Common Birds in Guinea-Bissau
Our list for Guinea-Bissau has 29 common birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 21 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guinea-Bissau in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 29, most common first
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusScarceCommon33–38 cm
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisWinter visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Willow Warbler 11–13 cm
- Common Reed-warbler 13–14 cm
- House Martin 13–15 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Fork-tailed Drongo 23–26 cm
- African Jacana 23–31 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- European Bee-eater 27–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Little Bittern 33–38 cm
- Barn Owl 33–39 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Rose-ringed Parakeet 38–42 cm
- Senegal Thick-knee 38–43 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Squacco Heron 40–49 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
- Spur-winged Goose 75–115 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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