Ghana birding trip 2014


Birding trip report Ghana 1-12 February 2014 - John van der Woude - www.jvanderw.nl
See also: bird photos - street life
See species list at the bottom of this page.
Nollie and I had a very nice, private birding trip to Ghana, where we were expertly guided by Kalu Afasi (kalu_afasi at yahoo.com). His driver Jonathan also did an excellent job with the comfortable Hyundai H-1 van. The weather was fine throughout. We stayed in middle-class hotels and had good food (and good beer, ask for Star). This whole package has cost us far less than what we would have paid on a group tour by the international bird tour companies. As we had been in Gambia, Gabon and West-Kenya (Kakamega) before, we mainly went for lifers in Ghana, which means that we skipped a few areas where we would have very little new for us. Still, our itinerary is what most tours do: a combination of coast, rainforest and northern savanna. Ghana has a nice transition from wet forests in the South to dry conditions in the Sahel zone in the North. Before the trip I had calculated that 80 lifers would be a good result (being 2/3 of all potential lifers known as common, fairly common and uncommon). We finished the trip with 98 lifers (all seen), so we thank Kalu for his fine job. Kalu is a very good birder and knows practically all the bird sounds and has very good eyes. Being guided by him is like walking with a good birder who just quietly calls out bird names. He is good company and sometimes had a nice story to laugh about*. He cares well for you logistically too. Birding was done the whole morning plus the late afternoon, with a long lunch break back in the hotel if we were not travelling to a next destination. I compared our list of seen lifers to the trip list of a recent group tour by a well-known international bird tour company, and calculated that despite all their extra guiding and scouting and six extra days we would have had only a dozen but very expensive lifers more. Ghana is a quiet country and ideal for seeing a huge array of African birds, including the guaranteed top species, White-necked Picathartes. Ghana has its own field guide (Borrow & Demey 2010 - Birds of Ghana). All bird sounds for West Africa are on a cd set (Chappuis) which I bought some years ago for Gabon, and brought them on my iPod, although Kalu has them on his cell phone too. English is the common language among the many different peoples in Ghana (a UK colony until 1957) but the pronunciation often is a bit different from what we are used to. The main roads are generally good, making the trip to Mole NP in the North possible even on a rather short trip. Driving is righthand since 1972. Below, a map shows our birding sites; then the sites are shown on photos of the scenery, and at the end is the species list. Bird photos and some photos of the street life are in separate sections. We liked this country and its kind people!
* The story I liked most went as follows. Kalu, then 13 or so, and his little brother were sent to the market to buy a live chicken. After buying it, somebody on the market said 'watch out! it's going to lay an egg! put it on the ground!', and so they did and watched and watched if the egg came. Gradually they heard people around them starting to laugh, and of course they felt very ashamed. Kalu and his younger brother agreed not to tell it their mother at home, but once they reached home, their mother stood smiling already, as the story had swiftly reached her.

	Main birding sites (plus number of birding days): 1. Sakumaka Lagoon (0.5) 2. Kakum national park & surroundings (3.0) 3. coastal savanna road (0.5) 4. Abufoo forest (2x 0.5) 5. Mole national park (2.5) 6. Bobiri forest reserve (0.5) 7. Atewa hill forest (2.0) Plus some birding along the road and at minor sites, including the Picathartes roost site.
Sakumana Lagoon, well East of Accra. Apart from waders and waterbirds good for cisticolas, and for our only Black Coucal of the trip.
Drier bush and savanna around Sakumana Lagoon. Good to get used to the more common species.
A delta halfway Accra and the Kakum area, near Winneba. Several tern species, and Marsh Sandpipers amidst dozens of Greenshanks.
View from the first platform of the canopy walkway in Kakum NP. We stayed three hours on this platform which is easy to reach via a short rope bridge from the side of a hill. I went no further as I have some fear of heights (but had no problem reaching this first platform). After those three hours Nollie and Kalu shortly walked the rest of the canopy walkway but added no new species. From the platform we saw 38 species, 20 of them being lifers, like Black Dwarf-Hornbill, Fire-bellied Woodpecker, Violet-backed Hyliota, to mention a few.
