Birds of Namibia

List of Common Birds Found in Namibia

Native Birds

• African Fish Eagle 
• African Gray Hornbill
• African Jacana
• African Paradise Flycatcher
• African Pipit
• African Pygmy Goose
• African Sacred Ibis 
• African Scops Owl
• African Skimmer 
• African Spoonbill
• African Stonechat
• Amethyst Sunbird
• Augur Buzzard
• Bare-Cheeked Babbler
• Barlow’s Lark
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Bateleur Eagle
• Benguella Lark
• Black-chested Snake Eagle
• Black-faced Babbler
• Black-headed Heron
• Black-shouldered Kite
• Black-winged Stilt
• Blue Crane
• Blue Waxbill
• Bradfield’s Swift
• Brubru
• Cape Cormorant
• Cape Glossy Starling
• Cape Longclaw
• Cape Vulture
• Cardinal Woodpecker
• Carp’s Tit
• Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark
• Chinspot Batis
• Cinderella Waxbill
• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
• Collared Sunbird
• Common Hoopoe 
• Common Ostrich 
• Copper Sunbird
• Crimson-breasted Shrike
• Crowned Hornbill
• Damara Hornbill
• Double-banded Courser
• Dune Lark
• Dusky Lark
• Dusky Sunbird
• Eastern Clapper Lark
• Eurasian Hobby
• European Bee-eater
• Fiery-necked Nightjar
• Fork-tailed Drongo
• Gabar Goshawk
• Giant Kingfisher
• Gray-backed Camaroptera
• Gray-backed Cisticola
• Gray Go-away-bird 
• Gray’s Lark
• Greater Flamingo
• Greater Painted Snipe
• Great Reed Warbler
• Hadada Ibis 
• Half-collared Kingfisher
• Hamerkop 
• Hartlaub’s Francolin
• Helmeted Guineafowl 
• Herero Chat
• Hooded Vulture 
• Kori Bustard
• Lanner Falcon
• Lesser Flamingo
• Lesser Gray Shrike
• Lilac-breasted Roller 
• Little Bee-eater
• Little Grebe
• Long-billed Crombec
• Long-billed Pipit
• Magpie Shrike
• Marabou Stork 
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Monteiro’s Hornbill 
• Mountain Wheatear
• Namaqua Dove
• Neddicky
• Northern Black Korhaan
• Northern Black Tit
• Orange River Francolin
• Orange River White-eye
• Pale Chanting Goshawk
• Pale-winged Starling
• Pearl-spotted Owlet
• Pel’s Fishing Owl
• Pied Avocet
• Pied Crow 
• Pied Kingfisher 
• Pink-backed Pelican
• Pink-throated Twinspot
• Pin-tailed Whydah 
• Pririt Batis
• Purple Heron
• Purple Indigobird
• Red-billed Firefinch
• Red-billed Oxpecker
• Red-billed Quelea
• Red-chested Cuckoo
• Red-eyed Dove
• Red-necked Falcon
• Rock Kestrel
• Rock Martin
• Rockrunner
• Rosy-faced Lovebird
• Rufous-eared Warbler
• Rufous-naped Lark
• Rufous-vented Warbler
• Ruppell’s Korhaan
• Rüppell’s Parrot
• Rüppell’s Bustard
• Sanderling
• Scarlet-chested Sunbird
• Secretary Bird
• Short-toed Rock Thrush
• Sociable Weaver
• Southern Ant-eating Chat
• Southern Black Flycatcher
• Southern Carmine Bee-eater
• Southern Ground Hornbill
• Southern Pied Babbler
• Southern Red Bishop
• Southern White-crowned Shrike
• Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
• Speckled Pigeon 
• Spotted Eagle-Owl
• Spur-winged Goose
• Stark’s Lark
• Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
• Village Weaver 
• Violet-eared Waxbill
• Violet Wood Hoopoe
• White-backed Vulture
• White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
• White-tailed Shrike
• White-tailed Shrike
• Woodland Kingfisher 
• Yellow-billed Hornbill
• Yellow-billed Kite

Non-native Birds

• Mallard
• Rock Pigeon
• European Starling
• House Sparrow

Some of the best birding sites in Namibia include Etosha National Park, Caprivi Strip, and Waterberg Plateau Park. The peak season for birdwatching in Namibia is from November to April during the wet season.