KATIMA-MULILO
NAMIBIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 332 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 332 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 0 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | |White-faced Whistling-Duck| | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 2 | |Fulvous Whistling-Duck| | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| 3 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus |
| 4 | (Knob-billed Duck) | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| 5 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| 6 | African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus |
| 7 | |Blue-billed Teal| | Spatula hottentota |
| 8 | |Yellow-billed Duck| | Anas undulata |
| 9 | (Red-billed Duck) | Anas erythrorhyncha |
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| 10 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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| 11 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena |
| 12 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus |
| 13 | Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii |
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| 14 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 15 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 16 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 17 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 18 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 19 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 20 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 21 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus |
| 22 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli |
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| 23 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor |
| 24 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi |
| 25 | Livingstone's Turaco | Tauraco livingstonii |
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| 26 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 27 | (Black Cuckoo) | Cuculus clamosus |
| 28 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus |
| 29 | |African Cuckoo| | Cuculus gularis |
| 30 | |Black Coucal| | Centropus grillii |
| 31 | Coppery-tailed Coucal | Centropus cupreicaudus |
| 32 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis |
| 33 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 34 | Burchell's Coucal | Centropus burchellii |
| 35 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus |
| 36 | (Levaillant's Cuckoo) | Clamator levaillantii |
| 37 | (Great Spotted Cuckoo) | Clamator glandarius |
| 38 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 39 | (African Emerald Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| 40 | (Dideric Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx caprius |
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| 41 | (Pennant-winged Nightjar) | Caprimulgus vexillarius |
| 42 | (Fiery-necked Nightjar) | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
| 43 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
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| 44 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus |
| 45 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 46 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 47 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 48 | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens |
| 49 | |African Crake| | Crecopsis egregia |
| 50 | Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana |
| 51 | (Lesser Moorhen) | Gallinula angulata |
| 52 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 53 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 54 | (Allen's Gallinule) | Porphyrio alleni |
| 55 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis |
| 56 | (Striped Crake) | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis |
| 57 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
| 58 | Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla |
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| 59 | Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa |
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| 60 | African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis |
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| 61 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
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| 62 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
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| 63 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 64 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 65 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
| 66 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| 67 | White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps |
| 68 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| 69 | White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus |
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| 70 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 71 | Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis |
| 72 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
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| 73 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| 74 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
| 75 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 76 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| 77 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 78 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 79 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 80 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax |
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| 81 | (Bronze-winged Courser) | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus |
| 82 | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus |
| 83 | (Rock Pratincole) | Glareola nuchalis |
| 84 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
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| 85 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| 86 | (African Skimmer) | Rynchops flavirostris |
| 87 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 88 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
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| 89 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 90 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
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| 91 | (African Openbill) | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 92 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii |
| 93 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
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| 94 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
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| 95 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
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| 96 | (Glossy Ibis) | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 97 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
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| 98 | (Dwarf Bittern) | Botaurus sturmii |
| 99 | Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus |
| 100 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 101 | |Slaty Egret| | Egretta vinaceigula |
| 102 | |Black Heron| | Egretta ardesiaca |
| 103 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 104 | White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus |
| 105 | Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla |
| 106 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris |
| 107 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 108 | (Western Cattle-Egret) | Bubulcus ibis |
| 109 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 110 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 111 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 112 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 113 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
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| 114 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 115 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 116 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 117 | African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides |
| 118 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 119 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 120 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 121 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 122 | Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| 123 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 124 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina |
| 125 | (Wahlberg's Eagle) | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 126 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
| 127 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 128 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| 129 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 130 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 131 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 132 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii |
| 133 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus |
| 134 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis |
| 135 | Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus |
| 136 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| 137 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus |
| 138 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 139 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 140 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
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| 141 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 142 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| 143 | Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti |
| 144 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| 145 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli |
| 146 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| 147 | African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense |
| 148 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
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| 149 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus |
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| 150 | Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
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| 151 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 152 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
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| 153 | Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi |
| 154 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 155 | Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris |
| 156 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas |
| 157 | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
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| 158 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| 159 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 160 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
| 161 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus |
| 162 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
| 163 | (Southern Carmine Bee-eater) | Merops nubicoides |
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| 164 | Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata |
| 165 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 166 | (African Pygmy Kingfisher) | Ispidina picta |
| 167 | (Gray-headed Kingfisher) | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 168 | (Woodland Kingfisher) | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 169 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| 170 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 171 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 172 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 173 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 174 | Racket-tailed Roller | Coracias spatulatus |
