GHANA

POTENTIAL BIRD LIST

Key:

1 = usually seen

2 = often but not always seen

3 = possible, but unlikely

1	Long-tailed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus
1	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
2	Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala
1	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
1	Great Egret	Ardea alba
1	Black Heron	Egretta ardesiaca
1	Intermediate Egret	Egretta intermedia
1	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
1	Western Reef-Heron	Egretta gularis
1	Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides
1	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
1	Green-backed Heron	Butorides striata
1	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
1	Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta
1	Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia episcopus
1	Saddle-billed Stork	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
1	Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash
2	African Spoonbill	Platalea alba
1	White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata
1	Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis
3	African Cuckoo-Hawk	Aviceda cuculoides
1	Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus caeruleus
1	Black Kite	Milvus migrans
1	Palm-nut Vulture	Gypohierax angolensis
1	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus
1	White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus
3	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis
3	Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle	Circaetus beaudouini
3	Western Banded Snake-Eagle	Circaetus cinerascens
1	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus
3	Congo Serpent-Eagle	Dryotriorchis spectabilis
2	Western Marsh-Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
1	African Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides typus
1	Lizard Buzzard	Kaupifalco monogrammicus
1	Dark Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax metabates
1	Gabar Goshawk	Micronisus gabar
1	Shikra	Accipiter badius
2	Red-thighed Sparrowhawk	Accipiter erythropus
2	Long-tailed Hawk	Urotriorchis macrourus
1	Grasshopper Buzzard	Butastur rufipennis
1	Red-necked Buzzard	Buteo auguralis
3	Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax
2	Wahlberg's Eagle	Aquila wahlbergi
2	Ayres' Hawk-Eagle	Aquila ayresii
2	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus
1	Long-crested Eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis
2	Cassin's Hawk-Eagle	Spizaetus africanus
1	Grey Kestrel	Falco ardosiaceus
1	Red-necked Falcon	Falco chicquera
2	African Hobby	Falco cuvierii
2	Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus
1	Double-spurred Francolin	Francolinus bicalcaratus
1	Stone Partridge	Ptilopachus petrosus
1	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris
1	White-spotted Flufftail	Sarothrura pulchra
1	Black Crake	Amaurornis flavirostra
1	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
3	African Finfoot	Podica senegalensis
1	African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus
1	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
1	Senegal Thick-knee	Burhinus senegalensis
1	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola
1	Spur-winged Lapwing	Vanellus spinosus
1	African Wattled Lapwing	Vanellus senegallus
1	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
1	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
1	Kittlitz's Plover	Charadrius pecuarius
3	White-fronted Plover	Charadrius marginatus
3	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa
1	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
2	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata
1	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
1	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus
1	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
1	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
1	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
1	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
1	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
1	Red Knot	Calidris canutus
1	Sanderling	Calidris alba
1	Little Stint	Calidris minuta
1	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
1	Ruff	Philomachus pugnax
1	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons
