The following list is compiled from the Reports section of the Botswana Tickbird web site (http://www.worldbirds.org/botswana ). All of the birds on this list have been confirmed as spotted within Chobe. A special thanks to the folks at Birdwatch Botswana, as they have put us on to this list and are supporting of our goals. This small Societyof dedicated watchers seek to popularise birds and birding in Botswana for local people as well as overseas tourists and for the benefit of local people. The enthusiastic membersare in the major towns of Botswana. You can also view birds of Botswana on their Flickr site a Birds of Botswana.
| National Common Name | Alternate Name | Scientific Name |
| Southern Pied Babbler | Southern Pied-babbler | Turdoides bicolor |
| Hartlaub’s Babbler | Angola Babbler | Turdoides hartlaubii |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| Crested Barbet | Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
| Acacia Pied Barbet | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas |
| Black-collared Barbet | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus |
| Bateleur | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| Chinspot Batis | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| European Bee-eater | European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster |
| White-fronted Bee-eater | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus |
| Little Bee-eater | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| Tropical Boubou | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus |
| Swamp Boubou | Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris |
| Brubru | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| Dark-capped (Common) Bulbul | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus (tricolor) |
| Kori Bustard | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| Northern Black Korhaan | White-quilled Bustard | Eupodotis (Afrotis) afraoides |
| Red-crested Korhaan (Bustard) | Red-crested Bustard | Eupodotis (Lophotis) ruficrista |
| Yellow Canary | Yellow Canary | Serinus (Crithagra) flaviventris |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Yellow-fronted Canary | Serinus (Crithagra) mozambicus |
| Desert Cisticola | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus |
| Rattling Cisticola | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| Zitting Cisticola | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| Reed Cormorant | Long-tailed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
| White-breasted Cormorant | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo (lucidus) |
| Coppery-tailed Coucal | Coppery-tailed Coucal | Centropus cupreicaudus |
| Senegal Coucal | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis |
| Burchell’s (White-browed) Coucal | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus (burchelli) |
| Three-banded Courser | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus |
| Wattled Crane | Wattled Crane | Grus (Bugeranus) carunculatus |
| Pied Crow | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| African Darter | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Emerald-spotted Wood-dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| Namaqua Dove | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| Laughing Dove | Laughing Dove | Stigmatopelia (Streptopelia) senegalensis |
| Cape Turtle-Dove | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| African Mourning Dove | Mourning Collared-dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| Red-eyed Dove | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| Red-billed Teal | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| White-faced Duck | White-faced Whistling-duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| Comb Duck | Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| Martial Eagle | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| Steppe Eagle | Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis |
| Tawny Eagle | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Brown Snake-eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| African Fish-Eagle | African Fish-eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| Cattle Egret | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Great Egret | Great Egret | Casmerodius albus (Egretta alba) |
| Little Egret | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Slaty Egret | Slaty Egret | Egretta vinaceigula |
| Yellow-billed (Intermediate) Egret | Intermediate Egret | Mesophoyx (Egretta) intermedia |
| Crested Francolin | Crested Francolin | Francolinus (Dendroperdix) sephaena |
| Red-billed Spurfowl (Francolin) | Red-billed Francolin | Francolinus (Pternistis) adspersus |
| Swainson’s Spurfowl | Swainson’s Spurfowl | Francolinus (Pternistis) swainsonii |
| Brown Firefinch | Brown Firefinch | Lagonosticta nitidula |
| Jameson’s Firefinch | Jameson’s Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| Scaly-feathered Finch | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons |
| Marico Flycatcher | Mariqua Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis |
| Grey Go-away-bird | Grey Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor |
| Spur-winged Goose | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| Egyptian Goose | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk | Pale Chanting-goshawk | Melierax canorus |
| Gabar Goshawk | Gabar Goshawk | Melierax gabar |
| Little Grebe | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Grey-headed Gull | Grey-headed Gull | Larus cirrocephalus |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| African Harrier-Hawk | African Harrier-hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| Hamerkop | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| Grey Heron | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Goliath Heron | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
| Purple Heron | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| Squacco Heron | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| Green-backed Heron | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| African (Eurasian) Hoopoe | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops (africana) |
| Southern Ground-Hornbill | Southern Ground-hornbill | Bucorvus cafer (leadbeateri) |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
| Bradfield’s Hornbill | Bradfield’s Hornbill | Tockus bradfieldi |
| Red-billed Hornbill | Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas |
| African Grey Hornbill | African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus |
| Greater Honeyguide | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| African Sacred Ibis | Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| Glossy Ibis | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| African Jacana | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| Greater Kestrel | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| Rock Kestrel | Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus (rupicolus) |
