Birds to See in Guinea-Bissau in January
38 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
38 bird species on our list for Guinea-Bissau are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Whimbrel, Pied Crow, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank and Cattle Egret. New this month: House Martin, Little Tern, Moorhen and Hoopoe.
Residents
(4)Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(27)Present outside the breeding season
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Dec–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Dec–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Jan
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
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