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Species Accounts: Ghana,
Abbreviations:
SH = Shai Hills Reserve
AB = Aburi Botanical Gardens
OW = Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary
BO = Bobiri Forest Reserve
AN = Ankobra Beach Resort
AM = Amansuri Wetland
AK = Ankasa Conservation Area
KA = Kakum National Park
HC = Hans Cottage Botel
(..) = Number of birds seen1. Long-tailed Cormorant (50+) Common at HC, single at OW
2. Grey Heron (2) Lagoon in Takoradi
3. Squacco Heron (1) HC (immature)
4. Western-reef Heron (21) Takoradi Lagoon & Ankobra River
5. Cattle Egret (100) Common at HC
6. Little Egret (7) Takoradi Lagoon & Ankobra River
7. Intermediate Egret (60) Common at suitable habitats
8. Great Egret (8) Takoradi Lagoon
9. Striated Heron (1) HC
10. African Pygmy-Goose (4) AM
11. African Harrier-hawk (3) KA (canopy walk)
12. Bateleur (1) SH
13. Hooded Vulture (200+) Very common throughout
14. Black Kite (250+) Very common throughout (yellow-billed race)
15. Long-tailed Hawk (1) KA (canopy walk)
16. Shikra (3) SH & HC
17. Dark-chanting Goshawk (1) SH
18. African Goshawk (2) AN & HC
19. Crowned Hawk-eagle (2) KA (canopy walk)
20. Grey Kestrel (1) HC
21. Double-spurred Francolin (1) SH (+ several heard)
22. Helmeted Guineafowl (8) AB (domestic)
23. Common Moorhen (6) Lagoon between Cape Coast & Accra
24. African Jacana (11) Fairly common in suitable habitat
25. African Finfoot (1) Mangroves Ankobra River
26. Water Thick-knee (2) AN (beach)
27. Black-winged Stilt (3) Muni-Pomadze Lagoon
28. Eurasian Curlew (20) Fairly common at Ankobra River
29. Common Sandpiper (20) Common in suitable habitat
30. Bronze-naped Pigeon (2) AN & KA
31. African Green-pigeon (49) Common in forest areas
32. Tambourine Pigeon (1) KA (canopy walk)
33. Laughing Dove (40) Common
34. Speckled Pigeon (1) HC
35. Rock Dove (6) SH
36. Red-eyed Dove (5) AN & HC
37. Vinaceous Dove (2) HC
38. Blue-spotted Wood-dove (9) BO, HC & KA
39. Senegal Parrot (20+) Fairly common at SH
40. Red-fronted Parrot (7) BO & KA
41. Yellow-billed Turaco (1) AK and several heard at KA
42. Western Grey Plantain-eater (8) SH & HC
43. Levaillant's Cuckoo (1) SH
44. Yellowbill (6) Singles at OW, BO, AN, AK & KA
45. Black Coucal (1) AN
46. Senegal Coucal (5) SH, KA & coastal scrublands
47. Blue-headed Coucal (1) Between Takoradi and Cape Coast
48. Sabine's Spinetail (15) Fairly common at KA
49. Common Swift (2) KA
50. Little Swift (800+) Common at most sites (mostly in large groups)
51. African Palm-swift (50+) Common at most sites
52. African Pygmy Kingfisher (1) Ankobra River
53. Malachite Kingfisher (1) HC
54. Pied Kingfisher (10) Fairly common in suitable habitat
55. Woodland Kingfisher (18) OW & HC. Especially common in South-West
56. Blue-breasted Kingfisher (1) Near AM
57. Giant Kingfisher (1) HC (female)
58. Little Bee-eater (9) Flock along main road between AN and AM
59. White-headed Wood-hoopoe (4) KA (canopy walk)
60. Red-billed Dwarf-Hornbill (1) AK
61. Black Dwarf Hornbill (2) AK
62. African Pied Hornbill (100+) Common throughout
63. Piping Hornbill (1) AK (in flight)
64. African Grey Hornbill (2) SH
65. Brown-cheecked Hornbill (1) KA (canopy walk)
66. Black-casqued Hornbill (4) KA (canopy walk)
67. White-crested Hornbill (2) AK & KA
68. Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (4) SH
69. Speckled Tinkerbird (6) AB, AN & KA
70. Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (2) AB & HC
71. Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (1) KA (canopy walk)
72. Red-rumped Tinkerbird (1) KA (canopy walk)
73. Hairy-breasted Barbet (2) AB (a beauty)
74. Naked-faced Barbet (6) BO & KA
75. Double-toothed Barbet (1) HC
76. Buff-spotted Woodpecker (1) KA
77. Fire-bellied Woodpecker (1) KA (canopy walk)
78. White-throated Blue-swallow (4) AN (river)
79. Barn Swallow (30+) BO & KA
80. Ethiopean Swallow (8) KA & village between Accra and Kumasi
81. Lesser-striped Swallow (14) KA & HC
82. Mosque Swallow (10) KA (canopy walk)
83. Preuss' Swallow (2) KA (canopy walk)
84. Common House-Martin (2) KA (canopy walk)
85. Plain-backed Pipit (1) AM
86. African Pied Wagtail (10) AB, OW, AM & HC
87. Blue Cuckoo-Shrike (2) AK (canopy walk)
88. Little Greenbul (5) BO, AK, KA & HC. Plus several heard (hard to spot)
89. Grey Greenbul (1) AK
90. Slender-billed Greenbul (2) AK & KA
