WATERBERG PLATEAU
NAMIBIA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 40,549 |
| Altitude (m): | 1650-1700 |
| # Species*: | 170 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 170 |
| # Endemics*: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 5 |
| Species/100 ha*: | 0.4 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Open grassland, savanna woodland, springs | |
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-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| 2 | (Knob-billed Duck) | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 3 | African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
| 4 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
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| 5 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 6 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| 7 | Orange River Francolin | Scleroptera levaillantoides | |
| 8 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| 9 | Hartlaub's Francolin | Pternistis hartlaubi | |
| 10 | Red-billed Francolin | Pternistis adspersus | |
| 11 | Swainson's Francolin | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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| 12 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 13 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 14 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| 15 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| 16 | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
| 17 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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| 18 | Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | |
| 19 | White-quilled Bustard | Eupodotis afraoides | |
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| 20 | Gray Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor | |
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| 21 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| 22 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 23 | (Great Spotted Cuckoo) | Clamator glandarius | |
| 24 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 25 | (Dideric Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 26 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
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| 27 | |Alpine Swift| | Apus melba | |
| 28 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus | |
| 29 | Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
| 30 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 31 | African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 32 | (Lesser Moorhen) | Gallinula angulata | |
| 33 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 34 | Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
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| 35 | African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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| 36 | Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus | |
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| 37 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 38 | |Abdim's Stork| | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 39 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| 40 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| 41 | White-backed Night-Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | |
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| 42 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 43 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| 44 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 45 | Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | |
| 46 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| 47 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 48 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 49 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 50 | (Wahlberg's Eagle) | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 51 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 52 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 53 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 54 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| 55 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| 56 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 57 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 58 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 59 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| 60 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius | |
| 61 | African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| 62 | Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
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| 63 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 64 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| 65 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
| 66 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| 67 | African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
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| 68 | White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
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| 69 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 70 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| 71 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| 72 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| 73 | Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi | |
| 74 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 75 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | |
| 76 | Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris | |
| 77 | Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis | |
| 78 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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| 79 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
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| 80 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| 81 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
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| 82 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| 83 | (Rufous-crowned Roller) | Coracias naevius | |
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| 84 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| 85 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| 86 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Chloropicus fuscescens | |
| 87 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| 88 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| 89 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| 90 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 91 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| 92 | /Amur Falcon/ | Falco amurensis | |
| 93 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 94 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
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| 95 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
| 96 | <Rueppell's Parrot> | Poicephalus rueppellii | |
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| 97 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| 98 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| 99 | White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| 100 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 101 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 102 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 103 | Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor | |
| 104 | Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| 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 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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| 111 | Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger | |
| 112 | Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi | |
| 113 | Rufous-bellied Tit | Melaniparus rufiventris | |
| 114 | Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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| 115 | African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
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| 116 | Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| 117 | Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius | |
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| 118 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 119 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| 120 | Gray-backed Camaroptera** | Camaroptera brevicaudata | |
| 121 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| 122 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 123 | Rufous-winged Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
| 124 | Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| 125 | Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
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| 126 | Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | |
| 127 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina | |
| 128 | /Marsh Warbler/ | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| 129 | /Great Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| 130 | /River Warbler/ | Locustella fluviatilis | |
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| 131 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 132 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 133 | (Greater Striped Swallow) | Cecropis cucullata | |
| 134 | (Lesser Striped Swallow) | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| 135 | /Common House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
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| 136 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| 137 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| 138 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| 139 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | |
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| 140 | Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
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| 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 | Psophocichla litsitsirupa | |
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| 146 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata | |
| 147 | Mariqua Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| 148 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| 149 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| 150 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 151 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| 152 | Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| 153 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| 154 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 155 | Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 156 | White-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
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| 157 | <Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver> | Bubalornis niger | |
| 158 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 159 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| 160 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| 161 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
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| 162 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| 163 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 164 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| 165 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| 166 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
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| 167 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| 168 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
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| 169 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
| 170 | 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
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |