Checklist for Botswana

eBird Field Checklist

Botswana

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466 species (+45 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year

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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

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Blue-billed Teal

Cape Shoveler

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

dabbling duck sp.

Southern Pochard

Maccoa Duck

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Orange River Francolin

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Red-billed Spurfowl

Natal Spurfowl

Swainson's Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Eared 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

sandgrouse sp.

Bustards

Kori Bustard

Red-crested Bustard

White-quilled Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

bustard sp.

Turacos

Schalow'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

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Nightjars

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Swamp Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus sp.

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Alpine Swift

Common Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Black Crake

rail/crake sp.

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

Kittlitz's Plover

Chestnut-banded Plover

White-fronted Plover

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

African Snipe

Common Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Little Stint

Pectoral Sandpiper

Small Buttonquail

Bronze-winged Courser

Three-banded Courser

Double-banded Courser

Temminck's Courser

courser sp.

Rock Pratincole

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

pratincole sp.

shorebird sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

African Skimmer

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

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

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

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

European Honey-buzzard

White-headed Vulture

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

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Pale Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

African Marsh 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

hawk 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

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

White-backed Mousebird

Red-faced Mousebird

mousebird sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

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

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

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

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Bennett's Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Rock Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Dickinson's Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Red-footed Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Meyer's Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Cuckooshrikes

Black Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Golden Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Chinspot Batis

Pririt 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

Southern Boubou

Crimson-breasted Gonolek

boubou sp.

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

shrike sp.

White-crowned Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

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

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark

Sabota Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Eastern Clapper Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Monotonous Lark

Red-capped Lark

Pink-billed Lark

lark sp.

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Cape Crombec

Cisticolas and Allies

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

Black-chested Prinia

Red-faced 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

Sedge Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Greater Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

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

Sylviid Warblers

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

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Common Myna

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Burchell's Starling

Meves's Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Cape Starling

Lamprotornis sp.

Thrushes

Groundscraper Thrush

Kurrichane Thrush

Karoo Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher

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

robin-chat sp.

Collared Palm-Thrush

Thrush Nightingale

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

Purple-banded Sunbird

White-breasted Sunbird

Copper Sunbird

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

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Long-tailed Widowbird

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Bronze 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

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

Village Indigobird

Purple Indigobird

whydah sp.

Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Great Rufous Sparrow

Cape 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

Striped Pipit

pipit sp.

Rosy-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Black-throated Canary

Yellow Canary

Streaky-headed Seedeater

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Lark-like Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.