Namibia · Kavango Region
Shamvura Camp
370 species and 10,641 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October and December, with up to 172 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Swamp BoubouLaniarius bicolor
Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus133 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 370 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 370 species recorded here
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shamvura Camp?
September–October and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 172 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shamvura Camp?
370 species, from 10,641 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shamvura Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Fork-tailed Drongo, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Common Bulbul, Laughing Dove and African Paradise Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.