AUGUST 24–SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Rock Pratincole © Geoff Lockwood
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TOUR CONDITIONS
Conditions throughout this year’s tour reflected the generally poor rainfall in the region during the past summer. Huab Lodge—our first stop on the tour—had recorded only16mm, this being less than 10% of the average rainfall they record, and the area was looking very bleak and devoid of grass cover. This in turn led to a dearth of seedeaters throughout the tour, with even usually common and widespread species proving difficult to find. Insectivorous birds were also thin on the ground, and the arrival of many of the inter-African migrants seemed to have been delayed.
Conversely, the limited water flowing in the Okavango Delta had caused game to concentrate around the remaining water—making it easier for predators, and we had one of our best years ever for Leopard and Wild Dog sightings at Xakanaxa in Moremi. The unusually dry conditions also resulted in several unusual or unexpected bird species being recorded, and we had the best tour ever for Burchell’s Coursers and Ludwig’s Bustards—both regional endemics and both adapted to more arid conditions. We also recorded a single Temminck’s Courser after a gap of several years.
The drought had also significantly impacted water levels in the Zambezi River, and virtually the entire section of the Victoria Falls accessible from the Zambian side was bare rock, with only the odd trickles of water visible. I have never seen the river so low, and the usually mighty spectacle of Mosi oa Tunya—‘The Smoke that Thunders’—was a sad sight this year. Fortunately, however, our boat trip above the Falls delivered the usual wonderful sightings of a range of new birds—this in spite of the strong and very chilly wind that was blowing. The afternoon game drive in the Mosi oa Tunya National Park also brought sightings of a number of birds that had managed to elude us during the earlier parts of the tour.
ITINERARY
Main Tour
Aug 25 Flight to Walvis Bay; charter flight to Huab Lodge, drive upstream in the dry river bed of the Huab River. Aug 26 Drive into the mountains on the road out (am); drive upstream in the Huab River bed (pm). Aug 27 Early morning drive downstream (am); again in the afternoon. Aug 28 Drive from Huab to the Galton Gate, western Etosha; drive through the Park to Okaukeujo Camp; night at floodlit waterhole at Okaukeujo. Aug 29 Drive to Okondeka, returning via Leeubron (am); drive to Gemsbokvlakte via Newbrowni waterhole, night at floodlit waterhole (pm). Aug 30 Drive from Okaukuejo to Halali via Newbrowni, Salavadora and Rietfontein; lunch at Halali then visit to Goas waterhole. Night at floodlit waterhole in Halali. Aug 31 Drive to Namutoni via Goas, Batia and Kalkheuwel, lunch at Namutoni (am); drive to Koinachas, Chudop and Klein Namutoni waterholes and around Dikdik Drive. Sept 01 Namutoni to Andoni via Twee Palms, Klein and Groot Okeivi, Tsumcor; drive out of the park to an artesian spring 10 km N of the King Nehale Gate (am); walk around camp, Dikdik Drive and a night drive (pm). Sept 02 Drive to Mokuti Lodge; flight to Bagani and drive through the Mahango Game Reserve to the border; drive/boat trip to Nxamaseri Lodge. Sept 03 Boat trip down river, walk on the island (am); Mekoro (dugout canoe) trip to search for Pel’s Fishing- Owl. Sept 04 Trip to the Tsodilo Hills World Heritage Site via the Nxamaseri floodplains. Sept 05 Early morning boat trip on the river; flight to Xakanaxa (am); game drive to Paradise Island (pm). Sept 06 Morning game drive, walk around camp (am); afternoon game drive at Xakanaxa. Sept 07 Morning game drive, flight to Kasane and on to Livingstone; walk to the Victoria Falls. Sept 08 Early boat trip on the Zambezi River above the Falls (am); afternoon game drive in the Mosi oa Tunya National Park. Sept 09 Early walk to the Falls; flight to Johannesburg and onward flights home.
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TOUR SUMMARY
Huab Lodge, our first stop on this tour, gave an early indication of the tough conditions that we would face throughout the tour. Where last year there had been a golden sea of dry annual grasses now was simply only sand, broken here and there by the odd drought-hardy weeds. Birds were understandably thin on the ground, but in spite of the conditions we managed to obtain good views of all but one of the “Damaraland Specials” that we look for at Huab. Monteiro’s and Damara Red-billed hornbills; Rüppell’s Parrot; Rosy-faced Lovebird; Violet Wood-Hoopoe; Bare- cheeked Babbler; Carp’s Tit; White-tailed Shrike; and Short-toed Rock-Thrush were added during our drives around the conservancy, along with great views of African Hawk-Eagle, a perched Crimson-breasted Gonolek, and also a very confiding Pearl-breasted Swallow. For the first time in many years, we were able to drive downstream from the lodge, and the slightly wetter conditions gave us our best sightings of Rockrunner in many years—with great scope views of two pairs displaying and singing to each other. It also gave great looks at a well-feathered nestling Verreaux’s Eagle—with a flock of 11 colorful Rosy-faced Lovebirds disappearing into the nest structure beneath the eaglet. Back at the lodge, a pair of Freckled Nightjars hawked insects from in front of the dining area—giving superb, ultra-close views in the evenings.
