Other Common Birds Information to Look For in the About Mababe A r e a The village of Mababe is located in Northwestern B i r d s African Hoopoe Masked Sparrow-Weaver Botswana’s Ngamiland District on the fringes of African Jacana Pied Babbler the Okavango Delta. Mababe, home to about 300 o f African Openbill Pied Kingfisher people, lies within the wildlife management con- African Spoonbill Pin-tailed Whydah cession of NG41, which is managed by the M a b a b e Arrow-marked Babbler Rattling Cisticola Mababe Zokotsama Community Development Black-backed Puffball Red Eyed Dove Trust. This region has a great diversity of habi- B o t s w a n a Blue Waxbill Red-billed Buffalo Weaver tats including the famous Mababe Depression Burchell's Sandgrouse Red-billed Oxpecker and an abundance of large wildlife and rare birds. Burchell's Starling Red-billed Quelea Cape Starling Red-billed Spurfowl Cape Turtle-Dove Red-crested Korhaan Cattle Egret Reed Cormorant Coppery-tailed Coucal Southern Carmine Bee-eater Crimson-breasted Shrike Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Double-banded Sandgrouse Southern White-crowned Shrike Fork-tailed Drongo Striated Heron Goliath Heron White-faced Whistling Duck Grey-headed Sparrow Woodland Kingfisher Helmeted Guinea Fowl Yellow-billed Oxpecker Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Yellow-billed Stork
F a s t F a c t s • The unofficial bird of Botswana is the Kori Bustard, which can be found in Mababe! • There are more than 450 species of birds in the Okavango Delta and over 100 of these can be found here in Mababe. • The Khwai River flows through Mababe just to the north of the village • Two of the most common birds in Mababe Created by: Jenifer Torres & Lewis Short are the Barn Swallow and the Cape Turtle- Photo Credits: Shalynn Pack & Jenifer Torres dove Map Credit: Round River Conservation Studies KEY KEY A Abundant Common Birds A Abundant Birds of Concern C Common C Common U Uncommon U Uncommon
European Bee-eater-U Meves’s Starling-A
Grey Heron-U Common Sandpiper-U
Magpie Shrike-C Bateleur Little Bee-eater-U Near Threatened Saddle-billed Stork-U African Grey Hornbill-A
Barn Swallow-A Ant-eating Chat-U Red-backed Shrike-U Southern Red-billed Pin-tailed Whydah-U Hornbill-A Hooded Vulture Kori Bustard Critically Endangered Near Threatened Swainson’s Spurfowl-C
Knob-billed Duck-U Birds of Prey Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill-A
Grey Go-away-bird-U
Grey-headed kingfisher-U African Fish Eagle-C African Hawk Eagle-U Lappet-faced Vulture Martial Eagle Endangered Vulnerable Egyptian Goose-A
Northern Black Korhaan-U
Spur-winged Goose-U Amur Falcon-U Brown Snake-Eagle-U
Blacksmith Lapwing-A Southern Ground- White-Backed Hornbill Vulture Hamerkop-U Vulnerable Critically Endangered Southern Pale Wattled Crane Lilac-breasted Roller-A Tawny Eagle-U Chanting Goshawk-U Vulnerable