Birds to See in Guinea-Bissau in November
40 bird species on our list for Guinea-Bissau are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Whimbrel, Pied Crow, Common Sandpiper, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Great White Egret. New this month: Osprey, Willow Warbler, Western Marsh-harrier and Ruddy Turnstone and 12 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 40 birds in November
40 birds
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.41% in Nov
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.32% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.19% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.12% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.97% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.95% in Nov
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.79% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.68% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.66% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.66% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.62% in Nov
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.46% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.44% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisWinter visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.40% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.29% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.22% in Nov
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.22% in Nov
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.18% in Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.16% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.11% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Nov · 0.05% in Nov
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