Birds in Namibia

94 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Namibia has 94 bird species recorded regularly there: 41 residents, 26 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 594,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Namibia in September

63 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 63 birds in September

Arriving in September: Ringed Plover, House Martin, White-chinned Petrel, Arctic Jaeger, Little Bittern, Sand Martin.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Namibia each month: most in November (80), fewest in June (45). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Willow Warbler
Willow WarblerSmallest · 11cm
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Common Ostrich
Common OstrichLargest · 275cm
From the Willow Warbler (11 cm) to the Common Ostrich (275 cm)42 families

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All 94 birds on the list

Showing 93–94 of 94 species

Common Starling

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgarisLC

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Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatusLC

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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

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