1	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
1	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida
1	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
1	Royal Tern	Thalasseus maximus
1	Sandwich Tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis
3	Four-banded Sandgrouse	Pterocles quadricinctus
1	Rock/Feral Pigeon	Columba livia
1	Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata
1	Vinaceous Dove	Streptopelia vinacea
1	Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis
1	Black-billed Wood-Dove	Turtur abyssinicus
1	Blue-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur afer
1	Tambourine Dove	Turtur tympanistria
3	Blue-headed Wood-Dove	Turtur brehmeri
3	Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis
1	Bruce's Green-Pigeon	Treron waalia
1	African Green-Pigeon	Treron calvus
1	Rose-ringed Parakeet	Psittacula krameri
3	Red-headed Lovebird	Agapornis pullarius
2	Grey Parrot	Psittacus erithacus
1	Red-fronted Parrot	Poicephalus gulielmi
1	Senegal Parrot	Poicephalus senegalus
2	Great Blue Turaco	Corythaeola cristata
2	Green Turaco	Tauraco persa
1	Yellow-billed Turaco	Tauraco macrorhynchus
1	Violet Turaco	Musophaga violacea
1	Western Grey Plantain-eater	Crinifer piscator
2	Levaillant's Cuckoo	Clamator levaillantii
2	Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius
2	Black Cuckoo	Cuculus clamosus
2	African Cuckoo	Cuculus gularis
1	Klaas's Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas
1	African Emerald Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx cupreus
2	Dideric Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius
1	Yellowbill	Ceuthmochares aereus
2	Black-throated Coucal	Centropus leucogaster
1	Senegal Coucal	Centropus senegalensis
1	Northern White-faced Owl	Ptilopsis leucotis
2	Greyish Eagle-Owl	Bubo cinerascens
2	Pel's Fishing-Owl	Scotopelia peli
2	Pearl-spotted Owlet	Glaucidium perlatum
2	Plain Nightjar	Caprimulgus inornatus
2	Freckled Nightjar	Caprimulgus tristigma
2	Long-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus climacurus
2	Standard-winged Nightjar	Macrodipteryx longipennis
2	Mottled Spinetail	Telacanthura ussheri
1	Sabine's Spinetail	Rhaphidura sabini
1	Cassin's Spinetail	Neafrapus cassini
1	African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus
1	Pallid Swift	Apus pallidus
1	Little Swift	Apus affinis
2	Narina’s Trogon	Apaloderma narina
1	Malachite Kingfisher	Alcedo cristata
3	Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	Halcyon badia
1	Grey-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala
1	Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis
1	Blue-breasted Kingfisher	Halcyon malimbica
1	Striped Kingfisher	Halcyon chelicuti
2	Giant Kingfisher	Megaceryle maximus
1	Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis
2	Black Bee-eater	Merops gularis
2	Blue-headed Bee-eater	Merops muelleri
1	Red-throated Bee-eater	Merops bulocki
1	Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus
2	Swallow-tailed Bee-eater	Merops hirundineus
1	White-throated Bee-eater	Merops albicollis
3	European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster
2	Rosy Bee-eater	Merops malimbicus
2	Northern Carmine Bee-eater	Merops nubicus
1	Abyssinian Roller	Coracias abyssinicus
1	Rufous-crowned Roller	Coracias noevius
1	Blue-bellied Roller	Coracias cyanogaster
1	Broad-billed Roller	Eurystomus glaucurus
2	Blue-throated Roller	Eurystomus gularis
1	Green Wood hoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus
1	Forest Wood hoopoe	Phoeniculus castaneiceps
1	Black Wood-hoopoe	Rhinopomastus aterrimus
1	White-crested Hornbill	Tockus albocristatus
2	Black Dwarf Hornbill	Tockus hartlaubi
2	Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill	Tockus camurus
1	Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus erythrorhynchus
1	African Pied Hornbill	Tockus fasciatus
1	African Grey Hornbill	Tockus nasutus
1	Piping Hornbill	Ceratogymna fistulator
2	Brown-cheeked Hornbill	Ceratogymna cylindrica
2	Black-casqued Hornbill	Ceratogymna atrata
2	Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus abyssinicus
2	Yellow-billed Barbet	Trachyphonus purpuratus
1	Bristle-nosed Barbet	Gymnobucco peli
1	Naked-faced Barbet	Gymnobucco calvus
1	Speckled Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus scolopaceus
2	Red-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus atroflavus
