Bird AlbumGuinea-Bissau · Bissau
Chão de Papel
99 species and 406 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July and November, with up to 16 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea15 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 99 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Parque de N´Batonha1 km111 species
- Porto de Bissau1 km84 species
- Bolanhas da Achada do Burro2 km118 species
- Bolanhas de Mansoa37 km114 species
- AMPC das Ilhas Urok – Abu56 km99 species
- Ilha de Quérè, GW (11,535, -16,218)77 km59 species
All 99 species recorded here
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chão de Papel?
July and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 16 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chão de Papel?
99 species, from 406 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chão de Papel in November?
The most recorded in November: Hooded Vulture, Western Reef Heron, Spur-winged Lapwing, Reed Cormorant and Western Cattle Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.