eBird Field Checklist
Makgadikgadi National Park
, Central, BW
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289 species (+8 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Common Quail
Red-billed Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Sandgrouse
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Bustards
Kori Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Gray Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
Senegal Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Nightjars
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Wattled Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Little Stint
Bronze-winged Courser
Double-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Black-winged Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
African Skimmer
White-winged Tern
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon
Gyps sp.
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
African Marsh Harrier
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Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
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
Marsh Owl
Mousebirds
Red-faced Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Bradfield's Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
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
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
Pied Barbet
Honeyguides
Lesser Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Lanner Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Meyer's Parrot
Old World Orioles
African Golden Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Chinspot Batis
Pririt Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
tchagra sp.
Tropical Boubou
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
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Lesser Gray Shrike
Magpie Shrike
White-crowned Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Southern Black-Tit
Ashy Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Southern Penduline-Tit
Larks
Spike-heeled Lark
Dusky Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Sabota Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Eastern Clapper Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
Pink-billed Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Cape Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Icterine Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Banded Martin
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Bulbuls
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Black-fronted Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Chestnut-vented Warbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Southern Pied-Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Red-winged Starling
Burchell's Starling
Meves's Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Cape Starling
Thrushes
Groundscraper Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Marico Flycatcher
Chat Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Kalahari Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Arnot's Chat
Capped Wheatear
Boulder Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Scaly Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
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Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Estrildids
Black-faced Waxbill
Red-headed Finch
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
Great Rufous Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Yellow Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
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