Carp’s Tit © Geoff Lockwood Rockrunner © Geoff Lockwood
Mammals were generally scarce, but we had good sightings of Klipspringer, Black Mongoose, and also Dassie Rat—an endemic squirrel-like rodent that we have not recorded for several years.
Freckled Nightjar © Geoff Lockwood Klipspringer © Geoff Lockwood
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Our driver, Steve, suggested that we enter the Etosha National Park via the Galton Gate in the extreme west of the reserve, as this would give us more time in the reserve and also give us further chances to pick up some of the species we had missed at Huab. The decision paid off in the form of several sightings of Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra en route, as well as our first sightings of Burchell’s Sandgrouse and Southern Pied Babblers of the tour.
Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra © Geoff Lockwood Southern Pied Babbler © Geoff Lockwood
Closer to Okaukuejo we came across a young Ratel (or Honey Badger) industriously digging for rodents. Just when we were sure that he had caught something, there was a flash of ginger-colored fur…and the luckiest Short-tailed Gerbil in Etosha made a dash for safety! Nearing camp, we had our first glimpse of a Double-banded Courser on the tour.
Ratel (Honey Badger) © Geoff Lockwood Double -banded Courser © Geoff Lockwood
After dinner we headed for the magic that is typical of the floodlit waterhole on the edge of camp. Several giraffe were watching cautiously from a distance as a female Black Rhinoceros and her well-grown calf slowly made their way to water. After a long drink they moved off to the side, where the calf lay down so that it could suckle. More rhinos arrived, including another female with a calf, and at one point there were seven different animals around the water. Watching as these supposedly solitary animals greeted each other—standing for long periods touching nose to nose, showed a softer side to these notoriously irritable animals. Two elephants then appeared—driving the rhinos away from where fresh water was feeding into the waterhole. When they finally moved off, the first giraffe nervously approached the water…and a tired but happy group headed for bed.
Early the next morning we headed out towards Okondeka—a contact spring on the western edge of the Etosha pan. On most tours this drive is usually characterized by flocks of different larks flying up from the edges of the road, but this time it was almost devoid of birdlife. Things began to improve as we got closer to Okondeka, and we
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 4 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019 started seeing a few Pink-billed Larks plus several Namaqua Sandgrouse. We also saw at least eight Ludwig’s Bustard on the drive—our best tour ever for this species! Heading back via Leeubron, a Kalahari Scrub-Robin perched up next to the vehicle.
Pink -billed Lark © Geoff Lockwood Ludwig’s Bustard male © Geoff Lockwood
Namaqua Sandgrouse male © Geoff Lockwood Kalahari Scrub -Robin © Geoff Lockwood
The waterhole next to camp was quieter than on the previous evening, but we did have a Spotted Hyeana coming in to drink before sloping off into the dark, and a few rhinos also appeared, but cool windy conditions meant less game came to water.
A walk around camp the next morning added a number of new birds to the list. Highlights were great, ultra-close views of a pair of Ashy Tits foraging busily above our heads and our first Mariqua Sunbird of the tour. A stunning male Great Rufous Sparrow perched confidingly next to the group—giving great views, while a Pied Babbler sat preening in the heart of a small shrub and a pair of Crimson-breasted Gonoleks hopped around on the ground below. A Pearl-spotted Owlet sat expectantly next to a Sociable Weaver nest, hoping to catch one of the weavers as they emerged. Our real quest, however, was a sighting of the attractive Pygmy Falcons that usually occupy one of the chambers in the massive Sociable Weaver nests. None of the nests showed signs of recent activity, however, and this species remained one of the biggest misses of the tour.
The drive to Halali took us along the edge of the pan in places and through some areas that had obviously received slightly better rains. At Batia, we had a stunning male Red-necked Falcon perched in the only tree, while a short while later a call from Cynthia alerted us to a party of Burchell’s Coursers moving through the grass next to our vehicle. These beautiful birds are always a favorite, and we enjoyed great extended views.