91. Yellow-whiskered Bulbul (2) AK
92. Common Bulbul (100+) Common throughout
93. Yellow-throated Leaflove (1) SH
94. Simple Greenbul (7) KA & HC
95. Swamp Greenbul (17) BO, AK & KA
96. Honeyguide Greenbul (1) KA
97. Icterine Greenbul (1) AK
98. Golden Greenbul (1) KA
99. Yellow-spotted Nicator (1) BO
100. Western-bearded Greenbul (2) AK
101. Green Hylia (4) Singles in AN, AK, AM, & KA
102. Rufous-crowned Eremomela (13) Single in BO, fairly common in KA (canopy walk)
103. Senegal Eremomela (1) SH
104. Green Crombec (4) HC
105. Lemon-bellied Crombec (2) OW & AN
106. Violet-backed Hyliota (1) KA (canopy walk)
107. Yellow-browed Camaroptera (1) BO
108. Green-backed Camaroptera (3) AB & HC
109. Grey Longbill (3) KA
110. Tawny-flanked Prinia (7) Single in SH, several in HC
111. Sharpe's Apalis (1) KA (canopy walk)
112. Siffling Cisticola (1) SH
113. Red-faced Cisticola (2) SH & HC
114. Singing Cisticola (2) SH
115. Winding Cisticola (1) Muni-Pomadze Lagoon
116. Spotted Flycatcher (2) SH & HC
117. Cassin's Flycatcher (2) AN
118. Dusky-blue Flycatcher (1) HC
119. Fraser's Forest-Flycatcher (1) BO
120. Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher (4) Singles in OW, AN, AK & KA
121. Chestnut-capped Flycatcher (4) KA (canopy walk)
122. Bioko Batis (2) KA (canopy walk)
123. Brown-throated Wattle-eye (2) HC. Plus several heard in SH
124. Chestnut Wattle-eye (1) AK
125. White-winged Black-Tit (1) SH
126. Dusky Tit (1) AK
127. Tit-hylia (20) AK (in flocks)
128. African Yellow White-eye (3) HC
129. Scarlet-tufted Sunbird (2) AN & AK
130. Green Sunbird (2) AN
131. Olive Sunbird (2) AK & KA
132. Collared Sunbird (25+) Common at most sites
133. Bates' Sunbird (1) KA
134. Little Green Sunbird (1) KA (canopy walk)
135. Buff-throated Sunbird (8) AB, KA & Kumasi Hotel (a beautiful sunbird)
136. Reichenbach's Sunbird (1) AN
137. Green-headed Sunbird (4) AB, BO & HC
138. Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (2) OW & KA
139. Tiny Sunbird (2) AB
140. Olive-bellied Sunbird (30+) Fairly common throughout
141. Copper Sunbird (7) HC
142. Splendid Sunbird (2) SH & HC
143. Superb Sunbird (6) SH, OW, KA & HC
144. Common Fiscal (6) Along road from Kumasi to Cape Coast
145. Yellow-billed Shrike (1) SH
146. White Helmetshrike (5) SH (near rocky outcrops)
147. Nothern Puffback (1) SH (southern entrance)
148. Tropical Boubou (1) AK (canopy walk)
149. Black-crowned Tchagra (2) SH & HC
150. Western Black-headed Oriole (5) Single in BO & AK (canopy walk)
151. Black-winged Oriole (2) KA (canopy walk)
152. Velvet-mantled Drongo (30+) OW, BO, AK & KA canopy walk (fairly common)
153. Shining Drongo (4) AK & KA (canopy walk)
154. Pied Crow (100+) Common throughout
155. Chestnut-winged Starling (14) AB & KA (canopy walk)
156. Copper-tailed Glossy-Starling (3) OW, HC & KA (canopy walk)
157. Splendid Glossy-Starling (20+) AB, AN, KA
158. Violet-backed Starling (75+) KA & HC (large flocks)
159. Grey-headed Sparrow (90+) Common in drier areas
160. Orange Weaver (31) Single in AN. Common in HC
161. Village Weaver (300+) Common throughout
162. Black-necked Weaver (4) AB & HC
163. Maxwell's Black Weaver (8) KA (canopy walk)
164. Vieillot's Black Weaver (70+) Several sites. Large group at KA entrance gate
165. Yellow-mantled Weaver (2) BO & KA (canopy walk)
166. Preuss' Weaver (1) KA
167. Gray's Malimbe (11) AN, AK & KA (canopy walk)
168. Crested Malimbe (1) BO
169. Black-throated Malimbe (1) AK
170. Red-vented Malimbe (3) AN & KA (canopy walk)
171. Red-headed Malimbe (8) BO & KA (canopy walk)
172. Red-headed Quelea (5) OW
173. Black-winged Bishop (18) SH, OW & at several spots along road
174. Jameson's Antpecker (1) KA (canopy walk)
175. Grey-headed Negrofinch (2) KA (canopy walk)
176. Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch (2) AN & KA (canopy walk)
177. Pale-fronted Negrofinch (1) AK
178. Orange-cheeked Waxbill (8) AM & KA
179. Bar-breasted Firefinch (6) HC
180. Red-billed Firefinch (10) HC & along road between Kumasi and CC
181. Bronze Mannikin (100+) Common at most sites
182. Magpie Mannikin (14) OW, HC and along road between Kumasi and CC
183. Black-and-white Mannikin (4) In the hills between SH and AB
184. Pin-tailed Whydah (20) Fairly common on wires along roads
185. Yellow-fronted Canary (2) SH
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