Uncommon Birds in Guinea-Bissau
Our list for Guinea-Bissau has 44 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 6 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guinea-Bissau in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 44, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–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