Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Chobe Safari Lodge
346 species and 7,679 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 125 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos125 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 346 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 trip1 km390 species
- Cresta Mowana Lodge3 km314 species
- Chobe River – west of Kasane4 km412 species
- Chobe Game Lodge8 km354 species
- Chobe NP – A3321 km318 species
- Nampene Island24 km312 species
All 346 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chobe Safari Lodge?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 125 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chobe Safari Lodge?
346 species, from 7,679 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chobe Safari Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, White-browed Robin-Chat, African Fish Eagle, African Openbill and Brown-hooded Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.