Botswana · North-West District
Cresta Mowana Lodge
314 species and 4,850 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–November, with up to 109 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Collared Palm ThrushCichladusa arquata
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Striated HeronButorides striata109 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 314 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chobe Safari Lodge3 km346 species
- Chobe River – boat trip4 km390 species
- Chobe River – west of Kasane7 km412 species
- Chobe Game Lodge11 km354 species
- Nampene Island23 km312 species
- Chobe NP – A3324 km318 species
All 314 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cresta Mowana Lodge?
September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 109 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cresta Mowana Lodge?
314 species, from 4,850 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cresta Mowana Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, White-browed Robin-Chat, Collared Palm Thrush, Fork-tailed Drongo and African Paradise Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.