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Namibia & Botswana Bird List

  Name Scientific Name
1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
2 Black-Necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
3 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
4 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
5 Cape Gannet Sula capensis
6 White-Breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus
7 Cape Cormorant Phalacororax capensis
8 Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus
9 Reed Cormorant Phalacororax africanus
10 African Darter Anhinga rufa
11 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
12 Balck-Headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
13 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
14 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
15 Great Egret Egretta alba
16 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
17 Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
18 Black Heron (Egret) Egretta ardesiaca
19 Cattle Egret Bulbulcus ibis
20 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
21 Green-Backed Heron Butorides striatus
22 Rufous-Bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
23 Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
24 White-Backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
25 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
26 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii
27 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
28 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
29 Yellow-Billed Stork Mycteria ibis
30 African Openbill Stork Anastomus lamelligerus
31 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
32 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
33 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
34 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
35 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
36 South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
37 Spur-Winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
38 Knob-Billed Goose Sarkidiornis melanotos
39 African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus
40 White Backed Duck
41 White-Faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
42 Cape Teal Anas capensis
43 Red-Billed Teal Anas erythrorhynchos
44 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
45 Cape Shoveler Anas smithii
46 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
47 Macoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
48 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
49 Osprey Pandion haliatus
50 Western Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus
51 Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
52 African White-Backed Vulture Gyps africanus
53 Lappet-Faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
54 White-Headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
55 Yellow-Billed Kite Milvus parasitus
56 Black Kite Milvus migrans
57 Black-Shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
58 Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
59 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
60 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
61 Walhberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
62 Ayres Hawk-Eagle Aqulia ayresii
63 African Hawk Eagle Aqulia spilogaster
64 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
65 Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo
66 Augur Buzzard Buteo Augur
67 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
68 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
69 Black-Breasted Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
70 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
71 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
72 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
73 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
74 Shikra Accipiter badius
75 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar
76 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metambates
77 Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
78 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
79 African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
80 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
81 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
82 Gymnogene (Harrier Hawk) Polyboroides typus
83 Red Necked Falcon Falco chicquera
84 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
85 Sooty Falcon Falco unicolor
86 Rock (Common) Kestrel Falco tinnunculus rupicolis
87 Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
88 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
89 Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
90 Red-Footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
91 Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
92 Crested Francolin Peliperdix sephaena
93 Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui
94 Shelleys Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
95 Natal Francolin Pternistes natalensis
96 Red-Necked Francolin Pternistes afer
97 Red-Billed Francolin Pternistis adspersus
98 Hartlaub's Francolin Pternistis hartlaubi
99 Swaison's Francolin Pternistis swainsonii
100 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
101 Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica
102 Balck Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
103 African Rail Rallus caerulescens
104 African Crake Crecopsis egregia
105 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
106 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
107 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
108 Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
109 Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus
110 Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
111 Blue Crane Anthropoides paradisea
112 Kori Bustard Otis kori
113 Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
114 Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii
115 Ruppell's Korhaan Eupodotis ruppellii
116 Red-Crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista
117 Northern Black Korhaan Eupodotis afraoides
118 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
119 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
120 Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
121 African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
122 White-Fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
123 Chestnut-Banded Plover Charadrius pallidus
124 Kittlitz's Plover Charadruis pecuarius
125 Three-Banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
126 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
127 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
128 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
129 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
130 Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
131 Long-Toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
132 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
133 Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos
134 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
135 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
136 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
137 Black-Tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
138 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
139 Little Stinit Calidris minuta
140 Sanderling Calidris alba
141 Red Knot Calidris canuta
142 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