The canopy walkway seen from the first, easy platform.
A view from further on the canopy walkway. That is, for Nollie, not me!
Around Kakum NP several interesting tracks can be found, with many species which are not seen on the walkway. Malimbes, barbets, sunbirds, Black Bee-eater, Kemp's Longbill, and here, in the afternoon, Gabon Woodpecker (missed that in Gabon!).
This young lady had found a baby duiker on the forest floor while she was gathering fruits. Kalu told her she better bring it to 'the Dutchman' near the entrance of Kakum NP, who keeps all sorts of orphaned animals at his 'bitterballen' restaurant. I presume this is Maxwell's Duiker Cephalophus maxwelli, given its striking head pattern.
Kalu and Nollie in the border zone West of Kakum NP. Puvel's and Brown Illadopsis.
Jonathan, Kalu and me. We brought our lightweight Nikon travel scope with 20x eye piece. We used it often for birds high in the trees or far away in more open forest and of course in the savannas. Jonathan the driver nearly always walked with us, discreetly, insisting on carrying the scope, and alert to discover birds for us too.
The coastal savanna from a quiet road somewhere SW of Kakum NP. Here we got our wish-list Marsh Tchagra (dipped that on other trips in Africa), and Preuss Cliff Swallow coming to their roost.
Another border area of Kakum NP, now along the North rim, and before leaving the general area for our trip further North. Black-throated Coucal, Tit-Hylia.
At this bridge on our way to Kumasi we only had to wait a few minutes before the White-throated Blue Swallows (White-bibbed Swallow) started their day around the pillars of the bridge. Well done Kalu! And always nice to see new swallows.
The last village before our walk up into the Picathartes forest. This was in the afternoon, apparently after school time. The bus behind our van was from a bird tour group which we met several times.
Nollie in the Picathartes forest. It's a walk of a few km up to the roost, where the birds appear after five p.m. We took it easy, and hence Nollie discovered two Picathartes foraging on the ground halfway the walk. According to Kalu this is very rarely seen on birding trips, so we were very lucky. Still, the view of these beautiful birds was much better on the roost site of course. For some excellent photos of the Picathartes and quite like we have seen them, have a look at this page of larsfoto.se.
On our first morning in Mole NP. Many interesting species can be found around these old water courses, but other, equally interesting species can be found only in the drier parts of this savanna park.
Wherever we walked in Mole NP we were guarded by a park guide carrying a gun, since elephants roam around, and as we (hopefully all) know these animals can be dangerous.
Irresponsible behaviour of this student group. Annoyed elephants can be very fast, and lethal. View from the lodge which is nicely situated on the rim of a plateau.
In the drier parts of Mole NP. Here we found Sun Lark.
In this tall tree we had our only Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah, a male with long (and broad!) tail streamers and accompanied by female type birds. The tail was far too broad for Togo PW which was reportedly also seen in the area.
In this more open area in Mole NP we attracted Cabanis's Bunting.
On our final early morning hours in Mole NP (before leaving the area for the long drive South again) we still managed to see new species, like White-fronted Black-Chat. I could easily have spent another day in Mole, a lovely area.
In the Northern Region we saw huge termite mounds.
In this secondary forest part of Abufoo (well N of Kumasi), we found Blackcap, a rare bird for Ghana. For this bird, also see the bird photo section. Our best bird at Abufoo was Capuchin Babbler, s species not seen on all trips.
Bobiri forest reserve is a beautiful site with huge trees and many butterflies. Alas, not many birds this time, but we got here our wish-list Forest Woodhoopoe.
Bobiri forest reserve.
Bobiri forest reserve. Another area to spend more time but Nollie and I had chosen to do Ghana in just 12 days.
The start of the trail (right) up the Atewa hill forest. Our van was a comfortable Hyunday H-1, with airconditioning of course.
High up the Atewa hill, where we had our wish-list Long-tailed Hawk.
Our excellent driver Jonathan before saying goodbye at the Accra airport.
Nollie and Kalu when saying goodbye at the airport.
