Birds of Botswana
Botswana hosts 494 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
- Great EgretArdea alba
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
- Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- Crimson-breasted ShrikeLaniarius atrococcineus
- Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
- Swamp BoubouLaniarius bicolor
- Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
- Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
- Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Hartlaub's BabblerTurdoides hartlaubii
- Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Marico FlycatcherBradornis mariquensis
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
- Kori BustardArdeotis kori
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
- Scaly-feathered WeaverSporopipes squamifrons
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Red-crested KorhaanLophotis ruficrista
- African Green PigeonTreron calvus
- Southern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus anguitimens
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Double-banded SandgrousePterocles bicinctus
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Southern Pied BabblerTurdoides bicolor
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Slaty EgretEgretta vinaceigula
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
- Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
- BrubruNilaus afer
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Bradfield's HornbillLophoceros bradfieldi
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- Burchell's SandgrousePterocles burchelli
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Pale Chanting GoshawkMelierax canorus
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regia
- Northern Black KorhaanAfrotis afraoides
- Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii
- Chirping CisticolaCisticola pipiens
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris
- Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
- Red-headed FinchAmadina erythrocephala
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
- Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
- Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
- Dickinson's KestrelFalco dickinsoni
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Burnt-necked EremomelaEremomela usticollis
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Great SparrowPasser motitensis
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Barred Wren-WarblerCalamonastes fasciolatus
- Southern Yellow White-eyeZosterops anderssoni
- Cape VultureGyps coprotheres
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Luapula CisticolaCisticola luapula
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Grey-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix verticalis
- Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
- Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
- African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lark-like BuntingEmberiza impetuani
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Collared Palm ThrushCichladusa arquata
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Retz's HelmetshrikePrionops retzii
- Pririt BatisBatis pririt
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava
- Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Namaqua SandgrousePterocles namaqua
- Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
- Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- White-backed MousebirdColius colius
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus
- Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- Rufous-cheeked NightjarCaprimulgus rufigena
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
- Sociable WeaverPhiletairus socius
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- Short-clawed LarkCerthilauda chuana
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Rosy-throated LongclawMacronyx ameliae
- Monotonous LarkMirafra passerina
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricans
- Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
- Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowi
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Tinkling CisticolaCisticola rufilatus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- Cape Penduline TitAnthoscopus minutus
- Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coqui
- African Black SwiftApus barbatus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Purple IndigobirdVidua purpurascens
- Yellow-throated SandgrousePterocles gutturalis
- Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
- Racket-tailed RollerCoracias spatulatus
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- Spike-heeled LarkChersomanes albofasciata
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- Stierling's Wren-WarblerCalamonastes stierlingi
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
- South African Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera
- Orange River FrancolinScleroptila gutturalis
- Boulder ChatPinarornis plumosus
- African RailRallus caerulescens
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis
- Grey Penduline TitAnthoscopus caroli
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black-faced BabblerTurdoides melanops
- Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
- Pink-billed LarkSpizocorys conirostris
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Rufous-eared WarblerMalcorus pectoralis
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Broad-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua obtusa
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
- Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- African HobbyFalco cuvierii
- African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- Dusky SunbirdCinnyris fuscus
- Stark's LarkSpizocorys starki
- Wood PipitAnthus nyassae
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Cape ParrotPoicephalus robustus
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Fairy FlycatcherStenostira scita
- Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
- Cuckoo-finchAnomalospiza imberbis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
- Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis
- Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
- Short-toed Rock ThrushMonticola brevipes
- Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra
- Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus
- Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
- Striped PipitAnthus lineiventris
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
- Bushveld PipitAnthus caffer
- Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
- Ludwig's BustardNeotis ludwigii
- Shelley's SunbirdCinnyris shelleyi
- Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
- Southern Black KorhaanAfrotis afra
- Red-throated TwinspotHypargos niveoguttatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Green-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus zambesiae
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
- Bradfield's SwiftApus bradfieldi
- Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
- Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
- Sharp-tailed StarlingLamprotornis acuticaudus
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
- White-throated CanaryCrithagra albogularis
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Black HarrierCircus maurus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Damara Red-billed HornbillTockus damarensis
- Böhm's SpinetailNeafrapus boehmi
- Burchell's CourserCursorius rufus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis
- Eastern NicatorNicator gularis
- Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
- Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii
- Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
- African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- Nicholson's PipitAnthus nicholsoni
- Miombo Rock ThrushMonticola angolensis