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Africa - Ghana

Ghana covers a variety of habitats from coastal wetland lagoons, through primary upper guinea tropical rainforest with an amazing canopy walkway, north guinea woodland and Sahelian Savannah plains. A birdwatching tour of Ghana, gives you good coverage of the key West African habitats, a diverse bird list and the most reliable and accessible picathartes site in West Africa Since the rediscovery of the Yellow-headed Picathartes in 2003, Ghana has become the new hot destination for birders. With the most developed tourism infrastructure and friendliest people in West Africa, there has never been a better time to discover Ghana's amazing birdlife. The following species are just a selection of achievable targets for a birdwatching tour of Ghana: Yellow-headed Picathartes, Olive Ibis, Dwarf Bittern, Akun, Frasers and Shelley's Eagle Owls, Pels Fishing Owl, African Finfoot, Egyptian Plover, Blue-headed, Black, Rosy and Northern Carmine Bee–eaters, Nkulengu Rail, Standard-winged and Brown Nightjars, Forest Scrub Robin, Hartlaub's Duck, Congo Serpent Eagle, Long-tailed Hawk, White-spotted Flufftail, African Piculet and Yellow-footed Honeyguide. Text supplied by Ashanti African Tours - specialists in Ghanaian birding - contact Robert Ntakor at info@ashantiafricantours.com or visit the Ashanti African Birding Tours website http://www.ashantiafricantours.com/?page_id=58

Yellow-headed Picathartes © Nik Borrow

Trip Reports Ghana - October 2011. (413 species), author Clayton Burne (link created October 30, 2011) (Shai Hills - Sakumono Lagoon - Kakum NP - Brenu Beach - Ankasa CA - Nsuta Forest - Bonkro Forest - Mole NP - Bolgatanga - Tono Dam - Tongo Hills - Bobiri BF - Atewa Range) Southern Ghana - 7th - 19th February 2010, author Erling Krabbe (added October 21, 2010) (Picathartes, Rockfowl, Yellow-headed Rockfowl, Ankasa NP, Kakum NP, Atewa Range, Shai Hills, Keta Lagoon, Wenneba Plains, Bobiri Butterfly Forest, Hartlaub's Duck, Nimba Flycatcher, Black Dwarf Hornbill, White-breasted Guineafowl, Ghana) Ghana - October 2011. (413 species), author Clayton Burne (link created November 6, 2011) (Accra - Shai Hills - Sakumono Lagoon - Kakum NP (Antwikwaa, Aboabo, Nsuta) - Brenu Beach - Ankasa CA - Bonkro Forest - Mole NP - Tono Dam - Tongo Hills - Bobiri BF - Atewa Range) Ghana Nov-Dec 2008, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana Aug 2007, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana Feb-Mar 2007, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana Jan 2007, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana Sep 2006, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana Aug 2006, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana Mar 2006, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana Sep 2010, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Guyana Jan 2009, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana Dec 2009, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana Nov-Dec 2009, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana Nov 2008, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 9, 2011) Ghana - February 28th - March 10th, 2010, author Mike Nelson (added March 29, 2010) (Kakum, Mole, Pel's, Picathartes, Standard-winged Nightjar) Ashanti African Birding Tours - Recommended bird guides in Ghana, author Mark Williams (added March 26, 2009) Ghana - Upper Guinea Rainforest and Savannah - 25th January - 9th February 2009, author Mark Williams (link created March 25, 2010) (16 day birding tour with main emphasis on photography) Ghana: Picathartes, Pel's... and Plover - March 2009, author Ken Behrens (link created March 19, 2010) (429 bird species including Yellow-headed Picathartes, Pel's Fishing-Owl, and Egyptian Plover) Ghana - 5th - 17th December 2008, author Mark Williams (link created March 18, 2010) (personalised tour concentrating on Upper Guinea endemics with Ashanti African Tours) Ghana - 4th to 18th December 2010, author Ian Merrill (added March 14, 2011) (Long-tailed Hawk, Akun Eagle-Owl, Fraser's Eagle-Owl, Chestnut Owlet, Red-chested Owlet, Brown Nightjar, Black Dwarf Hornbill, Yellow-casqued Hornbill, Yellow-headed Picathartes, Capuchin Babbler, Red-fronted Antpecker) Six Days in Ghana, April, 2008, author Mark Gawn (added July 21, 2008) (Ghana, Shia Hills, Kakum, White-necked Picathates) More birding by bus in Ghana - 16th January to 5th February 2009, author Mike Bowman (added February 18, 2009) (Birding by bus, Kakum, Mole, Aboabo, Antwikaa) Ghana - March 1st - 16th 2008 - with Ashanti African Tours, author Robert Ntakor (added February 10, 2009) (Yellow-headed Picathartes, Pels Fishing Owl, Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, Standard-winged Nightjar, Brown Nightjar, Black Bee-eater, African Finfoot, Long-tailed Hawk, Congo Serpent Eagle.) Ghana - with Ashanti African Tours led by Robert Ntakor, author Robert Ntakor (added February 10, 2009) (Yellow Headed Picathartes, Blue Headed Bee Eater, Congo Serpent Eagle, Black Bee Eater, White Spotted Flufftail, Long Tailed Hawk, Yellow Footed Honeyguide, African Piculet, Frasers Eagle Owl, African Finfoot, Brown Nightjar) Ghana - rainforest and savanna birds - 17 November - 7 December 2009, author Stephen Blaber (added December 26, 2009) (Kakum, Mole, Bobiri, Aboabo, Winneba, Tono Dam, Picathartes, hornbills) The Forests of Ghana - 15th - 25th April 2009, author Pete Morris (link created August 15, 2009) (This Birdquest trip focused on the Upper Guinea forest endemic birds - some 300+ species seen) Ghana: Pel's and Picathartes... by Tropical Birding, author Sam Woods/Tropical Birding (added April 20, 2008) (White-necked Rockfowl (Yellow-headed Picathartes)) Ghana September 2010, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created April 11, 2012) Ghana Nov-Dec 2010, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created April 11, 2012) Ghana Nov-Dec 2011, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created April 11, 2012) Ghana - January 2011, author David Milton (added April 10, 2011) (Egyptian Plover, Forbes' Plover, Ankasa, Mole NP, Picathartes) Showing the 32 Most Recent Trip Reports Posted BACK TO TRIP REPORTS HOME PAGE POST A TRIP REPORT EDIT YOUR TRIP REPORTS

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