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| 175 | Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
| 176 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| 177 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus |
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| 178 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
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| 179 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus |
| 180 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 181 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii |
| 182 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
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| 183 | Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni |
| 184 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| 185 | /Amur Falcon/ | Falco amurensis |
| 186 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo |
| 187 | |African Hobby| | Falco cuvierii |
| 188 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| 189 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 190 | Black-cheeked Lovebird | Agapornis nigrigenis |
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| 191 | Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus fuscicollis |
| 192 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
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| 193 | White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis |
| 194 | |Black Cuckooshrike| | Campephaga flava |
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| 195 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus |
| 196 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
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| 197 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
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| 198 | White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| 199 | Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii |
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| 200 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 201 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 202 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 203 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 204 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 205 | Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor |
| 206 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus |
| 207 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
| 208 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
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| 209 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 210 | (African Paradise-Flycatcher) | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 211 | Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleuca |
| 212 | Souza's Shrike | Lanius souzae |
| 213 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens |
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| 214 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 215 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 216 | Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger |
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| 217 | African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli |
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| 218 | |Dusky Lark| | Pinarocorys nigricans |
| 219 | Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina |
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| 220 | Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis |
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| 221 | Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
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| 222 | Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops |
| 223 | Miombo Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes undosus |
| 224 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 225 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 226 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 227 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 228 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 229 | Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus |
| 230 | Luapula Cisticola | Cisticola luapula |
| 231 | Chirping Cisticola | Cisticola pipiens |
| 232 | Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla |
| 233 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
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| 234 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina |
| 235 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| 236 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 237 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| 238 | Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens |
| 239 | /Great Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
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| 240 | Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala |
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| 241 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| 242 | |Banded Martin| | Neophedina cincta |
| 243 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia |
| 244 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 245 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 246 | |White-throated Swallow| | Hirundo albigularis |
| 247 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 248 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 249 | (Lesser Striped Swallow) | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 250 | (Rufous-chested Swallow) | Cecropis semirufa |
| 251 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
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| 252 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 253 | Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris |
| 254 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| 255 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans |
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| 256 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
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| 257 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin |
| 258 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea |
| 259 | /Greater Whitethroat/ | Curruca communis |
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| 260 | Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni |
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| 261 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| 262 | Hartlaub's Babbler | Turdoides hartlaubii |
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| 263 | (Wattled Starling) | Creatophora cinerea |
| 264 | (Violet-backed Starling) | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 265 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis |
| 266 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus |
| 267 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| 268 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens |
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| 269 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa |
| 270 | Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana |
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| 271 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata |
| 272 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis |
| 273 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 274 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbeus |
| 275 | Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens |
| 276 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| 277 | Bearded Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon quadrivirgata |
| 278 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 279 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 280 | Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| 281 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| 282 | Arnot's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti |
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| 283 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 284 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| 285 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 286 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 287 | Shelley's Sunbird | Cinnyris shelleyi |
| 288 | Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus |
| 289 | White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala |
| 290 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus |
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| 291 | &Red-billed Buffalo-Weaverl | Bubalornis niger |
| 292 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 293 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 294 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 295 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 296 | Southern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus xanthopterus |
| 297 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| 298 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 299 | Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops |
| 300 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea |
| 301 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 302 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| 303 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| 304 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
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| 305 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 306 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos |
| 307 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 308 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| 309 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata |
| 310 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina |
| 311 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| 312 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 313 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 314 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
| 315 | Brown Firefinch | Lagonosticta nitidula |
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| 316 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 317 | Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa |
| 318 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 319 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia |
| 320 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
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| 321 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| 322 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus |
| 323 | Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis superciliaris |
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| 324 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| 325 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 326 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 327 | Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni |
| 328 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| 329 | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis |
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| 330 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 331 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis |
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| 332 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 31 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 14 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 31 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 5 |
| [] | Accidental | 3 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 2 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 3 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.