On 11 September 2016, on a farm approximately 70 km south of Grünau in southern Namibia, I observed a Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris individual in breeding plumage and yellow bill, throughout the day, although initially sheltering at ground level between garden plants (Figure 1). This was after a moderately strong south-westerly wind on 10 September 2016. The bird seemed heat stressed - i.e. open bill thermoregulation - on an averagely warm day of 27°C. This bird was not seen on the following day or thereafter. Common starlings are known to occur along the Orange River in southern Namibia, being especially abundant from time-to-time in Oranjemund (Anderson 2006). They are known to be commensal with humans (Hockey et al. 2005, Tarboton 2001) with the first known sighting of these birds in Oranjemund in 1970 (Brown 1985) and with limited sightings further upstream - i.e. eastwards (e.g. Hohenfels). According to Chris Brown (pers. comm.) sightings of Common Myna Acridotheres tristis which were received from Rosh Pinah were probably Common Starling although subsequent searches delivered neither of the two species.