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	Namibia
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Bird Checklist photos and data Namibia Number of species: 689
Number of endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 15
STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae
Ostrich
SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae
Little Penguin
Jackass Penguin		Vulnerable
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae
Wandering Albatross
Grey-headed Albatross		Vulnerable
Black-browed Albatross
Shy Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Antarctic Giant-Petrel		Vulnerable
Hall's Giant-Petrel		Near-threatened
Southern Fulmar
Cape Petrel
Great-winged Petrel
Atlantic Petrel		Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Broad-billed Prion
Antarctic Prion
Slender-billed Prion		Rare/Accidental
Fairy Prion		Rare/Accidental
Bulwer's Petrel		Rare/Accidental
White-chinned Petrel
Kerguelen Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater		Near-threatened
Manx Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater		Critically endangered
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel		Rare/Accidental
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
PELECANIFORMES: Phaethontidae
White-tailed Tropicbird		Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae
Cape Gannet		Vulnerable
Australian Gannet		Rare/Accidental
Red-footed Booby		Rare/Accidental
Brown Booby		Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant
Cape Cormorant		Near-threatened
Bank Cormorant		Endangered
Long-tailed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant		Near-threatened
PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae
Darter
CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Slaty Egret		Vulnerable
Black Heron
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Squacco Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-backed Night-Heron
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Great Bittern
CICONIIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Yellow-billed Stork
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Glossy Ibis
African Spoonbill
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo		Near-threatened
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-faced Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Comb Duck
African Pygmy-goose
African Black Duck
Cape Teal
Yellow-billed Duck
Northern Shoveler		Rare/Accidental
Red-billed Duck
Hottentot Teal
Garganey
Cape Shoveler
Northern Shoveler		Rare/Accidental
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey
FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
African Cuckoo-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
Bat Hawk
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Palm-nut Vulture		Rare/Accidental
Hooded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon		Vulnerable
Lappet-faced Vulture
White-headed Vulture
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bateleur
Western Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Black Harrier		Vulnerable
Pallid Harrier		Near-threatened
Montagu's Harrier
African Harrier-Hawk
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovampo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Eurasian Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres' Hawk-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
FALCONIFORMES: Sagittariidae
Secretary-bird
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel		Vulnerable
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Grey Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon		Near-threatened
Amur Falcon
Sooty Falcon		Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Taita Falcon		Near-threatened
Peregrine Falcon
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Coqui Francolin
Crested Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Hartlaub's Francolin
Red-billed Francolin
Cape Francolin
Red-necked Francolin
Swainson's Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Guineafowl
GRUIFORMES: Turnicidae
Small Buttonquail
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Grey Crowned-Crane
Blue Crane		Vulnerable
Wattled Crane		Vulnerable
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail
Streaky-breasted Flufftail		Rare/Accidental
African Rail
African Crake
Corn Crake		Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
Spotted Crake		Rare/Accidental
Striped Crake
Purple Swamphen
Allen's Gallinule
Purple Gallinule		Rare/Accidental
Common Moorhen
Lesser Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae
African Finfoot
GRUIFORMES: Otididae
Kori Bustard
Ludwig's Bustard
Stanley Bustard		Near-threatened
Karoo Bustard
Rueppell's Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
Black Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae
African Oystercatcher
Eurasian Oystercatcher
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Burchell's Courser
Temminck's Courser
Double-banded Courser
Three-banded Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole		Near-threatened
Rock Pratincole
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
White-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
American Golden-Plover		Rare/Accidental
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Three-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
Lesser sandlover
Greater Sand Plover
Caspian Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
African Snipe
Great Snipe		Near-threatened
Black-tailed Godwit		Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank		Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper		Rare/Accidental
Baird's Sandpiper		Rare/Accidental
Pectoral Sandpiper		Rare/Accidental
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin		Rare/Accidental
Broad-billed Sandpiper		Rare/Accidental
Buff-breasted Sandpipe		Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruff
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Kelp Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Grey-headed Gull
Hartlaub's Gull
Black-headed Gull		Rare/Accidental
Franklin's Gull		Rare/Accidental
Sabine's Gull
CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae
Bridled Tern		Rare/Accidental
Little Tern		Rare/Accidental
Damara Tern		Near-threatened
Gull-billed Tern		Rare/Accidental
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
Roseate Tern
Antarctic Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Royal Tern		Rare/Accidental
Great Crested-Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested-Tern		Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rynchopidae
African Skimmer		Near-threatened
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
South Polar Skua
Brown Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger		Rare/Accidental
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
African Mourning Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove