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Kakum National Park

Index Kakum National Park

Kakum National Park, located in the coastal environs of the Central Region of Ghana, covers an area of. [1]

96 relations: Abrafo, Africa, African civet, African elephant, African forest buffalo, African forest elephant, African palm civet, Albizia, Alstonia, Antelope, Antiaris, Assin-Attandanso Game Production Reserve, BirdLife International, Bongo (antelope), Brown-cheeked hornbill, Calamus (palm), Canopy walkway, Cape Coast, Carapa, Cat, Ceiba, Ceiba pentandra, Celtis, Central Region (Ghana), Civet, Commelina, Copper-tailed starling, Crested porcupine, Diana monkey, Duiker, Dwarf crocodile, Earth Day, Elmina, Entandrophragma, Eremospatha, Euphorbia, Forest giant squirrel, Gamekeeper, Ghana, Giant forest hog, Giant pangolin, Glyphaea, Granite, Green-tailed bristlebill, Grey parrot, Guarea cedrata, Guarea thompsonii, Hildegardia (plant), Home's hinge-back tortoise, Hornbill, ..., Important Bird Area, IUCN protected area categories, Laccosperma, Laccosperma secundiflorum, Leopard, Long-tailed pangolin, Mahogany, Milicia excelsa, National park, Olive colobus, Paullinia, Piptadeniastrum, Polycarpaea, Potto, Primate, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, Pterygota macrocarpa, Raphia vinifera, Red river hog, Red-fronted antpecker, Ricinodendron, Roloway monkey, Rufous-winged illadopsis, Sansevieria, Sapele, Sarcophrynium, Serrated tortoise, Sterculia, Sterculia oblonga, Terminalia superba, Thaumatococcus daniellii, Tree pangolin, Triplochiton, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, Tropical rainforest, Uapaca, UNESCO, Ursine colobus, Vancouver, Vine, White-breasted guineafowl, World Heritage site, Xylopia, Yellow-backed duiker, Yellow-bearded greenbul, Yellow-casqued hornbill. Expand index (46 more) »

Abrafo

Abrafo is a small village located in Twifo/Heman/Lower Denkyira District of the Central Region of Ghana about 30 kilometers north of Cape Coast.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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African civet

The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is the largest representative of the African Viverridae and the sole member of its genus.

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African elephant

African elephants are elephants of the genus Loxodonta.

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African forest buffalo

The African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), known also as the Congo buffalo, is the smallest subspecies of the African buffalo.

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African forest elephant

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is a forest-dwelling species of elephant found in the Congo Basin.

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African palm civet

The African palm civet (Nandinia binotata), also known as the two-spotted palm civet, is a small mammal, with short legs, small ears, a body resembling a cat, and a lithe tail as long as its body.

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Albizia

Albizia is a genus of about 150 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae.

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Alstonia

Alstonia is a widespread genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, of the dogbane plant family Apocynaceae.

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Antelope

An antelope is a member of a number of even-toed ungulate species indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia.

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Antiaris

Antiaris toxicaria is a tree in the mulberry and fig family, Moraceae.

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Assin-Attandanso Game Production Reserve

The Assin-Attandanso Game Production Reserve is a protected area in Ghana falling in IUCN Category VI.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International (formerly the International Council for Bird Preservation) is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.

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Bongo (antelope)

The bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate.

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Brown-cheeked hornbill

The brown-cheeked hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucorvidae.

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Calamus (palm)

Calamus is a genus of the palm family Arecaceae.

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Canopy walkway

Canopy walkways - also called canopy walks, treetop walks or treetop walkways - provide pedestrian access to the forest canopy.

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Cape Coast

Cape Coast, or Cabo Corso, is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of south Ghana.

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Carapa

Carapa is a genus of flowering plants in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.

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Cat

The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal.

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Ceiba

Ceiba is a genus of trees in the Malvaceace family, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to N Argentina) and tropical West Africa.

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Ceiba pentandra

Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously separated in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var. guineensis) to tropical west Africa.

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Celtis

Celtis, commonly known as hackberries or nettle trees, is a genus of about 60–70 species of deciduous trees widespread in warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, in southern Europe, southern and eastern Asia, and southern and central North America, south to central Africa, and northern and central South America.

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Central Region (Ghana)

The Central Region is one of the ten administrative regions of Ghana.

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Civet

A civet is a small, lithe-bodied, mostly nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa, especially the tropical forests.

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Commelina

Commelina is a genus of approximately 170 species commonly called dayflowers due to the short lives of their flowers.

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Copper-tailed starling

The copper-tailed starling or copper-tailed glossy-starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

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Crested porcupine

The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae found in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.

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Diana monkey

The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Côte d'Ivoire.

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Duiker

A duiker is a small to medium-sized brown in colour antelope native to Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Dwarf crocodile

The dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), also known commonly as the African dwarf crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile, or bony crocodile, is an African crocodile that is also the smallest extant crocodile species.

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Earth Day

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22.

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Elmina

Elmina is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of South Ghana in the Central Region, situated on a south-facing bay on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana, west of Cape Coast.

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Entandrophragma

Entandrophragma is a genus of twelve known species of deciduous trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, restricted to tropical Africa.

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Eremospatha

Eremospatha is a genus of climbing flowering plants in the palm family found in tropical Africa.

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Euphorbia

Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).

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Forest giant squirrel

The forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) or Stanger's squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

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Gamekeeper

A gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish, and other wildlife in general.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.

