Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Moremi Game Reserve – Khwai
337 species and 10,255 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 157 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Great EgretArdea alba
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
Wattled CraneGrus carunculata
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca93 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 337 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Moremi Game Reserve – Xakanaka36 km332 species
- Moremi Game Reserve – Third Bridge Camp43 km322 species
- Okavango Delta – Kwara Camp52 km327 species
- Okavango Delta – Chitabe/Chitabe Lediba Camp56 km292 species
- Okavango Delta – Moremi GR60 km387 species
- Okavango Delta – Shinde Camp63 km261 species
All 337 species recorded here
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Moremi Game Reserve – Khwai?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 157 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Moremi Game Reserve – Khwai?
337 species, from 10,255 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Moremi Game Reserve – Khwai in November?
The most recorded in November: Saddle-billed Stork, Blacksmith Lapwing, Spur-winged Goose, 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.