eBird Field Checklist
Bwabwata NP
, Okavango, NA
ebird.org/hotspot/L2472186
215 species (+3 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Red-billed Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Red-billed Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse
Bustards
Red-crested Bustard
Turacos
Gray Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
Coppery-tailed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Nightjars
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swifts
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Black Crake
Cranes
Wattled Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
African Jacana
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Temminck's Courser
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
White-winged Tern
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Pelicans
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Slaty Egret
Little Egret
White-backed Night Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Owls
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
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
Woodland Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Honeyguides
Green-backed Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Meyer's Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Black-backed Puffback
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Gabon Boubou
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Magpie Shrike
White-crowned Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Southern Black-Tit
Larks
Dusky Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Cape Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Greencap Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-chested Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Chirping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Olive-tree Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Plain Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Bulbuls
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Chestnut-vented Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Southern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Southern Pied-Babbler
Hartlaub's Babbler
Black-faced Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Violet-backed Starling
Burchell's Starling
Meves's Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Cape Starling
Thrushes
Groundscraper Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Marico Flycatcher
Kalahari Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
African Stonechat
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Village Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Cut-throat
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Brown Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting