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Namibian Wildlife Surveys archive

This archive of reports of wildlife surveys in Namibia aims to:

  • provide easy public access to published information and statistics
  • enable easy stakeholder access to recent and historical data on wildlife populations
  • provide a comprehensive archive of wildlife survey reports in Namibia

Public access to information is a vital component of ensuring community engagement in prevalent issues. Wildlife surveys are critical to determine the health of wildlife populations and determine trends over time to guide conservation and management actions. 

Wildlife surveys are done for different species using methods that are suited to counting them (e.g. by air or road) in their natural habitats. Such surveys need to be repeated over time to detect long-term trends and inform conservation managers. The Namibian government, non-governmental organisations and private reserves all conduct regular surveys covering different parts of Namibia and targeting different species. This archive will thus serve as a repository of our collective knowledge of the trends and status of a variety of species occurring throughout Namibia.

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Potgieter GC 2019. Angolan island paradise for Cape Cormorants. Conservation and the Environment in Namibia (2019)

Take a close look at the image above. Each black dot is a Cape Cormorant (see below) as seen from a light aircraft. Can you count the cormorants? This aerial view of a colony of Cape Cormorants is a composite of several of the thousands of images taken during a 2017 survey of Ilha dos Tigres, an island off the coast of Angola. The purpose of this survey was to document all visible animals using this island, so every dot counts!

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Angolan island paradise for Cape Cormorants.pdf 2.75 MB
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Simmons RE 2001. Namibia wetland bird counts: January, April and July 2000 . Lanioturdus 34 (2) 19-23
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Namibia wetland bird counts_ January_April_July 2000.pdf 430.91 KB
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Robertson A, Simmons RE, Jarvis AM, Brown CJ 1995. Can Bird Atlas data be used to estimate population size? A case study using Namibian endemics . Biological Conservation 71 87 - 95

An assessment of population size is a fundamental stage in the conservation of any species. The recent availability of data from the Southern African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP) provides a tool to investigate the status and distribution of approximately 900 bird species covered by this work. Here, we assess whether or not reporting rate can be used to establish absolute abundance and thereby produce estimates of population size.

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Can Bird Atlas data be used to estimate population size.doc 634.5 KB
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Brown CJ, Cooper TG 1987. The status of cliff-nesting raptors on the Waterberg SWA/Namibia . Madoqua 15 (3) 243 - 249
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Brown_1987_Madoqua_15_3_raptors.pdf 1.51 MB
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Berry H, Orford J, van Wyk T, van der Walt A, Siegfried R, Starfield A, Behrens I, Stander PE 1984. The ecology, behaviour and population dynamics of large predators at Etosha. Part 1: The lion - Panthera leo.
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The ecology_behaviour and population dynamics of large predators at Etosha_Part 1 The lion.pdf 39.23 MB
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Berry H 1984. Helicopter census of western Etosha National Park during May 1984.
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1984 05 west.PDF 543.08 KB
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Berry H, Nott T 1983. Aerial and ground census of western Etosha National Park.
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1983 05 west.PDF 581.27 KB
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Berry H, Nott T 1983. Aerial and ground census of western Etosha National Park.
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Aerial and ground census of western Etosha National Park_1983.PDF 581.27 KB
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Berry H, de Villiers P 1982. Total aerial census of Etosha National Park.
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Total aerial census of Etosha National Park_1982.PDF 1.7 MB
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Berry H 1978. Wildebeest counts: 1978.
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1978 03 CT.PDF 242.44 KB
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Berry H Background and status of African lion in the Etosha National Park and Skeleton Coast Park of Namibia.
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Background and status of African lion in the Etosha National Park and Skeleton Coast Park of Namibia.pdf 401.06 KB
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Williams AJ, Simmons RE, Wearne K Birds of the Walvis Bay wetlands, Namibia: 12 Years of counts as an aid to conservation .
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