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Kenya: Species List Mammals Specie Seen Location Aberdare mole shrew African bush elephant African long-fingered bat African savanna hare African striped weasel Asian house shrew Audacious mole-rat Banded mongoose Bat-eared fox Black-backed jackal Bunyoro rabbit Bushbuck Bushveld horseshoe bat Common duiker Coypu Cushioned gerbil Dik-dik Duiker East African wild dog Echo (elephant) Embi mole-rat Four-toed elephant shrew Grant's gazelle Grant's zebra Greater kudu Grévy's zebra Ground pangolin Hartebeest Heart-nosed bat Hirola Hylomyscus endorobae Kenya coast galago Kenyan African mole-rat Kirk's dik-dik Klipspringer Lesser kudu Maneless zebra Masai giraffe Mianzini mole-rat Mount Kenya mole shrew Naivasha mole-rat Nandi Bear Nyiro shrew Percival's trident bat Peters's flat-headed bat Rainey's shrew Reticulated giraffe Roan antelope Rothschild's giraffe Sable antelope Serval Side-striped jackal Single-striped grass mouse Smoky white-toothed shrew Southern giant pouched rat Steenbok Storey's African mole-rat Tachyoryctes rex Taita shrew Tana River red colobus Thomson's gazelle Tree pangolin Ultimate shrew Waterbuck Yellow-backed duiker Birds Specie Seen Location Common Quail Harlequin Quail Blue Quail Stone Partridge Helmeted Guineafowl Crested Guineafowl Vulturine Guineafowl Fulvous Whistling-Duck White-faced Whistling-Duck White-backed Duck Maccoa Duck Egyptian Goose Ruddy Shelduck Spur-winged Goose Comb Duck African Pygmy-Goose Cape Teal Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon African Black Duck Mallard Yellow-billed Duck Northern Shoveler Red-billed Duck Northern Pintail Garganey Common Teal Hottentot Teal Southern Pochard Common Pochard Ferruginous Pochard Tufted Duck Small Buttonquail Black-rumped Buttonquail Lark Buttonquail Scaly-throated Honeyguide Greater Honeyguide Lesser Honeyguide Thick-billed Honeyguide Least Honeyguide Pallid Honeyguide Cassin's Honeyguide Green-backed Honeyguide Wahlberg's Honeyguide Eurasian Wryneck Rufous-necked Wryneck Nubian Woodpecker Golden-tailed Woodpecker Mombasa Woodpecker Green-backed Woodpecker Tullberg's Woodpecker Buff-spotted Woodpecker Brown-eared Woodpecker Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Bearded Woodpecker Golden-crowned Woodpecker Grey Woodpecker Grey-headed Woodpecker Brown-backed Woodpecker Grey-throated Barbet White-eared Barbet Green Barbet Speckled Tinkerbird Moustached Tinkerbird Green Tinkerbird Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Red-fronted Tinkerbird Yellow-spotted Barbet Hairy-breasted Barbet Red-fronted Barbet Spot-flanked Barbet Black-throated Barbet White-headed Barbet Black-billed Barbet Black-collared Barbet Brown-breasted Barbet Double-toothed Barbet Yellow-billed Barbet Red-and-yellow Barbet D'Arnaud's Barbet Red-billed Hornbill Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Jackson's Hornbill Von der Decken's Hornbill Crowned Hornbill Hemprich's Hornbill African Grey Hornbill Trumpeter Hornbill Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Northern Ground-Hornbill Southern Ground-Hornbill Eurasian Hoopoe African Hoopoe Green Woodhoopoe Violet Woodhoopoe Black-billed Woodhoopoe White-headed Woodhoopoe Forest Woodhoopoe Common Scimitar-bill Abyssinian Scimitar-bill Narina Trogon Bar-tailed Trogon European Roller Abyssinian Roller Lilac-breasted Roller Rufous-crowned Roller Broad-billed Roller Half-collared Kingfisher Shining-blue Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher African Pygmy-Kingfisher Grey-headed Kingfisher Woodland Kingfisher Mangrove Kingfisher Blue-breasted Kingfisher Brown-hooded Kingfisher Striped Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher Blue-headed Bee-eater White-fronted Bee-eater Little Bee-eater Blue-breasted Bee-eater Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Somali Bee-eater White-throated Bee-eater Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Madagascar Bee-eater European Bee-eater Northern Carmine Bee-eater Southern Carmine Bee-eater Speckled Mousebird White-headed Mousebird Blue-naped Mousebird Great Spotted Cuckoo Thick-billed Cuckoo Red-chested Cuckoo Black Cuckoo Common Cuckoo African Cuckoo Lesser Cuckoo Madagascar Cuckoo Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Klaas's Cuckoo African Emerald Cuckoo Dideric Cuckoo Yellowbill Black Coucal Blue-headed Coucal Senegal Coucal White-browed Coucal Grey Parrot Red-fronted Parrot Meyer's Parrot Red-bellied Parrot Brown-headed Parrot Red-headed Lovebird Fischer's Lovebird Yellow-collared Lovebird Scarce Swift Mottled Spinetail Sabine's Spinetail Bat-like Spinetail African Palm-Swift Alpine Swift Mottled Swift Common Swift Nyanza Swift Pallid Swift African Swift Forbes-Watson's Swift Little Swift Horus Swift White-rumped Swift Black-billed Turaco Schalow's Turaco Fischer's Turaco Hartlaub's Turaco White-crested Turaco Purple-crested Turaco Ross's Turaco White-bellied Go-away-bird Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Great Blue Turaco Barn Owl African Grass-Owl Sokoke Scops-Owl Common Scops-Owl White-faced Scops-Owl Cape Eagle-Owl Spotted Eagle-Owl Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Pel's Fishing-Owl Vermiculated Fishing-Owl African Wood-Owl Pearl-spotted Owlet Red-chested Owlet African Barred Owlet Abyssinian Owl Short-eared Owl Marsh Owl Eurasian Nightjar Sombre Nightjar Nubian Nightjar Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar