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Ghana

Birds, destinations and field guides for Ghana.

Endemic species: 0
Bird species: 667
Destinations: 1
Field guides: 4

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Identify

Birds you are likely to see in Ghana

Little Egret

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Hamerkop Scopus umbretta

Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

Montagu’s Harrier

Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Malachite Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus Endemic to Sao Tome and Principe

Pied Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Kittlitz’s Plover

Kittlitz’s Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius

Brown Snake Eagle

Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus

Lesser Striped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica

Plan

Where to go birding in Ghana

Kakum National Park

Ghana Kakum National Park Upper Guinea rainforest with a famous canopy walkway.

JJanuary: Best
FFebruary: Best
MMarch: Best
AApril: Good
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Poor or no data
OOctober: Poor or no data
NNovember: Best
DDecember: Best

Read

Field guides for Ghana

The Birds of Ghana L.G. Grimes, 1987 Ghana All levels

Field Guide to the Birds of Ghana

Field Guide to the Birds of Ghana Nik Borrow et al., 2022 Ghana Travelling birders

Birds of Western Africa

Birds of Western Africa Nik Borrow et al., 2005 Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and more All levels

Birds of Africa, South of the Sahara

Birds of Africa, South of the Sahara J. C. Sinclair et al., 2004 Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon and more Travelling birders