Bird AlbumGhana · Eastern Region
Atewa – farm scrub and degraded forest
337 species and 16,318 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and November–December, with up to 183 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Atewa Range – upland forest & ridge3 km365 species
- Shai Hills RR – Kandra Route74 km297 species
- Shai Hills Resource Reserve76 km449 species
All 337 species recorded here
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri
- Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Fraser's Eagle-Owl Ketupa poensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Tessmann's Flycatcher Fraseria tessmanni
- Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-footed Honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Forest Penduline Tit Anthoscopus flavifrons
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Forest Scrub Robin Tychaedon leucosticta
- Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Nimba Flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae
- Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Many-colored Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- African Piculet Verreauxia africana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Atewa – farm scrub and degraded forest?
March–April and November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 183 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Atewa – farm scrub and degraded forest?
337 species, from 16,318 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Atewa – farm scrub and degraded forest in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Bee-eater, Common Bulbul, Vieillot's Black Weaver, Northern Fiscal and Collared Sunbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.