Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Drotsky's Cabins
390 species and 20,544 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–November, with up to 221 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Hartlaub's BabblerTurdoides hartlaubii
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Swamp BoubouLaniarius bicolor
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
HamerkopScopus umbretta
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Okavango Delta – Shakawe River Lodge4 km347 species
- Okavango Delta – Xaro Lodge6 km341 species
- Bwabwata NP – Mahango riverside loop28 km395 species
- Bwabwata NP – Mahango Core Area30 km329 species
- Nxamaseri Island Lodge31 km265 species
- Bwabwata National Park – Buffalo Core Area33 km303 species
All 390 species recorded here
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Drotsky's Cabins?
September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 221 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Drotsky's Cabins?
390 species, from 20,544 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Drotsky's Cabins in November?
The most recorded in November: White-fronted Bee-eater, Hartlaub's Babbler, Common Bulbul, Swamp Boubou and Red-eyed Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.