Checklist for Central, GH

eBird Field Checklist

Central, GH

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562 species (+49 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Hartlaub's Duck

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Western Crested Guineafowl

Stone Partridge

Latham's Francolin

White-throated Francolin

Blue Quail

Common Quail

Ahanta Spurfowl

Double-spurred Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Grebes

Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Afep Pigeon

Bronze-naped Pigeon

Red-eyed Dove

Vinaceous Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Laughing Dove

Black-billed Wood-Dove

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Blue-headed Wood-Dove

Turtur sp.

Namaqua Dove

Bruce's Green-Pigeon

African Green-Pigeon

green-pigeon sp.

pigeon/dove sp.

Sandgrouse

Four-banded Sandgrouse

Bustards

Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Great Blue Turaco

Guinea Turaco

Yellow-billed Turaco

Tauraco sp.

Violet Turaco

Western Plantain-eater

Cuckoos

Black-throated Coucal

Senegal Coucal

Blue-headed Coucal

Black Coucal

coucal sp.

Blue Malkoha

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

Yellow-throated Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo

Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

African/Common Cuckoo

Nightjars

Brown Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Swamp Nightjar

Plain Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Long-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail

Black Spinetail

Sabine's Spinetail

Cassin's Spinetail

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

Pallid Swift

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

Bates's Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Flufftails

White-spotted Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Nkulengu Rail

Black Crake

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Shorebirds

Water Thick-knee

Senegal Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Forbes's Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Spur-winged Lapwing

Black-headed Lapwing

White-crowned Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Kittlitz's Plover

White-fronted Plover

Kentish Plover

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

African Jacana

Whimbrel

Eurasian Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Common Snipe

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Curlew Sandpiper

Sanderling

Little Stint

Pectoral Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

Bronze-winged Courser

Rock Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

jaeger sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Lesser Black-backed Gull

gull sp.

Little Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

Black Tern

White-winged Tern

Common Tern

Roseate Tern

Sandwich Tern

West African Crested Tern

tern sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Cory's Shearwater

Storks

African Openbill

Abdim's Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Long-tailed Cormorant

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

White-crested Tiger-Heron

Dwarf Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

Western Reef-Heron

Striated Heron

Squacco Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Yellow-billed Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

Spot-breasted Ibis

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

African Cuckoo-Hawk

White-headed Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon

Congo Serpent-Eagle

Bateleur

Short-toed Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Cassin's Hawk-Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Grasshopper Buzzard

Western Marsh Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

African Goshawk

Shikra

Red-thighed Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Long-tailed Hawk

Black Kite

Common Buzzard

Red-necked Buzzard

Owls

Barn Owl

Sandy Scops-Owl

African Scops-Owl

Northern White-faced Owl

Grayish Eagle-Owl

Fraser's Eagle-Owl

Akun Eagle-Owl

Rufous Fishing-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Red-chested Owlet

African Wood-Owl

owl sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Green/Violet Woodhoopoe

White-headed Woodhoopoe

Forest Scimitarbill

Black Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill

West African Pied Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Western Long-tailed Hornbill

Western Dwarf Hornbill

Yellow-casqued Hornbill

Black-casqued Hornbill

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

Brown-cheeked Hornbill

Piping Hornbill

hornbill sp.

Kingfishers

Shining-blue Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

White-bellied Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

African Dwarf Kingfisher

Chocolate-backed Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Blue-breasted Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Black Bee-eater

Red-throated Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Black-headed Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Rosy Bee-eater

Abyssinian Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Blue-bellied Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Blue-throated Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Yellow-billed Barbet

Bristle-nosed Barbet

Naked-faced Barbet

Speckled Tinkerbird

Red-rumped Tinkerbird

Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

tinkerbird sp.

Yellow-spotted Barbet

Hairy-breasted Barbet

Vieillot's Barbet

Double-toothed Barbet

Bearded Barbet

african barbet sp.

Honeyguides

Cassin's Honeyguide

small honeyguide sp.

Yellow-footed Honeyguide

Willcocks's Honeyguide

Least Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Spotted Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

African Piculet

Fire-bellied Woodpecker

Melancholy Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

African Gray Woodpecker

Brown-eared Woodpecker

Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Fine-spotted Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Eurasian Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

large falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Black-collared Lovebird

Red-headed Lovebird

Gray Parrot

Brown-necked Parrot

Red-fronted Parrot

Senegal Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

Rufous-sided Broadbill

Cuckooshrikes

White-breasted Cuckooshrike

Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

Purple-throated Cuckooshrike

Blue Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

African Golden Oriole

Western Black-headed Oriole

Black-winged Oriole

old world oriole sp.

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

West African Wattle-eye

Red-cheeked Wattle-eye

Senegal Batis

West African Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Red-billed Helmetshrike

African Shrike-flycatcher

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Northern Puffback

Sabine's Puffback

Marsh Tchagra

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Yellow-crowned Gonolek

Lowland Sooty Boubou

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Many-colored Bushshrike

Lagden's Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

bushshrike sp.