Species list
co = coastal areas Ka = Kakum NP and border areas Ab = Abufoo forest N of Kumasi Mo = Mole NP Bo = Bobiri forest reserve E of Kumasi At = Atewa hill forest el = elsewhere (along the road mostly; several in the Northern Region) * = lifer
The following 19 species may be on your wish list but were not on our wish list as we had seen them before, mostly in Gabon. So we did no effort to see these, as we could use our time better for other species of course. Hartlaub’s Duck Lesser Black-winged Lapwing Forbes's Plover Bruce's Green-pigeon Black-collared Lovebird Piping Hornbill Black-casqued Hornbill Yellow-spotted Barbet Brown-eared Woodpecker Yellow-throated Greenbul Red-tailed Bristlebill Brown-chested Alethe Forest Robin Olive-green Camaroptera Dusky Crested-flycatcher Spotted Creeper Reichenbach's Sunbird Orange-breasted Bush-shrike Blue-billed Malimbe
The following 15 species were heard only, and left out of the species list. L = potential lifer, so reckon we tried to see these four but you can't have them all. For example, Afep Pigeon is a very difficult species outside the breeding season. White-spotted Flufftail Common Moorhen Spotted Redshank Afep Pigeon L Black Cuckoo Klaas's Cuckoo African Scops-owl Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Tree Pipit Plain Greenbul Green-tailed Bristlebill L Olive-green Camaroptera Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike L Black-bellied Firefinch L
So the following 349 species were all seen.

Little Grebe		co							Tachybaptus ruficollis
Long-tailed Cormorant		co	Ka		Mo				Phalacrocorax africanus
Grey Heron		co		Ab	Mo				Ardea cinerea
Great White Egret		co	Ka	Ab					Egretta alba
Black Heron		co							Egretta ardesiaca
Little Egret		co							Egretta garzetta
Cattle Egret		co		Ab	Mo				Bubulcus ibis
Squacco Heron		co							Ardeola ralloides
Green-backed Heron		co	Ka		Mo			el	Butorides striatus
Black-crowned Night-heron		co			Mo				Nycticorax nycticorax
Hamerkop					Mo				Scopus umbretta
Black Stork					Mo				Ciconia nigra
Woolly-necked Stork					Mo				Ciconia episcopus
Hadada Ibis					Mo				Bostrychia hagedash
Glossy Ibis		co							Plegadis falcinellus
White-faced Whistling-duck		co			Mo				Dendrocygna viduata
Common Teal		co							Anas crecca
Northern Pintail		co							Anas acuta
Garganey					Mo				Anas querquedula
Western Honey-buzzard						Bo			Pernis apivorus
Common Black-shouldered Kite		co							Elanus caeruleus
Black Kite		co	Ka	Ab	Mo				Milvus migrans
African Fish-eagle					Mo				Haliaeetus vocifer
Palm-nut Vulture			Ka		Mo				Gypohierax angolensis
Hooded Vulture		co		Ab	Mo				Necrosyrtes monachus
African White-backed Vulture					Mo				Gyps africanus
White-headed Vulture					Mo				Trigonoceps occipitalis
Beaudouin's Snake-eagle	*				Mo				Circaetus beaudouini
Bateleur					Mo			el	Terathopius ecaudatus
Western Marsh-harrier		co							Circus aeruginosus
African Harrier-hawk			Ka	Ab	Mo		At		Polyboroides typus
Lizard Buzzard				Ab	Mo				Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Dark Chanting-goshawk								el	Melierax metabates
Shikra									Accipiter badius
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk									Accipiter erythropus
African Goshawk		co	Ka			Bo			Accipiter tachiro
Long-tailed Hawk							At		Urotriorchis macrourus
Grasshopper Buzzard					Mo				Butastur rufipennis
Red-necked Buzzard		co	Ka		Mo				Buteo auguralis
