Ghana · Northern Region
Mole NP
445 species and 23,144 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and November, with up to 244 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambicaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mole NP – Asibey Loop/Haraba track vicinity6 km290 species
- Mole NP – Samole loop14 km309 species
- Mole NP – Mole Hotel & waterhole17 km384 species
- Mole NP – Samole Loop & waterhole17 km330 species
All 445 species recorded here
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- White-throated Francolin Campocolinus albogularis
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Togo Paradise Whydah Vidua togoensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- West African Seedeater Crithagra canicapilla
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Cameroon Indigobird Vidua camerunensis
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Akun Eagle-Owl Ketupa leucosticta
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Barka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mole NP?
February–March and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 244 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mole NP?
445 species, from 23,144 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mole NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Vinaceous Dove, Red-throated Bee-eater, Sahel Bush Sparrow, Stone Partridge and Red-eyed Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.