Birds of Namibia
Namibia hosts 598 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Namibia
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Cape GannetMorus capensis
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Crimson-breasted ShrikeLaniarius atrococcineus
- Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
- Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
- Pale Chanting GoshawkMelierax canorus
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- Lark-like BuntingEmberiza impetuani
- Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
- Marico FlycatcherBradornis mariquensis
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
- Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
- Red-headed FinchAmadina erythrocephala
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Pale-winged StarlingOnychognathus nabouroup
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
- Sociable WeaverPhiletairus socius
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Pririt BatisBatis pririt
- Scaly-feathered WeaverSporopipes squamifrons
- Dusky SunbirdCinnyris fuscus
- Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota
- Namaqua SandgrousePterocles namaqua
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Great SparrowPasser motitensis
- White-backed MousebirdColius colius
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regia
- Monteiro's HornbillTockus monteiri
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis
- Red-crested KorhaanLophotis ruficrista
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
- Grey-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix verticalis
- Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Kori BustardArdeotis kori
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Northern Black KorhaanAfrotis afraoides
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Short-toed Rock ThrushMonticola brevipes
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Damara Red-billed HornbillTockus damarensis
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
- White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- White-tailed ShrikeLanioturdus torquatus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Double-banded SandgrousePterocles bicinctus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Southern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus anguitimens
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora
- Barred Wren-WarblerCalamonastes fasciolatus
- Swamp BoubouLaniarius bicolor
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- White-throated CanaryCrithagra albogularis
- Hartlaub's BabblerTurdoides hartlaubii
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
- White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Southern Pied BabblerTurdoides bicolor
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Bradfield's SwiftApus bradfieldi
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
- Stark's LarkSpizocorys starki
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Rüppell's ParrotPoicephalus rueppellii
- Damara TernSternula balaenarum
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RockrunnerAchaetops pycnopygius
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Tractrac ChatEmarginata tractrac
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
- Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
- Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus
- Spike-heeled LarkChersomanes albofasciata
- Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
- Bare-cheeked BabblerTurdoides gymnogenys
- Rüppell's KorhaanHeterotetrax rueppelii
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Burnt-necked EremomelaEremomela usticollis
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Bradfield's HornbillLophoceros bradfieldi
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini
- Karoo ChatEmarginata schlegelii
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Ludwig's BustardNeotis ludwigii
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Burchell's SandgrousePterocles burchelli
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- African Green PigeonTreron calvus
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Violet Wood HoopoePhoeniculus damarensis
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
- Crowned CormorantMicrocarbo coronatus
- Gray's LarkAmmomanopsis grayi
- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
- Rufous-cheeked NightjarCaprimulgus rufigena
- Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Karoo Long-billed LarkCerthilauda subcoronata
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowi
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Hartlaub's SpurfowlPternistis hartlaubi
- Dune LarkCalendulauda erythrochlamys
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Cape Penduline TitAnthoscopus minutus
- Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Bank CormorantPhalacrocorax neglectus
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Black-faced BabblerTurdoides melanops
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- Burchell's CourserCursorius rufus
- Southern Yellow White-eyeZosterops anderssoni
- Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
- Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Orange River FrancolinScleroptila gutturalis
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
- African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Herero ChatNamibornis herero
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Pink-billed LarkSpizocorys conirostris
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
- Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
- White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
- Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava
- Luapula CisticolaCisticola luapula
- Chirping CisticolaCisticola pipiens
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Monotonous LarkMirafra passerina
- Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator
- Rufous-eared WarblerMalcorus pectoralis
- Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
- Retz's HelmetshrikePrionops retzii
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricans
- Slaty EgretEgretta vinaceigula
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Rufous-tailed Palm ThrushCichladusa ruficauda
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Tinkling CisticolaCisticola rufilatus
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Sharp-tailed StarlingLamprotornis acuticaudus
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- South African Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Racket-tailed RollerCoracias spatulatus
- African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
- Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Nicholson's PipitAnthus nicholsoni
- Karoo Scrub RobinTychaedon coryphoeus
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
- Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- African PenguinSpheniscus demersus
- Yellow-throated LeafbirdChloropsis palawanensis
- Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
- Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Grey-backed CisticolaCisticola subruficapilla
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi
- Souza's ShrikeLanius souzae
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- African RailRallus caerulescens
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Dickinson's KestrelFalco dickinsoni
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Grey Penduline TitAnthoscopus caroli
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- Karoo EremomelaEremomela gregalis
- Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
- Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
- Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
- African HobbyFalco cuvierii
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- Rosy-throated LongclawMacronyx ameliae
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Eastern NicatorNicator gularis
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Cape VultureGyps coprotheres
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- Black-headed CanarySerinus alario
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
- Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
- Cape ParrotPoicephalus robustus
- Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Angola Cave ChatXenocopsychus ansorgei
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
- Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coqui
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Collared Palm ThrushCichladusa arquata
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Sclater's LarkSpizocorys sclateri
- Black-eared Sparrow-LarkEremopterix australis
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Cinnamon-breasted WarblerEuryptila subcinnamomea
- Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
- Purple IndigobirdVidua purpurascens
- Sickle-winged ChatEmarginata sinuata
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Green-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus zambesiae
- Wood PipitAnthus nyassae
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
- Shelley's SunbirdCinnyris shelleyi
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
- Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
- Stierling's Wren-WarblerCalamonastes stierlingi
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Southern Black KorhaanAfrotis afra
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Shy AlbatrossThalassarche cauta
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Yellow-throated SandgrousePterocles gutturalis
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Cape SpurfowlPternistis capensis
- Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
- African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
- Cuckoo-finchAnomalospiza imberbis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis
- Namaqua WarblerPhragmacia substriata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
- Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
- Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
- Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Fairy FlycatcherStenostira scita
- Drakensberg PriniaPrinia hypoxantha
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Chaplin's BarbetLybius chaplini
- Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Black HarrierCircus maurus
- Broad-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua obtusa
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- African Black SwiftApus barbatus
- Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
- Short-tailed BatisBatis mixta
- Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillata
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
- Pintado PetrelDaption capense
- Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
- White-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta grallaria
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Asian Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneus
- Angola SwallowHirundo angolensis
- Karoo LarkCalendulauda albescens