Wahlberg's Eagle					Mo				Aquila wahlbergi
Common Kestrel		co							Falco tinnunculus
Grey Kestrel		co	Ka	Ab	Mo			el	Falco ardosiaceus
African Hobby		co							Falco cuvierii
Lanner Falcon							At		Falco biarmicus
White-throated Francolin	*				Mo				Francolinus albogularis
Ahanta Francolin	*		Ka	Ab					Francolinus ahantensis
Double-spurred Francolin		co			Mo				Francolinus bicalcaratus
Stone Partridge	*				Mo				Ptilopachus petrosus
Helmeted Guineafowl					Mo				Numida meleagris
Black Crake					Mo				Amaurornis flavirostris
Purple Swamphen		co							Porphyrio porphyrio
African Jacana		co	Ka	Ab	Mo				Actophilornis africanus
Greater Painted-snipe					Mo				Rostratula benghalensis
Black-winged Stilt		co							Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet		co							Recurvirostra avosetta
Senegal Thick-knee		co						el	Burhinus senegalensis
Water Dikkop					Mo				Burhinus vermiculatus
Egyptian Plover	*							el	Pluvianus aegyptius
Collared Pratincole		co							Glareola pratincola
Rock Pratincole								el	Glareola nuchalis
Spur-winged Lapwing		co							Vanellus spinosus
White-headed Lapwing								el	Vanellus albiceps
African Wattled Lapwing		co						el	Vanellus senegallus
Grey Plover		co							Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover		co							Charadrius hiaticula
Common Snipe		co							Gallinago gallinago
Bar-tailed Godwit		co							Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel		co							Numenius phaeopus
Common Redshank		co							Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper		co							Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank		co							Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper		co			Mo				Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper		co							Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper		co			Mo			el	Actitis hypoleucos
Sanderling		co							Calidris alba
Little Stint		co							Calidris minuta
Dunlin		co							Calidris alpina
Caspian Tern		co							Hydroprogne caspia
Sandwich Tern		co							Thalasseus sandvicensis
Royal Tern		co							Thalasseus maximus
Whiskered Tern		co							Chlidonias hybridus
Black Tern		co							Chlidonias niger
Four-banded Sandgrouse	*				Mo				Pterocles quadricinctus
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon							At		Columba iriditorques
Red-eyed Dove			Ka	Ab	Mo	Bo	At	el	Streptopelia semitorquata
Vinaceous Dove		co			Mo				Streptopelia vinacea
Laughing Dove		co							Streptopelia senegalensis
Black-billed Wood-dove				Ab	Mo				Turtur abyssinicus
Blue-spotted Wood-dove			Ka						Turtur afer
Tambourine Dove			Ka	Ab		Bo	At		Turtur tympanistria
African Green-pigeon			Ka	Ab	Mo	Bo	At		Treron calva
Rose-ringed Parakeet					Mo				Psittacula krameri
Grey Parrot						Bo			Psittacus erithacus
Red-fronted Parrot			Ka				At		Poicephalus gulielmi
Green Turaco			Ka		Mo				Tauraco persa
Yellow-billed Turaco			Ka				At	el	Tauraco macrorhynchus
Violet Turaco					Mo				Musophaga violacea
Western Grey Plantain-eater			Ka		Mo				Crinifer piscator
Levaillant's Cuckoo							At	el	Clamator levaillantii
Red-chested Cuckoo							At		Cuculus solitarius
African Cuckoo					Mo				Cuculus gularis
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	*						At		Cercococcyx olivinus
African Emerald Cuckoo			Ka				At		Chrysococcyx cupreus
Diederik Cuckoo			Ka						Chrysococcyx caprius
Yellowbill			Ka			Bo	At		Ceuthmochares aereus
