Bird AlbumGhana · Central Region
Kakum National Park
402 species and 17,407 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and October–November, with up to 211 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common SwiftApus apus
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostrisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kakum NP – Canopy0 km296 species
- Kakum NP – Canopy Walkway & vicinity3 km384 species
- Ebekawopa (Abrafo) – 'farm scrub' habitat4 km331 species
- Ebekawopa (Abrafo) Forest Reserve5 km326 species
- Antwikwaa – forest edge & farm scrub10 km337 species
- Nsuta Forest30 km294 species
All 402 species recorded here
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda
- Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
- Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Fraser's Eagle-Owl Ketupa poensis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Akun Eagle-Owl Ketupa leucosticta
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Forest Penduline Tit Anthoscopus flavifrons
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- African Piculet Verreauxia africana
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius
- Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia
- Yellow-footed Honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Tessmann's Flycatcher Fraseria tessmanni
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus
- White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus
- Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Dusky Crested Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Forest Scrub Robin Tychaedon leucosticta
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- White-crested Tiger Heron Tigriornis leucolopha
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kakum National Park?
February–March and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 211 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kakum National Park?
402 species, from 17,407 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kakum National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: African Green Pigeon, Congo Pied Hornbill, Pied Crow, Velvet-mantled Drongo and Grey-headed Nigrita.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.