Birds of Ghana

List of Common Birds Found in Ghana

Native Birds

• Abyssinian Roller
• Afep Pigeon
• African Emerald Cuckoo
• African Fish-eagle
• African Gray Hornbill
• African Green Pigeon
• African Harrier-hawk
• African Jacana
• African Piculet
• African Pied Hornbill
• African Pygmy Kingfisher
• African Sacred Ibis 
• Bearded Barbet
• Beautiful Sunbird 
• Black-and-white Mannikin
• Black Bee-eater
• Black-casqued Hornbill
• Black-crowned Tchagra
• Black Dwarf Hornbill
• Blue-bellied Roller
• Blue-breasted Kingfisher
• Blue-headed Coucal
• Blue-throated Roller
• Brown-cheeked Hornbill
• Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
• Denham’s Bustard
• Egyptian Plover
• Forbes’s Plover
• Grasshopper Buzzard
• Great Blue Turaco
• Grey-headed Kingfisher
• Hadada Ibis 
• Hamerkop 
• Helmeted Guinea Fowl 
• Hooded Vulture 
• Latham’s Francolin
• Little Bee-eater
• Little Grebe
• Marabou Stork 
• Namaqua Dove
• Northern Carmine Bee-eater
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Red-billed Hornbill 
• Orange-Cheeked Waxbill
• Pied Crow 
• Pied Kingfisher 
• Pin-tailed Whydah 
• Piping Hornbill
• Purple Starling
• Red-Billed Dwarf Hornbill
• Red-billed Quelea
• Red-headed Weaver
• Red-throated Bee Eater 
• Senegal Coucal
• Senegal Parrot
• Senegal Thick-Knee
• Speckled Pigeon 
• Speckled Tinkerbird
• Standard-winged Nightjar
• Stone Partridge
• Tambourine Dove
• Tawny Eagle
• Village Weaver
• Violet Turaco
• Western Plantain-eater
• Western-wattled Cuckoo Shrike
• White-backed Vulture
• White-bibbed Swallow
• White-breasted Guineafowl
• White-crested Tiger Heron
• White-headed Vulture
• White-necked Picathartes
• White-necked Rockfowl
• White-spotted Flufftail
• White-throated Bee Eater 
• White-throated Blue Swallow
• Woodland Kingfisher
• Yellow-billed Hornbill
• Yellow-billed Turaco
• Yellow-casqued Hornbill
• Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
• Yellow-throated Cuckoo
• Yellow-throated Leaflove

Non-native Birds

• Baird’s Sandpiper
• Common Myna
• Common Shelduck
• Corn Crake
• Egyptian Goose
• Eurasian Nightjar
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Harlequin Quail
• Heuglin’s Wheatear
• House Sparrow
• Jack Snipe
• Lesser Flamingo
• Lesser Jacana
• Little Crake
• Nimba Flycatcher
• Northern Shoveler
• Ortolan Bunting
• Pallid Swift
• Red Phalarope
• Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin
• South Polar Skua
• Spotted Crake

Ghana has several places to go birdwatching, including Kakum National Park, Mole National Park, and Shai Hills Resource Reserve. The best time to see birds in Ghana is during the dry season, from November to March. This period coincides with the arrival of migratory bird species from Europe and northern Africa, as well as the breeding season for many resident birds.