Namaqua National Park

Birds Checklist

Track the wildlife you see at Namaqua National Park! There are 123 birds to find in the park.

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Acacia pied barbet

Tricholaema leucomelas

Roberts Number: 465

African harrier-hawk

Polyboroides typus

Roberts Number: 169

African hoopoe

Upupa africana

Roberts Number: 451

African pipit

Anthus cinnamomeus

Roberts Number: 716

African red-eyed bulbul

Pycnonotus nigricans

Roberts Number: 567

African sacred ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Roberts Number: 91

African stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

Roberts Number: 596

Alpine swift

Tachymarptis melba

Roberts Number: 418

Ant-eating chat

Myrmecocichla formicivora

Roberts Number: 595

10.

Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

Roberts Number: 518

11.

Black-chested snake eagle

Circaetus pectoralis

Roberts Number: 143

12.

Black-eared sparrow-lark

Eremopterix australis

Roberts Number: 517

13.

Black harrier

Circus maurus

Roberts Number: 168

14.

Black-headed canary

Serinus alario

Roberts Number: 876

15.

Black-headed heron

Ardea melanocephala

Roberts Number: 63

16.

Black-winged kite

Elanus caeruleus

Roberts Number: 127

17.

Blacksmith lapwing

Vanellus armatus

Roberts Number: 258

18.

Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus

Roberts Number: 746

19.

Booted eagle

Aquila pennatus

Roberts Number: 136

20.

Brown-throated martin

Riparia paludicola

Roberts Number: 533

21.

Cape bulbul

Pycnonotus capensis

Roberts Number: 566

22.

Cape bunting

Emberiza capensis

Roberts Number: 885

23.

Cape canary

Serinus canicollis

Roberts Number: 872

24.

Cape clapper lark

Mirafra apiata

Roberts Number: 495

25.

Cape crow

Corvus capensis

Roberts Number: 547

26.

Cape eagle-owl

Bubo capensis

Roberts Number: 400

27.

Cape glossy starling

Lamprotornis nitens

Roberts Number: 764

28.

Cape long-billed lark

Certhilauda semitorquata

Roberts Number: 500

29.

Cape penduline tit

Anthoscopus minutus

Roberts Number: 557

30.

Cape robin-chat

Cossypha caffra

Roberts Number: 601

31.

Cape sparrow

Passer melanurus

Roberts Number: 803

32.

Cape spurfowl

Pternistis capensis

Roberts Number: 195

33.

Cape wagtail

Motacilla capensis

Roberts Number: 713

34.

Cape weaver

Ploceus capensis

Roberts Number: 813

35.

Cape white-eye

Zosterops virens

Roberts Number: 796

36.

Capped wheatear

Oenanthe pileata

Roberts Number: 587

37.

Cardinal woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

Roberts Number: 486

38.

Cattle egret

Ardea ibis

Roberts Number: 71

39.

Chat flycatcher

Bradornis infuscatus

Roberts Number: 697

40.

Cinnamon-breasted warbler

Euryptila subcinnamomea

Roberts Number: 660

41.

Common quail

Coturnix coturnix

Roberts Number: 200

42.

Common waxbill

Estrilda astrild

Roberts Number: 846

43.

Crowned lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

Roberts Number: 255

44.

Double-banded courser

Rhinoptilus africanus

Roberts Number: 301

45.

Dusky sunbird

Cinnyris fuscus

Roberts Number: 788

46.

Egyptian goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Roberts Number: 102

47.

European bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Roberts Number: 438

48.

Fairy flycatcher

Stenostira scita

Roberts Number: 706

49.

Familiar chat

Cercomela familiaris

Roberts Number: 589

50.

Fiscal flycatcher

Sigelus silens

Roberts Number: 698

51.

Greater kestrel

Falco rupicoloides

Roberts Number: 182

52.

Greater striped swallow

Hirundo cucullata

Roberts Number: 526

53.

Grey-backed cisticola

Cisticola subruficapilla

Roberts Number: 655

54.

Grey-backed sparrow-lark

Eremopterix verticalis

Roberts Number: 516

55.

Grey heron

Ardea cinerea

Roberts Number: 62

56.

Grey tit

Parus afer

Roberts Number: 551

57.

Grey-winged francolin

Scleroptila africanus

Roberts Number: 190

58.

Ground woodpecker

Geocolaptes olivaceus

Roberts Number: 480

59.

Hadeda ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Roberts Number: 94

60.

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

Roberts Number: 81

61.

Helmeted guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Roberts Number: 203

62.

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Roberts Number: 801

63.

Jackal buzzard

Buteo rufofuscus

Roberts Number: 152

64.

