The main problem though is the intake of water. Most birds cover their main part by using small open waterholes - if there are some - or from their prey. Some species in addition found other ways, such as drinking the morning dew or hibernating through longer droughts.

Various kinds of birds can be found on Vogelstrausskluft: Flightless birds, singing birds, predatory birds or migrating birds that live here for only a few months a year. The following list shows a short overview and of course is not complete.

Imagine Africa without its birds! The concert they give every morning and evening together with cicadas and crickets is characteristic for this continent. Namibia is the habitat for 620 of a total of nearly 900 different birds that can be found in southern Africa - and a major part lives in the dry areas of the Kalahari.

Like all other animals in the Kalahari, the birds have adapted to their surrounding and the problems connected in numerous ways. To avoid the heat most fly and hunt during the early morning or late evening hours, and hide in cooler, shady places during the day. Many can raise their body temperature to up to 41°C or regulate it by breathing faster.

Population				Habitat
	European Bee-eater	often		migrant
	Helmeted Guineafowl	rare		resident
	Lappet-faced Vulture	rare		resident
	Laughing Dove	often		resident
	Martial Eagle	often		resident
	Namaqua Dove	often		resident
	Namaqua Sandgrouse	widespread		resident
	Orange River White-eye	rare		resident
	Ostrich	widespread		resident
	Peregrine Falcon	rare		resident
	Secretarybird	spread		resident
	Southern Masked-Weaver	widespread		resident
	Spotted Eagle-Owl	often		resident
	Steppe Buzzard	rare		migrant
	Wattled Starling	rare		resident
	White Stork	rare		migrant
	White-backed Mousebird	spread		resident
	Yellow Canary	widespread		resident

Population				Habitat
	African Hoopoe	rare		resident
	African Red-eyed Bulbul	widespread		resident
	Alpine Swift	spread		migrant
	Anteating Chat	rare		resident
	Barn Owl	spread		resident
	Barn Swallow	spread		migrant
	Black-chested Snake-Eagle	often		resident
	Black Harrier	rare		migrant
	Black-shouldered Kite	rare		resident
	Booted Eagle	rare		migrant
	Bradfield's Swift	spraed		resident
	Cape Crow	spread		resident
	Cape Glossy Starling	often		resident
	Cape Sparrow	spread		resident
	Common Quail	spread		resident
	Common Swift	spread		migrant
	Crimson-breasted Shrike	widespread		resident
	Diderick Cuckoo	rare		migrant