Namibia · Kunene Region
Kunene River Lodge
258 species and 5,670 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 131 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Swamp BoubouLaniarius bicolor
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Rufous-tailed Palm ThrushCichladusa ruficauda
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
Bare-cheeked BabblerTurdoides gymnogenys
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 258 species recorded here
- Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush Cichladusa ruficauda
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Cinderella Waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Carp's Tit Melaniparus carpi
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus
- Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kunene River Lodge?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 131 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kunene River Lodge?
258 species, from 5,670 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kunene River Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Olive Bee-eater, Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Swamp Boubou, Ring-necked Dove and Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.