Birds to See in Guinea-Bissau in May
20 bird species on our list for Guinea-Bissau are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret and Senegal Thick-knee. New this month: Yellow Wagtail, House Sparrow and Bearded Barbet.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
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 20 birds in May
20 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.11% in May
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.85% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.82% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.72% in May
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisWinter visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.52% in May
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.46% in May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.39% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.36% in May
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.29% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.29% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in May
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.20% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.10% in May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Lavender Waxbill 9–10 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Bearded Barbet 23–25 cm
- Fork-tailed Drongo 23–26 cm
- African Jacana 23–31 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Barn Owl 33–39 cm
- Rose-ringed Parakeet 38–42 cm
- Senegal Thick-knee 38–43 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Squacco Heron 40–49 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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