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
- 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
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
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
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
- 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
-
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 Dolphin Cruise
Target species
- 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
Walvis Bay Salt Pans
extensive mud flats - easy access by driving along dykes
How to get there
-23.013157, 14.428058
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
-
White-tailed Shrike
Lanioturdus torquatus
common
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Herero Chat
Melaenornis herero
unsuccessfully
- 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
- Eastern Clapper Lark Mirafra fasciolata
- Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
- Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis
- 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 !
- Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- 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
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
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Blue Crane
Anthropoides paradiseus
Andoni Plains
- 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
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
-
Okaukuejo Camp
-
Halali
-
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
-
Swakopmund Salt Works
-
Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Okaukuejo Camp
-
Namutoni
-
-
Red-billed Duck
Anas erythrorhyncha
details
sounds
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
-
Halali
-
-
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
details
sounds
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
-
Swakopmund
-
Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
-
Omandumba Bush Camp
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Halali
-
Namutoni
-
-
Crested Francolin
Ortygornis sephaena
details
sounds
-
Namutoni
-
-
Hartlaub's Spurfowl
Pternistis hartlaubi
details
sounds
-
Omandumba Bush Camp
2018-08-31 ≈ 1 ind. (heard only)
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Red-billed Spurfowl
Pternistis adspersus
details
sounds
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
-
Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
-
Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
-
Halali
-
-
Swainson's Spurfowl
Pternistis swainsonii
details
sounds
-
Halali
-
-
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
details
sounds
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Swakopmund
-
Swakopmund Salt Works
-
Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
-
-
Lesser Flamingo
Phoeniconaias minor
details
sounds
-
Swakopmund Salt Works
-
Walvis Bay Salt Pans
-
-
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
details
sounds
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
-
Swakopmund Salt Works
-
Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
-
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
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Sossusvlei
-
Langstrand
-
Solitaire
-
Namib-Naukluft NP
-
Swakopmund
-
Rooibank
-
Walvis Bay Salt Pans
-
Walvis Bay Dolphin Cruise
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Halali
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enroute
-
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Speckled Pigeon
Columba guinea
details
sounds
-
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
-
Langstrand
-
Solitaire
-
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
-
Rooibank
-
Cape Cross
-
Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
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Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
-
Halali
-
Namutoni
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enroute
-
-
Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
details
sounds
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Tsauchab River Camp
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Langstrand
-
Solitaire
-
Namib-Naukluft NP
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Swakopmund
-
Goanikontes Oasis
-
Rooibank
-
Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
-
Omandumba Bush Camp
-
Okaukuejo Camp
-
Halali
-
Namutoni
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enroute
-
-
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Turtur chalcospilos
details
sounds
-
Namutoni
-
-
Namaqua Dove
Oena capensis
details
sounds
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
-
Tsauchab River Camp
-
Langstrand
-
Solitaire
-
Namib-Naukluft NP
-
Goanikontes Oasis
-
Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
-
Omandumba Bush Camp
-
Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
-
Namutoni
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enroute
-
-
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Pterocles namaqua
details
sounds
-
Tsauchab River Camp
-
Okaukuejo Camp
-
-
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
-
Namutoni
2018-09-05 2 ind.
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Kori Bustard
Ardeotis kori
details
sounds
-
Okaukuejo Camp
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Namutoni
-
-
Rüppell's Bustard
Heterotetrax rueppelii
details
sounds
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Tsauchab River Camp
-
enroute
-
-
Red-crested Bustard
Lophotis ruficrista
details
sounds
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Okaukuejo Camp
-
enroute
-
-
White-quilled Bustard
Afrotis afraoides
details
sounds
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Namib-Naukluft NP
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Okaukuejo Camp
-
enroute
-
-
Gray Go-away-bird
Crinifer concolor
details
sounds
-
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
-
Rooibank
-
Grosse Spitzkoppe NR
-
Omandumba Bush Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
-
Halali
-
Namutoni
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enroute
-
-
Senegal Coucal
Centropus senegalensis
details
sounds
-
Namutoni
2018-09-06 1 ind.
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Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba
details
sounds
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
-
-
Bradfield's Swift
Apus bradfieldi
details
sounds
-
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
-
Namutoni
-
-
African Palm Swift
Cypsiurus parvus
details
sounds
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Halali
-
Namutoni
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enroute
2018-08-19 ≥ 20 ind.
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Eurasian Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
details
sounds
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
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Namutoni
-
-
Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristata
details
sounds
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
-
-
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
-
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
details
sounds
-
Swakopmund Salt Works
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Namutoni
-
-
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
details
sounds
-
Swakopmund Salt Works
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Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Namutoni
-
-
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
-
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
-
Swakopmund Salt Works
-
Walvis Bay Salt Pans
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Halali
-
Namutoni
-
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Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
details
sounds
-
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
-
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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