Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Chobe Game Lodge
354 species and 8,282 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 137 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Great EgretArdea alba
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chobe River – west of Kasane4 km412 species
- Chobe River – boat trip8 km390 species
- Chobe Safari Lodge8 km346 species
- Cresta Mowana Lodge11 km314 species
- Chobe NP – A3313 km318 species
- Chobe NP – Ihaha21 km339 species
All 354 species recorded here
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chobe Game Lodge?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 137 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chobe Game Lodge?
354 species, from 8,282 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chobe Game Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Lilac-breasted Roller, Southern Red-billed Hornbill, Blacksmith Lapwing, African Jacana and Black Kite.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.