Bird AlbumBotswana · North-West District
Selinda Reserve
275 species and 6,895 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 147 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta147 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 275 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chobe NP58 km388 species
- Okavango Delta – Kwara Camp70 km327 species
- Moremi Game Reserve – Xakanaka74 km332 species
- Moremi Game Reserve – Khwai75 km337 species
- Okavango Delta – Shinde Camp76 km261 species
All 275 species recorded here
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Selinda Reserve?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 147 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Selinda Reserve?
275 species, from 6,895 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Selinda Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: African Fish Eagle, Blacksmith Lapwing, Lilac-breasted Roller, African Openbill 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.