OMARURU
NAMIBIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 190 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 190 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 8 |
| 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 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
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| 4 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 5 | Hartlaub's Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi | |
| 6 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
| 7 | Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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| 8 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 9 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 10 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 11 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 12 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 13 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| 14 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| 15 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
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| 16 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| 17 | Rueppell's Bustard | Heterotetrax rueppelii | |
| 18 | Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
| 19 | White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
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| 20 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | |
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| 21 | (Black Cuckoo) | Cuculus clamosus | |
| 22 | |African Cuckoo| | Cuculus gularis | |
| 23 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| 24 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 25 | (Great Spotted Cuckoo) | Clamator glandarius | |
| 26 | (Dideric Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 27 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
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| 28 | |Alpine Swift| | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 29 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus | |
| 30 | Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
| 31 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 32 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| 33 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 34 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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| 35 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 36 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 37 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 38 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| 39 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 40 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 41 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 42 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 43 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 44 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| 45 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| 46 | Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
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| 47 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii | |
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| 48 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| 49 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 50 | (Western Cattle Egret) | Bubulcus ibis | |
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| 51 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 52 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 53 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 54 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| 55 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 56 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 57 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 58 | (Wahlberg's Eagle) | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 59 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 60 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 61 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 62 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| 63 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| 64 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 65 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 66 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 67 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 68 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| 69 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 70 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 71 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| 72 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| 73 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
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| 74 | White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| 75 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| 76 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 77 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| 78 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| 79 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 80 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | |
| 81 | Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis | |
| 82 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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| 83 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| 84 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
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| 85 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| 86 | (Rufous-crowned Roller) | Coracias naevius | |
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| 87 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
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| 88 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
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| 89 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 90 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| 91 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| 92 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| 93 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| 94 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| 95 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| 96 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 97 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
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| 98 | <Rueppell's Parrot> | Poicephalus rueppellii | |
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| 99 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| 100 | White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus | |
| 101 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| 102 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 103 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 104 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 105 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
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| 106 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 107 | (African Paradise-Flycatcher) | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 108 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 109 | /Lesser Gray Shrike/ | Lanius minor | |
| 110 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| 111 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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| 112 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 113 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 114 | Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi | |
| 115 | Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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| 116 | Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| 117 | |Dusky Lark| | Pinarocorys nigricans | |
| 118 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| 119 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
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| 120 | Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| 121 | Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius | |
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| 122 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 123 | Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | |
| 124 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| 125 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 126 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| 127 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 128 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| 129 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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| 130 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 131 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| 132 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 133 | (Greater Striped Swallow) | Cecropis cucullata | |
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| 134 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| 135 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| 136 | Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | |
| 137 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | |
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| 138 | Bare-cheeked Babbler | Turdoides gymnogenys | |
| 139 | Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
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| 140 | (Wattled Starling) | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 141 | (Violet-backed Starling) | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 142 | Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
| 143 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| 144 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| 145 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
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| 146 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata | |
| 147 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| 148 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| 149 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| 150 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 151 | Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| 152 | Tractrac Chat | Emarginata tractrac | |
| 153 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| 154 | Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| 155 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 156 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| 157 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 158 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 159 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| 160 | <Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver> | Bubalornis niger | |
| 161 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| 162 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 163 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| 164 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 165 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| 166 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| 167 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea | |
| 168 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
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| 169 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| 170 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| 171 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| 172 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| 173 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
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| 174 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| 175 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
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| 176 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 177 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| 178 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| 179 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
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| 180 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 181 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 182 | Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | |
| 183 | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
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| 184 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| 185 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| 186 | White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
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| 187 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| 188 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
| 189 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| 190 | 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 | 15 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 3 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 2 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 13 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 1 |
| V | Vulnerable | 1 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| 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.