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Ashy Tit © Geoff Lockwood Pied Barbet © Geoff Lockwood
Red - necked Falcon © Geoff Lockwood Burchell’s Courser © Geoff Lockwood
The camp at Halali brought good views of several species—White-crowned Shrike, Bare-cheeked Babbler, Violet Wood-Hoopoe, and Damara Red-billed Hornbill—that we had first seen at Huab, but birding was rather slow compared to previous years. The floodlit waterhole on the edge of camp did, however, produce great sightings of several Black Rhinos and at least three Spotted Hyaenas coming to drink. The camp is usually great for owl sightings, but we only managed another sighting of a Pearl-spotted Owlet before leaving for Namutoni.
White -crowned Shrike © Geoff Lockwood Bare -cheeked Babbler © Geoff Lockwood
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The Namutoni region of the park offers a change in the vegetation, with mixed thornveld replacing the Mopane woodland we had been traveling through, and the camp produced several new birds—notably Burchell’s Starling and Black-faced Waxbill. At the Klein Namutoni waterhole we encountered some early-arriving migrant shorebirds, adding Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, and Little Stint. We also recorded Damara Dikdik— Namibia’s smallest antelope, plus our first Southern Cordonbleus. The drive to Andoni Plains brought great views of Burchell’s Sandgrouse coming to drink, and also of a herd of ten female Eland at Tsumcor waterhole. We left the park via the King Nehale gate and traveled 10 kilometers to an artesian spring where we recorded the only Pied Avocets of the tour, plus a totally unexpected Saddle-billed Stork standing in the water. Heading back to the gate, we had a group of White-backed Vultures and a solitary Lappet-faced Vulture coming down to a freshly dead cow, plus a flock of at least twenty Burchell’s Coursers. A detour back to the Andoni waterhole finally brought us a group of five Blue Cranes plus good views of Eastern Clapper Lark. The night drive on our last evening brought great sightings of Common Genet; a brief look at an African Porcupine and Lesser Galagos; and a close encounter with a bull elephant. At Klein Okevi we had a Black Rhino plus three White Rhinoceros coming to drink, with another White Rhino drinking at Groot Okevi—our best trip ever for these strange-looking mammals!
Eastern Clapper Lark © Geoff Lockwood Damara Dikdik male © Geoff Lockwood
The flight to Bagani in the Caprivi Strip went well, and we had recorded our first Bradfield’s Hornbill before even leaving the airstrip. Magpie Shrikes, Meves’s Starling, Lilac-breasted Roller, and several bee-eater species were added on the drive through the Mahango Game Reserve to the Botswana border, as well as a number of new antelope species—Roan Antelope, Common Reedbuck, Red Lechwe, and Tsessebe (Topi), but we unfortunately missed Sable Antelope this time. We did, however, get our first sightings of Hippopotamus and Nile Crocodile of the tour. The drive from the border to Nxamaseri added our first Greater Blue-eared Starlings; a wealth of new storks, herons, and ducks; plus a solitary displaying??? Temminck’s Courser (spotted by Cynthia) and a pair of rather distant Lesser Jacanas on the floodplain. Water levels were really low in the Okavango River, and instead of the customary long boat trip to the lodge, we reached the ‘island’ by vehicle. Over the next few days we explored the area by boat and mekoros (dugout canoes), adding a host of new barbets, babblers, doves, reed warblers, and cisticolas. A walk on a neighboring island gave us wonderful, extended scope views of a Pel’s Fishing-Owl, followed by even closer views of an African Barred Owlet. That evening we took a boat trip down river, hoping to pick up a White-backed Night-Heron in the spotlight. Nothing on the way down, but on the return we finally had one of these gorgeous herons only two yards from our boat.
The group opted to visit the Tsodilo Hills World Heritage site on our second day at Nxamaseri, and we picked up a Dark Chanting Goshawk on the drive, plus Yellow-fronted Canary, African Barred Owlet, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, and Red-billed Firefinch at Tsodilo. We also had the largest concentration of Meyer’s Parrots I’ve seen—queuing to drink at a dripping tap.
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The Rhino Trail introduced us to a series of rock faces adorned with exquisite paintings of local animals and geometric designs that had been painted by the San (or Bushmen) thousands of years ago. The inclusion of paintings of a penguin-like bird, and of what looked like a whale on a rock face 600 miles from the nearest ocean, raised fascinating questions about these early artists.
