Namibia · Kavango Region
Bwabwata NP – Mahango Core Area
329 species and 9,868 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 154 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Crimson-breasted ShrikeLaniarius atrococcineus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Common OstrichStruthio camelus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Wattled CraneGrus carunculata
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
Great EgretArdea albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bwabwata NP – Mahango riverside loop6 km395 species
- Bwabwata National Park – Buffalo Core Area7 km303 species
- Mahangu Safari Lodge9 km347 species
- Ngepi Camp11 km311 species
- Drotsky's Cabins30 km390 species
- Okavango Delta – Shakawe River Lodge33 km347 species
All 329 species recorded here
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bwabwata NP – Mahango Core Area?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 154 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bwabwata NP – Mahango Core Area?
329 species, from 9,868 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bwabwata NP – Mahango Core Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Crimson-breasted Shrike, African Fish Eagle, Common Ostrich, Lilac-breasted Roller and Grey Go-away-bird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.