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Ghana

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Ghana is located in western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and sharing borders with Côte d´Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to the east. The country has a total area of approximately 239,000 square kilometers and a coastline of about 560 kilometers in length. Ghana´s geography is diverse, with a mix of coastal plains, hills, and mountains in the north. The highest point in the country is Mount Afadjato, which rises to about 885 meters above sea level. The climate in Ghana is tropical, with warm temperatures and high humidity throughout the year, although the dry season from December to March is cooler and drier. The best time to visit Ghana is during the dry season, when the weather conditions are more favorable for nature observations.

The road network in Ghana is extensive, although the condition of the roads can vary depending on the region and time of year. The capital, Accra, is the main transportation hub, with an international airport that offers flights to destinations in Africa, Europe, and other parts of the world. From Accra, buses and taxis can be taken to reach other cities and towns in the country. Public transportation in Ghana is frequent and affordable, although it can be slow and congested in urban areas. To access rural areas and national parks, it is recommended to rent a 4x4 vehicle or hire a local driver who is familiar with the roads and conditions.

Ghana has a wide range of ecosystems and environments, from the humid tropical forests in the south to the dry forests and savannas in the north. The country is home to several national parks and wildlife reserves, such as Mole National Park and Kakum National Park, which offer opportunities to observe nature and wildlife in their natural habitats. To visit these parks, a permit is required, and an entrance fee must be paid, which varies depending on the park and the length of the visit. Visiting hours are usually from dawn to dusk, although it is recommended to check with local authorities to confirm the hours and conditions of access.

In terms of infrastructure and services, Ghana has a network of hotels, restaurants, and other establishments that provide accommodation and food to visitors. However, the quality and availability of these services can vary depending on the region and locality. In rural areas and national parks, services may be limited, so it is recommended to plan ahead and bring necessary supplies and equipment. Electricity and clean water may be scarce in some areas, so it is essential to take precautions to maintain health and safety.

The best way to access Ghana´s natural areas is through the larger cities and towns, which usually have good connections to the capital and other urban centers. From there, routes and roads can be taken to reach rural areas and national parks. It is essential to consider that weather conditions and the time of year can affect the accessibility of some areas, so it is recommended to plan ahead and check with local authorities for up-to-date information on conditions and access restrictions.

In general, Ghana is a country with a rich natural and cultural heritage, and offers many opportunities to observe nature and wildlife in their natural habitats. With planning and preparation, it is possible to have a safe and rewarding experience in this African country.



Compilation and publication: EcoRegistros – 22/07/2026










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  Order Family English Common Name Spanish Common Name Portuguese Common Name Scientific Name Belonging Conservation status Notes
1AnseriformesAnatidaeWhite-faced Whistling DuckSirirí PampaIrerêDendrocygna viduataNative
 LC 
2Spur-winged GooseGanso EspolonadoPlectropterus gambensisNative
 LC 
3GalliformesNumididaeHelmeted GuineafowlPintada ComúnNumida meleagrisNative
 LC 
4OdontophoridaeStone PartridgeGallinita RoqueraPtilopachus petrosusNative
 LC 
5PhasianidaeDouble-spurred SpurfowlFrancolín BiespoladoPternistis bicalcaratusNative
 LC 
6MusophagiformesMusophagidaeWestern Plantain-eaterTuraco Gris OccidentalCrinifer piscatorNative
 LC 
7Yellow-billed TuracoTuraco PiquigualdoTauraco macrorhynchusNative
 LC 
8Guinea TuracoTuraco de GuineaTauraco persaNative
 LC 
9CuculiformesCuculidaeSenegal CoucalCucal SenegalésCentropus senegalensisNative
 LC 
10Levaillant´s CuckooCríalo ListadoClamator levaillantiiNative
 LC 
11Black CuckooCuco NegroCuculus clamosusNative
 LC 
12ColumbiformesColumbidaeLaughing DoveTórtola SenegalesaSpilopelia senegalensisNative
 LC 
13Red-eyed DoveTórtola OjirrojaStreptopelia semitorquataNative
 LC 
14Rock DovePaloma DomésticaPombo-domésticoColumba liviaNot listed
 LC 
15Namaqua DoveTortolita RabilargaOena capensisNative
 LC 
16Tambourine DovePalomita TamborileraTurtur tympanistriaNative
 LC 
17Blue-headed Wood DovePalomita CabeciazulTurtur brehmeriNative
 LC 
18Bruce´s Green PigeonVinago WaaliaTreron waaliaNative
 LC 
19African Green PigeonVinago AfricanoTreron calvusNative
 LC 
20GruiformesRallidaeBlack CrakePolluela Negra AfricanaZapornia flavirostraNative
 LC 
21CharadriiformesBurhinidaeWater Thick-kneeAlcaraván AcuáticoBurhinus vermiculatusNative
 LC 
22CharadriidaeAfrican Wattled LapwingAvefría SenegalesaVanellus senegallusNative
 LC 
23JacanidaeAfrican JacanaJacana AfricanaActophilornis africanusNative
 LC 
24ScolopacidaeCommon SandpiperAndarríos ChicoActitis hypoleucosNative
 LC 
25CiconiiformesCiconiidaeSaddle-billed StorkJabirú AfricanoEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNative
 LC 
26African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelisNative
 LC 
27PelecaniformesThreskiornithidaeHadada IbisIbis AdadaBostrychia hagedashNative
 LC 
28ScopidaeHamerkopAvemartilloScopus umbrettaNative
 LC 
29ArdeidaeDwarf BitternAvetorillo PlomizoBotaurus sturmiiNative
 LC 
30Little EgretGarceta ComúnGarça-branca-pequena-europeiaEgretta garzettaNative
 LC 
31Black-crowned Night HeronGarza BrujaSocó-dorminhocoNycticorax nycticoraxNative
 LC 
32Striated HeronGarcita AzuladaSocozinhoButorides striataNative
 LC 
33Western Cattle EgretGarcita BueyeraGarça-vaqueiraArdea ibisNative
 LC 
34Black-headed HeronGarza CabecinegraArdea melanocephalaNative
 LC 
35Grey HeronGarza RealGarça-real-europeiaArdea cinereaNative
 LC 
36ApodiformesApodidaeAfrican Palm SwiftVencejo Palmero AfricanoCypsiurus parvusNative
 LC 
37Little SwiftVencejo MoroApus affinisNative
 LC 
38AccipitriformesAccipitridaeAfrican Harrier-HawkAguilucho Caricalvo ComúnPolyboroides typusNative
 LC 
39Hooded VultureAlimoche SombríoNecrosyrtes monachusNative
 CR 
40BateleurAguila VolatineraTerathopius ecaudatusNative
 EN 
41Beaudouin´s Snake EagleCulebrera SudanesaCircaetus beaudouiniNative
 VU 
