Category Archives: Okavango

African Grey Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 1 September 2012.


Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 31 August 2012.


Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.




[Lophoceros nasutus, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: African grey hornbill]

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

Giant Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 20/21 August 2012.




[Megaceryle maxima, Family Cerylidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Giant kingfisher]

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

Black Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.





[Egretta ardesiaca, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black heron]

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

African Skimmer

Charadriiformes

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







Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.




[Rynchops flavirostris, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: African skimmer]

The sound of the African skimmer (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

White-fronted Bee Eater

Coraciiformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.







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


[Merops bullockoides, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-fronted bee-eater]

The sound of the white-fronted bee eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Alan Collett)

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Coraciiformes

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


Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 20/21 August 2012.








[Merops nubicoides, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern carmine bee-eater]

The sound of the southern carmine bee-eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

African Pied Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

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






[Motacilla aguimp, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African pied wagtail]

The sound of the African pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tim Cockcroft)

Little Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk
Date: 29 October 2013.



Place: Near St.Just in Roseland, Cornwall
Date: 28 October 2012.


Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.



Place: Abraão, Ilha Grande, Brazil
Date: 29 April 2014.


Place: Parque Natural de Ria Formosa, Algarve, Portugal
Date: 15 June 2015.


Place: Cley-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 1 September 2015.



[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

The sound of the little egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Wire-tailed Swallow

Passeriformes #1

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








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


[Hirundo smithii, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Wire-tailed swallow]

The sound of the wire-tailed swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Little Bee-eater

Coraciiformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 20 August 2012.








Place: Victoria Falls, Zambia
Date: 23 August 2012.


[Merops pusillus, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little bee-eater]

The sound of the little bee-eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)