Nature’s most efficient cleanup crew at work #BirdsSeenIn2024 Hawk Mountain

Enjoy this short video of Western Long-tailed Hornbill or White-crested Hornbill from the Nyamibe Bepo Forest Reserve #BirdsSeenIn2024 merlinbirds.org/species/whchor1

Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus). An Afro-tropic species that is widely spread and abundant across its range. They feed mainly on seeds. Village Weavers forage and roost in large groups. Their colonies can hold over 100 nests. 📷: Joseph Kwasi Afrifa #CitizenScience

Fanti Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura) A small swallow with a long, deeply forked tail. An Afro-tropic species that is widely spread across its range. A breeding visitor in northern Nigeria but resident in the southern part of the country. 📷: Joseph Kwasi Afrifa #CitizenScience #birds

Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus from Ashanti, Ghana #BirdsSeenIn2025 BirdLife Africa

I am sure you know the Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator) loves a good succulent fruit, but did you also know they love a hot sand bath? #BirdsSeenIn2025

At first, it appeared to be parent Double-spurred Spurfowls (Pternistis bicalcaratus) with a chick, but upon closer observation, it turned out to be two Double-spurred Spurfowls and one Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) #BirdsSeenIn2025

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It's found in wooded habitats but avoid dense forests. It parasitized mainly Sunbirds and Warblers. Population trend is decreasing due to decline in forest/tree cover. 📷: Joseph Kwasi Afrifa #CitizenScience #birdwatching #klaascuckoo NCF @aplori_org

In Ghana the White-necked Rockfowl was thought extinct for + 40 years until its rediscovery in 2003, which led to efforts to locate additional populations. A study is featured in Volume 96, iss. 1 of Ostrich Journal of African Ornithology Ostrich. Joseph Kwasi Afrifa T&F Africa Read more: rb.gy/k1xsxn

Tit-hylia (Pholidornis rushiae) Shot last Saturday at Krokosua Forest Reserve, Ghana ebird.org/species/tithyl1 #BirdsSeenIn2025

... while non-breeding populations occur in the northern part of the country. The Black Cuckoo is mainly an insectivorous species but also eats birds' eggs and nestlings. The population trend is decreasing. 📷: Joseph Kwasi Afrifa NCF A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute

Meet one of our noisy feathered neighbours, the Shikra Tachyspiza badia #BirdsSeenIn2025

Spotted this Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) giving a good shake after a fishing dive in the Wewe River at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Nature never ceases to impress!

Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrin alleni) An intra-African migrant, with some resident populations in permanent wetlands. Locally common resident in Nigeria. Threats: destruction of wetlands and local consumption. 📷: Joseph Kwasi Afrifa #CitizenScience #BirdsSeenIn2025

Giant Kingfisher 📸📌Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Wewe River #BirdsSeenIn2025

African Blue Flycatcher (Elminia longicauda) From Tamale, Ghana #BirdsSeenIn2025