Namibia 2018
19 August 2018 – 08 September 2018
Combined Family Holiday and Birding Trip
Visited Sites
- Daan Viljoen Game Reserve 19 August 2018 – 21 August 2018
- Tsauchab River Camp 21 August 2018 – 23 August 2018
- Sossusvlei 22 August 2018
- Langstrand 23 August 2018 – 28 August 2018
- Solitaire 23 August 2018
- Namib-Naukluft NP 23 August 2018
- Swakopmund 24 August 2018 – 28 August 2018
- Welwitschia Drive 24 August 2018
- Goanikontes Oasis 24 August 2018
- Swakopmund Salt Works 24 August 2018
- Rooibank 26 August 2018
- Cape Cross 26 August 2018
- Walvis Bay Salt Pans 27 August 2018
- Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise 27 August 2018
- Grosse Spitzkoppe NR 28 August 2018 – 29 August 2018
- Omandumba Bush Camp 29 August 2018 – 31 August 2018
- Okaukuejo Camp 31 August 2018 – 02 September 2018
- Halali 02 September 2018 – 04 September 2018
- Namutoni 04 September 2018 – 06 September 2018
General Travelling Information
Namibia is a well established holiday destination for independent travelers. Flights, rental cars, accomodation, money, food is readily available and of western standard. We opted for a combination of camping, bush camps and AirBnB accomodation, which was booked easily on the internet. The itinary was a hybrid of activities to keep the family happy (two daughters 12 and 10 years) and to maximize the number of target species (lifers). Camping is not recommended in Windhuk that time of the year, as the nights were very cold. It was ok in other parts of the country, especially in Etosha. It was warm to hot during the day from Spitzkoppe to Etosha, but generally quite cold at the coast. Security was never an issue.
4WD is recommended: I got stuck twice in sand (beach in Swakopmund and Rooibank). We had a big Ford SUV and I assumed, that it was 4WD, but wasn't !! Keep that in mind and make sure you get one, when you pick up the rental car. Having said that, it is ok without 4WD if you stay away from loose sand, but make sure to have high clearance. A bigger car is also more comfortable on the gravel roads, especially when crossing the Namib-Naukluft NP.
I used my own TomTom for navigation using GPS data extracted from ebird and trip reports.
Recommended Literature
- Sasol Birds of Southern Africa (Sinclair et al.)
- Roberts Bird Guide - superior, but purchased AFTER trip
- Smithers Mammals of Southern Africa - mediocre
- Snakes and other reptiles of Southern Africa (Bill Branch) - mediocre as field guide - there are better ones, but more expensive
- Southern African Birdfinder (Cohen et al.)
- ebird and trip reports (cloudbirder.com) for statistics on sites and target species
- xeno-canto for downloads of calls/songs onto phone
- Lonely Planet Botswana and Namibia
- HBW to familiarize myself with target species
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my wife for providing the photos of this report - she is the wildlife photographer on our travels !!
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
We stayed here the first two nights in Namibia. We stayed in a tent, but due to the very cold nights that time of the year, this is not recommended.
We birded the general area around campsite and restaurant (water hole and playground with water and lots of birds), the dam, the wildlife drive and walking tracks. A map is provided at check-in.
