Ghana · Northern Region
Mole NP – Mole Hotel & waterhole
384 species and 23,522 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and November, with up to 211 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus211 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 384 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mole NP – Samole Loop & waterhole1 km330 species
- Mole NP – Samole loop3 km309 species
- Mole NP – Asibey Loop/Haraba track vicinity10 km290 species
- Mole NP17 km445 species
All 384 species recorded here
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Togo Paradise Whydah Vidua togoensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- White-throated Francolin Campocolinus albogularis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- West African Seedeater Crithagra canicapilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Barka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mole NP – Mole Hotel & waterhole?
March and 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 Mole NP – Mole Hotel & waterhole?
384 species, from 23,522 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mole NP – Mole Hotel & waterhole in November?
The most recorded in November: Hadada Ibis, Western Cattle Egret, Hooded Vulture, African Woolly-necked Stork and Grey Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.