Table 6.
List of birds’ Family name, Common English name and Local name
| Family | English Name | Akan name | Derivative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ploceidae | Red-headed Weaver | Akyem polis | Weaver that have red colour on the head as the olden Ghana police |
| Little Weaver | Akyem | - | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Akyem-sebo | Weaver which have colour pattern similar to the tiger | |
| Maxwell's Black Weaver | Akyem-sibere | Weaver with all black colour | |
| Accipitridae | Hooded Vulture | Pete | Ugly |
| Hooded Vulture | Kaakaku | Ugly | |
| Black Kite | Sansankroma | Hunts small birds | |
| Short-toed Snake Eagle | Akromakyekyewa | Bird of prey | |
| Falconidae | Yellow-billed Kite | Osansa | Bird of prey |
| Black Kite | Sansankroma | Hunts small birds | |
| Grey Kestrel | Osansa | Bird of prey | |
| African Hobby | Akromaboo | Strongest of the falcon | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Osansa | Bird of prey | |
| Bat Hawk | Akromaboo | Strongest of the falcons | |
| Yellow-billed Kite | Akroma | Bird of prey | |
| Fox Kestrel | Osansa | Bird of prey | |
| Lanner Falcon | Akromaboo | Strongest of the falcon | |
| Strigididae | Shelley's Eagle Owl | Patu-busufo | Owl of bad omen |
| Fraser's Eagle Owl | Patu-waben | Owl with horns | |
| Sandy Scops Owl | Patu | Owl | |
| Tytonidae | Barn owl | Patu | Owl |
| Corvidae | Pied Crow | Akonkrain | - |
| Pied Crow | Adene | - | |
| Pied Crow | Kwaakwaadabi | Daily call of the crow | |
| Psittacidae | Grey Parrot | Akoo-papa | The real parrot |
| Red-fronted Parrot | Awirekwa | - | |
| Red-fronted Parrot | Awirekwa | - | |
| Musophagidae | Great Blue Turaco | Kokokyinaka | Bird call |
| Yellow-billed Turaco | Aforowa/Brobe | - | |
| Anatidae | Egyptian Goose | Nsu-dokodoko | water goose |
| Anatidae | Common Shelduck | Nsu-dokodoko | Water goose |
| Anatidae | Common Teal | Epo-noma | Sea bird |
| White-faced Whistling Duck | Nsu-dokodoko | Water goose | |
| Egyptian Goose | Nsu-dokodoko | Water goose | |
| Anhingidae | African Darter | Nsu-noma | Water bird |
| Phalacrocoracidae | Long-tailed Cormorant | Sukonkon | Surface of water |
| Ardeidae | Cattle Egret | Nantwie-noma | Mutualistic association of the bird and the cattle |
| Green-backed Heron | Nantwie-noma | Mutualistic association of the bird and the cattle | |
| Black Heron | Nantwie-noma | Mutualistic association of the bird and the cattle | |
| Goliath Heron | Sohori | Legs of giraffe | |
| Ciconiidae | Marabou Stork | Nsu-pete | Water vulture |
| Rallidae | Grey-throated Rail | Nsu-noma/Okoto-pue | Water bird/crab come out |
| White-spotted Flufftail | 0Koto-pue | crab come out | |
| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Nsu-noma | Water bird | |
| Nkulengu Rail | Kwakudonsuro | Love does not fear | |
| Charadriidae | African Wattled Lapwing | Bakamnoma | sea bird |
| White-headed Lapwing | Bakamnoma | Sea bird | |
| Apodidae | Mottled Spinetail | Ankadaade | Never lands |
| Cassin's Spinetail | Ankadaade | Never lands | |
| African Palm Swift | Ankadaade | Never lands | |
| Pelecanidae | Great White Pelican | Nsu-noma/Okoto-pue | Water bird/crab come out |
| Caprimulgidae | Black-shouldered Nightjar | Santhrofie | Trouble should happen at home |
| Plain Nightjar | Santhrofie | Trouble should happen at home | |
| Freckled Nightjar | Santhrofe | Trouble should happen at home | |
| Brown Nightjar | Santrofie | Trouble should happen at home | |
| Red-necked Nightjar | Santhrofie | Trouble should happen at home | |
| Passeridae | Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Bola-noma/Akasanoma | Bird at damp site/ talking bird |
| Bush Petronia | Bola-noma | Bird at damp site | |
| Bucerotidae | White-crested Hornbill | Asokwaa | - |
| White-crested Hornbill | Kokoase akokora | Old man in the cocoa farm | |
| Capitonidae | African Pied Hornbill | Akyekyena | |
| Red-rumped Tinkerbird | Apiti donko | Slave of the tinkerbird | |
| Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Apiti | - | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Apiti | - | |
| Speckled Tinkerbird | Apiti | - | |
| Nectariniidae | Yellow-spotted Tinkerbird | Apiti asafohene | Royal majesty of the tinkerbird |
| Scarlet-chested sunbird | Aserewa-ogyadawobo | Sunbird with fire on the chest | |
| Aserewa-sika | Sunbird with gold belly | ||
| Aserewa-sikansuo | Sunbird with multi-colours like water with minerals | ||
| Dicruridae | Fork-tailed Drongo | Kotokosambire | |
| Shining Drongo | Mekanmese-kwakye | ||
| Phasianidae | Stone Partridge | Aboko | - |
| Ahanta Francolin | Akokohwede | Sweet meat | |
| Latham's Forest Francolin | Aboko | - | |
| White-breasted Guineafowl | Kwaem akokoninpon | Forested guinea fowl | |
| Columbidae | Bruce's Green Pigeon | Aboranoma | - |
| Tambourine Dove | Abuburo-tawiah | Younger dove | |
| Blue-spotted Wood Dove | Abuburo-kwao | Messenger dove | |
| Namaqua Dove | Abuburo-somafoo | Messenger dove | |
| Black-billed Wood Dove | Abuburo-kwao | Male dove | |
| Laughing Dove | Abuburo-fi | Dirty dove | |
| Blue-spotted Wood Dove | Abuburo | - | |
| Western Bronze-naped Pigeon | Abuburo | - | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Agyenkuku | Call of the bird |