Bird AlbumGhana · Greater Accra Region
Shai Hills RR – Kandra Route
297 species and 10,258 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and November, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Violet TuracoTauraco violaceus
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator136 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 297 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shai Hills Resource Reserve8 km449 species
- Sakumono Lagoon31 km291 species
- Atewa – farm scrub and degraded forest74 km337 species
- Atewa Range – upland forest & ridge77 km365 species
All 297 species recorded here
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shai Hills RR – Kandra Route?
March and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shai Hills RR – Kandra Route?
297 species, from 10,258 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shai Hills RR – Kandra Route in November?
The most recorded in November: African Grey Hornbill, Common Bulbul, Red-eyed Dove, Splendid Sunbird and Mocking Cliff Chat.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.