Bird AlbumGhana · Upper East Region
Tono Dam & vicinity
299 species and 8,690 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and December, with up to 140 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximius
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nazinga Forest41 km174 species
All 299 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tono Dam & vicinity?
March–April and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 140 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tono Dam & vicinity?
299 species, from 8,690 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tono Dam & vicinity in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Black Kite, Pied Crow, Laughing Dove and Northern Red-billed Hornbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.