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Bird Observations

			Date Range: May, 1900-2024

Botswana

Updated ~33 hr(s) ago.

457 species (+51 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
Spur-winged Goose
Muscovy Duck
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
dabbling duck sp.
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
Helmeted Guineafowl
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
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
Namaqua Sandgrouse
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Kori Bustard
Denham's 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
African Cuckoo
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
nightjar sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bat-like Spinetail
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Red-chested Flufftail
African Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
rail/crake sp.
African Finfoot
Gray Crowned-Crane
Wattled Crane
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Blacksmith Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
African Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Bronze-winged Courser
Three-banded Courser
Double-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
courser sp.
Rock Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Gray-hooded Gull
African Skimmer
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-winged Tern
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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Pink-backed Pelican
Hamerkop
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
snake-eagle sp.
Bat Hawk
Martial Eagle
Long-crested 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
African Marsh Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Speckled Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Eurasian Hoopoe
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Southern Ground-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
Lilac-breasted Roller
Racket-tailed Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Crested Barbet
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
parrot sp.
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Chinspot Batis
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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
boubou sp.
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
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
Fairy Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Southern Black-Tit
Ashy Tit
African Penduline-Tit
Southern Penduline-Tit
Spike-heeled Lark
Short-clawed Lark
Dusky Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Sabota Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Eastern Clapper Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Monotonous Lark
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Red-capped Lark
Pink-billed Lark
lark sp.
Eastern Nicator
Cape Crombec
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Miombo/Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Barred Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-chested Prinia
prinia sp.
Rufous-eared Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Tinkling Cisticola
Luapula Cisticola
Chirping Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Great Reed Warbler
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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Black-fronted Bulbul
Willow Warbler
Chestnut-vented Warbler
Cape White-eye
Southern Yellow White-eye
Arrow-marked Babbler
Southern Pied-Babbler
Hartlaub's Babbler
Black-faced Babbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Burchell's Starling
Meves's Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
Groundscraper Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
Karoo Thrush
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Marico Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Chat Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Kalahari Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
scrub-robin sp.
White-throated Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Red-capped Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Collared Palm-Thrush
Short-toed Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Arnot's Chat
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Boulder Chat
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Purple-banded Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Scaly Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Sociable Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ploceus sp.
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Bronze Mannikin
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Red-headed Finch
Zebra Waxbill
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Brown Firefinch
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
whydah sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Parasitic Weaver
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
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Woodland Pipit
Nicholson's Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Buffy Pipit
Striped Pipit
pipit sp.
Orange-throated Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Yellow Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Golden-breasted Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
passerine sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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