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Bird Observations

			Date Range: Oct, 1900-2024

Botswana

Updated ~38 hr(s) ago.

496 species (+50 other taxa)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Common Ostrich
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
Helmeted Guineafowl
Indian Peafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Red-billed Spurfowl
Natal Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Greater Flamingo
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Kori Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
bustard sp.
Schalow's Turaco
Gray Go-away-bird
Senegal Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black Coucal
coucal sp.
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
African Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
African Finfoot
Gray Crowned-Crane
Wattled Crane
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
peep sp.
Small Buttonquail
Bronze-winged Courser
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Three-banded Courser
Double-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Rock Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Gray-hooded Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
African Skimmer
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
tern sp.
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hamerkop
Great Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Slaty Egret
Black Heron
Little Egret
White-backed Night Heron
Striated Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pel's Fishing-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
Speckled Mousebird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Eurasian Hoopoe
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Bradfield's Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Racket-tailed Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Crested Barbet
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
african barbet sp.
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
parrot sp.
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Cape Batis
Chinspot Batis
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Pririt Batis
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
tchagra sp.
Tropical Boubou
Gabon Boubou
Southern Boubou
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
boubou sp.
Bokmakierie
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gray-headed Bushshrike
bushshrike sp.
Fork-tailed Drongo
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Magpie Shrike
Southern Fiscal
shrike sp.
White-crowned Shrike
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Southern Black-Tit
Ashy Tit
African Penduline-Tit
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Southern Penduline-Tit
Spike-heeled Lark
Short-clawed Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Sabota Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Eastern Clapper Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Monotonous Lark
Red-capped Lark
Stark's Lark
Pink-billed Lark
lark sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cape Crombec
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
eremomela sp.
Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Barred Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Rufous-eared Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tinkling Cisticola
Luapula Cisticola
Chirping Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Acrocephalus sp.
Little Rush Warbler
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mosque Swallow
South African Swallow
swallow sp.
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Black-fronted Bulbul
Willow Warbler
Garden Warbler
Chestnut-vented Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Cape White-eye
Southern Yellow White-eye
Arrow-marked Babbler
Southern Pied-Babbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hartlaub's Babbler
Black-faced Babbler
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Burchell's Starling
Meves's Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
Groundscraper Thrush
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kurrichane Thrush
Karoo Thrush
Spotted Flycatcher
Marico Flycatcher
Muscicapa/Bradornis sp.
Pale Flycatcher
Chat Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Kalahari Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-throated Robin-Chat
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Collared Palm-Thrush
Thrush Nightingale
Collared Flycatcher
Short-toed Rock-Thrush
Miombo Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Arnot's Chat
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Boulder Chat
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Shelley's Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Dusky Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Scaly Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Sociable Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Grosbeak Weaver
Bronze Mannikin
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Red-headed Finch
Zebra Waxbill
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Brown Firefinch
firefinch sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
estrildid finch sp.
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
whydah sp.
House Sparrow
Great Rufous Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Cape Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
African Pied Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Woodland Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Tree Pipit
Bush Pipit
pipit sp.
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Yellow Canary
White-throated Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
african seedeater sp.
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
passerine sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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