Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Okavango Delta – Xaro Lodge
341 species and 21,285 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–November, with up to 180 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Hartlaub's BabblerTurdoides hartlaubii
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
HamerkopScopus umbretta
African JacanaActophilornis africanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Okavango Delta – Shakawe River Lodge4 km347 species
- Drotsky's Cabins6 km390 species
- Nxamaseri Island Lodge26 km265 species
- Bwabwata NP – Mahango riverside loop33 km395 species
- Bwabwata NP – Mahango Core Area35 km329 species
- Bwabwata National Park – Buffalo Core Area37 km303 species
All 341 species recorded here
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Okavango Delta – Xaro Lodge?
September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 180 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Okavango Delta – Xaro Lodge?
341 species, from 21,285 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Okavango Delta – Xaro Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Reed Cormorant, Hartlaub's Babbler, Common Bulbul, African Fish Eagle and Holub's Golden Weaver.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.