-backed Camaroptera
165 Barred Warbler
166 Rockrunner
167 Tinkling Cisticola
168 Blackchested Prinia
169 Spotted Flycatcher
170 Marico Flycatcher
171 Pririt Batis
172 Paradise Flycatcher
173 Lesser Grey Shrike
174 Fiscal Shrike
175 Redbacked Shrike
176 Crimsonbreasted Shrike
177 Puffback
178 Brubru
179 Threestreaked Tchagra
180 Bokmakierie
181 Whitetailed Shrike
182 White Helmetshrike
183 Whitecrowned Shrike
184 Wattled Starling
185 Plumcoloured Starling
186 Burchell’s Starling
187 Glossy Starling
188 Palewinged Starling
189 Marico Sunbird
190 Dusky Sunbird
191 Scarletchested Sunbird
192 Cape White-eye
193 Redbilled Buffalo Weaver
194 Whitebrowed Sparrowweaver
195 House Sparrow
196 Great Sparrow
197 Greyheaded Sparrow
198 Scalyfeathered Finch
199 Chestnut Weaver
200 Masked Weaver
201 Lesser Masked Weaver
202 Redbilled Quelea
203 Melba Finch
204 Redbilled Firefinch
205 Blue Waxbill
206 Violeteared Waxbill
207 Common Waxbill
208 Blackcheeked Waxbill
209 Redheaded Finch
210 Shafttailed Whydah
211 Paradise Whydah
212 Blackthroated Canary
213 Yellow Canary
214 Whitethroated Canary
215 Goldenbreasted Bunting
216 Rock Bunting
217 Larklike Bunting
Struthio camelus (1)
Tachybaptus ruficollis (8)
Pelecanus onocrotalus (49)
Phalacrocorax carbo (55)
Anhinga rufa (60)
Ardea cinerea (62)
Ardea melanocephala (63)
Ardea purpurea (65)
Egretta alba (66)
Egretta garzetta (67)
Egretta ardesiaca (69)
Bubulcus ibis (71)
Ardeola ralloides (72)
Nycticorax nycticorax (76)
Ixobrychus sturmii (79)
Scopus umbretta (81)
Ciconia nigra (84)
Ciconia abdimii (85)
Ciconia episcopus (86)
Leptoptilos crumeniferus (89)
Mycteria ibis (90)
Platalea alba (95)
Phoenicopterus ruber (96)
Dendrocygna viduata (99)
Alopochen aegyptiacus (102)
Tadorna cana (103)
Anas sparsa (105)
Anas capensis (106)
Anas erythrorhyncha (108)
Netta erythrophthalma (113)
Sarkidiornis melanotos (115)
Oxyura maccoa (117)
Gyps africanus (123)
Torgos tracheliotus (124)
Milvus migrans (126)
Elanus caeruleus (127)
Aquila verreauxi (131)
Aquila rapax (132)
Hieraaetus pennatus (136)
Hieraaetus spilogaster (137)
Polemaetus bellicosus (140)
Circaetus cinereus (142)
Circaetus pectoralis (143)
Haliaeetus vocifer (148)
Buteo augur (153)
Accipiter minullus (157)
Accipiter badius (159)
Micronisus gabar (161)
Melierax canorus (162)
Pandion haliaetus (170)
Falco peregrinus (171)
Falco biarmicus (172)
Falco subbuteo (173)
Falco tinnunculus (181)
Falco naumanni (183)
Francolinus levaillantoides (193)
Francolinus adspersus (194)
Francolinus hartlaubi (197)
Francolinus swainsonii (199)
Coturnix coturnix (200)
Coturnix delegorguei (201)
Numida meleagris (203)
Turnix sylvatica (205)
Amaurornis flavirostris (213)
Gallinula chloropus (226)
Gallinula angulata (227)
Fulica cristata (228)
Ardeotis kori (230)
Neotis ludwigii (232)
Eupodotis rueppellii (236)
Eupodotis ruficrista (237)
Eupodotis afraoides
Rostratula benghalensis (242)
Charadrius tricollaris (249)
Vanellus coronatus (255)
Vanellus armatus (258)
Tringa nebularia (270)
Gallinago nigripennis (286)
Himantopus himantopus (295)
Burhinus capensis (297)
Cursorius rufus (299)
Cursorius temminckii (300)
Smutsornis africanus (301)
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (303)
Pterocles namaqua (344)
Pterocles bicinctus (347)
Columba guinea (349)
Streptopelia capicola (354)
Streptopelia senegalensis (355)
Oena capensis (356)
Turtur chalcospilos (358
Poicephalus rueppellii (365)
Agapornis roseicollis (367)
Corythaixoides concolor (373)
Cuculus gularis (375)
Cuculus clamosus (378)
Clamator glandarius (380)
Clamator levaillantii (381)
Clamator jacobinus (382)
Chrysococcyx klaas (385)
Chrysococcyx caprius (386)
Tyto alba (392)
Otus senegalensis (396)
Otus leucotis (397)
Glaucidium perlatum (398)
Bubo africanus (401)
Bubo lacteus (402)
Caprimulgus pectoralis (405)
Caprimulgus rufigena (406)
Caprimulgus tristigma (408)
Apus bradfieldi (413)
Apus caffer (415)
Apus horus (416)
Apus affinis (417)
Apus melba (418)
Cypsiurus parvus (421)
Colius colius (425)
Urocolius indicus (426)
Halcyon leucocephala (436)
Merops apiaster (438)
Merops hirundineus (445)
Coracias garrulus (446)
