Namibiavis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|16}}

| genus = Namibiavis

| parent_authority = Mourer-Chauviré, 2003

| authority = Mourer-Chauviré, 2003

| species = senutae

}}

Namibiavis is an extinct genus of bird related to the hoatzin{{cite journal |author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Herculano Alvarenga |author3=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=2011 |title=Out of Africa: Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic bird |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=98 |issue= 11|pages= 961–6|doi=10.1007/s00114-011-0849-1 |pmid=21964974|bibcode=2011NW.....98..961M |s2cid=24210185 }} from early Middle Miocene (about 16 mya) deposits of Namibia. It was collected from Arrisdrift, southern Namibia. It was first named by Cécile Mourer-Chauviré in 2003 and the type species is Namibiavis senutae.{{cite journal |author=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=2003 |title=Birds (Aves) from the Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift (Namibia). Preliminary study with description of two new genera: Amanuensis (Accipitriformes, Sagittariidae) and Namibiavis (Gruiformes, Idiornithidae) |journal=Geological Survey of Namibia, Memoir |volume=19 |pages=103–113 }}