Bird List

Our Botswana Bird List

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BABBLERS

• Arrow-marked Babbler
• Southern Pied Babbler

BARBETS

• Acacia Pied Barbet
• Black-collard Barbet
• Crested Barbet

BATELEURS

• Bateleur

BATIS

• Pririt Batis

BEE-EATERS

• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
• European Bee-eater
• Little Bee-eater
• Southern Carmine Bee-eater
• Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
• White-fronted Bee-eater

BISHOPS

• Southern Red Bishop

BOUBOUS

• Swamp Boubou
• Tropical Boubou

BUFFALO-WEAVER

• Red-billed Buffalo Weaver

BULBULS

• African Red-eyed Bulbul
• Dark-capped Bulbul

BUNTINGS

• Golden-breasted Bunting

BUSTARDS

• Kori Bustard

BUZZARDS

• Steppe Buzzard

CANARY

• Black-throated Canary
• White-throated Canary
• Yellow Canary

CHAT

• Ant-eating Chat

CORMORANTS

• Reed Cormorant
• White-breasted Cormorant

COUCAL

• Coppery-tailed Coucal
• Senegal Coucal

COURSER

• Double-banded Courser

CRAKES

• Black Crake

CRANES

• Wattled Crane

CROMBEC

• Long-billed Crombec

CROWS

• Cape Crow
• Pied Crow

CUCKOOS

• Black Cuckoo
• Diderick Cuckoo
• Great Spotted Cuckoo
• Jacobin Cuckoo
• Levaillant’s Cuckoo

DARTERS

• African Darter

DOVES

• Laughing Dove
• Namaqua Dove
• Red-eyed Dove
• Rock Dove

DRONGOS

• Fork-tailed Drongo

DUCKS

• Comb Duck
• Fulvous Duck
• White-faced Duck

EAGLES

• Long-crested Eagle
• Martial Eagle
• Tawny Eagle
• Verreaux’s Eagle

EAGLE-OWLS

• Verreaux’s Eagle-owl

EGRETS

• Cattle Egret
• Great Egret
• Little Egret
• Slaty Egret

EREMOMELA

• Yellow-bellied Eremomela

FALCONS

• Lanner Falcon
• Red-necked Falcon

FINCHES

• Cut-throat Finch
• Red-headed Finch
• Scaly-feathered Finch

FIREFINCHES

• Jameson’s Firefinch
• Red-billed Firefinch

FISH-EAGLES

• African Fish-eagle

FISHING-OWLS

• Pel’s Fishing-owl

FLAMINGOES

• Greater Flamingo
• Lesser Flamingo

FLYCATCHERS

• Ashy Flycatcher
• Marico Flycatcher
• Pale Flycatcher
• Spotted Flycatcher

FRANCOLINS

• Coqui Francolin
• Crested Francolin

GO-AWAY-BIRD

• Grey Go-away-bird

GOOSES

• Egyptian Goose
• Spur-winged Goose

GOSHAWKS

• Gabar Goshawk
• Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk

GREBES

• Little Grebe

GREEN-PIGEONS

• African Green-pigeon

GROUND-HORNBILLS

• Southern Ground-hornbill

GREENSHANKS

• Common Greenshank

GUINEAFOWLS

• Helmeted Guineafowl

GULLS

• Grey-headed Gull

HAMERKOP

• Hamerkop

HARRIERS

• Black Harrier

HAWKS

• Bat Hawk

HERONS

• Black-headed Heron
• Goliath Heron
• Green-backed Heron
• Grey Heron
• Purple Heron
• Squacco Heron

HOOPOE

• African Hoopoe

HORNBILLS

• African Grey Hornbill
• Bradfield’s Hornbill
• Red-billed Hornbill
• Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
• Trumpeter Hornbill

IBIS

• African Sacred Ibis
• Glossy Ibis
• Hadeda Ibis

JACANAS

• African Jacana

KESTRELS

• Lesser Kestrel

KINGFISHERS

• Brown-hooded Kingfisher
• Giant Kingfisher
• Malachite Kingfisher
• Pied Kingfisher
• Woodland Kingfisher

