Life recorded in Ghana

Every species with an occurrence record in Ghana, most-recorded first: 1,743,793 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

1. 1Yellow fever mosquitoAedes aegypti · Culicidae · 57,994 records
2. 2Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus · Pycnonotidae · 12,993 records
3. 3Pied CrowCorvus albus · Corvidae · 12,865 records
4. 4Black KiteMilvus migrans · Accipitridae · 11,527 records
5. 5Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis · Columbidae · 9,982 records
6. 6African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus · Bucerotidae · 9,664 records
7. 7Aedes vittatusCulicidae · 9,554 records
8. 8Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata · Columbidae · 9,288 records
9. 9Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis · Ardeidae · 8,957 records
10. 10Jack in the bushChromolaena odorata · Asteraceae · 8,447 records
11. 11Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator · Musophagidae · 6,980 records
12. 12White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis · Meropidae · 6,887 records
13. 13Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata · Estrildidae · 6,622 records
14. 14African Green PigeonTreron calvus · Columbidae · 6,406 records
15. 15Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus · Ploceidae · 6,374 records
16. 16Bristle-Leaved Red TopMelinis nerviglumis · Poaceae · 6,107 records
17. 17Little SwiftApus affinis · Apodidae · 5,934 records
18. 18Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus · Passeridae · 5,840 records
19. 19Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis · Cuculidae · 5,822 records
20. 20Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris · Nectariniidae · 5,765 records
21. 21Barn SwallowHirundo rustica · Hirundinidae · 5,717 records
22. 22African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus · Apodidae · 5,536 records
23. 23Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus · Sturnidae · 5,378 records
24. 24African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus · Bucerotidae · 4,921 records
25. 25Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis · Alcedinidae · 4,820 records
26. 26Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus · Dicruridae · 4,786 records
27. 27African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus · Accipitridae · 4,646 records
28. 28Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscus · Ploceidae · 4,510 records
29. 29Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria · Columbidae · 4,509 records
30. 30Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer · Monarchidae · 4,493 records
31. 31Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea · Columbidae · 4,323 records
32. 32Gray-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus · Estrildidae · 4,273 records
33. 33Little GreenbulEurillas virens · Pycnonotidae · 4,268 records
34. 34Green HyliaHylia prasina · Cettiidae · 4,141 records
35. 35Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus · Musophagidae · 4,111 records
36. 36Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura · Cisticolidae · 4,104 records
37. 37Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus · Accipitridae · 4,073 records
38. 38Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer · Columbidae · 4,005 records
39. 39Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava · Cisticolidae · 3,989 records
40. 40Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea · Nectariniidae · 3,926 records
41. 41Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus · Lybiidae · 3,835 records
42. 42African JacanaActophilornis africanus · Jacanidae · 3,834 records
43. 43Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius · Nectariniidae · 3,721 records
44. 44Uraria pictaFabaceae · 3,619 records
45. 45Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus · Nectariniidae · 3,600 records
46. 46Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus · Cuculidae · 3,566 records
47. 47African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus · Cuculidae · 3,488 records
48. 48Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus · Ploceidae · 3,466 records
49. 49African ThrushTurdus pelios · Turdidae · 3,442 records
50. 50Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris · Pycnonotidae · 3,407 records
51. 51Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus · Psittacidae · 3,401 records
52. 52African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp · Motacillidae · 3,323 records
53. 53Northern FiscalLanius humeralis · Laniidae · 3,311 records
54. 54Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus · Malaconotidae · 3,287 records
55. 55Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis · Alcedinidae · 3,260 records
56. 56African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta · Alcedinidae · 3,235 records
57. 57Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus · Accipitridae · 3,229 records
58. 58Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas · Cuculidae · 3,228 records
59. 59Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda · Estrildidae · 3,227 records
60. 60Double-spurred FrancolinPternistis bicalcaratus · Phasianidae · 3,226 records