Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park (6311)
Ghana, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List category	Year	KBA criteria
Amphibia	Phrynobatrachus intermedius		CR	2018	A1e

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	Year	IUCN Red List Category
Aves	Nicator chloris	Yellow-spotted Nicator	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Criniger barbatus	Bearded Bulbul	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Columba unicincta	Afep Pigeon	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Nigrita bicolor	Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Nectarinia cyanolaema	Blue-throated Brown Sunbird	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Malimbus nitens	Gray's Malimbe	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Speckled Tinkerbird	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Accipiter erythropus	Red-legged Sparrowhawk	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Apalis sharpii	Sharpe's Apalis	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Phoeniculus castaneiceps	Forest Scimitarbill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Lamprotornis cupreocauda	Copper-tailed Glossy-starling	2001	LR/nt
Aves	Camaroptera superciliaris	Yellow-browed Camaroptera	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Pteronetta hartlaubii	Hartlaub's Duck	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Trochocercus nitens	Blue-headed Crested-flycatcher	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Muscicapa comitata	Dusky-blue Flycatcher	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Malimbus cassini	Black-throated Malimbe	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Merops muelleri	Blue-headed Bee-eater	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Ceratogymna atrata	Black-casqued Hornbill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Aquila africanus	Cassin's Hawk-eagle	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Nectarinia adelberti	Buff-throated Sunbird	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Prionops caniceps	Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Urotriorchis macrourus	Long-tailed Hawk	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Andropadus gracilis	Grey Greenbul	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Caprimulgus binotatus	Brown Nightjar	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Nectarinia johannae	Johanna's Sunbird	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Spermophaga haematina	Western Bluebill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Erythropygia leucosticta	Forest Scrub-robin	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Tauraco macrorhynchus	Yellow-billed Turaco	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Anthreptes rectirostris	Green Sunbird	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Sylvietta virens	Green Crombec	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Tauraco persa	Green Turaco	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Eurystomus gularis	Blue-throated Roller	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Elminia nigromitrata	Dusky Crested-flycatcher	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Fraseria ocreata	African Forest Flycatcher	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Hirundo nigrita	White-throated Blue Swallow	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Pogoniulus atroflavus	Red-rumped Tinkerbird	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Calyptocichla serina	Golden Greenbul	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Anthreptes fraseri	Scarlet-tufted Sunbird	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Scotopelia ussheri	Rufous Fishing-owl	2018	VU
Aves	Malimbus malimbicus	Crested Malimbe	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Halcyon badia	Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Psalidoprocne nitens	Square-tailed Saw-wing	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Bycanistes subcylindricus	Grey-cheeked Hornbill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Illadopsis rufescens	Rufous-winged Illadopsis	2001	LR/nt
Aves	Cercococcyx mechowi	Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Gymnobucco peli	Bristle-nosed Barbet	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Tricholaema hirsuta	Hairy-breasted Barbet	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Nigrita fusconotus	White-breasted Negrofinch	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Psittacus erithacus	Grey Parrot	2018	EN
Aves	Gymnobucco calvus	Naked-faced Barbet	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Oriolus nigripennis	Black-winged Oriole	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Terpsiphone rufiventer		2001	LR/lc
Aves	Melichneutes robustus	Lyre-tailed Honeyguide	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Apus batesi	Bates's Swift	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Andropadus curvirostris	Plain Greenbul	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Baeopogon indicator	Honeyguide Greenbul	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Illadopsis cleaveri	Blackcap Illadopsis	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Apalis nigriceps	Black-capped Apalis	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Illadopsis fulvescens	Brown Illadopsis	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Trachyphonus purpuratus	Yellow-billed Barbet	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Turtur brehmeri	Blue-headed Wood-dove	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Ceratogymna elata	Yellow-casqued Hornbill	2018	VU
Aves	Buccanodon duchaillui	Yellow-spotted Barbet	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Phyllastrephus icterinus	Icterine Greenbul	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Criniger olivaceus	Yellow-bearded Greenbul	2018	VU
Aves	Nectarinia superba	Superb Sunbird	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Erythrocercus mccallii	Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Stiphrornis erythrothorax	Forest Robin	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Tockus hartlaubi	Black Dwarf Hornbill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Thescelocichla leucopleura	Swamp Greenbul	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Smithornis rufolateralis	Rufous-sided Broadbill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Psittacus erithacus	Grey Parrot	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Macrosphenus concolor	Grey Longbill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Zoothera princei	Grey Ground-thrush	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Dicrurus atripennis	Shining Drongo	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Malimbus rubricollis	Red-headed Malimbe	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Tigriornis leucolopha	White-crested Tiger-heron	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Criniger calurus	Red-tailed Bulbul	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Tropicranus albocristatus	White-crested Hornbill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Ixonotus guttatus	Spotted Greenbul	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Campethera nivosa	Buff-spotted Woodpecker	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Thripias pyrrhogaster	Fire-bellied Woodpecker	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Fraseria cinerascens	White-browed Forest Flycatcher	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Bycanistes cylindricus	Brown-cheeked Hornbill	2018	VU
Aves	Campethera caroli	Brown-eared Woodpecker	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Oriolus brachyrhynchus	Western Black-headed Oriole	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Agelastes meleagrides	White-breasted Guineafowl	2018	VU
Aves	Bycanistes fistulator	Piping Hornbill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Merops gularis	Black Bee-eater	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Bleda syndactylus	Common Bristlebill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Dendropicos gabonensis	Gabon Woodpecker	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Hylia prasina	Green Hylia	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Bleda canicapillus	Grey-headed Bristlebill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Eremomela badiceps	Rufous-crowned Eremomela	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Centropus leucogaster	Black-throated Coucal	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Tockus fasciatus	African Pied Hornbill	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Psalidoprocne obscura	Fanti Saw-wing	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Muscicapa cassini	Cassin's Grey Flycatcher	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Ploceus albinucha	Maxwell's Black Weaver	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Batis occulta	West African Batis	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Alethe diademata	White-tailed Alethe	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Platysteira castanea	Chestnut Wattle-eye	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Lobotos lobatus	Western Wattled Cuckooshrike	2018	VU
Aves	Francolinus lathami	Forest Francolin	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Bleda eximius	Green-tailed Bristlebill	2001	VU
Aves	Chlorocichla simplex	Simple Greenbul	2001	LR/lc
Aves	Malimbus scutatus	Red-vented Malimbe	2001	LR/lc

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Oct 22, 2025.

Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park (6311)Ghana, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

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Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park (6311)
Ghana, Africa