2	Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus subsulphureus
1	Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus
1	Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus chrysoconus
1	Hairy-breasted Barbet	Tricholaema hirsuta
1	Vieillot's Barbet	Lybius vieilloti
2	Double-toothed Barbet	Lybius bidentatus
1	Bearded Barbet	Lybius dubius
3	Least Honeyguide	Indicator exilis
2	Greater Honeyguide	Indicator indicator
2	Buff-spotted Woodpecker	Campethera nivosa
2	Brown-eared Woodpecker	Campethera caroli
2	Gabon Woodpecker	Dendropicos gabonensis
1	Fire-bellied Woodpecker	Dendropicos pyrrhogaster
1	Grey Woodpecker	Dendropicos goertae
2	Rufous-sided Broadbill	Smithornis rufolateralis
2	Flappet Lark	Mirafra rufocinnamomea
2	Square-tailed Saw-wing	Psalidoprocne nitens
2	Fanti Saw-wing	Psalidoprocne obscura
1	Sand Martin	Riparia riparia
1	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
2	Red-chested Swallow	Hirundo lucida
1	Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii
1	Ethiopian Swallow	Hirundo aethiopica
1	Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula
1	Lesser Striped-Swallow	Cecropis abyssinica
1	Rufous-chested Swallow	Cecropis semirufa
1	Mosque Swallow	Cecropis senegalensis
2	Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica
1	Preuss'Ss Cliff Swallow	Petrochelidon preussi
2	Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis
1	Yellow-throated Longclaw	Macronyx croceus
1	African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp
1	White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina pectoralis
1	Blue Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina azurea
2	Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike	Campephaga phoenicea
2	Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike	Campephaga quiscalina
1	Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus
1	Little Greenbul	Andropadus virens
1	Little Grey Greenbul	Andropadus gracilis
2	Ansorge's Greenbul	Andropadus ansorgei
1	Slender-billed Greenbul	Andropadus gracilirostris
2	Yellow-whiskered Greenbul	Andropadus latirostris
1	Golden Greenbul	Calyptocichla serina
1	Honeyguide Greenbul	Baeopogon indicator
1	Grey-headed Bristlebill	Bleda canicapillus
2	Simple Leaflove	Chlorocichla simplex
1	Swamp Palm Bulbul	Thescelocichla leucopleura
1	Western Nicator	Nicator chloris
2	Finsch's Flycatcher-Thrush	Neocossyphus finschii
1	African Thrush	Turdus pelios
3	White-tailed Alethe	Alethe diademata
3	Forest Robin	Stiphrornis erythrothorax
2	Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat	Cossypha niveicapilla
2	White-crowned Robin-Chat	Cossypha albicapilla
3	Mocking Cliff-Chat	Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
2	African Moustached Warbler	Melocichla mentalis
2	Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta
2	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus
2	Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix
1	Green Hylia	Hylia prasina
1	Senegal Eremomela	Eremomela pusilla
1	Rufous-crowned Eremomela	Eremomela badiceps
1	Green Crombec	Sylvietta virens
1	Northern Crombec	Sylvietta brachyura
1	Oriole Warbler	Hypergerus atriceps
1	Violet-backed Hyliota	Hyliota violacea
1	Grey Longbill	Macrosphenus concolor
1	Grey-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura
1	Yellow-browed Camaroptera	Camaroptera superciliaris
1	Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava
2	Black-capped Apalis	Apalis nigriceps
1	Sharpe's Apalis	Apalis sharpii
1	Red-faced Cisticola	Cisticola erythrops
1	Singing Cisticola	Cisticola cantans
1	Whistling Cisticola	Cisticola lateralis
1	Winding Cisticola	Cisticola galactotes
1	Croaking Cisticola	Cisticola natalensis
1	Short-winged Cisticola	Cisticola brachypterus
1	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis
2	Pale Flycatcher	Bradornis pallidus
1	Northern Black Flycatcher	Melaenornis edolioides
2	Fraser's Forest Flycatcher	Fraseria ocreata
2	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
1	Lead-coloured Flycatcher	Myioparus plumbeus
1	Ussher's Flycatcher	Muscicapa ussheri
2	Swamp Flycatcher	Muscicapa aquatica
2	Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca
1	Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	Erythrocercus mccallii
1	African Blue Flycatcher	Elminia longicauda