Coracias caudata (447)
Coracias naevia (449)
Upupa epops (451)
Phoeniculus damarensis (453)
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (454)
Tockus nasutus (457)
Tockus damarensis
Tockus leucomelas (459)
Tockus monteiri (462)
Tricholaema leucomelas (465)
Indicator minor (476)
Dendropicos fuscescens (486)
Thripias namaquus (487)
Mirafra africana (494)
Mirafra africanoides (497)
Mirafra sabota (498)
Certhilauda subcoronata
Ammomanes grayi (514)
Eremopterix verticalis (516)
Hirundo dimidiata (523)
Hirundo cucullata (526)
Hirundo fuligula (529)
Dicrurus adsimilis (541)
Oriolus oriolus (543)
Corvus albus (548)
Parus cinerascens (552)
Parus carpi (555)
Anthoscopus minutus
Turdoides bicolor (563)
Pycnonotus nigricans (567)
Monticola brevipes (583)
Oenanthe monticola (586)
Cercomela familiaris (589)
Cercomela tractrac (590)
Myrmecocichla formicivora (595)
Erythropygia leucophrys (613)
Erythropygia paena (615)
Namibornis herero (618)
Parisoma subcaeruleum (621)
Sylvietta rufescens (651)
Eremomela icteropygialis (653)
Camaroptera brevicaudata
Calamonastes fasciolatus (658)
Archaetops pycnopygius (662)
Cisticola rufilatus (671)
Prinia flavicans (685)
Muscicapa striata (689)
Melaenornis mariquensis (695)
Batis pririt (703)
Terpsiphone viridis (710)
Lanius minor (731)
Lanius collaris (732)
Lanius collurio (733)
Laniarius atrococcineus (739)
Dryoscopus cubla (740)
Nilaus afer (741)
Tchagra australis (743)
Telophorus zeylonus (746)
Lanioturdus torquatus (752)
Prionops plumatus (753)
Eurocephalus anguitimens (756)
Creatophora cinerea (760)
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (761)
Lamprotornis australis (762)
Lamprotornis nitens (764)
Onychognathus nabouroup (770)
Nectarinia mariquensis (779)
Nectarinia fusca (788)
Nectarinia senegalensis (791)
Zosterops pallidus (796)
Bubalornis niger (798)
Plocepasser mahali (799)
Passer domesticus (801)
Passer motitensis (802)
Passer diffusus (804)
Sporopipes squamifrons (806)
Ploceus rubiginosus (812)
Ploceus velatus (814)
Ploceus intermedius (815)
Quelea quelea (821)
Pytilia melba (834)
Lagonosticta senegala (842)
Uraeginthus angolensis (844)
Uraeginthus granatinus (845)
Estrilda astrild (846)
Estrilda erythronotos (847)
Amadina erythrocephala (856)
Vidua regia (861)
Vidua paradisaea (862)
Serinus atrogularis (870)
Serinus flaviventris (878)
Serinus albogularis (879)
Emberiza flaviventris (884)
Emberiza tahapisi (886)
Emberiza impetuani (887)
Stragglers
218 Saddlebilled Stork
219 African Crake
220 American Purple Gallinule
221 African Jacana
222 Common Tern
223 Pennantwinged Nightjar
224 Carmine Bee-eater
225 Black Widowfinch
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (88)
Crex egregia (212)
Porphyrula martinica (225)
Actophilornis africanus (240)
Sterna hirundo (327)
Macrodipteryx vexillaria (410)
Merops nubicoides (441)
Vidua funerea (864)
Namibian Endemics
58 Hartlaub‘s Francolin
70 Rüppel’s Korhaan
92 Rüppell’s Parrot
126 Violet Woodhoopoe
129 Damara Hornbill
131 Monteiro’s Hornbill
149 Carp’s Tit
160 Hereo Chat
166 Rockrunner
181 Whitetailed Shrike
Francolinus hartlaubi (197)
Eupodotis rueppellii (236)
Poicephalus rueppellii (365)
Phoeniculus damarensis (453)
Tockus damarensis
Tockus monteiri (462)
Parus carpi (555)
Namibornis herero (618)
Archaetops pycnopygius (662)
Lanioturdus torquatos (752)
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Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) in typical Erongo boulder landscape.
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The endemic Monteiro’s Hornbill (Tockus monteiri).
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A juvenile African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer).
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A redeyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans).
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A Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta).
A peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
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A hoopoe (Upups epops).
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