Bird AlbumGhana · Central Region
Kakum NP – Canopy
296 species and 22,068 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–March, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Western Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus
Ussher's FlycatcherArtomyias ussheri
Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Buff-throated SunbirdChalcomitra adelberti
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Common SwiftApus apus
Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kakum National Park0 km402 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 scrub9 km337 species
- Nsuta Forest29 km294 species
All 296 species recorded here
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- Forest Penduline Tit Anthoscopus flavifrons
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi
- Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus
- Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- African Piculet Verreauxia africana
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
- Fraser's Eagle-Owl Ketupa poensis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Akun Eagle-Owl Ketupa leucosticta
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Yellow-footed Honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius
- Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
- Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Dusky Crested Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Rufous Fishing Owl Scotopelia ussheri
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
- Tessmann's Flycatcher Fraseria tessmanni
- Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kakum NP – Canopy?
October–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kakum NP – Canopy?
296 species, from 22,068 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kakum NP – Canopy in November?
The most recorded in November: Congo Pied Hornbill, African Green Pigeon, Grey-headed Nigrita, Western Long-tailed Hornbill and Ussher's Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.