How to get there
-22.537977, 16.943678
Facilities & accommodation
camp site and chalets - quite expensive chalets, that's why we opted for camping - spotless facilities (but we were the only campers) - restaurant highly recommended - too cold to use swimming pools that time of the year
Other wildlife observed
- Rock Hyrax
- Chacma Baboon
- Black-tailed Tree Rat
- Banded Mongoose
- Common Warthog
- Giraffe
- Red Hartebeest
- Blue Wildebeest
- Kalahari Springbok
- Common Eland
- Zambezi Kudu
- Gemsbok
- Black-faced Impala
- Namibian Rock Agama
- Turners Thick-toed Gecko
Tsauchab River Camp
We stayed here for two nights almost by accident, as we needed some accomodation near Sossusvlei and didn't find anything close. Very nice rest camp - scrap metal art works and tame Springboks - birding best along dry riverbed and at the main building with open water
Target species
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Karoo Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas coryphoeus
How to get there
long and bumpy trip from Windhuk, but interesting
-24.444060, 16.170336
Facilities & accommodation
tent site with lots of character (toilet and shower built into trees) - very good restaurant (booking essential) -
Other wildlife observed
- Chacma Baboon
- Cape Hare
- South African Groundsquirrel
- Yellow Mongoose
- Cape Fox
- Black-backed Jackal
- Kalahari Springbok
- Gemsbok
Sossusvlei
well known tourist spot - visited Deadvlei and Dune 45 - entrance fee
How to get there
entrance to National Park -24.486553, 15.799232
Facilities & accommodation
restaurant at entrance - shuttle service to Deadvlei from last car park (recommended)
Other wildlife observed
- Kalahari Springbok
- Gemsbok
- Striped Skink
- Anchietas Desert Lizard
Namib-Naukluft NP
very long and very impressive drive - no facilities between Solitaire and Walvis Bay
Other wildlife observed
- South African Ground Squirrel
- Black-backed Jackal
- Mountain Zebra
- Kalahari Springbok
- Gemsbok
Solitaire
stop for lunch and petrol between Tsauchap and coast before transversing the Namib-Naukluft Park - well known tourist spot, worth a stop
How to get there
-23.893864, 16.006681
Facilities & accommodation
restaurant - petrol - toilets
Langstrand
We stayed here for 5 nights in an AirBnB flat. Perfect location between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund - right at the beach
How to get there
-22.815976, 14.543017
Facilities & accommodation
petrol station with decent supermarket - but bigger towns close
Other wildlife observed
- Afro-australian Fur Seal
- Bottlenosed Dolphin
Welwitschia Drive
permit needed from NWR in Swakopmund office
How to get there
start here -22.741130, 14.669218
Facilities & accommodation
Goanikontes Oasis as lunch stop highly recommended
Goanikontes Oasis
nice oasis and rest stop from Welwitschia Drive
How to get there
-22.663457, 14.814879
Facilities & accommodation
good restaurant in nice setting
Swakopmund Salt Works
drive along salines
Target species
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Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi
How to get there
-22.585110, 14.524055
Swakopmund
You need a permit for Welwitschia Drive from Namibia Wildlife Resorts office
Target species
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Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus
city parks in Swakopmund
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Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac
Living Desert Tour
How to get there
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) at -22.678668, 14.523946 to get permit for Welwitschia Drive
Facilities & accommodation
shopping malls - restaurants - Namibia Wildlife Resorts for permits
Local guides
Guided Living Desert Tour http://www.tommys.iway.na/ highly recommended
Other wildlife observed
- Anchietas Desert Lizard
- Namaqua Chameleon
- Web-footed Gecko
- Fitzsimons Burrowing Skink
Cape Cross
huge and smelly Seal Colony - nice drive along Skeleton Coast
How to get there
-21.771637, 13.952549
Facilities & accommodation
good restaurant at close by Cape Cross Lodge
Other wildlife observed
- Afro-australian Fur Seal
- Black-backed Jackal
Rooibank
classical site for Dune Lark at -23.188107, 14.646934
Target species
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Dune Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys
unsuccessfully
How to get there
drive to -23.177585, 14.650141 - park on main road and walk in - I drove in and got stuck at -23.179472, 14.648194 at the first attempt and wasted almost two hours trying to get out with local help and slowly driving back to Walvis Bay on flat tyres - I parked on main road the next morning and walked in, but without success regarding Dune Lark !!
Walvis Bay Salt Pans
extensive mud flats - easy access by driving along dykes
How to get there
-23.013157, 14.428058
Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
Target species
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Cape Gannet Morus capensis
Local guides
With MolaMola Safaris https://mola-namibia.com/ - recommended
Other wildlife observed
- Afro-australian Fur Seal
- Bottlenosed Dolphin
- Heaviside Dolphin
Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
we camped here for 1 night - very nice birding around rocks on foot - don't put your tent up in a wind channel between rocks, as it gets very windy at night (at least our tent was flattended and we had to abandon it in the middle of the night)
Target species
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White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus
common
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Herero Chat Melaenornis herero
unsuccessfully
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White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
Facilities & accommodation
good open air restaurant (booking recommended) - basic, but clean facilities
Other wildlife observed
- Bushveld Elephant Shrew
- Rock Hyrax
- Damara Groundsquirrel
- Namibian Rock Agama
Omandumba Bush Camp
We stayed two nights in this very nice bush camp with lovely safari tents - very nice hosts - breakfast and lunch very good and in a very family-like atmosphere - guided rock art drive - nearby Living San Museum recommended - birding around main house very rewarding as waste water attracts a lot of birds - nearby escarpment for rock specialties
Target species
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Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi
escarpment west of camp
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Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius
escarpment west of camp
How to get there
-21.542113, 15.544639
Local guides
- rock art drive
- Living San Museum
Other wildlife observed
- Chacma Baboon
- Dassie Rat
- Damara Ground Squirrel
- Sundevalls Round-leaf Bat
- Kalahari Springbok
- Angolan Klipspringer
- Zambezi Kudu
- Wedge-snouted Skink
- Namaqua Sand Lizard
- Boultons Day Gecko
- Turners Thick-toed Gecko
- Barking Gecko
Okaukuejo Camp
We stayed 2 nights. Birding around camp, local waterhole, nearby waterholes on self-drive safaris, edge of Etosha pan and especially along road leading north (Lark-sites).
Target species
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Eastern Clapper Lark Mirafra fasciolata
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Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
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Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis
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Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
Facilities & accommodation
toilets and shower blocks spotless - evening diners have to be pre-booked, good, but expensive - water hole at night excellent - good pool -
Other wildlife observed
- African Savanna Elephant
- Bushveld Elephant Shrew
- South African Ground Squirrel
- Bushveld Gerbil
- Black-tailed Tree Rat
- Cape Serotine
- Sundevalls Round-leaf Bat
- Lion
- Yellow Mongoose
- Banded Mongoose
- Spotted Hyena
- Black-backed Jackal
- Plains Zebra
- Black Rhinoceros
- Common Warthog
- Giraffe
- Red Hartebeest
- Blue Wildebeest
- Kalahari Springbok
- Zambezi Kudu
- Gemsbok
- Black-faced Impala
- Kalahari Tree Skink
- Striped Skink
- Etosha Agama
- Turners Thick-toed Gecko
Halali
Stayed two nights camping. Birding in campsite (watered lawns), Signal Hill, local water hole, nearby water holes on self-drive safari.
Target species
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African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis
camp well known site for roosts, but could not gain exact information - asked two people working there, who had no idea - parasitizing birding groups might be good strategy !
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Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
camp well known site for roosts, but could not gain exact information - asked two people working there, who had no idea - parasitizing birding groups might be good strategy !
