Bird list of the south-western Erongo Mountains
Compiled by Katrin Denker
This bird list includes the bird species recorded in the south-western Erongo Mountains (Farms Ameib, Brabant, Schlucht and surroundings).
The numbers in brackets correspond to the numbers of the birds in “Roberts’ Birds of Southern Africa” (seventh edition).
*New species added 29/12/2025: #14.
1 Ostrich
2 Dabchick
3 White Pelican
4 Whitebreasted Cormorant
5 Darter
6 Grey Heron
7 Blackheaded Heron
8 Purple Heron
9 Great White Egret
10 Little Egret
11 Black Egret
12 Cattle Egret
13 Squacco Heron
*14 Green-backed Heron
15 Blackcrowned Night Heron
16 Dwarf Bittern
17 Hamerkop
18 Black Stork
19 Abdim’s Stork
20 Woolynecked Stork
21 Marabou Stork
22 Yellow-billed Stork
23 African Spoonbill
24 Greater Flamingo
25 Whitefaced Duck
26 Egyptian Goose
27 South African Shelduck
28 African Black Duck
29 Cape Teal
30 Redbilled Teal
31 Southern Porchard
32 Knobbilled Duck
33 Maccoa Duck
34 Whitebacked Vulture
35 Lappetfaced Vulture
36 Yellowbilled Kite
37 Blackshouldered Kite
38 Black Eagle
39 Tawny Eagle
40 Steppe Eagle
41 Booted Eagle
42 African Hawk Eagle
43 Martial Eagle
44 Brown Snake Eagle
45 Blackbreasted Snake Eagle
46 African Fish Eagle
47 Steppe Buzzard
48 Augur Buzzard
49 Little Sparrowhawk
50 Little Banded Goshawk
51 Gabar Goshawk
52 Pale Chanting Goshawk
53 Black Harrier
54 Osprey
55 Peregrine Falcon
56 Lanner Falcon
57 Hobby Falcon
58 Rock Kestrel
59 Lesser Kestrel
60 Orange River Francolin
61 Redbilled Francolin
62 Hartlaub‘s Francolin
63 Swainson’s Francolin
64 Common Quail
65 Harlequin Quail
66 Helmeted Guineafowl
67 Kurrichane Buttonquail
68 Black crake
69 Moorhen
70 Lesser Moorhen
71 Redknobbed Coot
72 Kori Bustard
73 Ludwig’s Bustard
74 Rüppell’s Korhaan
75 Redcrested Korhaan
76 Northern Black Korhaan
77 Painted Snipe
78 Threebanded Plover
79 Crowned Plover
80 Blacksmith Plover
81 Greenshank
82 Ethiopian Snipe
83 Blackwinged Stilt
84 Spotted Dikkop
85 Burchell’s Courser
86 Temminck’s Courser
87 Doublebanded Courser
88 Bronzewinged Courser
89 Namaqua Sandgrouse
90 Doublebanded Sandgrouse
91 Rock Pigeon
92 Cape Turtle Dove
93 Laughing Dove
94 Namaqua Dove
95 Greenspotted Dove
96 Rüppell’s Parrot
97 Rosyfaced Lovebird
98 Grey Lourie
99 African Cuckoo
100 Black Cuckoo
101 Great Spotted Cuckoo
102 Striped Cuckoo
103 Jacobin Cuckoo
104 Klaas’s Cuckoo
105 Diderik Cuckoo
106 Barn Owl
107 African Scops Owl
108 Whitefaced Owl
109 Pearlspotted Owl
110 Spotted Eagle Owl
111 Giant Eagle Owl
112 Fierynecked Nightjar
113 Rufouscheeked Nightjar
114 Freckled Nightjar
115 Bradfield’s Swift
116 Whiterumped Swift
117 Horus Swift
118 Little Swift
119 Alpine Swift
120 Palm Swift
121 Whitebacked Mousebird
122 Readfaced Mousebird
123 Greyhooded Kingfisher
124 European Bee-eater
125 Swallowtailed Bee-eater
126 European Roller
127 Lilacbreasted Roller
128 Purple Roller
129 Hoopoe
130 Violet Woodhoopoe
131 Scimitarbilled Woodhoopoe
132 Grey Hornbill
133 Damara Hornbill
134 Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill
135 Monteiro’s Hornbill
136 Pied Barbet
137 Lesser Honeyguide
138 Cardinal Woodpecker
139 Bearded Woodpecker
140 Rufousnaped Lark
141 Fawncoloured Lark
142 Sabota Lark
143 Karoo Long-billed Lark
144 Gray’s lark
145 Greybacked Finchlark
146 Pearlbreasted Swallow
147 Greater Striped Swallow
148 Rock Martin
149 Forktailed Drongo
150 European Golden Oriole
151 Pied Crow
152 Ashy Tit
153 Carps Tit
154 Cape Penduline Tit
155 Pied Babber
156 Redeyed Bulbul
157 Shorttoed Rock Thrush
158 Mountain Chat
159 Familiar Chat
160 Tractrac Chat
161 Anteatig Chat
162 Whitebrowed Robin
163 Kalahari Robin
164 Hereo Chat
165 Titbabbler
166 Layard’s Titbabbler
167 Longbilled Crombec
168 Yellowbellied Eremomela
169 Grey-backed Camaroptera
170 Barred Warbler
171 Rockrunner
172 Tinkling Cisticola
173 Blackchested Prinia
174 Spotted Flycatcher
175 Marico Flycatcher
176 Pririt Batis
177 Paradise Flycatcher
178 Lesser Grey Shrike
179 Fiscal Shrike
180 Redbacked Shrike
181 Crimsonbreasted Shrike
182 Puffback
183 Brubru