| Black Kite | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| Giant Kingfisher | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima (maximus) |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata |
| Pied Kingfisher | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| African Wattled Lapwing | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| Crowned Lapwing | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| Long-toed Lapwing | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
| Red-capped Lark | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
| Dusky Lark | Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans |
| Fawn-coloured Lark | Fawn-coloured Lark | Mirafra (Calendulauda) africanoides |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana |
| Flappet Lark | Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea |
| Brown-throated Martin | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| Sand Martin | Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
| African Barred Owlet | African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| Osprey | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Common Ostrich | Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
| African Golden Oriole | African Golden-oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus |
| Meyer’s Parrot | Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
| Great White Pelican | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| African (Richard’s) Pipit | Richard’s Pipit | Anthus richardi (cinnamomeus) |
| Wood (Long-billed) Pipit | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similus (nyassae) |
| Buffy Pipit | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis |
| White-fronted Plover | White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus |
| Three-banded Plover | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
| Black-chested Prinia | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans |
| Black-backed Puffback | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni |
| Yellow-throated Petronia | Yellow-throated Petronia | Petronia superciliaris |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| Red-billed Quelea | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| Broad-billed Roller | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| Purple (Rufous-crowned) Roller | Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevia (naevius) |
| Double-banded Sandgrouse | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus |
| Burchell’s Sandgrouse | Burchell’s Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli |
| Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis |
| Common Sandpiper | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Wood Sandpiper | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common Greenshank | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| Grey-headed Bush-Shrike | Grey-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Malaconotus sulfureopectus |
| Red-backed Shrike | Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor |
| Magpie Shrike | Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleucus (Corvinella melanoleuca) |
| African Skimmer | African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark | Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark | Eremopterix leucotis |
| Grey-backed Sparrowlark | Grey-backed Sparrow-lark | Eremopterix verticalis |
| Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | Cape Sparrow | Passer diffusus |
| House Sparrow | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| African Spoonbill | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| Black-winged Stilt | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Violet-backed Starling | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| Wattled Starling | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| Burchell’s Starling | Burchell’s Glossy-starling | Lamprotornis australis |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| Meves’s Starling | Meves’s Glossy-starling | Lamprotornis mevesii |
| Cape Glossy Starling | Red-shouldered Glossy-starling | Lamprotornis nitens |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Amethyst Sunbird | Nectarinia (Chalcomitra) amethystina |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Nectarinia (Chalcomitra) senegalensis |
| Secretarybird | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| African Stonechat | Common Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| Common Scimitarbill | Common Scimitar-bill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
| Marabou Stork | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| White Stork | White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| African Openbill Stork | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| Marico Sunbird | Mariqua Sunbird | Nectarinia (Cinnyris) mariquensis |
| White-bellied (White-breasted) Sunbird | White-breasted Sunbird | Nectarinia (Cinnyris) talatala |
| African Palm-Swift | African Palm-swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| African Black Swift | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| White-rumped Swift | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| Grey-rumped Swallow | Grey-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Lesser Striped-swallow | Hirundo abyssinica |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Greater Striped-swallow | Hirundo cucullata |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata |
| Barn Swallow | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| Groundscraper Thrush | Groundscraper Thrush | Psophocichla litsipsirupa |
| Hooded Vulture | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| White-headed Vulture | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps (Aegypius) occipitalis |
| White-backed Vulture | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| Willow Warbler | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| Blue Waxbill | Blue-breasted Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| Violet-eared Waxbill (Common Grenadier) | Common Grenadier | Uraeginthus granatinus (Granatina granatina) |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | White-browed Sparrow-weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Lesser Masked Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Southern Masked-weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| Golden Weaver | Holub’s Golden-weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Red-billed Buffalo-weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| Green Wood-Hoopoe | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| Capped Wheatear | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah | Vidua obtusa |
| Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Eastern Paradise-whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| Shaft-tailed Whydah | Queen Whydah | Vidua regia |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Bearded Woodpecker | Thripias (Dendropicos) namaquus |