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Giant forest hog

The giant forest hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni), the only member of its genus, is native to wooded habitats in Africa and generally is considered the largest wild member of the pig family, Suidae; a few subspecies of the wild boar can reach an even larger size.

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Giant pangolin

The giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea) is a pangolin species.

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Glyphaea

Glyphaea is a genus of flowering plant in the Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae family.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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Green-tailed bristlebill

The green-tailed bristlebill (Bleda eximius) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

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Grey parrot

The grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), also known as the Congo grey parrot or African grey parrot, is an Old World parrot in the family Psittacidae.

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Guarea cedrata

Guarea cedrata (also called Light Bossé or Scented Guarea) is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family.

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Guarea thompsonii

Guarea thompsonii (also called Black Guarea or Dark Bossé) is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family.

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Hildegardia (plant)

Hildegardia is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae.

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Home's hinge-back tortoise

Home's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys homeana) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.

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Hornbill

The hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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IUCN protected area categories

IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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Laccosperma

Laccosperma is a clustering genus of flowering plant in the family palm found in tropical Africa.

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Laccosperma secundiflorum

Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum or the Gao (syn. Laccosperma secundiflora) is a species of palm found in the Dzangha-Sangha tropical forests of Cameroon.

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Leopard

The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae.

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Long-tailed pangolin

The long-tailed pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla), also called the African black-bellied pangolin, or ipi, is an arboreal pangolin belonging to the family Manidae, in the order Pholidota.

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Mahogany

Mahogany is a kind of wood—the straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the AmericasBridgewater, Samuel (2012).

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Milicia excelsa

Milicia excelsa (commonly known as African teak, mvule or iroko) is a tree species from tropical Africa.

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National park

A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes.

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Olive colobus

The olive colobus monkey (Procolobus verus), also known as the green colobus or Van Beneden's colobus, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Paullinia

Paullinia is a genus of flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

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Piptadeniastrum

Piptadeniastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.

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Polycarpaea

Polycarpaea is a genus of plant in family Caryophyllaceae.

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Potto

The potto (Perodicticus potto) is a strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae.

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Primate

A primate is a mammal of the order Primates (Latin: "prime, first rank").

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Prince Demidoff's bushbaby

Prince Demidoff's bushbaby (Galagoides demidovii), also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae.

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Pterygota macrocarpa

Pterygota macrocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae.

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Raphia vinifera

Raphia vinifera, the West African piassava palm, bamboo palm or West African bass fibre is a palm tree species in the genus Raphia.

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Red river hog

The red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus), also known as the bush pig (but not to be confused with P. larvatus, common name "bushpig"), is a wild member of the pig family living in Africa, with most of its distribution in the Guinean and Congolian forests.

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Red-fronted antpecker

The red-fronted antpecker (Parmoptila rubrifrons) is a species of songbird found in Western Africa.

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Ricinodendron

Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864.

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Roloway monkey

The roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway) is an endangered species of Old World monkey endemic to tropical West Africa.

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Rufous-winged illadopsis

The rufous-winged illadopsis (Illadopsis rufescens) is a species of bird in the Pellorneidae family.

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Sansevieria

Sansevieria is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants, native to Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia.

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Sapele

Entandrophragma cylindricum, commonly known as the sapele or sapelli, is a large tree native to tropical Africa.

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Sarcophrynium

Sarcophrynium is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae indigenous to tropical Africa.

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Serrated tortoise

The serrated tortoise, Psammobates oculifer, Kalahari-Strahlenschildkröte, is a species of tortoise that occurs in the Kalahari desert regions of southern Africa.

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Sterculia

Sterculia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae: subfamily Sterculioideae (previously placed in the now obsolete Sterculiaceae).

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Sterculia oblonga

Sterculia oblonga, the yellow sterculia, is a commercial timber tree in the Sterculiaceae family.

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Terminalia superba

Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara (UK), korina (US), is a large tree in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical western Africa.

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Thaumatococcus daniellii

Thaumatococcus daniellii is a plant species from Africa, known for being the natural source of thaumatin, an intensely sweet protein which is of interest in the development of sweeteners.

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Tree pangolin

The tree pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) is one of eight extant species of pangolins ("scaly anteaters"), and is native to equatorial Africa.

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Triplochiton

Triplochiton is a genus of flowering plants in the Malvaceae family.

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Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forests, are a tropical and subtropical forest biome, sometimes referred to as jungle.

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Tropical rainforest

Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest.

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Uapaca

Uapaca is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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Ursine colobus

The ursine colobus (Colobus vellerosus, white-thighed colobus, Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus, white-thighed black-and-white colobus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Vine

A vine (Latin vīnea "grapevine", "vineyard", from vīnum "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners.

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White-breasted guineafowl

The white-breasted guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides) is a medium-sized, up to 45 cm long, terrestrial bird of the guineafowl family.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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Xylopia

Xylopia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae.

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Yellow-backed duiker

The yellow-backed duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor) is a forest dwelling antelope in the order Artiodactyla from the family Bovidae.

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Yellow-bearded greenbul

The yellow-bearded greenbul (Criniger olivaceus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

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Yellow-casqued hornbill

The yellow-casqued hornbill (Ceratogymna elata), also known as the yellow-casqued wattled hornbill, is found in the rainforest of coastal regions of West Africa, for example in Côte d'Ivoire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakum_National_Park

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