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