Birds in Equatorial Guinea
Our list for Equatorial Guinea has 16 bird species recorded regularly there: 10 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
The list comes from 28,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
- Species on our list
- 16
- In October
- 0
- Common
- 11
- Busiest month
- Jan
The bird calendar for Equatorial Guinea
Month by monthWhen each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pied Crow | ||||||||||||
| Grey Parrot | ||||||||||||
| Lesser Striped Swallow | ||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | ||||||||||||
| Cattle Egret | ||||||||||||
| Common Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | ||||||||||||
| Grey Heron | ||||||||||||
| Yellow Wagtail | ||||||||||||
| Willow Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Tree Pipit | ||||||||||||
| European Honey-buzzard | ||||||||||||
| Little Egret | ||||||||||||
| Common Swift | ||||||||||||
| Peregrine Falcon | ||||||||||||
| Osprey |
The year in Equatorial Guinea
Records by month| January | 9,682 |
|---|---|
| February | 6,996 |
| March | 23 |
| April | 8 |
| May | 61 |
| June | 124 |
| July | 3,496 |
| August | 7,197 |
| September | 63 |
| October | 21 |
| November | 116 |
| December | 178 |
January has the most records (9,682). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
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Questions
2How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Equatorial Guinea?
16 species, each recorded regularly in Equatorial Guinea (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 10 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Equatorial Guinea, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What are the most common birds in Equatorial Guinea?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Equatorial Guinea are Pied Crow, Common Swift, Lesser Striped Swallow, Barn Swallow and Cattle Egret.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made