Birds to See in Guinea-Bissau in December
46 bird species on our list for Guinea-Bissau are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel and Great White Egret. New this month: Rock Dove, Yellow Wagtail, Spur-winged Goose and Green Sandpiper and 9 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Guinea-Bissau’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 46 birds in December
46 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.53% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.38% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.96% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.96% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.84% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.74% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.72% in Dec
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.69% in Dec
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.67% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.59% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Dec
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.54% in Dec
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.54% in Dec
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisWinter visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.49% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.47% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.44% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.44% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.37% in Dec
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.35% in Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.32% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Dec
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.30% in Dec
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.30% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.15% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.15% in Dec
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisPassage migrantCommon75–115 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.15% in Dec
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.12% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec · 0.10% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Dec · 0.07% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec · 0.07% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.07% in Dec
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