Namibia · Oshikoto Region
Etosha NP – Namutoni Camp
294 species and 14,096 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August and October–November, with up to 153 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Etosha NP – Halali Camp55 km281 species
All 294 species recorded here
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Etosha NP – Namutoni Camp?
August and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 153 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Etosha NP – Namutoni Camp?
294 species, from 14,096 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Etosha NP – Namutoni Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Fork-tailed Drongo, Blacksmith Lapwing, Cape Starling, Ring-necked Dove and African Red-eyed Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.