Site Report: Walvis Bay, Namibia

Sandy bay next to desert town.

Map of Site Report: Walvis Bay, Namibia

Visits

2003-01-11: Kayaking trip with the seals.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (7 records, 0 images)

Phylum: Chordates (7 records, 0 images)

Class: Birds (7 records, 0 images)

Order: Pelicans (3 records)
- Family: Flamingos
- Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Family: Pelicans
- Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- Family: Plovers
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Order: Tubenoses (1 record)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)

Lifelists

Trips

Africa: Eastern and Southern