Kopij, G.,  2021. Population density and structure of a breeding bird community in a suburban habitat in the Cuvelai drainage system, northern Namibia.  Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 19: 313-320 , DOI: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2021.19.0313

 

Table 1. Breeding bird community in the inner part of Ongwediva town in 2018: foraging guild (G, granivores; I, insectivores; F, frugivores; N, nectarivores; O, omnivoress; C,  carnivores); nesting guild (B, on/in buildings; G, on the ground; V, in herbaceous vegetation; T, in trees or shrubs; H, in tree holes).

 

Tabla 1. Comunidad de aves reproductoras en el interior de la ciudad de Ongwediva en 2018:  tipo de alimentación (G, granívoros; I, insectívoros; F, frugívoros; N, nectarívoros; O, omnívoros; C,  carnívoros);  lugar de anidamiento (B, edificios; G, suelo; V, vegetación herbácea; T, árboles o arbustos; H, agujeros en árboles).

 

Common name

Scientific name

Foraging guild

Nesting guild

Pairs

Pairs / 10 ha

Dominance

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

G

B

364

36.4

48.8

Laughing dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

G

T

84

8.4

11.3

Blue waxbill

Uraeginthus angolensis

G

T

69

6.9

9.2

Red-faced mousebird

Urocolius indicus

F

T

36

3.6

4.8

Red-eyed bulbul

Pyconotus nigricans

F

T

35

3.5

4.7

Chestnut-vented warbler

Sylvia subcoerulea

I

T

32

3.2

4.3

Southern masked weaver

Ploceus velatus

G

T

21

2.1

2.8

Marico sunbird

Cinnyris mariquensis

N

T

17

1.7

2.3

Black-chested prinia

Prinia flavicans

I

V

13

1.3

1.7

African palm swift

Cypsiurus parvus

I

T

10

1

1.3

Scaly-feathered finch

Sporopipes squamifrons

G

T

8

0.8

1.1

Speckled pigeon

Columba guinea

G

B

8

0.8

1.1

Marico flycatcher

Melaenornis mariquensis

I

T

7

0.7

0.9

Black-throated canary

Crithagra atrogularis

G

T

6

0.6

0.8

Dark-capped bulbul

Pycnonotus tricolor

F

T

6

0.6

0.8

Pied crow

Corvus albus

O

T

5.5

0.55

0.7

African hoopoe

Upupa africana

I

H

3.5

0.35

0.5

Black-collared barbet

Lybius torquatus

F

H

3

0.3

0.4

Rattling cisticola

Cisticola chiniana

I

V

3

0.3

0.4

Namaqua dove

Oena capensis

G

T

3

0.3

0.4

Acacia pied barbet

Tricholaema leucomelas

F

H

2

0.2

0.3

Red-headed finch

Amadina erythrocephala

G

T

2

0.2

0.3

Long-billed crombec

Sylvietta rufescens

I

T

2

0.2

0.3

Little bee-eater

Merops pusillus

I

H

1.5

0.15

0.2

Scarlet-chested sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

N

T

1

0.1

0.1

Yellow-bellied apalis

Eremomela icteropygialis

I

T

1

0.1

0.1

Brown-headed tchagra

Tchagra australis

I

T

1

0.1

0.1

Black-backed puffback

 Dryoscopus cubla

I

T

1

0.1

0.1

Lilac-breasted roller

Coracias caudata

I

H

0.5

0.05

0.1

Greater honeyguide

Indicator indicator

I

T

0.5?

0.05

0.1

Total

  

 

 

746.5

74.65

100.0