Birds to See in Guinea-Bissau in October
29 bird species on our list for Guinea-Bissau are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper and Great White Egret. New this month: Whimbrel, Greenshank, Redshank and Gull-billed Tern and 13 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 29 birds in October
29 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.40% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.07% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.05% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.01% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.97% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.92% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.81% in Oct
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.72% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.61% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.55% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.48% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.46% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.46% in Oct
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.35% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.33% in Oct
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisWinter visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.29% in Oct
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.26% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.15% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.11% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.09% in Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Reed-warbler 13–14 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Bearded Barbet 23–25 cm
- Fork-tailed Drongo 23–26 cm
- African Jacana 23–31 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- European Bee-eater 27–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Rock Dove 31–34 cm
- Barn Owl 33–39 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 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
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Purple Heron 78–90 cm
- Great Cormorant 80–100 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