2	Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher	Trochocercus nitens
1	Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher	Terpsiphone rufiventer
1	African Paradise Flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis
1	Black-and-white Flycatcher	Bias musicus
1	Senegal Batis	Batis senegalensis
1	CommonWattle-eye	Platysteira cyanea
1	Chestnut Wattle-eye	Platysteira castanea
1	Yellow-headed Picathartes	Picathartes gymnocephalus
1	Brown Babbler	Turdoides plebejus
1	White-shouldered Black Tit	Melaniparus guineensis
2	Spotted Creeper	Salpornis spilonotus
2	Yellow Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus parvulus
1	Little Green Sunbird	Anthreptes seimundi
1	Collared Sunbird	Hedydipna collaris
2	Pygmy Sunbird	Hedydipna platura
2	Blue-throated Brown Sunbird	Cyanomitra cyanolaema
1	Olive Sunbird	Cyanomitra olivacea
1	Buff-throated Sunbird	Chalcomitra adelberti
1	Scarlet-chested Sunbird	Chalcomitra senegalensis
1	Olive-bellied Sunbird	Cinnyris chloropygius
2	Tiny Sunbird	Cinnyris minullus
1	Beautiful Sunbird	Cinnyris pulchellus
1	Splendid Sunbird	Cinnyris coccinigastrus
1	Copper Sunbird	Cinnyris cupreus
1	Yellow White-eye	Zosterops senegalensis
1	Common Fiscal	Lanius collaris
1	Yellow-billed Shrike	Corvinella corvina
2	White Helmet-shrike	Prionops plumatus
2	Red-billed Helmet-shrike	Prionops caniceps
1	Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus
1	Grey-headed Bush-shrike	Malaconotus blanchoti
1	Northern Puffback	Dryoscopus gambensis
1	Large-billed Puffback	Dryoscopus sabini
2	Tropical Boubou	Laniarius aethiopicus
1	Yellow-crowned Gonolek	Laniarius barbarus
1	Brubru	Nilaus afer
3	Marsh Tchagra	Tchagra minutus
1	Black-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra senegalus
1	African Golden Oriole	Oriolus auratus
1	Western Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus brachyrhynchus
1	Black-winged Oriole	Oriolus nigripennis
3	Shining Drongo	Dicrurus atripennis
1	Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis
1	Velvet-mantled Drongo	Dicrurus modestus
2	Piapiac	Ptilostomus afer
1	Pied Crow	Corvus albus
1	Splendid Glossy Starling	Lamprotornis splendidus
1	Purple Glossy Starling	Lamprotornis purpureus
1	Long-tailed Glossy Starling	Lamprotornis caudatus
1	Copper-tailed Glossy Starling	Lamprotornis cupreocauda
1	Violet-backed Starling	Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
1	Forest Chestnut-winged Starling	Onychognathus fulgidus
1	Grey-headed Sparrow	Passer griseus
1	Bush Petronia	Petronia dentata
1	Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver	Plocepasser superciliosus
1	Red-vented Malimbe	Malimbus scutatus
2	Blue-billed Malimbe	Malimbus nitens
1	Crested Malimbe	Malimbus malimbicus
1	Red-headed Malimbe	Malimbus rubricollis
2	Red-headed Weaver	Anaplectes rubriceps
1	Little Weaver	Ploceus luteolus
1	Slender-billed Weaver	Ploceus pelzelni
2	Black-necked Weaver	Ploceus nigricollis
1	Orange Weaver	Ploceus aurantius
1	Village Weaver	Ploceus cucullatus
1	Yellow-mantled Weaver	Ploceus tricolor
1	Maxwell's Black Weaver	Ploceus albinucha
1	Vieillot's Black Weaver	Ploceus niggerimus
1	Preuss's Weaver	Ploceus preussi
2	Red-headed Quelea	Quelea erythrops
2	Northern Red Bishop	Euplectes franciscanus
2	Black-winged Bishop	Euplectes hordeaceus
2	Yellow-crowned Bishop	Euplectes afer
2	Yellow-mantled Widowbird	Euplectes macroura
1	Grey-headed Negrofinch	Nigrita canicapillus
1	Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch	Nigrita bicolor
1	White-breasted Negrofinch	Nigrita fusconotus
1	Orange-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda melpoda
2	Black-rumped Waxbill	Estrilda troglodytes
2	Western Bluebill	Spermophaga haematina
1	Red-cheeked Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus bengalus
1	Red-winged Pytilia	Pytilia phoenicoptera
2	Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala
2	Bar-breasted Firefinch	Lagonosticta rufopicta
1	Black-faced Quailfinch	Ortygospiza atricollis
1	Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullatus
1	Black-and-white Mannikin	Spermestes bicolor
1	Pin-tailed Whydah	Vidua macroura
1	Exclamatory Paradise Whydah	Vidua interjecta
1	Village Indigobird	Vidua chalybeata
2	Wilson's Indigobird	Vidua wilsoni
1	Yellow-fronted Canary	Serinus mozambicus
1	Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting	Emberiza tahapisi

Oct-07