African Black Coucal	*	co							Centropus grillii
Black-throated Coucal	*							el	Centropus leucogaster
Blue-headed Coucal		co							Centropus monachus
Senegal Coucal		co	Ka		Mo	Bo	At	el	Centropus senegalensis
Pearl-spotted Owlet					Mo				Glaucidium perlatum
Black-shouldered Nightjar	*		Ka						Caprimulgus nigriscapularis
Plain Nightjar	*	co							Caprimulgus inornatus
Long-tailed Nightjar		co			Mo				Caprimulgus climacurus
Standard-winged Nightjar	*				Mo				Macrodipteryx longipennis
Mottled Spinetail		co							Telecanthura ussheri
Sabine's Spinetail			Ka						Rhaphidura sabini
African Palm-swift		co	Ka	Ab	Mo			el	Cypsiurus parvus
Common Swift			Ka			Bo			Apus apus
Little Swift		co	Ka	Ab					Apus affinis
Narina Trogon							At		Apaloderma narina
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher							At		Halcyon badia
Grey-headed Kingfisher					Mo				Halcyon leucocephala
Striped Kingfisher					Mo				Halcyon chelicuti
Blue-breasted Kingfisher					Mo				Halcyon malimbica
Woodland Kingfisher			Ka			Bo	At		Halcyon senegalensis
African Pygmy-kingfisher			Ka						Ceyx pictus
Malachite Kingfisher		co			Mo				Alcedo cristata
Giant Kingfisher			Ka						Megaceryle maxima
Pied Kingfisher		co	Ka					el	Ceryle rudis
Blue-headed Bee-eater							At		Merops muelleri
Black Bee-eater	*		Ka						Merops gularis
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater					Mo				Merops hirundineus
Little Bee-eater		co					At		Merops pusillus
Red-throated Bee-eater	*				Mo				Merops bulocki
White-throated Bee-eater		co	Ka	Ab			At		Merops albicollis
Rosy Bee-eater			Ka						Merops malimbicus
Purple Roller								el	Coracias naevius
Abyssinian Roller								el	Coracias abyssinicus
Blue-bellied Roller				Ab					Coracias cyanogaster
Blue-throated Roller			Ka				At		Eurystomus gularis
Cinnamon (Broad-billed) Roller				Ab		Bo			Eurystomus glaucurus
Forest Woodhoopoe	*					Bo			Phoeniculus castaneiceps
White-headed Woodhoopoe	*		Ka						Phoeniculus bollei
Green Woodhoopoe		co			Mo				Phoeniculus purpureus
Black Woodhoopoe	*				Mo				Rhinopomastus aterrimus
African Pied Hornbill			Ka	Ab		Bo	At	el	Tockus fasciatus
African Grey Hornbill					Mo			el	Tockus nasutus
Red-billed Hornbill					Mo				Tockus erythrorhynchus
Black Dwarf-hornbill	*		Ka					el	Tockus hartlaubi
Red-billed Dwarf-hornbill			Ka			Bo			Tockus camurus
White-crested (Long-tailed) Hornbill						Bo			Tropicranus albocristata
Yellow-billed Barbet			Ka						Trachyphonus purpuratus
Bristle-nosed Barbet	*		Ka				At		Gymnobucco peli
Naked-faced Barbet			Ka				At		Gymnobucco calvus
Speckled Tinkerbird	*		Ka				At		Pogoniulus scolopaceus
Red-rumped Tinkerbird			Ka				At		Pogoniulus atroflavus
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird			Ka						Pogoniulus bilineatus
Yellow-spotted Barbet			Ka				h		Buccanodon duchaillui
Hairy-breasted Barbet			Ka	Ab			At		Tricholaema hirsuta
Vieillot's Barbet					Mo		At		Lybius vieilloti
Double-toothed Barbet		co						el	Lybius bidentatus
Bearded Barbet					Mo				Lybius dubius
Western Green-backed Honeyguide	*		Ka						Prodotiscus insignis
Fine-spotted Woodpecker		co							Campethera punctuligera
Golden-tailed Woodpecker					Mo				Campethera abingoni
Little Green Woodpecker	*		Ka				At		Campethera maculosa
Buff-spotted Woodpecker	*						At		Campethera nivosa
Melancholy (Gabon) Woodpecker	*		Ka				At		Dendropicos lugubris
Fire-bellied Woodpecker	*		Ka						Dendropicos pyrrhogaster
