Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Chobe River – boat trip
390 species and 27,032 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September and November, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African DarterAnhinga rufa
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Great EgretArdea alba
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chobe Safari Lodge1 km346 species
- Cresta Mowana Lodge4 km314 species
- Chobe River – west of Kasane4 km412 species
- Chobe Game Lodge8 km354 species
- Chobe NP – A3321 km318 species
- Nampene Island24 km312 species
All 390 species recorded here
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chobe River – boat trip?
September and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chobe River – boat trip?
390 species, from 27,032 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chobe River – boat trip in November?
The most recorded in November: African Darter, African Jacana, African Fish Eagle, Great Egret and Long-toed Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.