10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

White-necked or Yellow-headed Picathartes, Bonkro, Ghana. They diverged at approximately the same time as the rockjumpers (two quite unique bird species endemic to Southern Africa and now in their own family), and as a result for a while were even placed in the same family. A Gray-necked Picathartes nesting colony in Cameroon.

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Sierra Leone Ghana Cameroon Equatorial Guinea 271

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

My connection with Ghana began rather unexpectedly (and as it turned out, rather humorously) more than ten years ago. We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! What makes Ghana so special?

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 197

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Well – I only saw two species, the most common ones at Sepilok, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. The British then posthumously named a fort after him (Ussher Fort in Ghana) – not a great consolidation when you are already dead, but then, not many things are. Not that they need many words anyway. As it does not look shabby at all.

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Ghana Malaysia Indonesia Singapore 130

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The IOC world birdlist recognizes 90 species that bear the name “weaver” or “malimbe” Not all of these are true weavers as we will discuss below. Image taken by Adam Riley in Ghana. Photo taken by Adam Riley in Ghana. Of these 90, all occur in Africa bar 5 Asian and 2 Malagasy weavers.

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Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 229

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2012

Through his extensive travels, Chris has come to know Ghana very well and shares why this West African country should be high on every birder’s bucket list. Chocolate-backed Kingfisher , sometimes seen from the canopy walkway Woodland Kingfisher – A very common species, but always a pleasure! Truly fantastic.

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Ghana Guinea Birds Eagles 179