eBird Field Checklist
Chobe River--boat trip (Botswana)
, North-West, BW
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393 species (+34 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Red-billed Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
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
Sandgrouse
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse
Bustards
Kori Bustard
Denham's Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Schalow's Turaco
Gray Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
Senegal Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
coucal sp.
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Nightjars
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Bat-like Spinetail
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Flufftails
Red-chested Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Finfoots
African Finfoot
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Wattled Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
White-fronted Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Whimbrel
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
peep sp.
Three-banded Courser
Double-banded Courser
Rock Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
gull sp.
African Skimmer
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
tern sp.
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
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Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
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
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
old world vulture sp.
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila sp.
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Owls
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
Mousebirds
Red-faced Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
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Bradfield's Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus sp.
Trumpeter Hornbill
Kingfishers
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
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.
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Racket-tailed Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Honeyguides
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
African Golden Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Gabon Boubou
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Magpie Shrike
Southern Fiscal
shrike sp.
White-crowned Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
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Pied Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Southern Black-Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Larks
Dusky Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Cape Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Greencap Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Red-faced Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Tinkling Cisticola
Luapula Cisticola
Chirping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
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
Mosque Swallow
South African Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Black-fronted Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Southern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Southern Pied-Babbler
Hartlaub's Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Violet-backed Starling
Burchell's Starling
Meves's Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
Thrushes
Groundscraper Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Marico Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Chat Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
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Southern Black-Flycatcher
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Collared Palm-Thrush
African Stonechat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Capped Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Scaly Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
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
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Brown Firefinch
firefinch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Woodland Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
pipit sp.
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
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