143 Bar-Tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
144 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
145 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
146 Black-Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
147 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
148 Water Thick-Knee Burhinus vermiculatus
149 Three-Banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
150 Double-Banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus
151 Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
152 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
153 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
154 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
155 Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
156 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
157 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
158 Cape Gull Larus vetula
159 Grey-Headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
160 Hartlaug's Gull Larus hartlaubii
161 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
162 Crested Tern Sterna bergii
163 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
164 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
165 Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum
166 Black Tern Chilidonias niger
167 White-Winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
168 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
169 Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
170 Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
171 Double-Banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
172 Feral Pigeon (Rock Dove) Columba livia
173 Speckled (Rock) Pigeon Columba guinea
174 Red-Eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
175 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
176 Ring-Necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
177 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
178 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
179 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
180 Emerald-Spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
181 African Green Pigeon Treron calva
182 Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
183 Ruppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii
184 Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
185 Black-Cheeked Lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis
186 Rosy-Faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
187 Grey Go-Away-Bird Corythaixoides concolor
188 Schalow's Tauraco Tauraco schalowi
189 Thick-Billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
190 Barred Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
191 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
192 Levaillant's Cuckoo Oxylophus levaillantii
193 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
194 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
195 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
196 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
197 Didric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
198 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
199 Coppery-Tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
200 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
201 White-Browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
202 Black Coucal Centropus grillii
203 Barn Owl Tyto alba
204 Verreaux's (Giant) Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
205 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
206 African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
207 African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
208 Southern White-Faced Scops Owl Otus leucotis
209 Pearl-Spotted Owl Glaucidium perlatum
210 African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
211 Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
212 Pennant-Winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius
213 Rufous-Cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
214 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
215 Square-Tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
216 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
217 Bat-Like Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
218 Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
219 Little Swift Apus affinis
220 White-Rumped Swigt Apus caffer
221 Alpine Swift Apus melba
222 African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
223 White-Backed Mousebird Colius colius
224 Red-Faced Mousebird Colius indicus
225 Half-Collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
226 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
227 Grey-Headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
228 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
229 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
230 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
231 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
232 Brown Headed Kingfisher
233 European Bee-Eater Merops apiaster
234 Madagascar Bee-Eater Merops superciliosus
235 Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater Merops persicus
236 Southern Carmine Bee-Eater Merops nubicoides
237 White-Fronted Bee-Eater Merops bullockoides
238 Little Bee-Eater Merops pusillus
239 Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater Merops hirundineus
240 Lilac-Breasted Roller Coracias caudata
241 Rufous-Crowned Roller Coracias naevia
242 Rqquet-Tailed Roller Coracias spatulata
243 Broad-Billed Roller Eurystomus gularis
244 European Roller Coracias garrulus
245 African Hoopoe Upupa africana
246 Green Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
247 Violet Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus damaresis
248 Common Scimitarbill Phoeniculus cyanomelas
249 Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
250 Red-Billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
251 Damara Hornbill Tockus damarensis
252 S.Yellow-Billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
253 Bradfields Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi
254 Pale-Billed Hornbill Tockus pallidirostris
255 Trumpeter Hornbill Ceratogymna bucinator
256 Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
257 Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
258 Anchietas Barbet Stactolaema anchietae
259 Whytes Barbet Stactolaema whytii
260 Yellow-Rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
261 Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholeama leucomelas
262 Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata
263 Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
264 Black-Collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
265 Yellow-Fronted Tinkerbird Pagoniulus chrysoconus
266 Chaplin's Barbet Lybius chaplini
267 Black-Backed Barbet Lybius minor
268 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
269 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
270 Green-Backed Honeyguide Prodotiscus zambesiae
271 Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
272 Golden-Tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
273 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
274 Bearded Woodpecker
275 African Pitta Pitta angolensis
276 African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
277 Rufous-Naped Lark Mirafra africana
278 Eastern Clapper Lark Mirafra fasciolata
279 Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
280 Sabota Lark Mirafra sabota
281 Fawn-Coloured Lark Mirafra africanoides
