Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Chobe River – west of Kasane
412 species and 21,396 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August and November, with up to 184 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis179 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 412 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chobe River – boat trip4 km390 species
- Chobe Game Lodge4 km354 species
- Chobe Safari Lodge4 km346 species
- Cresta Mowana Lodge7 km314 species
- Chobe NP – A3317 km318 species
- Chobe NP – Ihaha25 km339 species
All 412 species recorded here
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chobe River – west of Kasane?
July–August and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 184 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chobe River – west of Kasane?
412 species, from 21,396 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chobe River – west of Kasane in November?
The most recorded in November: Egyptian Goose, African Fish Eagle, Blacksmith Lapwing, Black Kite and African Jacana.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.