🇧🇼What animals live in Botswana?

1,306,819 animal records from Botswana cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 1,306,819 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Botswana

	Animal	Group	Records
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	25,799
	Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola	Aves Columbidae	18,624
	Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus	Aves Charadriidae	17,018
	Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis	Aves Dicruridae	16,195
	Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus	Aves Coraciidae	15,647
	African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer	Aves Accipitridae	13,639
	Gray Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor	Aves Musophagidae	13,434
	Southern Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis	Aves Estrildidae	12,322
	African Jacana Actophilornis africanus	Aves Jacanidae	11,966
	Red-billed Francolin Pternistis adspersus	Aves Phasianidae	11,313
	Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis	Aves Alcedinidae	11,192
	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	11,091
	Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca	Aves Anatidae	10,717
	Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata	Aves Columbidae	10,424
	Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris	Aves Numididae	10,051
	Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis	Aves Sturnidae	9,902
	Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus	Aves Meropidae	9,800
	Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas	Aves Bucerotidae	9,672
	White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali	Aves Passeridae	9,539
	Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea	Aves Ploceidae	9,385
	Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris	Aves Bucerotidae	9,329
	African Darter Anhinga rufa	Aves Anhingidae	9,178
	lesser spotted eagle Aquila pomarina	Aves Accipitridae	8,982
	African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus	Aves Bucerotidae	8,965
	White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus	Aves Accipitridae	8,883
	Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis	Aves Anatidae	8,865
	Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus	Aves Passeridae	8,681
	Great Egret Ardea alba	Aves Ardeidae	8,528
	Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	Aves Ardeidae	8,500
	Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	8,237
	Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus	Aves Buphagidae	8,218
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	8,212
	Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos	Aves Columbidae	8,039
	Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii	Aves Leiothrichidae	8,020
	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	7,980
	Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens	Aves Sturnidae	7,974
	Southern Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus	Aves Ploceidae	7,803
	White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata	Aves Anatidae	7,689
	African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus	Aves Ciconiidae	7,620
	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	7,596
	Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus	Aves Threskiornithidae	7,529
	Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus	Aves Charadriidae	7,519
	Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus	Aves Laniidae	7,496
	Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii	Aves Sturnidae	7,386
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	7,273
	Hamerkop Scopus umbretta	Aves Scopidae	7,257
	Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus	Aves Accipitridae	7,174
	Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii	Aves Lybiidae	6,803
	Black-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans	Aves Pycnonotidae	6,557
	Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	Aves Recurvirostridae	6,528
	Namaqua Dove Oena capensis	Aves Columbidae	6,462
	Swainson's Francolin Pternistis swainsonii	Aves Phasianidae	6,386
	Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri	Aves Psittacidae	6,381
	Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis	Aves Ciconiidae	6,178
	Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger	Aves Ploceidae	6,092
	Crimson-breasted Gonolek Laniarius atrococcineus	Aves Malaconotidae	6,015
	Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer	Aves Ciconiidae	5,883
	Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus	Aves Phoeniculidae	5,818
	Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus	Aves Coliidae	5,722
	Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	Aves Cuculidae	5,626