Bird AlbumNamibia · Erongo Region
Spitzkoppe Nature Reserve
201 species and 12,477 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and July–September, with up to 88 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Mountain ChatMyrmecocichla monticola
Pale-winged StarlingOnychognathus nabouroup
Dusky SunbirdCinnyris fuscus
African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
Pririt BatisBatis pririt
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea
Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota
Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
White-tailed ShrikeLanioturdus torquatus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicolaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ai Aiba Rock Painting Lodge55 km140 species
All 201 species recorded here
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
- Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Herero Chat Namibornis herero
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Layard's Warbler Curruca layardi
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Karoo Long-billed Lark Certhilauda subcoronata
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Karoo Chat Emarginata schlegelii
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- Carp's Tit Melaniparus carpi
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Karoo Eremomela Eremomela gregalis
- Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Spitzkoppe Nature Reserve?
November–January and July–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 88 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Spitzkoppe Nature Reserve?
201 species, from 12,477 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Spitzkoppe Nature Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Mountain Chat, Pale-winged Starling, Dusky Sunbird, African Red-eyed Bulbul and Large Rock Martin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.