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This checklist includes all bird species found in Ghana , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

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Country or region: Ghana [map]

Other names: Republic of Ghana

Number of species: 771
Number of globally threatened species: 37
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2019-11-10
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: https://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/checklists/download
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorRare/Accidental
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Hartlaub's DuckPteronetta hartlaubii
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaRare/Accidental
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaRare/Accidental
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
African Pygmy-GooseNettapus auritus
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataRare/Accidental
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeRare/Accidental
Cape TealAnas capensisRare/Accidental
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Green-winged TealAnas creccaRare/Accidental
Common PochardAythya ferinaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaRare/Accidental

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
White-breasted GuineafowlAgelastes meleagridesVulnerable
Western Crested GuineafowlGuttera verreauxi

 
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae

Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Latham's FrancolinPeliperdix lathami
Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coqui
White-throated FrancolinCampocolinus albogularis
Blue QuailSynoicus adansonii
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorgueiRare/Accidental
Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba livia
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques
European Turtle-DoveStreptopelia turturVulnerable
African Collared-DoveStreptopelia roseogriseaRare/Accidental
Mourning Collared-DoveStreptopelia decipiensRare/Accidental
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Black-billed Wood-DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Blue-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur afer
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Blue-headed Wood-DoveTurtur brehmeri
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Bruce's Green-PigeonTreron waalia
African Green-PigeonTreron calvus

 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus

 
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

Arabian BustardArdeotis arabsExtirpated Near-threatened
Denham's BustardNeotis denhamiNear-threatened
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster

 
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Violet TuracoTauraco violaceus
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
Guinea TuracoTauraco persa

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
Black CoucalCentropus grillii
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Pied CuckooClamator jacobinus
Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
Dideric CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
African CuckooCuculus gularis
Common CuckooCuculus canorus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Brown NightjarVeles binotatus
Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillariusRare/Accidental
Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Eurasian NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusRare/Accidental
Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
Black SpinetailTelacanthura melanopygia
Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabini
Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
Common SwiftApus apus
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusRare/Accidental
African SwiftApus barbatus
Little SwiftApus affinis
Horus SwiftApus horus
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Bates's SwiftApus batesi
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus

 
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae

White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
Buff-spotted FlufftailSarothrura elegans
Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufaRare/Accidental
Streaky-breasted FlufftailSarothrura boehmi

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Corn CrakeCrex crexRare/Accidental
African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
Gray-throated RailCanirallus oculeus
Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopus
Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Little CrakeZapornia parva
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla

 
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae

African FinfootPodica senegalensis

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Black Crowned-CraneBalearica pavoninaExtirpated Vulnerable

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Eurasian Thick-kneeBurhinus oedicnemus
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Pluvianidae

Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaVulnerable
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaRare/Accidental
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaRare/Accidental
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Forbes's PloverThinornis forbesi
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollarisRare/Accidental
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Brown-chested LapwingVanellus superciliosusRare/Accidental
Kittlitz's PloverAnarhynchus pecuarius
White-fronted PloverAnarhynchus marginatus
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-SnipeRostratula benghalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensisRare/Accidental
African JacanaActophilornis africanus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNear-threatened
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaNear-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusRare/Accidental
Great SnipeGallinago mediaNear-threatened
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusRare/Accidental
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusRare/Accidental
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereusRare/Accidental
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnax
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerable
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpinaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiRare/Accidental
Little StintCalidris minuta
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Small ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus
Quail-ploverOrtyxelos meiffrenii

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
Gray PratincoleGlareola cinereaRare/Accidental
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusRare/Accidental
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaRare/Accidental
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusRare/Accidental
Sabine's GullXema sabiniRare/Accidental
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus geneiRare/Accidental
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalusRare/Accidental
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanRare/Accidental
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Brown NoddyAnous stolidusRare/Accidental
Black NoddyAnous minutusRare/Accidental
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusRare/Accidental
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusRare/Accidental
Little TernSternula albifrons
Damara TernSternula balaenarum
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Black TernChlidonias niger
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common TernSterna hirundo
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensisRare/Accidental
West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

 
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturusRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicusRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

European Storm-PetrelHydrobates pelagicusRare/Accidental
Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhousRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Band-rumped Storm-PetrelHydrobates castroRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisRare/Accidental
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusRare/Accidental

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibisRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquilaRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Cape GannetMorus capensisRare/Accidental Endangered
Brown BoobySula leucogaster

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

African DarterAnhinga rufa

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Spot-breasted IbisBostrychia rara
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
African SpoonbillPlatalea albaRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescensRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

HamerkopScopus umbretta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

White-crested Tiger-HeronTigriornis leucolopha
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisRare/Accidental
Dwarf BitternBotaurus sturmii
Little BitternBotaurus minutus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Western Reef-HeronEgretta gularis
White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Great EgretArdea alba
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Goliath HeronArdea goliath