282 Bradfield's Lark Mirafra naevia
283 Dune Lark Certhilauda erythrochlamys
284 Spike-Heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
285 Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
286 Pink-Billed Lark Callendrella conirostris
287 Stark's Lark Calendrella starkii
288 Gray's Lark Ammomanes grayi
289 Grey-Backed Finchlark Eremopterix verticalis
290 Chestnut-Backed Finchlark Eremopterix leucotis
291 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
292 Pearl-Breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
293 Wire-Tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
294 Red-Breasted Swallow Hirundo semirufa
295 Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis
296 Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullata
297 Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
298 Grey-Rumped Swallow Hirundo griseopyga
299 Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis
300 South African Swallow Hirundo spilodera
301 African Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
302 House Martin Delichon urbica
303 Grey-Rumped Swallow Hirundo griseopyga
304 Brown-Throated Martin Riparia paludicola
305 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
306 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
307 Fork-Tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
308 Square-Tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
309 Livingstones Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
310 Pied Crow Corvus albus
311 Cape Rook Corvus capensis
312 Miombo Tit Parus griseiventris
313 Ashy Tit Parus cinerascens
314 Southern Black Tit Parus niger
315 Carp's Tit Parus carpi
316 Rufous-Bellied Tit Paris rufiventris
317 Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus
318 Arrow-Marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
319 Balck Face Babbler Turdoides melanops
320 Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hautlaubii
321 Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
322 Bare-Cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys
323 African Red-Eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
324 Dark-Capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor
325 Yellow-Bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
326 Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
327 Yellow-Spotted Nicator Nicator chloris
328 Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
329 Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
330 Short-Toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
331 Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
332 Mountain Chat Oenanthe monticola
333 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
334 Familiar (Red-Tailed) Chat Cercomela familiaris
335 Tractrac Chat Cercomela tractrac
336 Arnott's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
337 S. Anteating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
338 African Stonechat Saxicola torquata
339 Herero Chat Namibornis herero
340 White-Browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
341 Red-Capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
342 Miombo Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas barbata
343 Bearded Scrub Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
344 Rufous-Tailed Palm Thrush Cichladusa ruficauda
345 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
346 White-Browed Scrub Robin Erythropygia leucophrys
347 Kalahari Scrub-Robin Erythropygia paena
348 Great Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
349 Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
350 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
351 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
352 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
353 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
354 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
355 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
356 Chestnut-Vented tit-Babbler Parisoma subcaeruleum
357 Long-Billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
358 Red-Capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
359 Greencapped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
360 Balck-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis
361 Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
362 Burnt-Necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
363 Grey-Backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata
364 Stierlings Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
365 African Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolata
366 Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
367 Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius
368 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
369 Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridula
370 Luapula (Black-Backed) Cisticola Cisticola luapula
371 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chinianus
372 Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
373 Neddicky (Piping Cisticola) Cisticola fulvicapillus
374 Tawny-Flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
375 Yellow Bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
376 Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
377 Black-Chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
378 Boehm's Flycatcher Muscicapa boehmi
379 Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
380 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
381 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
382 Marico Flycatcher Melaenornis mariquensis
383 Chat Flycatcher Melaenornis infuscatus
384 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
385 Pririt Batis Batis pririt
386 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
387 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
388 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
389 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
390 Yellow-Throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
391 Fulleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuellebornii
392 Rosy-Breasted Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
393 Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
394 Plain-Backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
395 Woodland Pipit Anthus nyassae
396 Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
397 Grassland Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
398 Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
399 White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina pectoralis
400 Black Cuckoo-Shrike Campephaga flava
401 Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
402 Latakoo' Fiscal Lanius collaris
403 Magpie Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca
404 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
405 Red-Backed Shrike Lanius collurio
406 Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
407 Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
408 Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
409 Crimson-Breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
410 Balck-Backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
411 Brubru Nilaus afer
412 Brown-Crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
413 Bakmakierei Telophorus zeylonus
414 Four-Coloured Bush-Shrike Telophorus quadri-color
415 Grey-Headed Bush-Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti
416 Orange-Breast Bush-Shrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
417 White-Tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus