Ghana
What is recorded in Ghana
- Species
- 1,362
- Grid cells
- 7,498
- Records
- 594,554
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 694
- Birds 505
- Mammals 53
- Amphibians 49
- Reptiles 38
- Bony fish 20
- Sharks and rays 3
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Ghana, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Ghana, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus
Western Plantain-eater
Crinifer piscator
White-throated Bee-eater
Merops albicollis
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
African Green Pigeon
Treron calvus
Splendid Starling
Lamprotornis splendidus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Senegal Coucal
Centropus senegalensis
Collared Sunbird
Hedydipna collaris
Velvet-mantled Drongo
Dicrurus modestus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone rufiventer
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Ghana.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Ghana on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.