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The following (Boyer & Bridgeford) is an excerpt of Boyer and Bridgeford’s list of bird species that the visitor to the Naukluft massif can see, with a bit of luck, depending on the time of year. (Avid birdwatchers can access the complete Boyer and Bridgeford list via this link.)


    Appearance Living area
Spotted on
R1 Ostrich      
R100 Fulvous Duck      
R105 African Black Duck      
R123 Whitebacked Vulture      
R124 Lappetfaced Vulture      
R131 Black Eagle (Verreaux’s Eagle)      
R137 African Hawk Eagle      
R140 Martial Eagle      
R143 Blackbreasted Snake Eagle      
R153 Augur Buzzard      
R161 Gabar Goshawk      
R162 Pale Chanting Goshawk      
R172 Lanner Falcon      
R181 Rock Kestrel      
R182 Greater Kestrel      
R186 Pygmy Falcon      
R194 Redbilled Francolin      
R203 Helmeted Guineafowl      
R232 Ludwig’s Bustard      
R236 Rüppel’s Korhaan      
R239 Black Korhaan      
R249

Threebanded Plover

     
R255 Crowned Plover      
R348 Feral Pigeon      
R349 Rock Pigeon      
R354 Cape Turtle Dove      
R355 Laughing Dove      
R356 Namaqua Dove      
R367 Rosyfaced Lovebird      
R373 Grey Lourie      
R386 Diederik Cuckoo      
R398 Pearlspotted Owl      
R401 Spotted Eagle Owl      
R402 Giant Eagle Owl      
R411 Eurasian Swift      
R412 Black Swift      
R413 Bradfield’s Swift      
R418 Alpine Swift      
R421 Palm Swift      
R425 Whitebacked Mousebird      
R426 Redfaced Mousebird      
R445 Swallowtailed Bee-eater      
R449 Purple Roller      
R451 African Hoopoe      
R454 Scimitarbilled Woodhoopoe      
R462 Monteiro’s Hornbill      
R465 Pied Barbet      
R476 Lesser Honeyguide      
R483 Goldentailed Woodpecker      
R486 Cardinal Woodpecker      
R498 Sabota Lark      
R516 Greybacked Finchlark      
R518 Eurasian Swallow      
R526 Greater Striped Swallow      
R541 Forktailed Drongo      
R547 Black Crow      
R548 Pied Crow      
R552 Ashy Tit      
R557 Cape Penduline Tit      
R567 Redeyed Bulbul      
R580 Groundscraper Thrush      
R583 Shorttoed Rockthrush      
R586 Mountain Chat      
R589 Familiar Chat      
R592 Karoo Chat      
R595 Anteating Chat      
R614 Karoo Robin      
R621 Titbabbler      
R622 Layard’s Titbabbler      
R651 Longbilled Crombec      
R653 Yellowbellied Eremomela      
R685 Blacchested Prinia      
R689 Spotted Flycatcher      
R695 Marico Flycatcher      
R703 Pririt Batis      
R713 Cape Wagtail      
R731 Lesser Grey Shrike      
R732 Fiscal Shrike      
R733 Redbacked Shrike      
R739 Crimsonbreasted Shrike      
R741 Brubru      
R746 Bokmakierie      
R752 Whitetailed Shrike      
R761 Plumcoloured Starling      
R764 Glossy Starling      
R770 Palewinged Starling      
R788 Dusky Sunbird      
R791 Scarletchested Sunbird      
R799 Whitebrowed Sparrowweaver      
R800 Sociable Weaver      
R802

Great Sparrow

     
R803 Cape Sparrow      
R804 Greyheaded Sparrow      
R806 Scalyfeathered Finch      
R814 Masked Weaver      
R845 Violeteared Waxbill      
R846 Common Waxbill      
R856 Redheaded Finch      
R861 Shafttailed Whydah      
R870 Blackthroated Canary      
R876 Blackheaded Canary      
R879 Whitethroated Canary      
R885 Cape Bunting      
R887 Larklike Bunting      

   
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