Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Nxamaseri Island Lodge
265 species and 6,799 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August, with up to 168 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Striated HeronButorides striata
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus80 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 265 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Okavango Delta – Xaro Lodge26 km341 species
- Okavango Delta – Shakawe River Lodge27 km347 species
- Drotsky's Cabins31 km390 species
- Bwabwata NP – Mahango riverside loop58 km395 species
- Bwabwata NP – Mahango Core Area60 km329 species
- Bwabwata National Park – Buffalo Core Area63 km303 species
All 265 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nxamaseri Island Lodge?
August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 168 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nxamaseri Island Lodge?
265 species, from 6,799 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nxamaseri Island Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Giant Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Black Crake, African Fish Eagle and Reed Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.