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae

SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusEndangered

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocouriiVulnerable
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalisCritically endangered
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCritically endangered
White-backed VultureGyps africanusCritically endangered
Rüppell's GriffonGyps rueppelliRare/Accidental Critically endangered
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatusEndangered
Western Banded Snake-EagleCircaetus cinerascens
Congo Snake-EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Beaudouin's Snake-EagleCircaetus beaudouiniVulnerable
Short-toed Snake-EagleCircaetus gallicus
Brown Snake-EagleCircaetus cinereus
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusNear-threatened
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosusEndangered
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Imperial EagleAquila heliacaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVulnerable
Cassin's Hawk-EagleAquila africana
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus
Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
African GoshawkAerospiza tachiro
Red-thighed SparrowhawkTachyspiza erythropus
ShikraTachyspiza badia
Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
Black GoshawkAstur melanoleucus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNear-threatened
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
Common BuzzardButeo buteoRare/Accidental
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinusRare/Accidental

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Western Barn OwlTyto alba

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Sandy Scops-OwlOtus icterorhynchus
Eurasian Scops-OwlOtus scops
African Scops-OwlOtus senegalensis
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
Maned OwlJubula lettiiData deficient
Grayish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Fraser's Eagle-OwlKetupa poensis
Akun Eagle-OwlKetupa leucosticta
Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
Shelley's Eagle-OwlKetupa shelleyiRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Pel's Fishing-OwlScotopelia peli
Rufous Fishing-OwlScotopelia ussheriVulnerable
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Red-chested OwletGlaucidium tephronotum
African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
African Wood-OwlStrix woodfordii
Marsh OwlAsio capensis

 
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae

Narina TrogonApaloderma narina

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae

Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
White-headed WoodhoopoePhoeniculus bollei
Forest ScimitarbillRhinopomastus castaneiceps
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae

Abyssinian Ground-HornbillBucorvus abyssinicusVulnerable

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus
West African Pied HornbillLophoceros semifasciatus
African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Western Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus
Western Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus hartlaubi
Yellow-casqued HornbillCeratogymna elataVulnerable
Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
Brown-cheeked HornbillBycanistes cylindricusVulnerable
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
Blue-moustached Bee-eaterMerops mentalisNear-threatened
Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
Black-headed Bee-eaterMerops breweri
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimusRare/Accidental
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Rosy Bee-eaterMerops malimbicus
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
Gray-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

European RollerCoracias garrulusRare/Accidental
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Purple RollerCoracias naevius
Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis

 
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae

Western Yellow-billed BarbetTrachylaemus goffinii
Bristle-nosed BarbetGymnobucco peli
Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavus
Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatus
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubius

 
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae

Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignis
Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulusRare/Accidental
Yellow-footed HoneyguideMelignomon eisentrautiNear-threatened
Willcocks's HoneyguideIndicator willcocksi
Least HoneyguideIndicator exilis
Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
African PiculetVerreauxia africana
Fire-bellied WoodpeckerChloropicus pyrrhogaster
Melancholy WoodpeckerDendropicos lugubris
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
African Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Brown-eared WoodpeckerPardipicus caroli
Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Lesser KestrelFalco naumanniRare/Accidental
Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Fox KestrelFalco alopex
Gray KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeRare/Accidental
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteoRare/Accidental
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Black-collared LovebirdAgapornis swindernianus
Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Gray ParrotPsittacus erithacusEndangered
Brown-necked ParrotPoicephalus fuscicollis
Red-fronted ParrotPoicephalus gulielmi
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae

African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
Rufous-sided BroadbillSmithornis rufolateralis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae

African PittaPitta angolensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
Ghana CuckooshrikeLobotos lobatusVulnerable
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
Purple-throated CuckooshrikeCampephaga quiscalina
Blue CuckooshrikeCyanograucalus azureus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusRare/Accidental
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
Western Black-headed OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

West African Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia hormophora
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Red-cheeked Wattle-eyePlatysteira blissetti
Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
West African BatisBatis occulta

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
Red-billed HelmetshrikePrionops caniceps
African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

BrubruNilaus afer
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Sabine's PuffbackDryoscopus sabini
Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus
Sulphur-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Many-colored BushshrikeChlorophoneus multicolor
Fiery-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus cruentus
Lagden's BushshrikeMalaconotus lagdeniNear-threatened
Gray-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

Blue-headed Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus nitens
Black-headed Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioRare/Accidental
Emin's ShrikeLanius gubernator
Great Gray ShrikeLanius excubitorRare/Accidental
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Pied CrowCorvus albus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Picathartidae

White-necked RockfowlPicathartes gymnocephalusVulnerable

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hyliotidae

Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
Violet-backed HyliotaHyliota violacea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae

African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

White-shouldered Black-TitMelaniparus guineensis
Dusky TitMelaniparus funereus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

Yellow Penduline-TitAnthoscopus parvulus
Forest Penduline-TitAnthoscopus flavifrons

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Rufous-rumped LarkPinarocorys erythropygia
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica
Flappet LarkAmirafra rufocinnamomea
Sun LarkGalerida modesta

