Category Archives: Botswana

Blue Waxbill

Passeriformes #3

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


[Uraeginthus angolensis, Family Estrildidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue waxbill]

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

Arrow-marked Babbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Maun, Botswana
Dates: 1 September 2012.



Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 26 August 2012.


Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 31 August 2012.



[Turdoides jardineii, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Arrow-marked babbler]

The sound of the arrow-marked babbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25/26 August 2012.



[Lamprotornis chloropterus, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser blue-eared starling]

The sound of the lesser blue-eared starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Black-headed Oriole

Passeriformes #1

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


[Oriolus larvatus, Family Oriolidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed oriole]

The sound of the black-headed oriole (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tim Cockcroft)

White-backed Vulture

Accipitriformes

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










[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 Derek Solomon)

Hamerkop

Pelecaniformes

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






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



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






[Scopus umbretta, Family Scopidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hamerkop]

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

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 1 September 2012.





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








[Tockus leucomelas, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern yellow-billed hornbill]

The sound of the southern yellow-billed hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

Meyer’s Parrot

Psittaciformes

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







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


[Poicephalus meyeri, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meyer’s parrot]

The sound of Meyer’s parrot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

Crimson-breasted Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 1 September 2012.



[Laniarius atrococcineus, Family Malaconotidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crimson-breasted shrike]

The sound of the crimson-breasted shrike (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niall Perrins)