Ghana · Greater Accra Region
Shai Hills Resource Reserve
449 species and 23,477 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and November, with up to 181 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyuraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shai Hills RR – Kandra Route8 km297 species
- Sakumono Lagoon38 km291 species
- Atewa – farm scrub and degraded forest76 km337 species
- Atewa Range – upland forest & ridge79 km365 species
All 449 species recorded here
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens
- Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- White-throated Francolin Campocolinus albogularis
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Capuchin Babbler Turdoides atripennis
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Forest Penduline Tit Anthoscopus flavifrons
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shai Hills Resource Reserve?
March and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 181 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shai Hills Resource Reserve?
449 species, from 23,477 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shai Hills Resource Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: African Grey Hornbill, Senegal Parrot, Common Bulbul, Croaking Cisticola and Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.