Birds in Guinea-Bissau

73 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Guinea-Bissau has 73 bird species recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 27 winter visitors, 29 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 43,000 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.

Birds to see in Guinea-Bissau in September

13 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 13 birds in September

Arriving in September: Pied Crow, Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, African Jacana, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Common Sandpiper, European Bee-eater, Fork-tailed Drongo and 5 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Guinea-Bissau each month: most in February (47), fewest in August (0). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Lavender Waxbill
Lavender WaxbillSmallest · 9cm
to
Greater Flamingo
Greater FlamingoLargest · 145cm
From the Lavender Waxbill (9 cm) to the Greater Flamingo (145 cm)33 families

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All 73 birds on the list

Showing 1–23 of 73 species

ResidentRecorded all yearSummer visitorArrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter visitorPresent outside the breeding seasonPassage migrantSeen mainly in spring and autumn migrationScarceRecorded in some years but not every yearCommonAmong the most-recorded birds in its best monthUncommonRecorded regularly, but on a minority of outingsRareFew records, even in its best month
Pied Crow

Pied Crow

Corvus albusLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Sep–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great White Egret

Great White Egret

Ardea albaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Sep–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Ardea ibisLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Sep–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopusLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
African Jacana

African Jacana

Actophilornis africanusLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Jul–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greenshank

Greenshank

Tringa nebulariaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Redshank

Redshank

Tringa totanusLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Rose-ringed Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameriLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Sep–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucosLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Sep–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
European Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Merops apiasterLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Sep–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Fork-tailed Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilisLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Sep–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Gull-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon niloticaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensisLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Barn Owl

Barn Owl

Tyto albaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Jul–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-crowned Night-heron

Black-crowned Night-heron

Nycticorax nycticoraxLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Sep–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Little Bittern

Little Bittern

Ixobrychus minutusLC

ScarceCommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Rock Dove

Rock Dove

Columba liviaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Heron

Grey Heron

Ardea cinereaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Senegal Thick-knee

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensisLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Osprey

Osprey

Pandion haliaetusLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Nov–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Squacco Heron

Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloidesLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Sep–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Willow Warbler

Willow Warbler

Phylloscopus trochilusLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Plover

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarolaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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