Botswana Bird Gallery Here are some of the many bird species observed in Botswana in 2013. I saw many others during a return visit to southern Botswana in 2014. More Botswana scenes are here. Northern Botswana
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Southern Botswana |
Levaillant's Cuckoo (39cm) | Violet-backed Starling (17cm) | Black-faced Waxbill (f) (12cm) | Red-backed Shrike (18cm) | Dideric Cuckoo (19cm) | Kurrichane Thrush (21cm) | Rufous-naped Lark (17cm) |
Jameson's Firefinch (11cm) |
Bushveld Pipit (13cm) |
Acacia Pied Barbet (17cm) |
Red-billed Firefinch (10cm) |
African Paradise Flycatcher (m) (17/34cm) (female) |
Little Bee-eater (16cm) |
Black-chested Prinia (14cm) |
Southern Red Bishop (12cm) |
Blue Waxbill (12cm) |
Lanner Falcon (36-48cm) |
Marico Sunbird (m) (12cm) |
White-bellied Sunbird (m) (11cm) |
Orange-winged Pytilia (f) (13cm) |
Rattling Cisticola (15cm) |
Kalahari Scrub Robin (15cm) |
Southern Masked Weaver (m) (16cm) |
Chinspot Batis (13cm) |
Plain-backed Sunbird (m) (10cm) |
White-throated Robin-Chat (16cm) |
Burchell's Coucal (41cm) |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher (21cm) |
All Images © Russell Cockman |