184 Threestreaked Tchagra
185 Bokmakierie
186 Whitetailed Shrike
187 White Helmetshrike
188 Whitecrowned Shrike
189 Wattled Starling
190 Plumcoloured Starling
191 Burchell’s Starling
192 Glossy Starling
193 Palewinged Starling
194 Marico Sunbird
195 Dusky Sunbird
196 Scarletchested Sunbird
197 Cape White-eye
198 Redbilled Buffalo Weaver
199 Whitebrowed Sparrowweaver
200 House Sparrow
201 Great Sparrow
202 Greyheaded Sparrow
203 Scalyfeathered Finch
204 Chestnut Weaver
205 Masked Weaver
206 Lesser Masked Weaver
207 Redbilled Quelea
208 Melba Finch
209 Redbilled Firefinch
210 Blue Waxbill
211 Violeteared Waxbill
212 Common Waxbill
213 Blackcheeked Waxbill
214 Redheaded Finch
215 Shafttailed Whydah
216 Paradise Whydah
217 Blackthroated Canary
218 Yellow Canary
219 Whitethroated Canary
220 Goldenbreasted Bunting
221 Cape Bunting
222 Rock Bunting
223 Larklike Bunting
Struthio camelus (1)
Tachybaptus ruficollis (8)
Pelecanus onocrotalus (49)
Phalacrocorax carbo (55)
Anhinga rufa (60)
Ardea cinerea (62)
Ardea melanocephala (63)
Ardea purpurea (65)
Egretta alba (66)
Egretta garzetta (67)
Egretta ardesiaca (69)
Bubulcus ibis (71)
Ardeola ralloides (72)
Butorides striata (74)
Nycticorax nycticorax (76)
Ixobrychus sturmii (79)
Scopus umbretta (81)
Ciconia nigra (84)
Ciconia abdimii (85)
Ciconia episcopus (86)
Leptoptilos crumeniferus (89)
Mycteria ibis (90)
Platalea alba (95)
Phoenicopterus ruber (96)
Dendrocygna viduata (99)
Alopochen aegyptiacus (102)
Tadorna cana (103)
Anas sparsa (105)
Anas capensis (106)
Anas erythrorhyncha (108)
Netta erythrophthalma (113)
Sarkidiornis melanotos (115)
Oxyura maccoa (117)
Gyps africanus (123)
Torgos tracheliotus (124)
Milvus migrans (126)
Elanus caeruleus (127)
Aquila verreauxi (131)
Aquila rapax (132)
Aquila nipalensis (133)
Hieraaetus pennatus (136)
Hieraaetus spilogaster (137)
Polemaetus bellicosus (140)
Circaetus cinereus (142)
Circaetus pectoralis (143)
Haliaeetus vocifer (148)
Buteo buteo (149)
Buteo augur (153)
Accipiter minullus (157)
Accipiter badius (159)
Micronisus gabar (161)
Melierax canorus (162)
Circus maurus (168)
Pandion haliaetus (170)
Falco peregrinus (171)
Falco biarmicus (172)
Falco subbuteo (173)
Falco tinnunculus (181)
Falco naumanni (183)
Francolinus levaillantoides (193)
Francolinus adspersus (194)
Francolinus hartlaubi (197)
Francolinus swainsonii (199)
Coturnix coturnix (200)
Coturnix delegorguei (201)
Numida meleagris (203)
Turnix sylvatica (205)
Amaurornis flavirostris (213)
Gallinula chloropus (226)
Gallinula angulata (227)
Fulica cristata (228)
Ardeotis kori (230)
Neotis ludwigii (232)
Eupodotis rueppellii (236)
Eupodotis ruficrista (237)
Eupodotis afraoides
Rostratula benghalensis (242)
Charadrius tricollaris (249)
Vanellus coronatus (255)
Vanellus armatus (258)
Tringa nebularia (270)
Gallinago nigripennis (286)
Himantopus himantopus (295)
Burhinus capensis (297)
Cursorius rufus (299)
Cursorius temminckii (300)
Smutsornis africanus (301)
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (303)
Pterocles namaqua (344)
Pterocles bicinctus (347)
Columba guinea (349)
Streptopelia capicola (354)
Streptopelia senegalensis (355)
Oena capensis (356)
Turtur chalcospilos (358
Poicephalus rueppellii (365)
Agapornis roseicollis (367)
Corythaixoides concolor (373)
Cuculus gularis (375)
Cuculus clamosus (378)
Clamator glandarius (380)
Clamator levaillantii (381)
Clamator jacobinus (382)
Chrysococcyx klaas (385)
Chrysococcyx caprius (386)
Tyto alba (392)
Otus senegalensis (396)
Otus leucotis (397)
Glaucidium perlatum (398)
Bubo africanus (401)
Bubo lacteus (402)
Caprimulgus pectoralis (405)
Caprimulgus rufigena (406)
Caprimulgus tristigma (408)
Apus bradfieldi (413)
Apus caffer (415)
Apus horus (416)
Apus affinis (417)
Apus melba (418)
Cypsiurus parvus (421)
Colius colius (425)
Urocolius indicus (426)
Halcyon leucocephala (436)
Merops apiaster (438)
Merops hirundineus (445)
Coracias garrulus (446)
Coracias caudata (447)
Coracias naevia (449)
Upupa epops (451)
Phoeniculus damarensis (453)
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (454)
