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This checklist includes all bird species found in Chobe National Park , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2022. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).

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Country or region: Chobe National Park [map]

Number of species: 413
Number of introduced species: 2
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae

Common OstrichStruthio camelus

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
African Pygmy-GooseNettapus auritus
Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Cape TealAnas capensis
Red-billed DuckAnas erythrorhyncha
Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coqui
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixRare/Accidental
Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Mourning Collared-DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
African Green-PigeonTreron calvus

 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Namaqua SandgrousePterocles namaqua
Yellow-throated SandgrousePterocles gutturalis
Double-banded SandgrousePterocles bicinctus
Burchell's SandgrousePterocles burchelli

 
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

Kori BustardArdeotis kori
Denham's BustardNeotis denhamiRare/Accidental
Red-crested BustardEupodotis ruficrista
White-quilled BustardEupodotis afraoides
Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster

 
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowiRare/Accidental
Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
Black CoucalCentropus grillii
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Pied CuckooClamator jacobinus
Dideric CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
African CuckooCuculus gularis
Common CuckooCuculus canorus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae

Common SwiftApus apus
African SwiftApus barbatus
Little SwiftApus affinis
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

African RailRallus caerulescens
African CrakeCrex egregia
Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra

 
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae

African FinfootPodica senegalensis

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Gray Crowned-CraneBalearica regulorum
Wattled CraneBugeranus carunculatus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
White-headed LapwingVanellus albiceps
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Kittlitz's PloverCharadrius pecuarius
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Three-banded PloverCharadrius tricollaris
White-fronted PloverCharadrius marginatus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-SnipeRostratula benghalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
African JacanaActophilornis africanus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
RuffCalidris pugnax
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Little StintCalidris minuta
African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusRare/Accidental
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common RedshankTringa totanus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Small ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
Double-banded CourserSmutsornis africanus
Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

African DarterAnhinga rufa

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens

 
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

HamerkopScopus umbretta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Dwarf BitternIxobrychus sturmii
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Great EgretArdea alba
Intermediate EgretArdea intermedia
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Slaty EgretEgretta vinaceigula
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
Striated HeronButorides striata
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
White-backed Night-HeronGorsachius leuconotus

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae

SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoidesRare/Accidental
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Black-chested Snake-EagleCircaetus pectoralis
Brown Snake-EagleCircaetus cinereus
Banded Snake-EagleCircaetus cinerascens
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
Pale Chanting-GoshawkMelierax canorus
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
Eurasian Marsh-HarrierCircus aeruginosusRare/Accidental
African Marsh-HarrierCircus ranivorus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
African GoshawkAccipiter tachiro
ShikraAccipiter badius
Little SparrowhawkAccipiter minullus
Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Fish-EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
Common BuzzardButeo buteo

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Barn OwlTyto alba

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

African Scops-OwlOtus senegalensis
Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lacteus
Pel's Fishing-OwlScotopelia peli
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
African Wood-OwlStrix woodfordii

 
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae

Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae

Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae

Southern Ground-HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Bradfield's HornbillLophoceros bradfieldi
African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Gray-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

European RollerCoracias garrulus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Racket-tailed RollerCoracias spatulatus
Rufous-crowned RollerCoracias naevius
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus

 
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae

Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus

 
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae

Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Cardinal WoodpeckerChloropicus fuscescens
Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii
Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus
Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
Dickinson's KestrelFalco dickinsoni
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
Amur FalconFalco amurensis
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

White-breasted CuckooshrikeCoracina pectoralis
Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
African Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Chinspot BatisBatis molitor

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

White HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
Retz's HelmetshrikePrionops retzii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

BrubruNilaus afer
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Gabon BoubouLaniarius bicolor
Crimson-breasted GonolekLaniarius atrococcineus
Sulphur-breasted BushshrikeTelophorus sulfureopectus
Gray-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Lesser Gray ShrikeLanius minor
Magpie ShrikeLanius melanoleucus
Southern FiscalLanius collaris
White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus anguitimens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Cape CrowCorvus capensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Southern Black-TitMelaniparus niger
Ashy TitMelaniparus cinerascens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricans
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Gray-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix verticalis
Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota
Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
Rufous-naped LarkMirafra africana
Flappet LarkMirafra rufocinnamomea
Monotonous LarkMirafra passerina
Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

Cape CrombecSylvietta rufescens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
Greencap EremomelaEremomela scotops
Burnt-neck EremomelaEremomela usticollis
Stierling's Wren-WarblerCalamonastes stierlingi
Barred Wren-WarblerCalamonastes fasciolatus
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Tinkling CisticolaCisticola rufilatus
Luapula CisticolaCisticola luapula
Chirping CisticolaCisticola pipiens
Piping CisticolaCisticola fulvicapilla
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Plain MartinRiparia paludicola
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata
Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Rufous-chested SwallowCecropis semirufa
South African SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera
Common House-MartinDelichon urbicum
Gray-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black-fronted BulbulPycnonotus nigricans

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea
Greater WhitethroatCurruca communis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Southern Yellow White-eyeZosterops anderssoni

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
Southern Pied-BabblerTurdoides bicolor
Hartlaub's BabblerTurdoides hartlaubii
Black-faced BabblerTurdoides melanops

 
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae

Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorynchus
Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisIntroduced species
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
Sharp-tailed StarlingLamprotornis acuticaudusRare/Accidental
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Groundscraper ThrushTurdus litsitsirupa
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Mariqua FlycatcherBradornis mariquensis
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
Gray Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
Ashy FlycatcherFraseria caerulescens
Fiscal FlycatcherMelaenornis silens
Southern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
Bearded Scrub-RobinCercotrichas quadrivirgata
Kalahari Scrub-RobinCercotrichas paena
Red-backed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensisRare/Accidental
Collared Palm-ThrushCichladusa arquata
Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Southern Anteater-ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora
Arnot's ChatMyrmecocichla arnotti
Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Mariqua SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
White-breasted SunbirdCinnyris talatala
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Red-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis niger
Scaly WeaverSporopipes squamifrons
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
Holub's Golden-WeaverPloceus xanthops
Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus
Lesser Masked-WeaverPloceus intermedius
Southern Masked-WeaverPloceus velatus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Black-faced WaxbillBrunhilda erythronotos
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Cut-throatAmadina fasciata
Red-headed FinchAmadina erythrocephala
Violet-eared WaxbillGranatina granatina
Southern CordonbleuUraeginthus angolensis
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula

 
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Broad-tailed Paradise-WhydahVidua obtusa
Eastern Paradise-WhydahVidua paradisaea
Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regia
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species
Northern Gray-headed SparrowPasser griseusRare/Accidental
Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
Rosy-throated LongclawMacronyx ameliae

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
Lark-like BuntingEmberiza impetuani
Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi

 

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