42Lizard BuzzardBusardo GavilánKaupifalco monogrammicusNative
 LC 
43Red-thighed SparrowhawkGavilancito MuslirrojoTachyspiza erythropusNative
 LC 
44ShikraGavilán ChikraTachyspiza badiaNative
 LC 
45Black SparrowhawkAzor BlanquinegroAstur melanoleucusNative
 LC 
46Black KiteMilano NegroMilvus migransNative
 LC 
47African Fish EaglePigargo VocingleroIcthyophaga vociferNative
 LC 
48BucerotiformesPhoeniculidaeForest Wood HoopoeAbubilla-arbórea CabecipardaRhinopomastus castaneicepsNative
 LC 
49Black ScimitarbillAbubilla-arbórea NegraRhinopomastus aterrimusNative
 LC 
50BucerotidaeCongo Pied HornbillToco BlanquinegroLophoceros fasciatusNot listed
 LC 
51African Grey HornbillToco PiquinegroLophoceros nasutusNative
 LC 
52Northern Red-billed HornbillToco PiquirrojoTockus erythrorhynchusNative
 LC 
53CoraciiformesCoraciidaeBlue-throated RollerCarraca GorgiazulEurystomus gularisNative
 LC 
54Abyssinian RollerCarraca AbisiniaCoracias abyssinicusNative
 LC 
55MeropidaeRed-throated Bee-eaterAbejaruco GorgirrojoMerops bulockiNative
 LC 
56White-throated Bee-eaterAbejaruco GorgiblancoMerops albicollisNative
 LC 
57AlcedinidaeAfrican Pygmy KingfisherMartín Pigmeo AfricanoIspidina pictaNative
 LC 
58Malachite KingfisherMartín Pescador MalaquitaCorythornis cristatusNative
 LC 
59Pied KingfisherMartín Pescador PíoCeryle rudisNative
 LC 
60Woodland KingfisherAlción SenegalésHalcyon senegalensisNative
 LC 
61PiciformesLybiidaeNaked-faced BarbetBarbudo CalvoGymnobucco calvusNative
 LC 
62Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdBarbudito FrentigualdoPogoniulus chrysoconusNative
 LC 
63Bearded BarbetBarbudo PechirrojoPogonornis dubiusNative
 LC 
64PsittaciformesPsittacidaeGrey ParrotLoro YacoPsittacus erithacusNative
 EN 
65Cape ParrotLorito RobustoPoicephalus robustusNot listed
 VU 
66Senegal ParrotLorito SenegalésPoicephalus senegalusNative
 LC 
67PsittaculidaeRose-ringed ParakeetCotorra de KramerPsittacula krameriNative
 LC 
68PasseriformesMalaconotidaeBlack-crowned TchagraChagra del SenegalTchagra senegalusNative
 LC 
69Northern PuffbackCubla del GambiaDryoscopus gambensisNative
 LC 
70PlatysteiridaeBrown-throated Wattle-eyeBatis-carunculado GorgipardoPlatysteira cyaneaNative
 LC 
71Senegal BatisBatis SenegalésBatis senegalensisNative
 LC 
72OriolidaeWestern OrioleOropéndola CabecinegraOriolus brachyrynchusNative
 LC 
73DicruridaeFork-tailed DrongoDrongo AhorquilladoDicrurus adsimilisNative
 LC 
74MonarchidaeAfrican Paradise FlycatcherMonarca-colilargo AfricanoTerpsiphone viridisNative
 LC 
75LaniidaeYellow-billed ShrikeAlcaudón PiquigualdoCorvinella corvinaNative
 LC 
76CorvidaePied CrowCuervo PíoCorvus albusNative
 LC 
77StenostiridaeAfrican Blue FlycatcherElminia AzulElminia longicaudaNative
 LC 
78ParidaeWhite-shouldered Black TitCarbonero GuineanoMelaniparus guineensisNative
 LC 
79MacrosphenidaeGreen CrombecCrombec VerdeSylvietta virensNative
 LC 
80CisticolidaeSenegal EremomelaEremomela SenegalesaEremomela pusillaNative
 LC 
81Rufous-crowned EremomelaEremomela CapirotadaEremomela badicepsNative
 LC 
82Bleating CamaropteraCamaróptera BaladoraCamaroptera brachyuraNative
 LC 
83Black-capped ApalisApalis CapirotadoApalis nigricepsNative
 LC 
84Sharpe´s ApalisApalis De SharpeApalis sharpiiNative
 NT 
85AcrocephalidaeMelodious WarblerZarcero PolíglotaHippolais polyglottaNative
 LC 
86HirundinidaeFanti Saw-wingGolondrina FantiPsalidoprocne obscuraNative
 LC 
87Wire-tailed SwallowGolondrina ColilargaHirundo smithiiNative
 LC 
88Barn SwallowGolondrina TijeritaAndorinha-de-bandoHirundo rusticaNative
 LC 
89Lesser Striped SwallowGolondrina AbisiniaCecropis abyssinicaNative
 LC 
90Eastern Red-rumped SwallowGolondrina DáuricaCecropis dauricaNative
 LC 
91HyliidaeGreen HyliaHilia VerdeHylia prasinaNative
 LC 
92Tit HyliaPájaro-moscón EstriadoPholidornis rushiaeNative
 LC 
93PycnonotidaeGolden GreenbulBulbul DoradoCalyptocichla serinusNative
 LC 
94Swamp Palm BulbulBulbul De Las RafiasThescelocichla leucopleuraNative
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95Yellow-whiskered GreenbulBulbul SibáEurillas latirostrisNative
 LC 
96Common BulbulBulbul NaranjeroPycnonotus barbatusNative
 LC 
97SturnidaeViolet-backed StarlingEstornino AmatistaCinnyricinclus leucogasterNative
 LC 
98Chestnut-winged StarlingEstornino AlirrufoOnychognathus fulgidusNative
 LC 
99Long-tailed Glossy StarlingEstornino ColilargoLamprotornis caudatusNative
 LC 
100Purple StarlingEstornino PurpúreoLamprotornis purpureusNative
 LC 
101MuscicapidaeGrey Tit-FlycatcherPapamoscas CarboneroFraseria plumbeaNative
 LC 
102Northern Black FlycatcherPapamoscas DrongoMelaenornis edolioidesNative
 LC 
103Orange-breasted Forest RobinPetirrojo SelváticoStiphrornis erythrothoraxNative
 LC 
104NectariniidaeCollared SunbirdSuimanga AcollaradoHedydipna collarisNative
 LC 
105Pygmy SunbirdSuimanga PigmeoHedydipna platuraNative
 LC 
106Olive SunbirdSuimanga Oliva OrientalCyanomitra olivaceaNative
 LC 
107Olive-bellied SunbirdSuimanga VentriolivaCinnyris chloropygiusNative
 LC 
108Beautiful SunbirdSuimanga ColilargoCinnyris pulchellusNative
 LC 
109Splendid SunbirdSuimanga EspléndidoCinnyris coccinigastrusNative
 LC 
110Superb SunbirdSuimanga SoberbioCinnyris superbusNative
 LC 
111PloceidaeChestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverTejedor-gorrión CoronicastañoPlocepasser superciliosusNative
 LC 
112Little WeaverTejedor ChicoPloceus luteolusNative
 LC 
113Black-necked WeaverTejedor CuellinegroPloceus nigricollisNot listed
 LC 
114Village WeaverChichiguaoPloceus cucullatusNative
 LC 
115Yellow-mantled WeaverTejedor TricolorPloceus tricolorNative
 LC 
116Yellow-crowned BishopObispo CoronigualdoEuplectes aferNative
 LC 
117Red-vented MalimbeMalimbo CulirrojoMalimbus scutatusNative
 LC 
118Red-headed MalimbeMalimbo CabecirrojoMalimbus rubricollisNative
 LC 
119ViduidaePin-tailed WhydahViuda ColicintaVidua macrouraNative
 LC 
120EstrildidaeBronze MannikinCapuchino BronceadoSpermestes cucullataNative
 LC 
121White-breasted NigritaNegrita PechiblancaNigrita fusconotusNative
 LC 
122Lavender WaxbillEstrilda AzuladaGlaucestrilda caerulescensNative
 LC 
123Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda CarinaranjaEstrilda melpodaNative
 LC 
124Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuAzulito CarirrojoUraeginthus bengalusNative
 LC 
125Red-billed FirefinchAmaranta SenegalesaLagonosticta senegalaNative
 LC 
126PasseridaeSahel Bush SparrowGorrión ChicoGymnoris dentataNative
 LC 
127Northern Grey-headed SparrowGorrión GrisPasser griseusNative
 LC 
128FringillidaeYellow-fronted CanarySerín FrentiamarilloCrithagra mozambicaNative
 LC 
129EmberizidaeCinnamon-breasted BuntingEscribano CaneloEmberiza tahapisiNative
 LC 
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