Ghana · Western Region
Ankasa NP – entrance vicinity
314 species and 7,102 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 144 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
Western Bearded GreenbulCriniger barbatus
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleuraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ankasa NP11 km375 species
- Assinie Mafia72 km126 species
All 314 species recorded here
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii
- Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Akun Eagle-Owl Ketupa leucosticta
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi
- Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Fraser's Eagle-Owl Ketupa poensis
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- White-crested Tiger Heron Tigriornis leucolopha
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps
- Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
- Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
- Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Forest Scrub Robin Tychaedon leucosticta
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Forest Penduline Tit Anthoscopus flavifrons
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis
- Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Dusky Crested Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ankasa NP – entrance vicinity?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 144 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ankasa NP – entrance vicinity?
314 species, from 7,102 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ankasa NP – entrance vicinity in November?
The most recorded in November: Cassin's Flycatcher, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Yellow-billed Turaco, Western Bearded Greenbul and Congo Pied Hornbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.