Uncommon Birds in Botswana
Our list for Botswana has 31 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 13 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
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 31, most common first
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year
Cape SparrowPasser melanurusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRegularly May–Feb
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