Botswana · North-West District
Chobe NP
388 species and 16,764 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–September and December, with up to 161 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Kori BustardArdeotis kori
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
Black KiteMilvus migrans
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Red-crested KorhaanLophotis ruficrista
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateriSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Selinda Reserve58 km275 species
- Chobe NP65 km393 species
- Moremi Game Reserve – Khwai74 km337 species
All 388 species recorded here
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
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 December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 161 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chobe NP?
388 species, from 16,764 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chobe NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Kori Bustard, Lilac-breasted Roller, Southern Red-billed Hornbill, Marabou Stork and Egyptian Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.