Birding Without Borders

The Species List (Part 1)

Keep track of the species Noah sees as he travels the world on a Big Year.

By Noah Strycker

January 01, 2015
Here are the species Noah saw during the first six months of his 2015 Big Year adventure, in reverse chronological order (for months 7-9, see here; for months 10-12, see here).
 
 
Day 181: Faith in Birds
3334 Black-backed Cisticola 6/30 Ghana White Volta Bridge
3333 Winding Cisticola 6/30 Ghana White Volta Bridge
3332 Pale Flycatcher 6/30 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3331 Cabanis's Bunting 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
3330 Square-tailed Drongo 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
3329 Red-headed Lovebird 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
3328 Pearl-spotted Owlet 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
3327 Violet Turaco 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
3326 Familiar Chat 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
Day 180: Baboons and Warthogs and Elephants, Oh My!
3325 Grayish Eagle-Owl 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3324 Gambaga Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Haraba Pool
3323 Forbes's Plover 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3322 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3321 Vieillot's Barbet 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3320 Flappet Lark 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3319 Sun Lark 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3318 Brown-rumped Bunting 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3317 Fine-spotted Woodpecker 6/29 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3316 Gray-headed Bushshrike 6/29 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3315 Yellow-billed Shrike 6/29 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3314 Rufous Cisticola 6/29 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3313 Bush Petronia 6/29 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3312 African Scops-Owl 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3311 African Gray Woodpecker 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3310 Brubru 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3309 Gray Tit-Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3308 Western Violet-backed Sunbird 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3307 Helmeted Guineafowl 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3306 Woolly-necked Stork 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3305 Hamerkop 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3304 Hadada Ibis 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3303 White-backed Vulture 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3302 Lesser Moorhen 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3301 Gray-headed Kingfisher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3300 Blue-breasted Kingfisher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3299 Red-throated Bee-eater 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3298 Broad-billed Roller 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3297 Black Scimitar-bill 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3296 Rose-ringed Parakeet 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3295 African Paradise-Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3294 African Blue-Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3293 Yellow-breasted Apalis 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3292 Blackcap Babbler 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3291 Swamp Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3290 Bronze-tailed Starling 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3289 Long-tailed Glossy Starling 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3288 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3287 Beautiful Sunbird 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3286 Lavender Waxbill 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3285 Red-billed Firefinch 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3284 Stone Partridge 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3283 Saddle-billed Stork 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3282 Bruce's Green-Pigeon 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3281 Red-chested Cuckoo 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3280 Senegal Batis 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3279 Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3278 White-shouldered Black-Tit 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3277 Senegal Eremomela 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3276 African Yellow White-eye 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3275 Northern Black-Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3274 White-crowned Robin-Chat 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3273 Violet-backed Starling 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3272 Yellow-fronted Canary 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3271 Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3270 Little Weaver 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3269 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
Day 179: Ghana's Two Halves
3268 White-throated Francolin 6/28 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3267 Standard-winged Nightjar 6/28 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3266 Brown Babbler 6/28 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3265 Abyssinian Roller 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd 3
3264 Green Woodhoopoe 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd 3
3263 Senegal Parrot 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd 3
3262 Black-headed Heron 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3261 Bateleur 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3260 Red-necked Buzzard 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3259 Egyptian Plover 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3258 Piapiac 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3257 Red-chested Swallow 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3256 Zebra Waxbill 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3255 Speckled Pigeon 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd
3254 Rufous-crowned Roller 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd
3253 Purple Starling 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd
3252 Gabar Goshawk 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3251 Grasshopper Buzzard 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3250 Vinaceous Dove 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3249 Bearded Barbet 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3248 Fork-tailed Drongo 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3247 Wire-tailed Swallow 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3246 Dark Chanting-Goshawk 6/28 Ghana Chanting-Goshawk spot
3245 Lizard Buzzard 6/28 Ghana Lizard Buzzard spot
3244 Blue-bellied Roller 6/28 Ghana BB Roller spot
3243 African Cuckoo-Hawk 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3242 Bronze-naped Pigeon 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3241 Blue-headed Wood-Dove 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3240 Cassin's Spinetail 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3239 White-crested Hornbill 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3238 Northern Puffback 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3237 Sabine's Puffback 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3236 Fiery-breasted Bushshrike 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3235 Black-winged Oriole 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3234 Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3233 Red-tailed Greenbul 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3232 Kemp's Longbill 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3231 Rock Martin 6/28 Ghana Treasure Land Hotel
Day 178: The Picathartes
3230 Red-fronted Parrot 6/27 Ghana Bonkro Village
3229 Rufous-sided Broadbill 6/27 Ghana Bonkro Village
3228 Western Black-headed Oriole 6/27 Ghana Bonkro Village
3227 White-necked Rockfowl 6/27 Ghana Bonkro Village
3226 Rock Pratincole 6/27 Ghana Twifo Praso
3225 White-throated Blue Swallow 6/27 Ghana Twifo Praso
3224 Preuss's Swallow 6/27 Ghana Preuss's CLSW spot
3223 Dideric Cuckoo 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3222 Forest Woodhoopoe 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3221 Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3220 Plain Greenbul 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3219 Green Crombec 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3218 Blackcap Illadopsis 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3217 Copper-tailed Starling 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3216 Narrow-tailed Starling 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3215 Black-bellied Seedcracker 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3214 White-spotted Flufftail