Montane Nightjar Swamp Nightjar Plain Nightjar Star-spotted Nightjar Freckled Nightjar Long-tailed Nightjar Slender-tailed Nightjar Square-tailed Nightjar Standard-winged Nightjar Pennant-winged Nightjar Speckled Pigeon African Olive-Pigeon Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon European Turtle-Dove Dusky Turtle-Dove Laughing Dove Mourning Collared-Dove Ring-necked Dove Red-eyed Dove White-winged Collared-Dove Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Tambourine Dove Namaqua Dove Bruce's Green-Pigeon African Green-Pigeon Stanley Bustard Heuglin's Bustard Arabian Bustard Kori Bustard Buff-crested Bustard White-bellied Bustard Black-bellied Bustard Hartlaub's Bustard Black Crowned-Crane Grey Crowned-Crane Demoiselle Crane Common Crane African Finfoot White-spotted Flufftail Buff-spotted Flufftail Red-chested Flufftail Streaky-breasted Flufftail Striped Flufftail Kaffir Rail African Crake Corn Crake Black Crake Baillon's Crake Spotted Crake Striped Crake Purple Swamphen Allen's Gallinule Common Moorhen Lesser Moorhen Red-knobbed Coot Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Black-faced Sandgrouse Four-banded Sandgrouse Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pintail Snipe Great Snipe Common Snipe African Snipe Jack Snipe Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Whimbrel Eurasian Curlew Spotted Redshank Common Redshank Marsh Sandpiper Common Greenshank Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Terek Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Little Stint Red-necked Stint Temminck's Stint Long-toed Stint Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Broad-billed Sandpiper Ruff Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Greater Painted-snipe African Jacana Lesser Jacana Eurasian Thick-knee Senegal Thick-knee Water Thick-knee Spotted Thick-knee Eurasian Oystercatcher Black-winged Stilt Pied Avocet Pacific Golden-Plover Grey Plover Common Ringed Plover Little Ringed Plover Kittlitz's Plover Three-banded Plover Chestnut-banded Plover Kentish Plover White-fronted Plover Mongolian Plover Greater Sand Plover Caspian Plover Northern Lapwing Long-toed Lapwing Blacksmith Lapwing Spur-winged Lapwing Black-headed Lapwing White-headed Lapwing Wattled Lapwing Senegal Lapwing Black-winged Lapwing Crowned Lapwing Brown-chested Lapwing Crab Plover Egyptian Plover Double-banded Courser Bronze-winged Courser Three-banded Courser Cream-colored Courser Temminck's Courser Collared Pratincole Black-winged Pratincole Madagascar Pratincole Rock Pratincole Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger African Skimmer White-eyed Gull Sooty Gull Kelp Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-headed Gull Grey-headed Gull Black-headed Gull Slender-billed Gull Mediterranean Gull Little Gull Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Lesser Crested-Tern Great Crested-Tern Sandwich Tern Roseate Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Little Tern Saunders's Tern White-cheeked Tern Bridled Tern Sooty Tern Whiskered Tern White-winged Tern Black Tern Brown Noddy Lesser Noddy Osprey African Baza European Honey-buzzard Bat Hawk Black-winged Kite Scissor-tailed Kite Black Kite African Fish-Eagle Madagascar Fish-Eagle Palm-nut Vulture Lammergeier Egyptian Vulture Hooded Vulture White-backed Vulture Rueppell's Griffon Eurasian Griffon Lappet-faced Vulture White-headed Vulture Short-toed Snake-Eagle Black-chested Snake-Eagle Brown Snake-Eagle Fasciated Snake-Eagle Banded Snake-Eagle Bateleur Western Marsh-Harrier African Marsh-Harrier Pallid Harrier Montagu's Harrier African Harrier-Hawk Lizard Buzzard Dark Chanting-Goshawk Eastern Chanting-Goshawk African Goshawk Shikra Levant Sparrowhawk Little Sparrowhawk Ovambo Sparrowhawk Eurasian Sparrowhawk Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Black Goshawk Grasshopper Buzzard Grey-faced Buzzard Common Buzzard Mountain Buzzard Long-legged Buzzard Augur Buzzard Lesser Spotted Eagle Greater Spotted Eagle Tawny Eagle Steppe Eagle Imperial Eagle Verreaux's Eagle Wahlberg's Eagle African Hawk-Eagle Booted Eagle Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Martial Eagle Long-crested Eagle Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Crowned Hawk-Eagle Secretarybird Pygmy Falcon White-rumped Falcon Brown Falcon Lesser Kestrel Common Kestrel Greater Kestrel Fox Kestrel Grey Kestrel Dickinson's Kestrel Red-necked Falcon Red-footed Falcon Amur Falcon Eleonora's Falcon Sooty Falcon Eurasian Hobby African Hobby Lanner Falcon Saker Falcon Peregrine Falcon Barbary Falcon Taita
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  • Bird Checklists of the World Country Or Region: Ghana

    Bird Checklists of the World Country Or Region: Ghana

    Avibase Page 1of 24 Col Location Date Start time Duration Distance Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World 1 Country or region: Ghana 2 Number of species: 773 3 Number of endemics: 0 4 Number of breeding endemics: 0 5 Number of globally threatened species: 26 6 Number of extinct species: 0 7 Number of introduced species: 1 8 Date last reviewed: 2019-11-10 9 10 Recommended citation: Lepage, D. 2021. Checklist of the birds of Ghana. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from .https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN&region=gh [26/09/2021]. Make your observations count! Submit your data to ebird.