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Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
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White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
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Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys
Facilities & accommodation
spotless facilities - good restaurant - excellent pool - excellent water hole at night
Other wildlife observed
- African Savanna Elephant
- Smiths Bush Squirrel
- Cape Hare
- Cape Serotine
- Common Genet
- Banded Mongoose
- Spotted Hyena
- Black-backed Jackal
- Bat-eared Fox
- Plains Zebra
- Black Rhinoceros
- Giraffe
- Blue Wildebeest
- Kalahari Springbok
- Steenbok
- Zambezi Kudu
- Gemsbok
- Black-faced Impala
- Striped Skink
- Ground Agama
- Common Marsh Terrapin
Namutoni
Stayed two nights camping - birding at camp site (big open area around fort) - reeds along water hole - self-drive safari, especially Andoni Plains north of camp
Target species
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Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
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Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus
Andoni Plains
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Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
Facilities & accommodation
again excellent facilities - but water hole at night the least productive in Etosha
Other wildlife observed
- African Savanna Elephant
- Lion
- Banded Mongoose
- Spotted Hyena
- Black-backed Jackal
- Honey Badger
- Plains Zebra
- Black Rhinoceros
- Common Warthog
- Giraffe
- Blue Wildebeest
- Kalahari Springbok
- Damara Dik-dik
- Steenbok
- Common Eland
- Zambezi Kudu
- Gemsbok
- Black-faced Impala
- Peters Thread Snake
- Striped Skink
- Etosha Agama
- Turners Thick-toed Gecko
Species List
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Common Ostrich Struthio camelus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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South African Shelduck Tadorna cana details sounds
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enroute
2018-08-23 2 ind.
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Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Cape Teal Anas capensis details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Halali
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Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Swakopmund
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena details sounds
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Namutoni
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Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi details sounds
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Omandumba Bush Camp
2018-08-31 ≈ 1 ind. (heard only)
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Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii details sounds
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Halali
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Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus details sounds
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Swakopmund
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
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Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis details sounds
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Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia (Feral Pigeon) details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Sossusvlei
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Langstrand
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Swakopmund
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Rooibank
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
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Halali
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enroute
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Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Sossusvlei
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Langstrand
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Swakopmund
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Welwitschia Drive
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Rooibank
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Cape Cross
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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enroute
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Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Langstrand
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Swakopmund
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Rooibank
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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enroute
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Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos details sounds
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Namutoni
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Namaqua Dove Oena capensis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Langstrand
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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enroute
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Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua details sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli details sounds
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Namutoni
2018-09-05 2 ind.
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Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Rüppell's Bustard Heterotetrax rueppelii details sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
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enroute
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Red-crested Bustard Lophotis ruficrista details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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enroute
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White-quilled Bustard Afrotis afraoides details sounds
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Okaukuejo Camp
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enroute
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Gray Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Sossusvlei
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Rooibank
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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enroute
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Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis details sounds
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Namutoni
2018-09-06 1 ind.
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Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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enroute
2018-08-19 ≥ 20 ind.
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Little Swift Apus affinis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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enroute
2018-08-19 ≥ 20 ind.
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Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Namutoni
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Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra details sounds
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Namutoni
2018-09-04 1 ind.
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Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus details sounds
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Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Namutoni
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Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Namutoni
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African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini details sounds
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Langstrand
2018-08-24 1 ind. scoped from kitchen table
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Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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enroute
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Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus details sounds
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Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Common Redshank Tringa totanus details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Ruff Calidris pugnax details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Namutoni
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Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Sanderling Calidris alba details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Little Stint Calidris minuta details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Namutoni
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Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus details sounds
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus details sounds
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Namutoni
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Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii details sounds
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Langstrand
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Cape Cross
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
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Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus details sounds
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Langstrand
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Swakopmund
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Cape Cross
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
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Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Common Tern Sterna hirundo details sounds
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii details sounds
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Langstrand
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis details sounds
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Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
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Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer details sounds
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Cape Gannet Morus capensis details sounds
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Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus details sounds
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Langstrand
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Swakopmund
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Cape Cross
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
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Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus details sounds
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Langstrand
2018-08-24 2 ind.
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Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis details sounds
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Langstrand
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Swakopmund
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Cape Cross
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
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Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo details sounds
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Langstrand
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Swakopmund
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Cape Cross
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
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Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
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Striated Heron Butorides striata details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Gray Heron Ardea cinerea details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Namutoni
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Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala details sounds
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Halali
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Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius details sounds
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Namutoni
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Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos details sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus details sounds
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis details sounds
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Halali
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Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax details sounds
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Halali
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Namutoni
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African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster details sounds
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Halali
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Pale Chanting-Goshawk Melierax canorus details sounds
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Sossusvlei
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Namutoni
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Barn Owl Tyto alba details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp (heard only)
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Halali (heard only)
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African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis details sounds
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Halali (heard only)
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Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus details sounds
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Omandumba Bush Camp
around our cabin after diner
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Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum details sounds
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White-backed Mousebird Colius colius details sounds
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus details sounds
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Omandumba Bush Camp
2018-08-30 ≥ 5 ind.
