Links and References

We provide various links to websites of interest relating to birding in Namibia. References for the contents of the website are provided below.

Birding Links

• Afring, bird ringing in Africa
• African Bird Club's Namibia page
• Nacoma, Namibian Coast Conservation and Management project (provides some useful information)
• Namibia's birding Biodiversity (The main website is a Namibia biota database)
• Namibia Nature Foundation working (contributions to the conservation of birds in Namibia)
• Birdlife South Africa (we are anticipating a Namibian birdlife branch in the future)
• Another birdlist with various languages
• Africa Birds & Birding, a wonderful birding magazine for the region
• Southern Africa Birding resources
• CETN, mostly concerned with the Walvis Bay Ramsar site
• Fatbirder's Namibia page
• Adaptations of desert birds
• Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology
• Namibian Ringer's Group

Birding References

• HOCKEY, P.A.R., W.R.J. DEAN, and P.G. RYAN, editors. (Eds). 2005. Roberts birds of southern Africa. 7th ednThe Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. Cape Town.
• Field Guide: Birds of Southern Africa, 3rd Edition, Struik, 2002, by Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey and Warwick Tarboton