Swallows & Martins in Namibia
Our list for Namibia has 4 swallows & martins recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Namibia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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