Category Archives: Botswana

African Fish Eagle

Accipitriformes

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













[Icthyophaga vocifer, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African fish eagle]

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

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)

Black-eyed Bulbul

Passeriformes #1

Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 31 August 2012.


[Pycnonotus barbatus, Family Pycnonotidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common bulbul]

The sound of the black-eyed bulbul (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bram Piot)

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)

African Pigmy Goose

Anseriformes

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


Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.




[Nettapus auritus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African pygmy goose]

The sound of the African pigmy goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Danckwerts)

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)

African Open-billed Stork

Ciconiiformes

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









[Anastomus lamelligerus, Family Ciconiidae, Order Ciconiiformes, Wikipedia Entry: African openbill]

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