Botswana · North-West District
Chobe NP
393 species and 11,568 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–September and November, with up to 158 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
Great EgretArdea alba
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola158 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 393 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chobe NP65 km388 species
- Chobe NP – A3375 km318 species
- Chobe NP – Ihaha80 km339 species
All 393 species recorded here
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chobe NP?
August–September and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 158 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chobe NP?
393 species, from 11,568 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chobe NP in November?
The most recorded in November: African Fish Eagle, Blacksmith Lapwing, African Openbill, Marabou Stork and White-backed Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.