Karoo chat

Cercomela schlegelii

Roberts Number: 592

65.

Karoo korhaan

Eupodotis vigorsii

Roberts Number: 235

66.

Karoo lark

Calendulauda albescens

Roberts Number: 502

67.

Karoo prinia

Prinia maculosa

Roberts Number: 686

68.

Karoo scrub robin

Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Roberts Number: 614

69.

Karoo thrush

Turdus smithi

Roberts Number: 577

70.

Lanner falcon

Falco biarmicus

Roberts Number: 172

71.

Large-billed lark

Galerida magnirostris

Roberts Number: 512

72.

Lark-like bunting

Emberiza impetuani

Roberts Number: 887

73.

Laughing dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

Roberts Number: 355

74.

Layard’s tit-babbler

Parisoma layardi

Roberts Number: 622

75.

Little swift

Apus affinis

Roberts Number: 417

76.

Long-billed crombec

Sylvietta rufescens

Roberts Number: 651

77.

Ludwig’s bustard

Neotis ludwigii

Roberts Number: 232

78.

Malachite sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

Roberts Number: 775

79.

Martial eagle

Polemaetus bellicosus

Roberts Number: 140

80.

Mountain wheatear

Oenanthe monticola

Roberts Number: 586

81.

Namaqua dove

Oena capensis

Roberts Number: 356

82.

Namaqua sandgrouse

Pterocles namaqua

Roberts Number: 344

83.

Namaqua warbler

Phragmacia substriata

Roberts Number: 687

84.

Pale chanting goshawk

Melierax canorus

Roberts Number: 162

85.

Pale-winged starling

Onychognathus nabouroup

Roberts Number: 770

86.

Pied crow

Corvus albus

Roberts Number: 548

87.

Pied starling

Spreo bicolor

Roberts Number: 759

88.

Pririt batis

Batis pririt

Roberts Number: 703

89.

Red-capped lark

Calandrella cinerea

Roberts Number: 507

90.

Red-faced mousebird

Urocolius indicus

Roberts Number: 426

91.

Red-winged starling

Onychognathus morio

Roberts Number: 769

92.

Ring-necked dove

Streptopelia capicola

Roberts Number: 354

93.

Rock kestrel

Falco rupicolus

Roberts Number: 181

94.

Rock martin

Hirundo fuligula

Roberts Number: 529

95.

Rufous-cheeked nightjar

Caprimulgus rufigena

Roberts Number: 406

96.

Rufous-eared warbler

Malcorus pectoralis

Roberts Number: 688

97.

Sickle-winged chat

Cercomela sinuata

Roberts Number: 591

98.

South African shelduck

Tadorna cana

Roberts Number: 103

99.

Southern black korhaan

Afrotis afra

Roberts Number: 239

100.

Southern double-collared sunbird

Cinnyris chalybeus

Roberts Number: 783

101.

Southern fiscal

Lanius collaris

Roberts Number: 732

102.

Southern grey-headed sparrow

Passer diffusus

Roberts Number: 804

103.

Southern masked weaver

Ploceus velatus

Roberts Number: 814

104.

Southern red bishop

Euplectes orix

Roberts Number: 824

105.

Speckled pigeon

Columba guinea

Roberts Number: 349

106.

Spike-heeled lark

Chersomanes albofasciata

Roberts Number: 506

107.

Spotted eagle-owl

Bubo africanus

Roberts Number: 401

108.

Spotted thick-knee

Burhinus capensis

Roberts Number: 297

109.

Spur-winged goose

Plectropterus gambensis

Roberts Number: 116

110.

Steppe buzzard

Buteo buteo vulpinus

Roberts Number: 149

111.

Three-banded plover

Charadrius tricollaris

Roberts Number: 249

112.

Tractrac chat

Cercomela tractrac

Roberts Number: 590

113.

Verreaux’s eagle

Aquila verreauxii

Roberts Number: 131

114.

Wattled starling

Creatophora cinerea

Roberts Number: 760

115.

Western barn owl

Tyto alba

Roberts Number: 392

116.

Western house martin

Delichon urbicum

Roberts Number: 530

117.

White-backed mousebird

Colius colius

Roberts Number: 425

118.

White-rumped swift

Apus caffer

Roberts Number: 415

119.

White-throated canary

Crithagra albogularis

Roberts Number: 879

120.

White-throated swallow

Hirundo albigularis

Roberts Number: 520

121.

Yellow-billed duck

Anas undulata

Roberts Number: 104

122.

Yellow bishop

Euplectes capensis

Roberts Number: 827

123.

Yellow canary

Crithagra flaviventris

Roberts Number: 878

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