Temminck’sTemminck’s Courser Courser © © Geoff Geoff Lockwood Lockwood White -backed Nigh t-Heron © Geoff Lockwood
Meyer’s Parrot © Geoff Lockwood Rock paintings – Tsodilo Hills © Geoff Lockwood
Xakanaxa was very dry; in areas where we usually have deep pools filled with hippos and crocodiles, there was now cracked, dry mud. The scarcity of water had resulted in the game being concentrated around the remaining sources and, as a result, we had our best-ever sightings of Leopard and Wild Dog during our stay. On our first evening drive we had a rugged old male Leopard draped over a branch in the afternoon sun, and then a pack of at least 11 Wild Dogs came trotting past our vehicle in search of prey. Sightings of three more Leopards (including a young female with a freshly-killed Impala), six Wild Dogs on the hunt, and two magnificent male Lions followed on subsequent drives.
Birding was also good—with sightings of Wattled Cranes, Southern Ground Hornbills, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, African Penduline-Tits, Yellow-throated Bush-Sparrow, and White-headed Black-Chat, plus the best views of the gorgeous Southern Carmine Bee-eaters of the tour. A pair of African Barred Owlets hunting in the camp gave stunning views and photographic opportunities, and some of the group had great spotlight views of a pair of Lesser Galagos leaping about in a small shrub on the way to dinner. The walk back to the tents after dinner was a little tense—with several large African Buffalo bulls grazing close to the path—and our sleep was interrupted by the sounds of hippos, porcupines…and the buffalo moving around outside our tents.
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Young Female Leopard © Geoff Lockwood Wild Dogs on the hunt © Geoff Lockwood
Lion Geoff Lockwood Female Leopard © Geoff Lockwood
Just some of the incredible carnivore sightings we had on this tour. The drought in the region may have made birding more challenging, but it certainly gave us some great predators!
Wattled Cranes © Geoff Lockwood Banded Snake-Eagle © Geoff Lockwood
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African Barred Owlet © Geoff Lockwood Southern Carmine Bee-eater © Geoff Lockwood
The final leg of the tour in Livingstone was a birding highlight. Our walk to the Falls brought great views of Trumpeter Hornbills, while the boat trip on the Zambezi River the next morning brought Collared Palm-Thrush White-headed Lapwing, 4 African Finfoot, Water Thick-knee, African Skimmer, and Rock Pratincole.
Collared Palm-Thrush © Geoff Lockwood White-headed Lapwing © Geoff Lockwood
African Finfoot © Geoff Lockwood Rock Pratincole © Geoff Lockwood
Our afternoon drive in the Mosi oa Tunya National Park added Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike, Red-billed Firefinch and, finally, a Golden-breasted Bunting. We also had a new antelope species—Puku. Our walk to the Falls on our last morning gave stunning views of a Bearded Scrub-Robin, plus extended views of a pair of Schalow’s Turacos—a great way to end the tour!
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TRI P SIGHTINGS
KEY
E Endemic species RE Regional / near -endemic species BE Breeding endemic species ● Recorded h Heard only L Leader only
Note: The endemic classifications used in this trip list reflect the status of a particular species within the southern African sub-region (i.e. the area south of the Cunene and Zambezi rivers), and not to the status of that species in the individual countries that we visited on the tour. They are given to help identify probable life birds for first-time visitors to the region
BIRDS Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Ostriches Struthionidae Common Ostrich Struthio camelus ● ● ● ● ● Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata ● ● ● ● (White-faced Duck) Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos ● Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca ● ● ● ● ● ● ● RE South African Shelduck (RE) Tadorna cana ● ● ● Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis ● ● ● African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus ● Cape Teal Anas capensis ● ● Guineafowl Numididae Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Pheasants, Grouse & Allies Phasianidae NE Red-billed Francolin Pternistis adspersus ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● NE Natal Francolin (RE) Pternistis natalensis ● Swainson's Francolin (Spurfowl) Pternistis swainsonii ● Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena ● Flamingos Phoenicopteridae Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor ● # An amazing record of a sub -adult bird at Andoni waterhole was perhaps the biggest birding surprise of the tour Grebes Podicipedidae Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis ● ● ● Pigeons & Doves Columbidae Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea ● Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens ● Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata ● ● ● ● Ring-necked (Cape Turtle) Dove Streptopelia capicola ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
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Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos ● ● ● ● ● Namaqua Dove Oena capensis ● ● African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus ● ● ● Sandgrouse Pteroclidae NE Namaqua Sandgrouse (RE) Pterocles namaqua ● ● ● ● NE Double-banded Sandgrouse (RE) Pterocles bicinctus ● ● ● NE Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli ● ● Bustards Otididae Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori ● ● ● NE Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii ● # Our best year ever for this species, with a bird drinking at Okaukuejo waterhole and at least 8 birds feeding around the contact spring at Okondeka NE Red-crested Bustard (Korhaan) (RE) Eupodotis ruficrista ● ● ● RE White-quilled Bustard Eupodotis afraoides ● ● ● (Northern Black Korhaan) Turacos Musophagidae Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi ● # Great views of a pair calling from a tree in the grounds of our hotel – walk to the Victoria Falls on our last mourning Gray Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Cuckoos Cuculidae Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus ● ● ● Nightjars & Allies Caprimulgidae Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis h Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma ● # A pair hawking insects from in the front of the dining area at Huab gave us spectacular views Swifts Apodidae African Swift Apus barbatus ● (African Black Swift) Little Swift Apus affinis ● ● ● African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Flufftails Sarothruridae Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa h Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae Eurasian (Common) Moorhen Gallinula chloropus ● ● African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis ● ● Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra ● ● ● ● Finfoots Heliornithidae African Finfoot Podica senegalensis ● # Superb views of male, female and sub-adult swimming and walking on Long Island – Zambezi boat trip. We saw a total of four of these amazing birds this year. Cranes Gruidae E Blue Crane (RE) Anthropoides paradiseus ● # We eventually had 5 birds coming to drink at the Andoni artesian spring – Namutoni game drive, Etosha
