Checklist for Northern, GH

eBird Field Checklist

Northern, GH

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557 species (+44 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Garganey

Northern Pintail

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Western Crested Guineafowl

Stone Partridge

Latham's Francolin

White-throated Francolin

Ahanta Spurfowl

Double-spurred Spurfowl

Grebes

Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Afep Pigeon

Bronze-naped Pigeon

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Vinaceous Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Laughing Dove

Black-billed Wood-Dove

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Turtur sp.

Namaqua Dove

Bruce's Green-Pigeon

African Green-Pigeon

green-pigeon sp.

pigeon/dove sp.

Sandgrouse

Four-banded Sandgrouse

Bustards

Denham's Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Great Blue Turaco

Guinea Turaco

Yellow-billed Turaco

Violet Turaco

Western Plantain-eater

Cuckoos

Black-throated Coucal

Senegal Coucal

Blue-headed Coucal

Black Coucal

Blue Malkoha

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

Yellow-throated Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

African/Common Cuckoo

Nightjars

Standard-winged Nightjar

Red-necked Nightjar

Eurasian Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Swamp Nightjar

Plain Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Long-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail

Sabine's Spinetail

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

Little Swift

Horus 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

Black Crake

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Senegal Thick-knee

Egyptian Plover

Black-winged Stilt

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

Greater Painted-Snipe

African Jacana

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Great Snipe

Common Snipe

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Sanderling

Little Stint

Small Buttonquail

Bronze-winged Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Storks

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Long-tailed Cormorant

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Dwarf Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

Western Reef-Heron

White-backed Night 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

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

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

Rüppell's Griffon

White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon

Bateleur

Short-toed Snake-Eagle

Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Banded Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

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

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

African Goshawk

Shikra

Red-thighed Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Long-tailed Hawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Red-necked Buzzard

Buteo sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Northern White-faced Owl

Grayish Eagle-Owl

Fraser's Eagle-Owl

Akun Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pel's Fishing-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

African Wood-Owl

owl sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Green/Violet Woodhoopoe

White-headed Woodhoopoe

woodhoopoe sp.

Forest Scimitarbill

Black Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill

Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill

West African Pied Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus sp.

Western Long-tailed Hornbill

Western Dwarf Hornbill

Brown-cheeked Hornbill

Piping Hornbill

Kingfishers

Shining-blue Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

White-bellied Kingfisher

African Pygmy 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

Blue-moustached Bee-eater

Red-throated Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Rosy Bee-eater

Northern Carmine Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

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

Yellow-spotted Barbet

Hairy-breasted Barbet

Vieillot's Barbet

Double-toothed Barbet

Bearded Barbet

african barbet sp.

Honeyguides

Cassin's Honeyguide

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Least Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Spotted Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Fire-bellied Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Brown-backed Woodpecker

African Gray Woodpecker

Brown-eared Woodpecker

Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Fine-spotted Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Fox Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Red-footed Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Black-collared Lovebird

Red-headed Lovebird

Gray Parrot

Brown-necked Parrot

Red-fronted Parrot

Senegal Parrot

parrot sp.

African and Green Broadbills

Rufous-sided Broadbill

Cuckooshrikes

White-breasted Cuckooshrike

Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

Purple-throated Cuckooshrike

Blue Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

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

Fiery-breasted Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

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

Emin's Shrike

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

White-shouldered Black-Tit

Dusky Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Yellow Penduline-Tit

Larks

Rufous-rumped Lark

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Flappet Lark

Singing Bushlark

Sun Lark

Nicators

Western Nicator

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Green Crombec

Lemon-bellied Crombec

Northern Crombec

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Kemp's Longbill

Gray Longbill

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

Rock-loving Cisticola

Dorst's 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

Sedge Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Great Reed 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

Gray-headed Bristlebill

Yellow-throated Greenbul

Spotted Greenbul

Swamp Greenbul

Simple Greenbul

Western Bearded-Greenbul

Red-tailed Greenbul

Little Greenbul

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Plain Greenbul

Gray Greenbul

Ansorge's Greenbul

Icterine Greenbul

Leaf-love

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Western Bonelli's 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

Blackcap Illadopsis

Puvel's Illadopsis

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Capuchin Babbler

Brown Babbler

Blackcap Babbler

Treecreepers

African Spotted Creeper

Oxpeckers

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Violet-backed Starling

Chestnut-winged 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

Gambaga Flycatcher

Swamp Flycatcher

Cassin's Flycatcher

Muscicapa sp.

Dusky-blue Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

African Forest-Flycatcher

Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Olivaceous Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Northern Black-Flycatcher

White-tailed Alethe

Forest Scrub-Robin

Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

White-crowned Robin-Chat

robin-chat sp.

Orange-breasted Forest Robin

Common Nightingale

European Pied Flycatcher

European Pied/Atlas Flycatcher

Common Redstart

Whinchat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Northern Wheatear

White-fronted Black-Chat

Familiar Chat

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

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

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Olive-bellied Sunbird

Tiny Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Splendid Sunbird

Johanna's Sunbird

Superb Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Copper Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

White-billed Buffalo-Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver

Blue-billed Malimbe

Crested Malimbe

Red-headed Malimbe

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.

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Magpie Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

African Silverbill

Red-fronted Antpecker

White-breasted Nigrita

Chestnut-breasted Nigrita

Gray-headed Nigrita

Lavender Waxbill

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Zebra Waxbill

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Western Bluebill

Black-bellied Seedcracker

Green-winged Pytilia

Red-winged Pytilia

Red-faced 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

Togo Paradise-Whydah

Village Indigobird

Wilson's Indigobird

Baka Indigobird

Cameroon Indigobird

paradise-whydah sp.

indigobird sp.

Vidua sp.

Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Passer sp.

Sahel Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

Plain-backed Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

White-rumped Seedeater

Yellow-fronted Canary

West African Seedeater

Old World Buntings

Brown-rumped Bunting

Cabanis's Bunting

Golden-breasted Bunting

Gosling's Bunting

Emberiza sp.

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.