Bird AlbumBotswana · North-East District
Shashe Dam
251 species and 4,582 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 109 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Marico FlycatcherBradornis mariquensis
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahaliSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 251 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shashe Dam?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 109 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shashe Dam?
251 species, from 4,582 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shashe Dam in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Laughing Dove, Three-banded Plover, Little Egret and Common Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.