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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Botswana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–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