Namibia · Oshana Region
Etosha NP – Okaukuejo Camp
268 species and 28,142 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August and November, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala155 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 268 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Etosha NP – Halali Camp60 km281 species
All 268 species recorded here
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus
- Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Etosha NP – Okaukuejo Camp?
August and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Etosha NP – Okaukuejo Camp?
268 species, from 28,142 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Etosha NP – Okaukuejo Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Blacksmith Lapwing, Large Rock Martin, Little Grebe, Laughing Dove and Southern Masked 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.