Birds to See in Guinea-Bissau in February
47 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(4)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(27)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Oct–May
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Dec–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Lavender Waxbill
Glaucestrilda coerulescensLC
Regularly Nov–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Feb
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Jan–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