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Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis details sounds
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Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris details sounds
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Namutoni
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Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas details sounds
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis details sounds
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus details sounds
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Pririt Batis Batis pririt details sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus details sounds
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Halali
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Brubru Nilaus afer details sounds
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis details sounds
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Crimson-breasted Gonolek Laniarius atrococcineus details sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris details sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens details sounds
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Halali
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Cape Crow Corvus capensis details sounds
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Sossusvlei
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Pied Crow Corvus albus details sounds
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Langstrand
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Cape Cross
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Carp's Tit Melaniparus carpi details sounds
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Omandumba Bush Camp
2018-08-31 2 ind.
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Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Southern Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus minutus details sounds
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata details sounds
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Halali
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Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi details sounds
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis details sounds
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Halali
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Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Sossusvlei
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Eastern Clapper Lark Mirafra fasciolata details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
2018-09-01 1 ind. flight song
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Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea details sounds
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Cape Crombec Sylvietta rufescens details sounds
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius details sounds
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Omandumba Bush Camp
2018-08-31 1 ind.
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Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis details sounds
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura details sounds
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans details sounds
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis details sounds
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Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana details sounds
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Red-headed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla details sounds
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Namutoni
2018-09-06 2 ind. didn't expect that species this far up north, but appearance and calls were distinctive
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Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus details sounds
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Namutoni
2018-09-05 1 ind.
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Plain Martin Riparia paludicola details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Sossusvlei
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Welwitschia Drive
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Rooibank
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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enroute
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Rufous-chested Swallow Cecropis semirufa details sounds
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Black-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Sossusvlei
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Langstrand
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Rooibank
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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enroute
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Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus details sounds
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Swakopmund
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys details sounds
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Halali
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Southern Pied-Babbler Turdoides bicolor details sounds
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Namutoni
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Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis details sounds
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Namutoni
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Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Sossusvlei
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Namutoni
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Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis details sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Sossusvlei
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus details sounds
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Karoo Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas coryphoeus details sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Kalahari Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas paena details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys details sounds
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Halali
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Short-toed Rock-Thrush Monticola brevipes details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Karoo Chat Emarginata schlegelii details sounds
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Sossusvlei
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac details sounds
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Southern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora details sounds
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Sossusvlei
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Mountain Wheatear Myrmecocichla monticola details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Sossusvlei
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Sossusvlei
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Rooibank
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis details sounds
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Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis details sounds
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus details sounds
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger details sounds
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Namutoni
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Scaly Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons details sounds
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Sossusvlei
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius details sounds
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Solitaire
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius details sounds
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Namutoni
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Southern Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Rooibank
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos details sounds
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild details sounds
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina details sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Southern Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Namutoni
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Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Namutoni
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Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Halali
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Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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House Sparrow Passer domesticus details sounds
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Sossusvlei (Introduced)
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Langstrand (Introduced)
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Solitaire (Introduced)
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Swakopmund (Introduced)
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Rooibank (Introduced)
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Okaukuejo Camp (Introduced)
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Halali (Introduced)
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Namutoni (Introduced)
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enroute
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Great Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus details sounds
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Rooibank
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Langstrand
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Swakopmund
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Goanikontes Oasis
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Swakopmund Salt Works
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Rooibank
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Cape Cross
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
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Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis details sounds
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Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Namutoni
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Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis details sounds
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Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Rooibank
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Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani details sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Sossusvlei
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi details sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
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Last updated: 07 April 2019