Namibia · Khomas Region
Gammams Water Care Works
199 species and 10,851 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September and November, with up to 122 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Daan Viljoen Game Reserve9 km248 species
- Avis Dam11 km250 species
All 199 species recorded here
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gammams Water Care Works?
September and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 122 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gammams Water Care Works?
199 species, from 10,851 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gammams Water Care Works in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-knobbed Coot, Reed Cormorant, Little Grebe, Common Moorhen and Egyptian Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.