eBird Field Checklist
Hans Cottage Botel, Cape Coast
, Central, GH
ebird.org/hotspot/L1651612
227 species (+3 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Spur-winged Goose
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Ahanta Spurfowl
Double-spurred Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Red-eyed Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Blue-headed Wood-Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Turacos
Western Plantain-eater
Cuckoos
Black-throated Coucal
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Nightjars
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Swifts
Mottled Spinetail
Sabine's Spinetail
Cassin's Spinetail
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Flufftails
White-spotted Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Black Crake
Shorebirds
Senegal Thick-knee
Spur-winged Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
African Jacana
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Storks
Marabou Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Long-tailed Cormorant
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
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
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
African Cuckoo-Hawk
Hooded Vulture
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Black Kite
Red-necked Buzzard
Owls
Fraser's Eagle-Owl
African Wood-Owl
owl sp.
Hornbills
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
West African Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Brown-cheeked Hornbill
Piping Hornbill
Kingfishers
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
White-bellied Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Black Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Rosy Bee-eater
Abyssinian Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-billed Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Vieillot's Barbet
Honeyguides
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
African Piculet
African Gray Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Gray Parrot
Red-fronted Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Western Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
West African Wattle-eye
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Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
African Shrike-flycatcher
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Bushshrikes and Allies
Northern Puffback
Sabine's Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Drongos
Shining Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Yellow-billed Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Woodchat Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Piapiac
Pied Crow
Fairy Flycatchers
African Blue Flycatcher
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Forest Penduline-Tit
Nicators
Western Nicator
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Green Crombec
Lemon-bellied Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Rufous-crowned Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Sharpe's Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-winged Prinia
Oriole Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Martins and Swallows
Square-tailed Sawwing
Fanti Sawwing
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Bulbuls
Slender-billed Greenbul
Simple Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Leaf-love
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Garden Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Northern Yellow White-eye
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puvel's Illadopsis
Starlings and Mynas
Violet-backed Starling
Chestnut-winged Starling
Splendid Starling
Purple Starling
Bronze-tailed Starling
Thrushes
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Tessmann's Flycatcher
White-crowned Robin-Chat
Whinchat
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Little Green Sunbird
Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Reichenbach's Sunbird
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Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Buff-throated Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Splendid Sunbird
Johanna's Sunbird
Superb Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Olive-naped Weaver
Orange Weaver
Chestnut-and-black Weaver
Chestnut-and-black/Vieillot's Black Weaver
Village Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Maxwell's Black Weaver
Compact Weaver
Northern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
Gray-headed Nigrita
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Western Bluebill
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Wilson's Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
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