Birds to See in Guinea-Bissau in February
47 bird species on our list for Guinea-Bissau are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Common Sandpiper, Cattle Egret, Whimbrel and Rose-ringed Parakeet. New this month: European Bee-eater, Bar-tailed Godwit, Purple Heron and Common Tern and 9 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
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 47 birds in February
47 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.42% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.22% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.17% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.17% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.09% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.02% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.84% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.84% in Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.78% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.75% in Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.75% in Feb
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.66% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.62% in Feb
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisWinter visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.60% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.60% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.51% in Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.49% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Feb
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.35% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.31% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Feb
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.22% in Feb
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.22% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.20% in Feb
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.16% in Feb
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.16% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.16% in Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.13% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.09% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb · 0.09% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.09% in Feb
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