KITES

• Black-shouldered Kite
• Yellow-billed Kite

KORHAANS

• Northern Black Korhaan
• Red-crested Korhaan

LAPWINGS

• African Wattled Lapwing
• Blacksmith Lapwing
• Crowned Lapwing
• Long-toed Lapwing

LARKS

• Eastern Clapper Lark
• Rufous-naped Lark
• Sabota Lark

MARSH-HARRIERS

• African Marsh-harrier

MARTINS

• Sand Martin

MASKED-WEAVERS

• Southern Masked-weaver

MOUSEBIRDS

• Red-faced Mousebird

MYNA

• Common Myna

OPENBILL

• African Openbill

ORIOLES

• Black-headed Oriole

OSTRICH

• Ostrich

OWLS

• Barn Owl

OWLETS

• Pearl-spotted Owlet

OXPECKERS

• Red-billed Oxpecker

PALM-THRUSH

• Collard Palm-thrush

PARADISE-FLYCATCHER

• African Paradise-flycatcher

PARADISE-WHYDAH

• Long-tailed Paradise-whydah

PARROTS

• Meyer’s Parrot

PELICAN

• Great White Pelican

PENDULINE-TIT

• Grey Penduline-tit

PIGEON

• Speckled Pigeon

PLOVERS

• Chestnut-banded Plover
• Three-banded Plover

PRINIAS

• Black-chested Prinia
• Tawny-flanked Prinia

PUFFBACK

• Black-backed Puffback

PYTILIA

• Green-winged Pytilia

QUELEA

• Red-billed Quelea

ROBIN-CHAT

• White-browed Robin-chat

ROLLERS

• European Roller
• Lilac-breasted Roller
• Purple Roller

RUFF

• Ruff

SANDGROUSES

• Burchell’s Sandgrouse
• Double-banded Sandgrouse
• Namaqua Sandgrouse

SANDPIPERS

• Common Sandpiper

SCIMITARBILL

• Common Scimitarbill

SCRUB-ROBINS

• Kalahari Scrub-robin

SECRETARYBIRD

• Secretarybird

SHIKRA

• Shikra

SHRIKES

• Crimson-breasted Shrike
• Lesser Grey Shrike
• Magpie Shrike
• Southern White-crowned Shrike

SKIMMER

• Skimmer

SNAKE-EAGLES

• Black-chested Snake-eagle

SPARROWS

• Cape Sparrow
• Great Sparrow
• House Sparrow
• Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

SPARROW-HAWK

• Little Sparrow-hawk

SPARROW-LARKS

• Grey-backed Sparrow-lark

SPARROW-WEAVER

• White-browed Sparrow-weaver

SPOONBILL

• African Spoonbill

SPURFOWLS

• Red-billed Spurfowl

STARLINGS

• Burchell’s Starling
• Cape Glossy Starling
• Greater Blue-eared Starling
• Meve’s Starling
• Violet-backed Starling
• Wattled Starling

STILTS

• Black-winged Stilt

STORKS

• Abdim’s Stork
• Marabou Stork
• Saddle-billed Stork
• White Stork
• Yellow-billed Stork

SUNBIRDS

• Collared Sunbird
• Marico Sunbird
• Scarlet-chested Sunbird
• White-bellied Sunbird

SWALLOWS

• Barn Swallow
• Lesser-striped Swallow
• Wire-tailed Swallow

TEALS

• Hottentot Teal
• Red-billed Teal

TERNS

• Whiskered Tern

THICK-KNEES

• Spotted Thick-knee
• Water Thick-knee

THRUSHES

• Ground-scraper Thrush

TURACO

• Schalow’s Turaco

VULTURES

• Cape Vulture
• Lappet-faced Vulture
• White-backed Vulture
• White-headed Vulture

WAGTAIL

• African Pied Wagtail

WAXBILLS

• Black-faced Waxbill
• Blue Waxbill
• Violet-eared Waxbill

WEAVERS

• Golden Weaver
• Red-headed Weaver

WHYDAHS

• Shaft-tailed Whydah

WOOD-DOVE

• Emerald-spotted Wood-dove

WOOD-HOOPOE

• Green Wood-hoopoe

WOOD-OWL

• African Wood-owl

WOODPECKER

• Cardinal Woodpecker
• Golden-tailed Woodpecker