Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Okavango Delta – Moremi GR
387 species and 14,044 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August and November, with up to 206 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicolaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Moremi Game Reserve – Third Bridge Camp17 km322 species
- Okavango Delta – Shinde Camp18 km261 species
- Okavango Delta – Kwara Camp20 km327 species
- Moremi Game Reserve – Xakanaka25 km332 species
- Okavango Delta – Chitabe/Chitabe Lediba Camp34 km292 species
- Okavango Delta – Little Vumbura Camp46 km287 species
All 387 species recorded here
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Okavango Delta – Moremi GR?
August and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 206 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Okavango Delta – Moremi GR?
387 species, from 14,044 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Okavango Delta – Moremi GR in November?
The most recorded in November: Meves's Starling, Grey Go-away-bird, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, Black Kite and Southern Red-billed Hornbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.