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Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus ● ● Thick-knees Burhinidae Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus ● Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis ● Stilts & Avocets Recurvirostridae Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus ● ● ● Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta ● Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae Long-toed Lapwing (Plover) Vanellus crassirostris ● ● ● Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● White-headed(-crowned) Lapwing Vanellus albiceps ● Crowned Lapwing (Plover) Vanellus coronatus ● ● ● ● ● ● Wattled Lapwing (Plover) Vanellus senegallus ● Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius ● ● ● Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Jacanas Jacanidae Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis ● African Jacana Actophilornis africanus ● ● ● ● Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae Ruff Calidris pugnax ● ● ● ● ● Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea ● Little Stint Calidris minuta ● ● African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis L Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos ● ● Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia ● ● ● ● Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis ● Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola ● ● ● ● ● ● Pratincoles & Coursers Glareolidae NE Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus ● ● # Cynthia picked up a group of these attractive birds near the road en route to Namutoni, and another - of more than 20 birds, N of King Nehale gate on a trip out of the park to visit another artesian spring. Namutoni game drive. Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii ● # A single bird that strangely appeared to be performing a ‘bowing’ courtship display?? – Nxamaseri floodplain. Another of Cynthia’s sightings Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus ● ● Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola ● Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis ● # Stunning, ultra -close views of a bird perched on a rock in the middle of the Zambezi River – Zambezi boat trip Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus ● Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida ● African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris ● ● Storks Ciconiidae African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus ● ● ●
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Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone Black Stork Ciconia nigra ● Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis ● ● ● Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer ● ● ● ● Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis ● ● ● ● Anhingas Anhingidae African Darter Anhinga rufa ● ● ● ● ● Cormorants & Shags Phalacrocoracidae Long-tailed (Reed) Cormorant Microcarbo africanus ● ● ● ● ● Pelicans Pelecanidae Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens ● Hamerkop Scopidae Hamerkop Scopus umbretta ● ● ● Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus ● Gray Heron Ardea cinerea ● ● ● Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala ● ● ● Goliath Heron Ardea goliath ● ● Purple Heron Ardea purpurea ● ● Great Egret Ardea alba ● ● ● ● Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia L Little Egret Egretta garzetta ● ● ● ● ● Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula ● ● Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca ● ● ● Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ● ● ● ● Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides ● ● ● ● ● Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris ● Striated (Little) Heron Butorides striata ● ● ● Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax ● ● White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus ● # Exceptional, ultra -close spotlight views of an adult only yards from our boat – Nxamaseri night boat trip Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus ● ● Sacred (African Sacred) Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus ● ● ● Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash ● ● ● African Spoonbill Platalea alba ● ● Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus ● White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis ● Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos ● ● Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus ● ● White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus ● ● ● ● ● ● Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus ● ● ● ●
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Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens ● (Western Banded Snake-Eagle) Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus ● Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax ● ● ● ● Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii ● African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster ● ● Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates ● NE (Southern) Pale Chanting -Goshawk Melierax canorus ● ● ● ● Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar ● ● ● African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus ● Shikra Accipiter badius ● ● Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus L Black Kite Milvus migrans ● ● (Yellow-billed Kite) (Milvus migrans parasiticus) African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer ● ● ● ● Barn-Owls Tytonidae Barn Owl Tyto alba h Owls Strigidae African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis h ● Southern White-faced (Scops-)Owl Ptilopsis granti h Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus ● Pel's Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli ● Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum ● ● ● ● ● African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense ● ● # Great views of a pair hunting in camp during mid -afternoon - Xakanaxa African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii ● Mousebirds Coliidae Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Hoopoes Upupidae Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops (African Hoopoe) (Upupa epops africana) ● ● ● ● ● Woodhoopoes & Scimitarbills Phoeniculidae Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus ● ● ● Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis ● ● Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas ● Ground-Hornbills Bucorvidae Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri ● Hornbills Bucerotidae NE Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi ● African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus ● ● ● ● ● ● NE Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (RE) Tockus leucomelas ● ● ● ● Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri ● ● Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris ● ● ● ● ●
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 15 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019
Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone NE Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis ● ● ● Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator ● Kingfishers Alcedinidae Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus ● ● ● Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris ● Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti ● Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima ● ● ● Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis ● ● ● ● Bee-eaters Meropidae White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides ● ● Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus ● ● ● Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus ● ● ● Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides ● ● ● Rollers Coraciidae Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus ● ● ● ● Rufous-crowned (Purple) Roller Coracias naevius ● African Barbets Lybiidae Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii ● ● ● Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus ● ● ● NE Pied (Acacia Pied) Barbet (RE) Tricholaema leucomelas ● ● ● ● Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus ● ● ● Honeyguides Indicatoridae Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor ● Woodpeckers Picidae Cardinal Woodpecker Chloropicus fuscescens ● ● ● Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus ● ● ● Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii ● Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni ● h Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolis ● ● Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides ● ● ● Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera ● ●
# Stunning views of an adult male dozing in a large Umbrella Thorn at Batia waterhole. Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus ● Old World Parrots Psittaculidae NE Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis ● New World and African Parrots Psittacidae Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri ● ● ● ● NE Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii ● ● Wattle-eyes & Batises Platysteiridae NE White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus ● Chinspot Batis Batis molitor ● ● ● ● NE Pririt Batis (RE) Batis pririt ●
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 16 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019
Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone Vangas, Helmetshrikes & Allies Vangidae White(-crested) Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus ● Bushshrikes & Allies Malaconotidae Brubru Nilaus afer ● ● ● Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla ● ● Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis ● ● Tropical Boubou Laniarius major ● (Swamp) Gabon Boubou Laniarius bicolor L ● NE Crimson-breasted Gonolek (Shrike) Laniarius atrococcineus ● ● ● ● ● Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus h ● ● (Orange-breasted Bushshrike) Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti h Shrikes Laniidae Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris ● ● ● ● Magpie Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca ● NE White-crowned Shrike (RE) Eurocephalus anguitimens ● ● ● ● ● ● Old World Orioles Oriolidae African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus ● Drongos Dicruridae Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae Cape Crow (Cape Rook) Corvus capensis ● ● ● ● Pied Crow Corvus albus ● ● ● ● Larks Alaudidae NE Spike-heeled Lark (RE) Chersomanes albofasciata ● ● Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis ● ● NE Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis ● ● ● Sabota Lark (RE) Calendulauda sabota ● ● ● NE Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides ● NE Eastern Clapper Lark Mirafra fasciolata ● ● Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana ● Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea ● ● NE Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki ● NE Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris ● ● Swallows Hirundinidae Banded Martin Riparia cincta ● Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula ● ● ● ● Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii ● ● Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata ● ● Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata ● Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica ● ● ● Rufous-chested Swallow Cecropis semirufa ● ● # Great views of these striking swallows investigating culverts for nest sites
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 17 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019
Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone BE South African Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera ● ● Gray-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga ● ● ● Tits, Chickadees & Titmice Paridae Southern Black-Tit Melaniparus niger ● ● ● NE Carp's Tit Melaniparus carpi ● NE Ashy Tit (RE) Melaniparus cinerascens ● Penduline-Tits Remizidae African (Gray) Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli ● Bulbuls Pycnonotidae Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris ● ● Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris L ● Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus ● ● ● ● (Dark-capped Bulbul) (Pycnonotus barbatus tricolor) NE Black-fronted Bulbul (RE) Pycnonotus nigricans ● ● ● ● ● ● ● (African Red-eyed Bulbul) African Warblers Macrosphenidae Cape (Long-billed) Crombec Sylvietta rufescens ● ● ● ● ● NE Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius ● (Damara Rock-jumper) # Great, close views of two different pairs displaying and calling to each other – Huab Lodge drive downstream. Our best views in several years Reed Warblers & Allies Acrocephalidae African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus ● ● Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris ● Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens ● Little Rush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala ● ● (African Bush Warbler) Cisticolas & Allies Cisticolidae Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis ● ● ● ● Greencap Eremomela Eremomela scotops ● Burnt-neck Eremomela Eremomela usticollis ● Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura (Gray-backed Camaroptera) (C. brachyura brevicaudata) ● ● ● ● ● ● Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida ● ● ● ● Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava ● RE Black-chested Prinia (RE) Prinia flavicans ● ● ● ● ● RE Rufous-eared Warbler (RE) Malcorus pectoralis ● Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops ● Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana ● ● Winding (Luapula) Cisticola Cisticola (galactotes) luapula ● Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens ● ● Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus ● ● Sylviids Sylviidae
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 18 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019
Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone Sylviids Sylviidae NE Rufous-vented Warbler Sylvia subcaeruleum ● ● ● Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler White-eyes, Yuhinas & Allies Zosteropidae African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis ● Laughingthrushes & Allies Leiothrichidae Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii ● ● ● RE Southern Pied-Babbler Turdoides bicolor ● ● Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii ● ● ● Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys ● ● Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae NE Mariqua Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis ● ● ● ● ● ● NE Chat Flycatcher (RE) Agricola infuscatus ● ● Gray Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea L Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens L ● Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata ● NE Kalahari Scrub-Robin (RE) Cercotrichas paena ● ● ● Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys ● ● (White-browed Scrub Robin) White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini ● ● ● ● Collared Palm-Thrush Cichladusa arquata ● Short-toed Rock-Thrush Monticola brevipes ● African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus ● RE Southern Anteater-Chat (RE) Myrmecocichla formicivora ● ● ● White-headed Black-Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti ● (Arnott's Chat) Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris ● Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata ● Thrushes & Allies Turdidae Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsitpsirupa ● ● ● Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana ● Starlings Sturnidae Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea ● ● NE Pale-winged Starling (RE) Onychognathus nabouroup ● Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio ● NE Burchell's Starling (RE) Lamprotornis australis ● ● ● ● Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii ● ● ● ● ● Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus ● ● ● Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens ● ● ● ● ● ● Oxpeckers Buphagidae Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus ● ● ● ● Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus ● ● ● Sunbirds & Spiderhunters Nectariniidae Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris ●
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 19 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019
Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis L ● Mariqua Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis ● ● ● ● ● Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus ● White-breasted(-bellied) Sunbird Cinnyris talatala ● ● ● NE Dusky Sunbird (RE) Cinnyris fuscus ● ● ● Wagtails & Pipits Motacillidae Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis ● African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp ● African (Grassland) Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus ● Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys ● ● ● Finches, Euphonias & Allies Fringillidae Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica ● Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis ● ● ● ● ● ● NE Yellow Canary (RE) Crithagra flaviventris ● NE White-throated Canary (RE) Crithagra albogularis ● Old World Buntings Emberizidae Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris ● # We finally caught up with species in the Mosi oa Tunya National Park – a single bird NE Cape Bunting (RE) Emberiza capensis ● NE Lark-like Bunting (RE) Emberiza impetuani ● Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi ● Old World Sparrows Passeridae House Sparrow (I) Passer domesticus ● NE Great Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis ● ● ● ● Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Yellow-throated Bush-Sparrow (Petronia) Gymnornis superciliaris ● Weavers & Allies Ploceidae Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger ● NE Scaly Weaver (RE) Sporopipes squamifrons ● ● ● ● (Scaly-feathered Finch) White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali ● ● ● ● ● ● ● RE Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius ● ● Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps ● Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis ● h Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops ● ● Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus ● Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius ● Southern Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus ● ● ● ● ● ● Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus ● ● Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus ● ● Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea ● Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris ● Grosbeak (Thick-billed) Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons ● Waxbills & Allies Estrildidae
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 20 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019
Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone Waxbills & Allies Estrildidae Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild ● ● Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos ● Southern Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis ● ● ● ● (Blue Waxbill) Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina ● ● Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba ● Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala ● ● Cut-throat Amadina fasciata L NE Red-headed Finch (RE) Amadina erythrocephala ● ● ● ● ● Indigobirds Viduidae Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea ● NE Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia ●
Birds recorded on the tour - 315 species (52 endemic, regional endemic or near-endemic species) 5 species heard only; 5 species Leader only
Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone MAMMALS COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Galagos Galagidae Lesser Galago (Bushbaby) Galago moholi ● ● # Great spotlight views of two of these delightful primates leaping around in a bush on the way to diner – Xakanaxa Cheek-Pouch Monkeys Cercopithecidae Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus ● ● ● ● Vervet Monkey Cercopithecus pygerythrus ● ● ● ● Old World Fruit Bats Pteropodidae Peters’s Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus crypturus ● ● Free-tailed Bats Molossidae Egyptian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida aegyptiaca ● Vesper Bats Vespertilionidae Cape Serotine Bat Eptesicus capensis ● ● Slit-faced Bats Nycteridae Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis ● ● Squirrels Sciuridae South African Ground Squirrel Geosciurus inauris ● ● ● Smith’s Bush (Tree) Squirrel Parexerus cepapi ● ● ● ● Congo Rope (Striped Tree) Squirrel Funisciurus congicus ●
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 21 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019
Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone Rats & Mice Muridae Four-striped Grass Mouse Rhabdomys pumilio ● Acacia Rat (Tree Mouse) Thallomys paedulcus ● Cape Short-tailed Gerbil Desmodillus auricullaris ● # One escaping an industriously -digging Honey Badger (Ratel) – ‘the luckiest rodent in Etosha’ Dassie Rat Petromuridae RE Dassie Rat Petromys typicus ● Old World Porcupines Hystricidae Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis ● ● Cats Felidae Leopard Panthera pardus ● # We had great sightings of 4 different individuals – our best tour ever for this gorgeous cat! Lion Panthera leo ● ● Hyaenas Hyaenidae Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta ● ● ● Dogs & Allies Canidae Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas ● ● ● ● Wild Dog Lycaon pictus ● # We had a pack of at least 11 hunting on our first evening game drive, and 6 the following evening – our best tour yet for these endangered predators! Mustelids Mustelidae Ratel (Honey Badger) Mellivora capensis ● # A sub -adult industriously digging for rodents gave best -ever views – drive to Okaukuejo Spot-necked Otter Lutra maculicollis ● Mongooses Herpestridae Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata ● Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea ● ● Black Mongoose Galerella nigrita ● Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo ● ● Large Grey Mongoose Herpestes ichneumon L # An adult crossing the track in front of our vehicle was a first on these tours - Xakanaxa Genets & Civets Viverridae Common (Small Spotted) Genet Genetta genetta ● ● Hyraxes Procavidae Cape Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Procavia capensis ● ● Elephants Elephantidae African Elephant Loxodonta africana ● ● ● ● ● ● Horses Equidae Common (Plains/Burchell's) Zebra Equus burchelli ● ● ● ● ● ● Hartmann's Mountain Zebra Equus zebra hartmannae ● Rhinoceroses Rhinoceridae Black (Hook-lipped) Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis ● ● ●
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 22 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019
Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone White (Square-lipped) Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum # We had four of these prehistoric -looking mammals drinking at Klein/ Groot Okevi waterholes – Namutoni night drive Hippopotamuses Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius ● ● ● ● Pigs Suidae Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus ● ● ● ● ● Giraffes Giraffidae Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis ● ● ● ● ● ● Bovids & Horned Ungulates Bovidae Brindled Gnu (Blue Wildebeest) Connochaetes taurinus ● ● ● ● ● African (Cape) Buffalo Syncerus caffer ● ● Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus ● ● Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros ● ● ● ● ● ● Eland Taurotragus oryx ● Bush (Common/Gray) Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia ● ● NE Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis ● ● ● ● ● Kirk's Dikdik Madoqua kirkii Damara Dikdik Madoqua damarensis ● ● Steinbuck Raphicerus campestris ● ● Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus ● Southern (Common) Reedbuck Redunca arundinum ● ● Defassa Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus ● ● Red Lechwe Kobus leche ● ● Puku Kobus vardonii ● Impala Aepyceros melampus ● ● ● (Black-faced Impala) Aepyceros (m.) petersi ● ● ● ● Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus ● Southern Oryx (Gemsbok) Oryx gazella ● ● ● ● ● Bontebok (I) Damaliscus pygargus dorcas ● Topi (Tsessebe) Damaliscus lunatus ● Kongoni (Red Hartebeest) Alcelaphus buselaphus ● ● ●
Mammals recorded on the tour - 35 species; 2 regional endemics; I Leader only
REPTILES
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Huab Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Psamophis subtaeniatus ● RE Namib Rock Agama Agama planiceps ●
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 23 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019
RE Etosha Agama Agama etoshae ● Nile (Water) Monitor Varanus niloticus ● Ovambo Tree Skink Trachylepis binotata ● ● Rainbow Skink Trachylepis magaritifer ● ● Wahlberg's Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii ● Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus ● ● ● ● Marsh Terrapin Pelomedusa subrufa ● ● ●
Reptiles recorded on the tour – 9 species; 2 regional endemics
AMPHIBIANS Lodge Huab Travelling Okaukeujo Halali Namutoni GR Mahango Nxamaseri Xakanaxa Livingstone COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Guttural Toad Amietophrynus gutturalis h
Amphibians recorded on the tour – 1 (heard only)
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 24 Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, 2019