Grey Woodpecker					Mo				Dendropicos goertae
Brown-backed Woodpecker	*				Mo				Dendrocopos obsoletus
Rufous-sided Broadbill	*		Ka				h		Smithornis rufolateralis
Flappet Lark		co			Mo				Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Sun Lark	*				Mo				Galerida modesta
Square-tailed Saw-wing							At		Psalidoprocne nitens
Fanti Saw-wing			Ka						Psalidoprocne obscura
Barn Swallow		co	Ka		Mo		At	el	Hirundo rustica
Ethiopian Swallow		co							Hirundo aethiopica
White-throated Blue (White-bibbed) Swallow	*							el	Hirundo nigrita
Lesser Striped Swallow							At	el	Cecropis abyssinica
Mosque Swallow		co							Cecropis senegalensis
Preuss's Swallow	*	co							Petrochelidon preussi
Plain-backed Pipit		co							Anthus leucophrys
Red-throated Pipit		co							Anthus cervinus
Yellow-throated Longclaw		co							Macronyx croceus
African Pied Wagtail								el	Motacilla aguimp
Yellow Wagtail		co							Motacilla flava
White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike					Mo				Coracina pectoralis
Blue Cuckoo-shrike	*		Ka				h		Coracina azurea
Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike			Ka	Ab			At		Campephaga quiscalina
Common Bulbul		co	Ka	Ab	Mo	Bo	At		Pycnonotus barbatus
Little Grey Greenbul			Ka				At		Andropadus gracilis
Slender-billed Greenbul			Ka	Ab					Andropadus gracilirostris
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul			Ka				At		Andropadus latirostris
Little Greenbul			Ka	Ab			At		Andropadus virens
Golden Greenbul			Ka						Calyptocichla serina
Honeyguide Greenbul			h				At		Baeopogon indicator
Spotted Greenbul			h	Ab					Ixonotus guttatus
Simple Leaflove/Greenbul	*		Ka	Ab			At		Chlorocichla simplex
Swamp Palm Bulbul			Ka					el	Thescelocichla leucopleura
Icterine Greenbul			Ka				At		Phyllastrephus icterinus
Grey-headed Bristlebill	*		Ka						Bleda canicapillus
Western Bearded Greenbul	*						At		Criniger barbatus
Red-tailed Greenbul			Ka	Ab					Criniger calurus
Western Nicator			Ka	Ab			At		Nicator chloris
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush	*		Ka				h		Stizorhina finschi
White-tailed Ant-thrush				Ab					Neocossyphus poensis
African Thrush					Mo	Bo	At		Turdus pelios
White-tailed Alethe	*		h			h	At		Alethe diademata
White-fronted Black-chat	*				Mo				Pentholaea albifrons
Snowy-crowned Robin-chat					Mo				Cossypha niveicapilla
White-crowned Robin-chat					Mo				Cossypha albicapillus
Common Redstart					Mo				Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat		co						el	Saxicola rubetra
Familiar Chat					Mo				Cercomela familiaris
Tawny-flanked Prinia					Mo		At		Prinia subflava
Red-winged Warbler	*	co			h				Heliolais erythropterus
Red-faced Cisticola	*	co	Ka				At		Cisticola erythrops
Singing Cisticola		co							Cisticola cantans
Whistling Cisticola	*		Ka						Cisticola lateralis
Winding Cisticola	*	co							Cisticola marginatus
Croaking Cisticola		co							Cisticola natalensis
Short-winged Cisticola		co							Cisticola brachypterus
Rufous Cisticola	*				Mo				Cisticola rufus
Zitting Cisticola		co							Cisticola juncidis
Oriole Warbler		co			Mo				Hypergerus atriceps
Black-capped Apalis	*		Ka				At		Apalis nigriceps
Sharpe's Apalis	*			Ab					Apalis sharpii
Grey-backed Camaroptera		h	Ka	h	Mo				Camaroptera brachyura
Yellow-browed Camaroptera	*		Ka			h			Camaroptera superciliaris
Moustached Grass-warbler	*	co							Melocichla mentalis
