Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Chobe NP – Ihaha
339 species and 6,588 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October and December, with up to 137 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
White-backed VultureGyps africanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chobe NP – A3315 km318 species
- Chobe Game Lodge21 km354 species
- Chobe River – west of Kasane25 km412 species
- Chobe River – boat trip28 km390 species
- Chobe Safari Lodge29 km346 species
- Cresta Mowana Lodge31 km314 species
All 339 species recorded here
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chobe NP – Ihaha?
September–October and 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 NP – Ihaha?
339 species, from 6,588 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chobe NP – Ihaha in November?
The most recorded in November: African Openbill, Ring-necked Dove, Tawny Eagle, Blacksmith Lapwing and African Fish Eagle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.