Botswana · North-West District
Okavango Delta – Chitabe/Chitabe Lediba Camp
292 species and 6,417 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 161 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii161 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 292 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 – Third Bridge Camp32 km322 species
- Okavango Delta – Moremi GR34 km387 species
- Moremi Game Reserve – Xakanaka37 km332 species
- Okavango Delta – Kwara Camp48 km327 species
- Okavango Delta – Shinde Camp51 km261 species
- Maun – Thamalakane River52 km320 species
All 292 species recorded here
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Okavango Delta – Chitabe/Chitabe Lediba Camp?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 161 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Okavango Delta – Chitabe/Chitabe Lediba Camp?
292 species, from 6,417 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Okavango Delta – Chitabe/Chitabe Lediba Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-eyed Dove, Red-billed Spurfowl, Ring-necked Dove, Lilac-breasted Roller and Southern Grey-headed Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.