Category Archives: Chobe

Grey Herons in Botswana

Pelecaniformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.


Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.






[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

The sound of the grey heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the grey heron across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the grey heron across the British Isles

Lappet-faced Vulture / White-backed Vulture

Accipitriformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 24 August 2012.



[Torgos tracheliotos, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lappet-faced vulture]

[Gyps africanus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-backed vulture]

The sound of the white-backed vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Sacred Ibis

Pelecaniformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.


[Threskiornis aethiopicus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: African sacred ibis]

The sound of the sacred ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Distribution and sightings of the sacred ibis across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the sacred ibis across the British Isles

Blacksmith Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 24 August 2012.


Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 30 August 2012.



[Vanellus armatus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blacksmith lapwing]

The sound of the blacksmith plover (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Distribution of the blacksmith plover across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Glossy Ibis

Pelecaniformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Dates: 19 August 2012.


Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 25 August 2012.


[Plegadis falcinellus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glossy ibis]

The sound of the glossy ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

Distribution and sightings of the glossy ibis across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Lappet-faced Vulture / White-backed Vulture

Accipitriformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 24 August 2012.






[Torgos tracheliotos, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lappet-faced vulture]

[Gyps africanus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-backed vulture]

The sound of the white-backed vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

African Spoonbill

Pelecaniformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.



Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.



[Platalea alba, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: African spoonbill]

The sound of the African spoonbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Red-necked Falcon

Falconiformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.




[Falco chicquera, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-necked falcon]

The sound of the red-necked falcon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bram Piot)

Swainson’s Francolin

Galliformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 24 August 2012.



[Pternistis swainsonii, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Swainson’s spurfowl]

The sound of Swainson’s francolin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)