Site Report: Swakopmund

Rocks, Namibia

Sand

1500 Year Old Welweicha Plant, Namibia

This is one of the larger towns in Namibia (but still small). There are a couple of mostly dry estuaries in town. Other than humans, life in general is pretty sparse around here.

Visits

2003-01-09: This was a three day visit which was spent mostly for R & R and not wildlife viewing.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (9 records)

Phylum: Chordates (9 records)

Class: Birds (8 records)

Order: Anseriformes (2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Cape Teal (Anas capensis)
- Southern Pochard (Netta erythrophthalma)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Grebes
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

Order: Perching Birds (4 records)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Brubru (Nilaus afer)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Great Rufous-Sparrow (Passer motitensis)
- Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Tractrac Chat (Emarginata tractrac)

Class: Mammals (1 record)

Order: Primates (1 record)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)

Lifelists

Trips

Africa: Eastern and Southern