BOTSWANA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
AFRICA
BOTSWANA
Area (SqMi): | 224,652 |
# Species: | 597 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 514 |
# Endemics: | 0 |
# Near Endemics: | 3 |
Species/1000 SqMi: | 2.3 |
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 | Lesser Flamingo | Phoenicoparrus minor | V | |
3 | Crested Quail-Dove | Geotrygon versicolor | NT | |
4 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | NT | |
5 | Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | NT | |
6 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | EN | |
7 | Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus | V | |
8 | Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | V | |
9 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | NT | |
10 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | NT | |
11 | Great Snipe | Gallinago media | NT | |
12 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | NT | |
13 | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | RR | |
14 | Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | RR | |
15 | /Black-winged Pratincole/ | Glareola nordmanni | NT | |
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 | Greencap 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.
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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.