Namibia · Khomas Region
Daan Viljoen Game Reserve
248 species and 13,233 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, March, July and September, with up to 131 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Mountain ChatMyrmecocichla monticola
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gammams Water Care Works9 km199 species
- Avis Dam19 km250 species
All 248 species recorded here
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Carp's Tit Melaniparus carpi
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Layard's Warbler Curruca layardi
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Karoo Chat Emarginata schlegelii
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Daan Viljoen Game Reserve?
November–January, March, July and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 131 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Daan Viljoen Game Reserve?
248 species, from 13,233 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Daan Viljoen Game Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-billed Spurfowl, Egyptian Goose, Mountain Chat, Grey Go-away-bird and White-browed Sparrow-Weaver.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.