Birds of Guinea-Bissau

273 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded in November

Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus

Pied CrowCorvus albus

Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus

Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata

Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus

Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis

Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides

Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis

Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis

Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis

Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea

Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida

African JacanaActophilornis africanus

Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus

Most recorded

Little SwiftApus affinis

Black KiteMilvus migrans

Great EgretArdea alba

Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis

Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus

Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus

Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis

Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus

Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra

Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos

Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer

Striated HeronButorides striata

Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus

Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea

Hotspots with the most records

Parque de N´BatonhaBissau111 species
Anôr, Parque Nacional das Ilhas de OrangoSul Province142 species
Bolanhas da Achada do BurroBissau118 species
AMPC das Ilhas Urok – AbuSul Province99 species
FarimNorte Province108 species
PNMJVP – Ilha de João VieiraSul Province78 species
Chão de PapelBissau99 species
Porto de BissauBissau84 species
Ilha de Quérè, GW (11,535, -16,218)Sul Province59 species
Bolanhas de MansoaNorte Province114 species

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All species recorded · 273

White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
Common Swift Apus apus
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Little Swift Apus affinis
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Black Coucal Centropus grillii
Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
Rock Dove Columba livia
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
African Darter Anhinga rufa
Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
Striated Heron Butorides striata
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Great Egret Ardea alba
Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Shikra Tachyspiza badia
Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
Purple Roller Coracias naevius
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
African Hobby Falco cuvierii
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
Pied Crow Corvus albus
White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
Green Hylia Hylia prasina
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
African Thrush Turdus pelios
Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica