ERONGO MOUNTAINS
NAMIBIA
LOCALE
| # Species*: | 213 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 213 |
| # Endemics*: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 11 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Dry mountains, dry scrub, riverine scrub | |
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 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| 2 | (Egyptian Goose) | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 3 | (South African Shelduck) | Tadorna cana | |
| 4 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
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| 5 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 6 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| 7 | Hartlaub's Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi | |
| 8 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
| 9 | Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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| 10 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 11 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 12 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 13 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 14 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 15 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| 16 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| 17 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
| 18 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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| 19 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| 20 | Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii | |
| 21 | Rueppell's Bustard | Heterotetrax rueppelii | |
| 22 | Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
| 23 | White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
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| 24 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | |
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| 25 | (Black Cuckoo) | Cuculus clamosus | |
| 26 | |African Cuckoo| | Cuculus gularis | |
| 27 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 28 | (Levaillant's Cuckoo) | Clamator levaillantii | |
| 29 | (Great Spotted Cuckoo) | Clamator glandarius | |
| 30 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 31 | (Dideric Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 32 | (Fiery-necked Nightjar) | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| 33 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
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| 34 | |Alpine Swift| | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 35 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus | |
| 36 | Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
| 37 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 38 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| 39 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 40 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 41 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
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| 42 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| 43 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 44 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 45 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| 46 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 47 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 48 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 49 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 50 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | |
| 51 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
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| 52 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| 53 | Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
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| 54 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| 55 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
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| 56 | (Great White Pelican) | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
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| 57 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 58 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 59 | (Western Cattle Egret) | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 60 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| 61 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 62 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
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| 63 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 64 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 65 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 66 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 67 | (Wahlberg's Eagle) | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 68 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 69 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 70 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 71 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| 72 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| 73 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 74 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 75 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 76 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 77 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| 78 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 79 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 80 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| 81 | Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| 82 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| 83 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| 84 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
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| 85 | White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| 86 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| 87 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 88 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| 89 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| 90 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 91 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | |
| 92 | Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis | |
| 93 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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| 94 | (Woodland Kingfisher) | Halcyon senegalensis | |
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| 95 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| 96 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
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| 97 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| 98 | (Rufous-crowned Roller) | Coracias naevius | |
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| 99 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| 100 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
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| 101 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| 102 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| 103 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 104 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| 105 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| 106 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| 107 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| 108 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| 109 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| 110 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 111 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
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| 112 | <Rueppell's Parrot> | Poicephalus rueppellii | |
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| 113 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus | |
| 114 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus | |
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| 115 | White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus | |
| 116 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| 117 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 118 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 119 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 120 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
| 121 | Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
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| 122 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 123 | (African Paradise-Flycatcher) | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 124 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 125 | /Lesser Gray Shrike/ | Lanius minor | |
| 126 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| 127 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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| 128 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 129 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 130 | Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi | |
| 131 | Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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| 132 | Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| 133 | Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| 134 | Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | |
| 135 | Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| 136 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| 137 | Stark's Lark | Spizocorys starki | |
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| 138 | Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| 139 | Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius | |
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| 140 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 141 | Yellow-rumped Eremomela | Eremomela gregalis | |
| 142 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| 143 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 144 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| 145 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 146 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 147 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| 148 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina | |
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| 149 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 150 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 151 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| 152 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 153 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 154 | (Greater Striped Swallow) | Cecropis cucullata | |
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| 155 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| 156 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| 157 | Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | |
| 158 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | |
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| 159 | Bare-cheeked Babbler | Turdoides gymnogenys | |
| 160 | Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
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| 161 | (Wattled Starling) | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 162 | (Violet-backed Starling) | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 163 | Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
| 164 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| 165 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| 166 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
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| 167 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata | |
| 168 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| 169 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| 170 | Herero Chat | Melaenornis herero | |
| 171 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| 172 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 173 | Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| 174 | Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | |
| 175 | Tractrac Chat | Emarginata tractrac | |
| 176 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| 177 | Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| 178 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 179 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| 180 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| 181 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 182 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 183 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| 184 | <Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver> | Bubalornis niger | |
| 185 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| 186 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 187 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| 188 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 189 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| 190 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| 191 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea | |
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| 192 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| 193 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 194 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| 195 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| 196 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| 197 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
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| 198 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| 199 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
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| 200 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 201 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| 202 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| 203 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
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| 204 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 205 | Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | |
| 206 | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
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| 207 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| 208 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| 209 | White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
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| 210 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| 211 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
| 212 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| 213 | 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 | 16 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 2 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 2 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 18 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 1 |
| V | Vulnerable | 1 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
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.