Birds to See in Guinea-Bissau in January
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.
On the move in January
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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.
Other months
All 38 birds in January
38 birds
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.43% in Jan
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.40% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.22% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.07% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.04% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.89% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.83% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.83% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.80% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.77% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.74% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.74% in Jan
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.71% in Jan
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.66% in Jan
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.63% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.60% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.57% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.54% in Jan
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.51% in Jan
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Jan
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.48% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.42% in Jan
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.39% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.39% in Jan
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisWinter visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.36% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.33% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.30% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.27% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.24% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Jan · 0.18% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.09% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.09% in 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