Eurasian Reed-warbler					Mo				Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Melodious Warbler		co						el	Hippolais polyglotta
Kemp's Longbill	*		Ka				h		Macrosphenus kempi
Grey Longbill			h	Ab			At		Macrosphenus concolor
Yellow-bellied Hyliota	*				Mo				Hyliota flavigaster
Violet-backed Hyliota	*		Ka				At		Hyliota violacea
Green Hylia			Ka	Ab		h	h		Hylia prasina
Willow Warbler							At		Phylloscopus trochilus
Wood Warbler			Ka		Mo				Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Senegal Eremomela		co			Mo				Eremomela pusilla
Rufous-crowned Eremomela	*		Ka				At		Eremomela badiceps
Northern Crombec		co			Mo				Sylvietta brachyura
Green Crombec			h			Bo			Sylvietta virens
Blackcap				Ab					Sylvia atricapilla
Pale Flycatcher	*		Ka						Bradornis pallidus
Northern Black-flycatcher					Mo				Melaenornis edolioides
Fraser's Forest-flycatcher			Ka						Fraseria ocreata
Spotted Flycatcher					Mo		At		Muscicapa striata
Gambaga Flycatcher	*				Mo				Muscicapa gambagae
Swamp Flycatcher					Mo				Muscicapa aquatica
Little Grey Flycatcher	*		Ka						Muscicapa epulata
Dusky-blue Flycatcher	*		Ka						Muscicapa comitata
Ussher's Flycatcher	*		Ka				At		Muscicapa ussheri
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher	*		Ka				At		Myioparus griseigularis
Grey Tit-flycatcher							At		Myioparus plumbeus
European Pied Flycatcher					Mo				Ficedula hypoleuca
African Shrike-flycatcher	*		Ka						Megabyas flammulatus
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher	*		Ka						Bias musicus
Senegal Batis					Mo				Batis senegalensis
Blissett's (Red-cheeked) Wattle-eye	*		Ka						Dyaphorophyia blissetti
Chestnut Wattle-eye			Ka				At		Dyaphorophyia castanea
Brown-throated Wattle-eye		co			Mo				Platysteira cyanea
Blue-headed Paradise-flycatcher	*		Ka						Trochocercus nitens
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher			Ka	Ab			At		Terpsiphone rufiventer
African Paradise-flycatcher					Mo	Bo			Terpsiphone viridis
Blue Crested-flycatcher					Mo				Elminia longicauda
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	*		Ka				At		Erythrocercus mccallii
White-necked Picathartes	*							el	Picathartes gymnocephalus
Puvel's Illadopsis	*		Ka						Illadopsis puveli
Brown Illadopsis	*		Ka						Illadopsis fulvescens
Reinward's (Black-capped) Babbler		co			Mo				Turdoides reinwardtii
Brown Babbler		co							Turdoides plebejus
Capuchin Babbler	*			Ab					Phyllanthus atripennis
White-shouldered Black Tit	*				Mo				Parus guineensis
Tit-hylia	*		Ka				At		Pholidornis rushiae
Scarlet-tufted (Fraser's) Sunbird	*		Ka				At		Deleornis fraseri
Little Green Sunbird	*		Ka				At		Anthreptes seimundi
Collared Sunbird			Ka	Ab					Anthodiaeta collaris
Pygmy Sunbird	*				Mo				Anthodiaeta platura
Green-headed Sunbird		co							Cyanomitra verticalis
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird	*		Ka				At		Cyanomitra cyanolaema
Western Olive-sunbird	*		Ka						Cyanomitra obscura
Buff-throated Sunbird	*		Ka	Ab			At		Chalcomitra adelberti
Scarlet-chested Sunbird					Mo				Chalcomitra senegalensis
Olive-bellied Sunbird			Ka	Ab					Cinnyris chloropygius
Beautiful Sunbird					Mo				Cinnyris pulchellus
Splendid Sunbird		co		Ab			At		Cinnyris coccinigastrus
Johanna's Sunbird						Bo			Cinnyris johannae
Superb Sunbird	*		Ka				At		Cinnyris superbus
Copper Sunbird	*	co			Mo				Cinnyris cupreus
African Yellow White-eye					Mo				Zosterops senegalensis
