Checklist for Sakumono Lagoon

eBird Field Checklist

Sakumono Lagoon

, Greater Accra, GH

ebird.org/hotspot/L2027358

280 species (+8 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Garganey

Northern Shoveler

Eurasian Wigeon

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Tufted Duck

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Stone Partridge

Common Quail

Double-spurred Spurfowl

Grebes

Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Red-eyed Dove

Vinaceous Dove

Laughing Dove

Black-billed Wood-Dove

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Bustards

Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Great Blue Turaco

Guinea Turaco

Violet Turaco

Western Plantain-eater

Cuckoos

Senegal Coucal

Blue-headed Coucal

Black Coucal

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Nightjars

Swamp Nightjar

Long-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail

Common Swift

Little Swift

African Palm Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

African Swamphen

Black Crake

Shorebirds

Senegal Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Spur-winged 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

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Sanderling

Little Stint

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

Collared Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

jaeger sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Little Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

Black Tern

White-winged Tern

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

Roseate Tern

Sandwich Tern

West African Crested Tern

Storks

African Openbill

Cormorants and Anhingas

Long-tailed Cormorant

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

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

Glossy Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

European Honey-buzzard

African Cuckoo-Hawk

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Bat Hawk

Long-crested Eagle

Booted Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Gabar Goshawk

Western Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Shikra

Black Kite

Red-necked Buzzard

Owls

Barn Owl

Northern White-faced Owl

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Black Scimitarbill

Hornbills

West African Pied Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

African Dwarf Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Little Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

African Green Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Rosy Bee-eater

Rufous-crowned Roller

Blue-bellied Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Vieillot's Barbet

Double-toothed Barbet

Bearded Barbet

Woodpeckers

African Gray Woodpecker

Fine-spotted Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Eurasian Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Senegal Parrot

Old World Orioles

African Golden Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

West African Wattle-eye

Senegal Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Northern Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Yellow-crowned Gonolek

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Velvet-mantled Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Yellow-billed Shrike

Northern Fiscal

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Piapiac

Pied Crow

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-shouldered Black-Tit

Larks

Flappet Lark

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Green Crombec

Northern Crombec

Gray Longbill

Cisticolas and Allies

Senegal Eremomela

Green-backed Camaroptera

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Red-winged Prinia

Oriole Warbler

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Black-backed Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Melodious Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Greater Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Red-chested Swallow

Ethiopian Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

Preuss's Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Yellow-throated Greenbul

Simple Greenbul

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Willow Warbler

Hylias

Tit-hylia

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Northern Yellow White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Brown Babbler

Blackcap Babbler

Starlings and Mynas

Violet-backed Starling

Chestnut-winged Starling

Copper-tailed Starling

Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Splendid Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Purple Starling

Bronze-tailed Starling

Thrushes

African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher

Northern Black-Flycatcher

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

White-crowned Robin-Chat

European Pied Flycatcher

Whinchat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Collared Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Splendid Sunbird

Superb Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Copper Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

Speckle-fronted Weaver

Little Weaver

Olive-naped Weaver

Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver

Orange Weaver

Chestnut-and-black Weaver

Village Weaver

Black-headed Weaver

Yellow-mantled Weaver

Maxwell's Black Weaver

Red-headed Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Northern Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Red-billed 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

Plain-backed Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Others

passerine sp.