Tockus nasutus (457)
Tockus damarensis
Tockus leucomelas (459)
Tockus monteiri (462)
Tricholaema leucomelas (465)
Indicator minor (476)
Dendropicos fuscescens (486)
Thripias namaquus (487)
Mirafra africana (494)
Mirafra africanoides (497)
Mirafra sabota (498)
Certhilauda subcoronata
Ammomanes grayi (514)
Eremopterix verticalis (516)
Hirundo dimidiata (523)
Hirundo cucullata (526)
Hirundo fuligula (529)
Dicrurus adsimilis (541)
Oriolus oriolus (543)
Corvus albus (548)
Parus cinerascens (552)
Parus carpi (555)
Anthoscopus minutus
Turdoides bicolor (563)
Pycnonotus nigricans (567)
Monticola brevipes (583)
Oenanthe monticola (586)
Cercomela familiaris (589)
Cercomela tractrac (590)
Myrmecocichla formicivora (595)
Erythropygia leucophrys (613)
Erythropygia paena (615)
Namibornis herero (618)
Parisoma subcaeruleum (621)
Parisoma layardi (622)
Sylvietta rufescens (651)
Eremomela icteropygialis (653)
Camaroptera brevicaudata
Calamonastes fasciolatus (658)
Archaetops pycnopygius (662)
Cisticola rufilatus (671)
Prinia flavicans (685)
Muscicapa striata (689)
Melaenornis mariquensis (695)
Batis pririt (703)
Terpsiphone viridis (710)
Lanius minor (731)
Lanius collaris (732)
Lanius collurio (733)
Laniarius atrococcineus (739)
Dryoscopus cubla (740)
Nilaus afer (741)
Tchagra australis (743)
Telophorus zeylonus (746)
Lanioturdus torquatus (752)
Prionops plumatus (753)
Eurocephalus anguitimens (756)
Creatophora cinerea (760)
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (761)
Lamprotornis australis (762)
Lamprotornis nitens (764)
Onychognathus nabouroup (770)
Nectarinia mariquensis (779)
Nectarinia fusca (788)
Nectarinia senegalensis (791)
Zosterops pallidus (796)
Bubalornis niger (798)
Plocepasser mahali (799)
Passer domesticus (801)
Passer motitensis (802)
Passer diffusus (804)
Sporopipes squamifrons (806)
Ploceus rubiginosus (812)
Ploceus velatus (814)
Ploceus intermedius (815)
Quelea quelea (821)
Pytilia melba (834)
Lagonosticta senegala (842)
Uraeginthus angolensis (844)
Uraeginthus granatinus (845)
Estrilda astrild (846)
Estrilda erythronotos (847)
Amadina erythrocephala (856)
Vidua regia (861)
Vidua paradisaea (862)
Serinus atrogularis (870)
Serinus flaviventris (878)
Serinus albogularis (879)
Emberiza flaviventris (884)
Emberiza capensis (885)
Emberiza tahapisi (886)
Emberiza impetuani (887)
Stragglers
224 Saddlebilled Stork
225 African Crake
226 American Purple Gallinule
227 African Jacana
228 Common Tern
229 Pennantwinged Nightjar
230 Carmine Bee-eater
231 Black Widowfinch
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (88)
Crex egregia (212)
Porphyrula martinica (225)
Actophilornis africanus (240)
Sterna hirundo (327)
Macrodipteryx vexillaria (410)
Merops nubicoides (441)
Vidua funerea (864)
Namibian Endemics
62 Hartlaub‘s Francolin
74 Rüppel’s Korhaan
96 Rüppell’s Parrot
130 Violet Woodhoopoe
133 Damara Hornbill
135 Monteiro’s Hornbill
153 Carp’s Tit
164 Hereo Chat
171 Rockrunner
186 Whitetailed Shrike
Francolinus hartlaubi (197)
Eupodotis rueppellii (236)
Poicephalus rueppellii (365)
Phoeniculus damarensis (453)
Tockus damarensis
Tockus monteiri (462)
Parus carpi (555)
Namibornis herero (618)
Archaetops pycnopygius (662)
Lanioturdus torquatos (752)
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Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) in typical Erongo boulder landscape.
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The endemic Monteiro’s Hornbill (Tockus monteiri).
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A juvenile African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer).
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A redeyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans).
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A Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta).
A peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
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A hoopoe (Upups epops).
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