Western Black-headed Oriole			Ka	Ab		Bo	At		Oriolus brachyrhynchus
Black-winged Oriole	*		Ka						Oriolus nigripennis
Common Fiscal			Ka				At	el	Lanius collaris
Yellow-billed Shrike		co							Corvinella corvina
Brown-crowned Tchagra		co					At		Tchagra australis
Black-crowned Tchagra		co		Ab	Mo				Tchagra senegalus
Marsh Tchagra	*	co							Tchagra minutus
Sabine's Puffback	*			Ab		Bo			Dryoscopus sabini
Northern Puffback				Ab					Dryoscopus gambensis
Yellow-crowned Gonolek		co			Mo				Laniarius barbarus
Brubru					Mo				Nilaus afer
White-crested Helmet-shrike					Mo				Prionops plumatus
Red-billed Helmet-shrike			Ka	Ab					Prionops caniceps
Shining Drongo	*						At		Dicrurus atripennis
Fork-tailed Drongo					Mo				Dicrurus adsimilis
Velvet-mantled Drongo			Ka	Ab		Bo	At		Dicrurus modestus
Pied Crow		co	Ka	Ab	Mo	Bo	At		Corvus albus
Chestnut-winged Starling				Ab					Onychognathus fulgidus
Long-tailed Glossy Starling		co							Lamprotornis caudatus
Splendid Glossy Starling			Ka			Bo	At		Lamprotornis splendidus
Lesser Blue-eared Starling	*				Mo				Lamprotornis chloropterus
Purple Glossy Starling		co			Mo				Lamprotornis purpureus
Copper-tailed Glossy Starling	*		Ka						Hylopsar cupreocauda
Common Grey-headed Sparrow		co			Mo				Passer griseus
Russet-browed Bush-sparrow	*				Mo				Gymnoris dentata
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver	*				Mo				Plocepasser superciliosus
Yellow-mantled Widowbird			Ka						Euplectes macroura
Village Weaver			Ka	Ab		Bo	At		Ploceus cucullatus
Little Weaver					Mo				Ploceus luteolus
Vieillot's Black Weaver			Ka	Ab			At		Ploceus nigerrimus
Black-necked Weaver			Ka	Ab					Ploceus nigricollis
Yellow-mantled Weaver	*		Ka			Bo	At		Ploceus tricolor
Maxwell's Black Weaver	*		Ka				At		Ploceus albinucha
Crested Malimbe	*		Ka	Ab			At		Malimbus malimbicus
Red-headed Malimbe			Ka				At		Malimbus rubricollis
Red-vented Malimbe	*		Ka				At		Malimbus scutatus
White-breasted Nigrita			Ka						Nigrita fusconotus
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita			Ka	Ab			At		Nigrita bicolor
Grey-headed Nigrita	*		Ka				At		Nigrita canicapillus
Lavender Waxbill					Mo				Estrilda caerulescens
Orange-cheeked Waxbill		co			Mo		At		Estrilda melpoda
Black-rumped Waxbill	*	co							Estrilda troglodytes
Western Bluebill							At		Spermophaga haematina
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu					Mo				Uraeginthus bengalus
Yellow-winged Pytilia	*				Mo				Pytilia hypogrammica
Red-winged Pytilia	*				Mo				Pytilia phoenicoptera
Red-billed Firefinch				Ab					Lagonosticta senegala
Bar-breasted Firefinch	*	co							Lagonosticta rufopicta
African (Blue-billed) Firefinch					Mo				Lagonosticta rubricata
Bronze Mannikin		co		Ab	Mo		At		Spermestes cucullata
Magpie Mannikin	*		Ka						Spermestes fringilloides
Black-and-white Mannikin		co							Spermestes bicolor
Pin-tailed Whydah		co			Mo				Vidua macroura
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah	*				Mo				Vidua interjecta
Yellow-fronted Canary	*				Mo				Serinus mozambicus
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting					Mo				Emberiza tahapisi
Cabanis's Bunting	*				Mo				Emberiza cabanisi

Mammals at Mole NP: Elephant, Waterbuck, Kob, Red-flanked Duiker, Bushbuck, Vervet Monkey, baboon, Striped Ground-Squirrel. Elsewhere: Maxwell's Duiker? near Kakum NP (see photo above); mongoose spec. Kakum NP; Straw-coloured Fruit Bat near Atewa hills.