Swallows & Martins in Botswana
Our list for Botswana has 4 swallows & martins recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Botswana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made