Namibia · Otjozondjupa Region
Okonjima Nature Reserve
239 species and 9,889 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 119 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Marico FlycatcherBradornis mariquensis
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Crimson-breasted ShrikeLaniarius atrococcineus
Scaly-feathered WeaverSporopipes squamifrons
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffususSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Waterberg Resort70 km240 species
All 239 species recorded here
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
- White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Carp's Tit Melaniparus carpi
- Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Okonjima Nature Reserve?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 119 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Okonjima Nature Reserve?
239 species, from 9,889 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Okonjima Nature Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Helmeted Guineafowl, Marico Flycatcher, Southern Masked Weaver, Ring-necked Dove 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.