Birds to See in Guinea-Bissau in November
40 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in November16
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(4)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(23)Present outside the breeding season
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Regularly Sep–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
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Nov–May
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Nov–Apr
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Lavender Waxbill
Glaucestrilda coerulescensLC
Regularly Nov–May
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Nov
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly 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