Birds to See in Namibia in November
80 bird species on our list for Namibia are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Fork-tailed Drongo, Cape Starling, Southern Masked Weaver, Helmeted Guineafowl and Egyptian Goose. New this month: Red-backed Shrike, Buzzard, European Honey-buzzard and White-chinned Petrel and 3 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Namibia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 80 birds in November
80 birds
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitensResidentCommon25–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Pale-winged StarlingOnychognathus nabouroupResidentCommon25–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Common OstrichStruthio camelusResidentCommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.61% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.50% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Nov
Cape SparrowPasser melanurusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Nov
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Damara TernSternula balaenarumSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentUncommon35–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Nov
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusSummer visitorUncommon44–52 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorRare50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
African PenguinSpheniscus demersusPassage migrantRare60–70 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made