s045
Namibian escarpment

Country/Territory Angola; Namibia
Area 0 km2
Altitude 0 - 0 m
Priority -
Habitat loss -
Knowledge -

General characteristics

The mountain slopes and hillsides of the Namibian escarpment extending into extreme southern Angola support the endemic Herero Chat Namibornis herero (a monotypic genus), which favours areas of mixed Acacia and Commiphora trees (Maclean 1984). Part of its range lies close to that of Dune Lark Certhilauda erythrochlamys (see Secondary Area s046), but the distributions of the two species do not overlap, and they occur in different habitat types, so the two areas are not considered to comprise an EBA.

Restricted-range species


Species IUCN Red List category
Herero Chat (Namibornis herero) LC

Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas (IBAs)
Country IBA Name IBA Book Code
Angola Iona National Park AO012
Namibia Brandberg mountain NA008
Namibia Epupa - Ruacana NA001
Namibia Hobatere NA005
Namibia Namib-Naukluft Park NA010

Threat and conservation


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Endemic Bird Area factsheet: Namibian escarpment. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/344 on 23/11/2024.