Birding in Ghana 2005 - 2007

Mainly Accra and surroundings (Aburi, Sakumo; weekend trips to Tarkwa, Obuasi, White Sands, Busua and hills near Amedzofe). Information on sites and abundancy on request (frank.schmidt at beak.de)

1 Long-tailed Cormorant
2 Grey Heron
3 Purple Heron
4 Black-crowned Night Heron
5 Squacco Heron
6 Western Reef Egret
7 Cattle Egret
8 Little Egret
9 Great Egret
10 Green-backed Heron
11 African Pygmy Goose
12 Hooded Vulture
13 Black Kite
14 Eurasian Marsh Harrier
15 Black Shouldered Kite
16 Shikra
17 Lizard Buzzard
18 African Goshawk
19 Red-necked Buzzard
20 Martial Eagle
21 Common Kestrel
22 Grey Kestrel
23 African Hobby
24 Double-spurred Francolin
25 Little Buttonquail
26 Stone Partridge
27 African Jacana
28 Senegal Thick-Knee
29 Black-winged Stilt
30 Spur-winged Lapwing
31 African Wattled Lapwing
32 Ruddy Turnstone
33 Kittlitz`s Plover
34 Common Ringed Plover
35 Grey Plover
36 Whimbrel
37 Sanderling
38 Wood Sandpiper
39 Common Sandpiper
40 Common Redshank
41 Common Greenshank
42 Marsh Sandpiper
43 Lesser Black-backed Gull
44 Royal Tern
45 Caspian Tern
46 Black Tern
47 Western Bronze-naped pigeon
48 African Green Pigeon
49 Red-eyed Dove
50 Vinaceous Dove
51 Laughing Dove
52 Red-headed Lovebird
53 Rose-ringed Parakeet
54 Senegal Parrot
55 Brown-necked Parrot
56 Grey Parrot
57 Green Turaco
58 Violet Turaco
59 Western Grey Plantain-Eater
60 Levaillant`s Cuckoo
61 African Cuckoo
62 Senegal Coucal
63 African Scops Owl
64 Pallid Swift
65 Common Swift
66 Little Swift
67 African Palm Swift
68 White-rumped Swift
69 Malachite Kingfisher
70 Pied Kingfisher
71 Woodland Kingfisher
72 Blue-breasted Kingfisher
73 European Bee-Eater
74 Rosy Bee-eater
75 Little Bee-Eater
76 White-throated Bee-eater
77 Broad-billed Roller
78 Blue-bellied Roller
79 Green Wood-Hoopoe
80 African Pied Hornbill
81 White-crested Hornbill
82 Piping Hornbill
83 African Grey Hornbill
84 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
85 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
86 Vieillot`s Barbet
87 Double-Toothed Barbet
88 Rock Martin
89 Common Sand Martin
90 Barn Swallow
91 Ethiopian Swallow
92 Lesser Striped Swallow
93 Common Housemartin
94 African Pied Wagtail
95 Yellow Wagtail
96 Yellow-throated Longclaw
97 Common Bulbul
98 African Thrush
99 Senegal Eremomela
100 Olive-green Camaroptera
101 Grey-backed Camaroptera
102 Zitting Cisticola
103 Black-backed Cisticola
104 Short-winged Cisticola
105 Winding Cisticola
106 Croaking Citiscola
107 Northern Black Flycatcher
108 Pale Flycatcher
109 African Paradise Flycatcher
110 Senegal Batis
111 Common Wattle-Eye
112 Puvel`s Illiadopsis
113 Brown Babbler
114 White-shouldered Black Tit
115 Brown Sunbird
116 Olive-bellied Sunbird
117 Copper Sunbird
118 Splendid Sunbird
119 Superb Sunbird
120 Common Fiscal
121 Yellow-billed Shrike
122 White Helmet-Shrike
123 Yellow-crowned Gonolek
124 Black-crowned Tchagra
125 Fork-tailed Drongo
126 Piapiac
127 Pied Crow
128 Chestnut-winged Starling
129 Splendid Glossy Starling
130 Purple Glossy Starling
131 Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling
132 Grey-headed Sparrow
133 Orange Weaver
134 Village Weaver
135 Black-necked Weaver
136 Vieillot`s Black Weaver
137 Red-headed Malimbe
138 Black-winged Bishop
139 Northern Red Bishop
140 Grey-headed Negrofinch
141 Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch
142 Red-billed Firefinch
143 Bronze Mannikin
144 Black-and-White Mannikin
145 Pin-tailed Whydah
146 Village Indigobird

