Site Report: Etosha National Park
Ancient Rock Art, Namibia
Springbok, Namibia
African Ground Squirrel, Namibia
Giraffe, Namibia
Gemsbok, Namibia
Waterhole, Namibia
Giraffes, Namibia
Lion, Namibia
Lioness, Namibia
Mongoose, Namibia
black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
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Ancient Rock Art, Namibia
Springbok, Namibia
African Ground Squirrel, Namibia
Giraffe, Namibia
Gemsbok, Namibia
Waterhole, Namibia
Giraffes, Namibia
Lion, Namibia
Lioness, Namibia
Mongoose, Namibia
black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
Description not currently available for Site Report: Etosha National Park
Visits
- 2003-01-15: We arrived at Etosha in our rent-a-car, and we arranged two nights camping in the park. Etosha was full of wildlife, but we were disappointed to learn that, ultimately, the park is no more than a huge fenced off area surrounded by farms. Still, the fence is there more to keep wildlife out than it is to keep them in.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (44 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(44 records)
Class: Birds
(35 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)
- Order: Coliiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Mousebirds
- Red-faced Mousebird (Urocolius indicus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- African Green-Pigeon (Treron calvus)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
- Family: Rollers
- Purple Roller (Coracias naevius)
- Order: Musophagiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Turacos
- Gray Go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(6 records)
- Family: Coursers
- Temminck's Courser (Cursorius temminckii)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Sandgrouse
- Double-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(13 records)
- Family: Drongos
- Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
- Family: Indigobirds
- Shaft-tailed Whydah (Vidua regia)
- Eastern Paradise-Whydah (Vidua paradisaea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Cape Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis nitens)
- Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Groundscraper Thrush (Turdus litsitsirupa)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: African Barbets
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus)
Class: Mammals
(9 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(3 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Black-backed Jackal (Lupulella mesomelas)
- Family: Felidae
- Lion (Panthera leo)
- Family: Herpestidae
- Slender Mongoose (Galerella sanguinea)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(3 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)
- Gemsbok (Oryx gazella)
- Family: Giraffidae
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(1 record)
- Family: Rhinocerotidae
- Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
- Order: Proboscidea
(1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Cape Ground Squirrel (Geosciurus inauris)