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White-necked or Yellow-headed Picathartes, Bonkro, Ghana. Photo by Keith Valentine (Rockjumper Birding Tours) This past December I visited Ghana specifically to search for White-necked Picathartes. Then a few years ago the news broke that picathartes had been rediscovered in Ghana at a community forest reserve!

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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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After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects. The best locations for finding this beautiful bird is over Kakum National Park in Ghana (non-breeding) and Loango National Park in Gabon for breeding birds.

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APRIL 10, 2012

This image was taken in Nsuta Forest, Ghana. Bristle-nosed Barbet is a West African sister species of Gray-throated. These barbets nest colonially in dozens of holes bored into dead rainforest trees. The four Stactolaema barbets are generally a little more colorful than the Gymnobuccos. Image from Kakamega Forest, Kenya.

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