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Epako Game Lodge is a wonderful destination for birdwatching in Namibia. The lodge is situated right in the Namibian bushveld with many seating areas. More opportunities to look for birds are on our game drives and our hiking trail. We also have a small aviary which houses some Namibian species.
The following is a list of birds which have been recorded in the area. The same list, including illustrations is available at Epako.
| Ostrich | Dabchick | White Pelican |
| Whitebreasted Cormorant | Hamerkop | Marabou Stork |
| Egyptian Goose | Cape Teal | Redbilled Teal |
| Secretary bird | Whitebacked Vulture | Lappetfaced Vulture |
| Yellowbilled Kite | Blackshouldered Kite | Black Eagle |
| Tawny Eagle | African Hawk Eagle | Blackbreasted Snake Eagle |
| Bateleur | African Fish Eagle | Augur Buzzard |
| Little Banded Goshawk | Gabar Goshawk | Pale Chanting Goshawk |
| Lanner Falcon | Rock Kestrel | Greater Kestrel |
| Crested Fancolin | Orange River Francolin | Redbilled Francolin |
| Hartlaub's Francolin | Swainson's Francolin | Common Quail |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Kori Bustard | Redcrested Korhaan |
| Northern Black Korhaan | Threebanded Plover | Crowned Plover |
| Blacksmith Plover | Avocet | Blackwinged Stilt |
| Temminck's Courser | Doublebanded Courser | Namaqua Sandgrouse |
| Burchell's Sandgrouse | Rock Pigeon | Cape Turtle Dove |
| Laughing Dove | Namaqua Dove | Greenspotted Dove |
| Ruppells's Parrot | Rosyfaced Lovebird | Grey Lourie |
| Scops Owl | Pearlspotted Owl | Bradfields' Swift |
| Alpine Swift | Palm Swift | Whiterumped Swift |
| Redfaced Mousebird | Whitebacked Mousebird | Swallowtailed Bee-eater |
| Lilacbreasted Roller | Purple Roller | African Hoopoe |
| Redbilled Woodhoopoe | Violet Woodhoopoe | Greater Scimitarbill |
| Grey Hornbill | Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill | Monteiro's Hornbill |
| Pied Barbet | Lesser Honeyguide | Cardinal Woodpecker |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Clapper Lark | Fawncoloured Lark |
| Sabota Lark | Spikeheeled Lark | Chetnutbacked Finchlark |
| Rock Martin | Fortailed Drongo | Ashy Tit |
| Carp's Tit | Cape Penduline Tit | Pied Babbler |
| Redeyed Bulbul | Groundscraper Thrush | Short-toed Rock Thrush |
| Mountain Chat | Familiar Chat | Whitebrowed Robin |
| Kalahari Robin | Chestnutvented Titbabbler | Longbilled Crombec |
| Yellowbellied Eremomela | Burntnecked Eremomela | Greybacked Bleating Warbler |
| Rockrunner | Rattling Cisticola | Marico Flycatcher |
| Chat Flycatcher | Pririt Batis | Grassveld Pipit |
| Fiscal Shrike | Crimsonbreasted Shrike | Puffback |
| Brubru | Threestreaked Tchagra | Bokmaikerie |
| Whitetailed Shrike | Whitecrowned Shrike | Burchell's Starling |
| Glossy Starling | Palewinged Starling | Marico Sunbird |
| Dusky Sunbird | Scarletchested Sunbird | Redbilled Buffalo Weaver |
| Whitebrowed Sparrow-weaver | Sociable Weaver | House Sparrow |
| Southern Great Sparrow | Cape Sparrow | Greyheaded Sparrow |
| Scalyfeathered Finch | Masked Weaver | Lesser Masked Weaver |
| Redbilled Quelea | Melba Finch | Blue Waxbill |
| Violeteared Waxbill | Common Waxbill | Blackcheeked Waxbill |
| Redheaded Finch | Pintailed Whydah | Shafttailed Whydah |
| Blackthroated Canary | Yellow Canary | Whitethroated Canary |
| Goldenbreasted Bunting |
| African Cuckoo | Jacobin Cuckoo | Diederik Cuckoo |
| Whiterumped Swift | Greyhood Kingfisher | Greater Striped Swallow |
| Capped Wheater | Chestnut Weaver | Cinnamonbreasted Rock Bunting |
| Bunting |
| Grey Heron Cattle Egret | European Bee-eater | European Roller |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Lesser Grey Shrike | Redbacked Shrike |
Enjoy the tranquil surroundings of the Namibian bushveld and look out for the many bird species which occur in this area.
