Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Okavango Delta – Pelo Camp
272 species and 4,585 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 165 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Wattled CraneGrus carunculata
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Slaty EgretEgretta vinaceigula
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Great EgretArdea alba165 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 272 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Okavango Delta – Little Vumbura Camp39 km287 species
- Okavango Delta – Kanana Camp46 km278 species
- Okavango Delta – Shinde Camp60 km261 species
- Okavango Delta – Moremi GR63 km387 species
- Okavango Delta – Kwara Camp72 km327 species
- Moremi Game Reserve – Third Bridge Camp80 km322 species
All 272 species recorded here
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Okavango Delta – Pelo Camp?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 165 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Okavango Delta – Pelo Camp?
272 species, from 4,585 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Okavango Delta – Pelo Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Spur-winged Goose, Wattled Crane, African Openbill, Long-toed Lapwing 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.