Birds to See in Guinea-Bissau in March
44 bird species on our list for Guinea-Bissau are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Whimbrel, Cattle Egret, Common Sandpiper and Great White Egret. New this month: Sanderling, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Woodchat Shrike and Little Stint.
On the move in March
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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 44 birds in March
44 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.04% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.84% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.50% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.20% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.96% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.96% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.93% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.93% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.91% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.88% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.74% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.71% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.69% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.64% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.57% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.54% in Mar
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisWinter visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.52% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.47% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.47% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.37% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.32% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.29% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.27% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.17% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar · 0.12% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar · 0.07% in Mar
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