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae

Western NicatorNicator chloris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

Green CrombecSylvietta virens
Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta denti
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Moustached Grass-WarblerMelocichla mentalis
Kemp's LongbillMacrosphenus kempi
Gray LongbillMacrosphenus concolor

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
Rufous-crowned EremomelaEremomela badiceps
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
Black-capped ApalisApalis nigriceps
Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
Sharpe's ApalisApalis sharpiiNear-threatened
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythroptera
Black-capped Rufous-WarblerBathmocercus cerviniventrisData deficient
Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
Dorst's CisticolaCisticola guinea
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Siffling CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
Rufous CisticolaCisticola rufus
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximius

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterinaRare/Accidental
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaRare/Accidental
Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Square-tailed SawwingPsalidoprocne nitens
Fanti SawwingPsalidoprocne obscura
Gray-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
Plain MartinRiparia paludicola
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Red-throated Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
White-throated Blue SwallowHirundo nigrita
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Western House-MartinDelichon urbicum
African Red-rumped SwallowCecropis melanocrissus
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Rufous-chested SwallowCecropis semirufa
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Preuss's SwallowPetrochelidon preussi

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus
Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
Green-tailed BristlebillBleda eximiusNear-threatened
Gray-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
Swamp GreenbulThescelocichla leucopleura
Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
Western Bearded-GreenbulCriniger barbatus
Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
Yellow-bearded GreenbulCriniger olivaceusVulnerable
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
Gray GreenbulEurillas gracilis
Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgei
White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
Baumann's GreenbulPhyllastrephus baumanni
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hyliidae

Green HyliaHylia prasina
Tit-hyliaPholidornis rushiae

 
PASSERIFORMES: Erythrocercidae

Chestnut-capped FlycatcherErythrocercus mccallii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Greater WhitethroatCurruca communis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae

Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennis
Blackcap IlladopsisIlladopsis cleaveri
Puvel's IlladopsisIlladopsis puveli
Rufous-winged IlladopsisIlladopsis rufescensNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Capuchin BabblerTurdoides atripennis
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Salpornithidae

African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadori

 
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae

Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinereaRare/Accidental
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisRare/Accidental
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
Narrow-tailed StarlingPoeoptera lugubris
Copper-tailed StarlingHylopsar cupreocaudaNear-threatened
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Finsch's Flycatcher-ThrushStizorhina finschi
White-tailed Ant-ThrushNeocossyphus poensis
Gray Ground-ThrushGeokichla princei
African ThrushTurdus pelios

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Little FlycatcherMuscicapa epulata
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
Ussher's FlycatcherArtomyias ussheri
Dusky-blue FlycatcherBradornis comitatus
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
White-browed Forest-FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
African Forest-FlycatcherFraseria ocreata
Gray-throated Tit-FlycatcherFraseria griseigularis
Gray Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
Olivaceous FlycatcherFraseria olivascens
Tessmann's FlycatcherFraseria tessmanni
Ashy FlycatcherFraseria caerulescens
Nimba FlycatcherMelaenornis annamarulaeRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Northern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
Forest Scrub-RobinTychaedon leucosticta
Rufous-tailed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas galactotesRare/Accidental
Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampter
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
Orange-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis erythrothorax
Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsis
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Rufous-tailed Rock-ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Blue Rock-ThrushMonticola solitarius
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Mocking Cliff-ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Heuglin's WheatearOenanthe heugliniiRare/Accidental
White-fronted Black-ChatOenanthe albifrons
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
Mouse-brown SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Reichenbach's SunbirdAnabathmis reichenbachii
Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Buff-throated SunbirdChalcomitra adelberti
Carmelite SunbirdChalcomitra fuliginosa
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Johanna's SunbirdCinnyris johannae
Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Bates's SunbirdCinnyris batesi
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatus
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
Vitelline Masked-WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Heuglin's Masked-WeaverPloceus heuglini
Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscus
Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinucha
Preuss's WeaverPloceus preussi
Compact WeaverPachyphantes superciliosus
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Black-winged BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Green-backed TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
Red-fronted AntpeckerParmoptila rubrifronsNear-threatened
White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus
Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
Gray-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Pale-fronted NigritaNigrita luteifrons
Gray-headed OlivebackDelacourella capistrata
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda caerulescens
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
Cut-throatAmadina fasciata
Zebra WaxbillAmandava subflava
Red-cheeked CordonbleuUraeginthus bengalus
Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melbaRare/Accidental
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
Red-faced PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Exclamatory Paradise-WhydahVidua interjecta
Togo Paradise-WhydahVidua togoensis
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoni
Jambandu IndigobirdVidua raricola
Barka IndigobirdVidua larvaticola
Cameroon IndigobirdVidua camerunensis
Dusky IndigobirdVidua funerea
Parasitic WeaverAnomalospiza imberbis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species
Northern Gray-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
West African SeedeaterCrithagra canicapilla

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulanaRare/Accidental
Cabanis's BuntingEmberiza cabanisi
Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi

 

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