eBird Field Checklist
Botswana
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556 species (+99 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
South African Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Muscovy Duck
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Mallard
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
dabbling duck sp.
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Indian Peafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
old world quail sp.
Red-billed Spurfowl
Natal Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Columba sp.
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
sandgrouse sp.
Bustards
Kori Bustard
Ludwig's Bustard
Denham's Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
bustard sp.
Turacos
Schalow's Turaco
Purple-crested Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Gray Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
Senegal Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
coucal sp.
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Bat-like Spinetail
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Bradfield's Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Flufftails
Red-chested Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
African Crake
Spotted Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Striped Crake
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
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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
Black-tailed Godwit
Great Snipe
African Snipe
snipe sp.
Red Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Small Buttonquail
Bronze-winged Courser
Three-banded Courser
Double-banded Courser
Burchell's Courser
Temminck's Courser
courser sp.
Rock Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
African Skimmer
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black 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
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
pelican sp.
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
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
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Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon
Gyps sp.
old world vulture sp.
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
snake-eagle sp.
Bat Hawk
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila sp.
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Black Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Red-necked Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
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
owl sp.
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
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Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Bradfield's Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus sp.
Trumpeter Hornbill
Kingfishers
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy 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
Madagascar 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
african barbet sp.
Honeyguides
Green-backed Honeyguide
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
small honeyguide sp.
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
large honeyguide sp.
honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
parrot sp.
African and Green Broadbills
African Broadbill
Cuckooshrikes
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
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Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Cape Batis
Chinspot Batis
Pririt Batis
batis sp.
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
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
Gray-headed Bushshrike
bushshrike sp.
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Magpie Shrike
Southern Fiscal
Souza's Shrike
shrike sp.
White-crowned Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
crow/raven sp.
Fairy Flycatchers
Fairy Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Southern Black-Tit
Ashy Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Southern Penduline-Tit
Larks
Spike-heeled Lark
Short-clawed Lark
Dusky Lark
Black-eared Sparrow-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.
Nicators
Eastern Nicator
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Cape Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
eremomela sp.
Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Miombo/Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Barred Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
prinia sp.
Rufous-eared Warbler
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Red-faced Cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Tinkling Cisticola
Luapula Cisticola
Chirping Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Hippolais sp.
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
River Warbler
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
Angola 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
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Chestnut-vented Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Cape White-eye
Southern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Southern Pied-Babbler
Hartlaub's Babbler
Black-faced Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Burchell's Starling
Meves's Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Sharp-tailed Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Groundscraper Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
Karoo Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
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Muscicapa sp.
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
scrub-robin sp.
White-throated Robin-Chat
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
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Shelley's Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Dusky Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
Cinnyris sp.
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
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
Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
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
Peters's Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Brown Firefinch
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
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Village Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
whydah sp.
Vidua sp.
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Great Rufous Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Woodland Pipit
Nicholson's Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Striped Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Bush Pipit
pipit sp.
Orange-throated Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Yellow Canary
White-throated Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
african seedeater sp.
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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