Ghana · Western Region
Ankasa NP
375 species and 28,808 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and November, with up to 219 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens
Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
Western Bearded GreenbulCriniger barbatus
Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogasterSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ankasa NP – entrance vicinity11 km314 species
- Assinie Mafia79 km126 species
All 375 species recorded here
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
- Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei
- Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
- Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- White-crested Tiger Heron Tigriornis leucolopha
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- Akun Eagle-Owl Ketupa leucosticta
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis
- Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Fraser's Eagle-Owl Ketupa poensis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Dusky Crested Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Forest Penduline Tit Anthoscopus flavifrons
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Forest Scrub Robin Tychaedon leucosticta
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Tessmann's Flycatcher Fraseria tessmanni
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Yellow-footed Honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Pitta Pitta angolensis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Many-colored Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Rufous Fishing Owl Scotopelia ussheri
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- African Piculet Verreauxia africana
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Baumann's Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ankasa NP?
February–March and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 219 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ankasa NP?
375 species, from 28,808 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ankasa NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Congo Pied Hornbill, Yellow-billed Turaco, Blue-billed Malimbe, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher and Icterine Greenbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.