Other Common Birds Information to Look For in the About Sankuyo A r e a The village of Sankuyo is located in the North- B i r d s African Hoopoe Emerald Spotted Wood Dove Western Botswana’s Ngamiland District on the o f Arrow-marked Babbler Fork-tailed Drongo fringes of the Okavango Delta. Sankuyo, home to Black-Backed Puffback Helmeted Guineafowl about 700 people, lies within the wildlife manage- S a n k u y o Blacksmith Lapwing Knob-billed Duck ment concession of NG34, which is managed by the Blue Waxbill Purple Roller Sankuyo Tshwaragano Management Trust. Sankuyo B o t s w a n a Broad-billed Roller Red-billed Buffalo Weaver holds an abundance of large wildlife and a great Brubru Red-billed Oxpecker diversity of birds, and offers excellent birdwatching Burchell’s Starling Red-crested Korhaan at any time of year. Cape Glossy Starling Red-billed Quelea Carmine Bee-eater Red-eyed Dove Cattle Egret Shaft-tailed Whydah Common Sandpiper Swainson’s Spurfowl Coppery-tailed Coucal White-crowned Shrike Crested Francolin White-faced Whistling Crimson-breasted Shrike Duck Double-banded Sandgrouse Yellow-billed Kite Egyptian Goose Yellow-billed Oxpecker
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• There are more than 450 species of birds in the Okavango Delta and over 170 of these can be found here in Sankuyo • The unofficial bird of Botswana is the Kori Bustard • The two most common species of bird found in this area are Red-Billed Quelea and Cape Turtle-Dove Created by: Jenifer Torres & Lewis Short Photo Credits: Shalynn Pack & Jenifer Torres Map Credit: Round River Conservation Studies
KEY KEY A Abundant A Abundant C Common Common Birds C Common Birds of Concern U Uncommon U Uncommon
U European Bee-eater-U African Spoonbill-
Barn Swallow-A Southern Red-billed
Hornbill-C Bateleur Near Threatened
Little Bee-eater-U Red-billed Spurfowl-A
Southern Yellow-billed Southern Masked-Weaver-U Hornbill-C
Meves’s Starling-A Swallow-tailed Bee-eater-U Hooded Vulture Kori Bustard Critically Endangered Near Threatened Saddle-billed Stork-U Woodland Kingfisher-U
Cape Turtle-Dove-A Long-tailed Paradise Whydah-U Lilac-breasted Roller-C Birds of Prey Lappet-faced Vulture Martial Eagle Endangered Vulnerable Southern Pale Grey Go-away-bird-C Chanting Goshawk-U
Magpie Shrike-C
Brown Snake-Eagle-U African Grey Hornbill-C Southern Ground- White-Backed Hornbill Vulture Wattled Crane Red-backed Shrike-U Vulnerable Critically Endangered Tawny Eagle-U Vulnerable