Ghana Ramsar wetland
Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary
74 bird species recorded; the most in February and in October.
Kelvinagyir · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
1 species in January.47 species in February.2 species in March.19 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.28 species in August.37 species in September.48 species in October.32 species in November.6 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
74 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 74Speciesrecorded more than once
- 26Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 445Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 218 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 3Waders
- 2Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 32Songbirds
- 21Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 74 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- African Cuckoo HawkAviceda cuculoides
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Songbirds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Lanius humeralisLanius humeralis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscus
- Swamp GreenbulThescelocichla leucopleura
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- Grey LongbillMacrosphenus concolor
- Black-and-white MuniaLonchura bicolor
- Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Tessmann's FlycatcherFraseria tessmanni
Other birds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Western Grey Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
- Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- White-crested HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in February and in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan33°/19°14 mm
- Feb34°/22°42 mm
- Mar33°/22°102 mm
- Apr32°/23°111 mm
- May30°/22°156 mm
- Jun28°/22°195 mm
- Jul28°/21°138 mm
- Aug28°/20°91 mm
- Sep28°/21°170 mm
- Oct29°/21°204 mm
- Nov30°/21°73 mm
- Dec31°/19°16 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary.
Park in Ghana
Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ghana, 218 m above the sea.
74 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 445 open records.
The most recorded are the African Jacana, the Pied Crow and the White-faced Whistling-duck.
3 species come for the summer, 23 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Hooded Vulture.
The most species are recorded in February and in October.
Get there and watch
- President choiceplace to stay · 6.8 km · 67 within 10 km
- Tafonearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Prempeh I International Airport (KMS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at ACC airport (Accra)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 67places to stay within 10 kmPresident choice, Afia Nimoh Guest House, new Hotel and 64 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas4 mountains within 25 kmBuonkabin · 7.3 kmBariauo · 11 kmKintabuo · 14 kmEduadin · 22 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary
Ghana
- 47Birdyas Score
- 74Species
- 26Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7114231) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 445 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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