Drongos

Sharpe's Drongo

Shining Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

Velvet-mantled Drongo

drongo sp.

Monarch Flycatchers

Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher

Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Yellow-billed Shrike

Northern Fiscal

Woodchat Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Piapiac

Pied Crow

Rockfowl

White-necked Rockfowl

Hyliotas

Yellow-bellied Hyliota

Violet-backed Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

African Blue Flycatcher

Dusky Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Dusky Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Yellow Penduline-Tit

Forest Penduline-Tit

Larks

Flappet Lark

Nicators

Western Nicator

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Green Crombec

Lemon-bellied Crombec

Northern Crombec

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Kemp's Longbill

Gray Longbill

longbill sp.

Cisticolas and Allies

Senegal Eremomela

Rufous-crowned Eremomela

Green-backed Camaroptera

Yellow-browed Camaroptera

Olive-green Camaroptera

Black-capped Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Sharpe's Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Red-winged Prinia

Oriole Warbler

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Whistling Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Rufous Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Black-backed Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Western Olivaceous Warbler

Melodious Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Greater Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Square-tailed Sawwing

Fanti Sawwing

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Pied-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Red-chested Swallow

Ethiopian Swallow

White-throated Blue Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

Preuss's Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Slender-billed Greenbul

Golden Greenbul

Red-tailed Bristlebill

Green-tailed Bristlebill

Gray-headed Bristlebill

Yellow-throated Greenbul

Spotted Greenbul

Swamp Greenbul

Simple Greenbul

Honeyguide Greenbul

Western Bearded-Greenbul

Red-tailed Greenbul

Yellow-bearded Greenbul

Little Greenbul

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Plain Greenbul

Gray Greenbul

Ansorge's Greenbul

White-throated Greenbul

Icterine Greenbul

Leaf-love

Baumann's Greenbul

greenbul sp.

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Willow Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus sp.

Hylias

Green Hylia

Tit-hylia

Bush Warblers and Allies

Chestnut-capped Flycatcher

Sylviid Warblers

Garden Warbler

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Northern Yellow White-eye

Ground Babblers and Allies

Brown Illadopsis

Pale-breasted Illadopsis

Blackcap Illadopsis

Puvel's Illadopsis

Rufous-winged Illadopsis

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Brown Babbler

Blackcap Babbler

Starlings and Mynas

Violet-backed Starling

Chestnut-winged Starling

Narrow-tailed Starling

Copper-tailed Starling

Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Splendid Starling

Chestnut-bellied Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Purple Starling

Bronze-tailed Starling

Lamprotornis sp.

Thrushes

Finsch's Flycatcher-Thrush

White-tailed Ant-Thrush

African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Little Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Cassin's Flycatcher

Ussher's Flycatcher

Dusky-blue Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

White-browed Forest-Flycatcher

African Forest-Flycatcher

Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Olivaceous Flycatcher

Tessmann's Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Northern Black-Flycatcher

White-tailed Alethe

Forest Scrub-Robin

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

White-crowned Robin-Chat

Orange-breasted Forest Robin

Common Nightingale

European Pied Flycatcher

Whinchat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Familiar Chat

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Fraser's Sunbird

Mouse-brown Sunbird

Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Little Green Sunbird

Green Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Pygmy Sunbird

Reichenbach's Sunbird

Green-headed Sunbird

Blue-throated Brown Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Buff-throated Sunbird

Carmelite Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Olive-bellied Sunbird

Tiny Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Splendid Sunbird

Johanna's Sunbird

Superb Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Bates's Sunbird

Copper Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver

Red-vented Malimbe

Blue-billed Malimbe

Crested Malimbe

Red-headed Malimbe

malimbe sp.

Red-headed Weaver

Little Weaver

Slender-billed Weaver

Olive-naped Weaver

Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver

Orange Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Heuglin's Masked-Weaver

Chestnut-and-black Weaver

Chestnut-and-black/Vieillot's Black Weaver

Village Weaver

Black-headed Weaver

Yellow-mantled Weaver

Maxwell's Black Weaver

Preuss's Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Compact Weaver

Red-headed Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Northern Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Euplectes sp.

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Magpie Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

Green-backed Twinspot

Red-fronted Antpecker

White-breasted Nigrita

Chestnut-breasted Nigrita

Gray-headed Nigrita

Pale-fronted Nigrita

Gray-headed Oliveback

Lavender Waxbill

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Zebra Waxbill

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Western Bluebill

Black-bellied Seedcracker

Red-winged Pytilia

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Black-bellied Firefinch

Bar-breasted Firefinch

Black-faced Firefinch

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah

Village Indigobird

Wilson's Indigobird

Cameroon Indigobird

Vidua sp.

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Passer sp.

Sahel Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

Long-billed Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

West African Seedeater

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.