List of species that are endemic (E), near-endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

1	Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa		EN
2	Crested Quail-Dove	Geotrygon versicolor		NT
3	Kori Bustard	Ardeotis kori		NT
4	Denham's Bustard	Neotis denhami		NT
5	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum		EN
6	Wattled Crane	Grus carunculatus		V
7	Blue Crane	Grus paradiseus		V
8	/Eurasian Curlew/	Numenius arquata		NT
9	/Black-tailed Godwit/	Limosa limosa		NT
10	Great Snipe	Gallinago media		NT
11	/Curlew Sandpiper/	Calidris ferruginea		NT
12	Three-banded Courser	Rhinoptilus cinctus	RR
13	Rock Pratincole	Glareola nuchalis	RR
14	/Black-winged Pratincole/	Glareola nordmanni		NT
15	Lesser Flamingo	Phoenicoparrus minor		V
16	African Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia microscelis		NT
17	Slaty Egret	Egretta vinaceigula		V
18	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius		EN
19	African Cuckoo-Hawk	Aviceda cuculoides	RR
20	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis		CR
21	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos		EN
22	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus		CR
23	White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus		CR
24	Cape Griffon	Gyps coprotheres		V
25	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus		EN
26	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus		EN
27	Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax		V
28	/Steppe Eagle/	Aquila nipalensis		EN
29	/Pallid Harrier/	Circus macrourus		NT
30	Jackal Buzzard	Buteo rufofuscus	RR
31	African Wood-Owl	Strix woodfordii	RR
32	Southern Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus leadbeateri		V
33	Trumpeter Hornbill	Bycanistes bucinator	RR
34	Racket-tailed Roller	Coracias spatulatus	RR
35	Red-necked Falcon	Falco chicquera		NT
36	/Red-footed Falcon/	Falco vespertinus		V
37	Southern Boubou	Laniarius ferrugineus	RR
38	Bokmakierie	Telophorus zeylonus	RR
39	Short-clawed Lark	Certhilauda chuana	NE
40	Green-capped Eremomela	Eremomela scotops	RR
41	Red-faced Cisticola	Cisticola erythrops	RR
42	Chirping Cisticola	Cisticola pipiens	RR
43	Cape White-eye	Zosterops virens	NE
44	Bare-cheeked Babbler	Turdoides gymnogenys	RR
45	Karoo Thrush	Turdus smithi	RR
46	Short-toed Rock-Thrush	Monticola brevipes	RR
47	Miombo Rock-Thrush	Monticola angolensis	RR
48	Purple-banded Sunbird	Cinnyris bifasciatus	RR
49	Dusky Sunbird	Cinnyris fuscus	RR
50	Sociable Weaver	Philetairus socius	RR
51	Long-tailed Widowbird	Euplectes progne	RR
52	Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah	Vidua obtusa	RR
53	\Mountain Pipit\	Anthus hoeschi		NT
54	Orange-throated Longclaw	Macronyx capensis	RR

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

BIRDING LOCALES

• Bokaa Dam
• Central Kalahari Game Reserve
• Chobe National Park
• Gabarone Area
• Kgalakgadi Transfrontier Park
• Lake Ngami
• Linyanti Swamp
• Makgadikgadi Pans
• Manyelanong Game Reserve
• Okavango Delta
• Phakalane Sewage Lagoons
• SE Botswana IBA
• Tswapong Hills

DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	0
LC	Local	0
NE	Near Endemic	3
RR	Restricted Range	22

STATUS CODES

Code	Description	##
NT	Near Threatened	0
V	Vulnerable	0
EN	Endangered	0
CR	Critically Endangered	0

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.