Birds in Ghana (July & November 2005, March 2006)
 

Species abundancy Accra &Aburi Coast & Kakum Shai Hills Mt. Gemi Volta
Cattle Egret common x x     x
Hooded Vulture    very common x x x    
Laughing Dove very common x x x x x
Pied Kingfisher fairly common x x      
Woodland Kingfisher  fairly common x        
Green Wood-Hoopoe regularly x        
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird 1 observation x        
African Pied Wagtail fairly common x        
Common Bulbul very common x x x   x
Common Wattle-Eye 1 observation    

x

   
African Thrush fairly common x        
Common Sand Martin fairly common

x

       
Copper Sunbird common x   x    
Yellow-Billed Shrike common x        
Pied Crow very common x x x    
Grey-Headed Sparrow common x   x    
Black-Winged Red Bishop 1 observation x        
Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling common x        
Great Egret 1 observation   x      
African Goshawk 1 observation       x  
African Gray Hornbill fairly common   x x x  
African Jacana 1 observation         x
African Palm Swift fairly common   x      
African Pied Hornbill fairly common   x      
Barn Swallow fairly common x x      
Black Kite common x x x    
Black Shouldered Kite fairly common x x      
Black-backed Cisticola 1 observation x        
Brown Babbler 1 observation     x    
Croaking Cisticola 1 observation     x    
European Bee-Eater fairly common   x      
Fork-tailed drongo 2 obs.     x    
Blue-bellied Roller 3 obs.     x   x
Green Turaco 3 obs.     x x  
Green-backed Heron 1 observation x        
Little Swift very common x x      
Chestnut-winged Starling fairly common x        
Northern Black Flycatcher 1 observation       x  
Olive-green Camaroptera 2 obs.       x  
Purple Heron 1 observation   x      
Puvel's Illiadopsis 1 observation       x  
Red-headed Malimbe 1 observation   x      
Rose-ringed Parakeet fairly common x        
Senegal Coucal fairly common   x x    
Senegal Eremomela 1 observation x   x    
Senegal Parrot fairly common x   x    
Senegal Thick-knee 1 observation   x      
Shikra fairly common

x

  x    
Splendid Sunbird 1 observation     x    
Vieillot's Black Weaver 1 observation     x    
Village Weaver 1 observation  

x

     
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon 1 observation   x      
Western Grey Plantain Eater

common

x   x    
Whimbrel 2 obs. x x      
White-crested Hornbill 1 observation     x    
White-rumped Swift 1 observation     x    
African Wattled Lapwing 1 observation

x

       
Bronze Mannikin fairly common

x

       
Rock Martin 1 observation

x

       
African Cuckoo 1 observation     x    
Tawny Eagle 1 observation     x    
Black-crowned Tcharga 1 observation     x    
African Hobby 1 observation

x

       
Double-Toothed Barbet 1 observation

x

  x    
Grey Kestrel 1 observation     x    
Levaillant`s Cuckoo 1 observation    

x

   
Little Buttonquail 1 observation     x    
Pale Flycatcher 1 observation     x    
Piapiac 1 observation     x    
White Helmet-Shrike 1 observation     x    
Broad-billed Roller 3 obs. x        

Orange Weaver
Orange Weaver, Busua

 

Superb Sunbird
Superb Sunbird, Tarkwa

 

Grey Hornbill
Grey Hornbill, Accra

 

Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt, Sakumo Lagoon

 

African Wattled Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing, Accra

 


Yellow-crowned Gonolek

Pin-tailed Whydah
Pin-tailed Whydah, Aburi

Pied Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher, White Sands

 

Brown BabblerBrown Babbler, Accra

 

Fork-tailed DrongoFork-tailed Drongo, Shai Hills

 

Brown SunbirdBrown Sunbird, Busua

Common Bulbul, Bronye-tailed Glossy StarlingCommon Bulbul, Accra
Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling

 

Hooded Vulture in Accra 
Hooded Vulture, Accra

Shikra in Accra
Shikra, Accra

WhimbrelWhimbrel, Sakumo Lagoon

 

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