Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Okavango Delta – Kanana Camp
278 species and 5,149 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Wattled CraneGrus carunculata
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
RuffCalidris pugnax
Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoidesSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Okavango Delta – Pelo Camp46 km272 species
- Okavango Delta – Moremi GR46 km387 species
- Okavango Delta – Chitabe/Chitabe Lediba Camp52 km292 species
- Okavango Delta – Shinde Camp57 km261 species
- Moremi Game Reserve – Third Bridge Camp62 km322 species
- Okavango Delta – Little Vumbura Camp63 km287 species
All 278 species recorded here
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Okavango Delta – Kanana Camp?
March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Okavango Delta – Kanana Camp?
278 species, from 5,149 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Okavango Delta – Kanana Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Whiskered Tern, African Skimmer, Blacksmith Lapwing, Lilac-breasted Roller and Bateleur.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.