Category Archives: Moremi

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

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).

Gabar Goshawk

Accipitriformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 29 August 2012.


[Micronisus gabar, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Gabar goshawk]

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

Red-billed Francolin

Galliformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 28 / 30 August 2012.



[Pternistis adspersus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed spurfowl]

The sound of the red-billed francolin (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)

Bearded Woodpecker

Piciformes

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



[Dendropicos namaquus, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Bearded woodpecker]

The sound of the bearded woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Faansie Peacock)

Bateleur

Accipitriformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 27 August 2012.







[Terathopius ecaudatus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Bateleur]

The sound of the bateleur (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernand Deroussen)

Southern White-crowned Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 29 August 2012.


[Eurocephalus anguitimens, Family Laniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern white-crowned shrike]

The sound of the southern white-crowned shrike (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Green Wood Hoopoe

Bucerotiformes

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


[Phoeniculus purpureus, Family Phoeniculidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Green wood hoopoe]

The sound of the green wood hoopoe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tim Cockcroft)