Birds of Guinea
Guinea hosts 448 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- African ThrushTurdus pelios
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
- Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- African Green PigeonTreron calvus
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
- Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
- Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Green HyliaHylia prasina
- Turati's BoubouLaniarius turatii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
- Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer
- Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
- Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
- Sun LarkGalerida modesta
- Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
- Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Western NicatorNicator chloris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscus
- Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanni
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
- Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
- Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Puvel's IlladopsisIlladopsis puveli
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
- Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
- Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
- Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
- Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Green CrombecSylvietta virens
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Western Bearded GreenbulCriniger barbatus
- Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Dybowski's TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
- Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
- White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavus
- Buff-throated SunbirdChalcomitra adelberti
- Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatus
- Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
- Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
- Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
- Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
- Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques
- Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
- Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
- Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
- Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
- Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
- Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- Little Grey GreenbulEurillas gracilis
- Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Grey LongbillMacrosphenus concolor
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
- Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta denti
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
- Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
- Sierra Leone PriniaSchistolais leontica
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- BrubruNilaus afer
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
- Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
- Orange-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis erythrothorax
- Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximius
- Rufous-winged IlladopsisIlladopsis rufescens
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
- Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
- Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
- Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
- Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
- Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
- Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
- Western Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus
- Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
- Chestnut-capped FlycatcherErythrocercus mccallii
- Sharpe's ApalisApalis sharpii
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
- Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
- African HobbyFalco cuvierii
- Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
- Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
- Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgei
- Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
- Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
- African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
- Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
- Rufous-crowned EremomelaEremomela badiceps
- Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
- Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
- Little Grey FlycatcherMuscicapa epulata
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
- Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
- Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
- Yellow-casqued HornbillCeratogymna elata
- Yellow-bearded GreenbulCriniger olivaceus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabini
- Cabanis's BuntingEmberiza cabanisi
- Rufous-sided BroadbillSmithornis rufolateralis
- Fire-bellied WoodpeckerChloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
- Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennis
- Timneh ParrotPsittacus timneh
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
- Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
- White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
- Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
- Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
- Brown-eared WoodpeckerPardipicus caroli
- Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus
- Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
- Finsch's Rufous ThrushStizorhina finschi
- Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae
- African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
- Brown-cheeked HornbillBycanistes cylindricus
- Black-capped ApalisApalis nigriceps
- Blackcap IlladopsisIlladopsis cleaveri
- Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus
- Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
- White-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus poensis
- Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
- Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
- Johanna's SunbirdCinnyris johannae
- Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
- Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
- Yellow-winged PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
- Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
- Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
- Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
- Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
- Red-billed HelmetshrikePrionops caniceps
- Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
- Kemp's LongbillMacrosphenus kempi
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eyePlatysteira blissetti
- Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
- White-necked RockfowlPicathartes gymnocephalus
- White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
- Togo Paradise WhydahVidua togoensis
- Baumann's Olive GreenbulPhyllastrephus baumanni
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
- Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
- Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
- Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
- Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
- White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
- Fox KestrelFalco alopex
- Blue-headed Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus nitens
- Melancholy WoodpeckerDendropicos lugubris
- White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
- Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
- Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concreta
- Violet-backed HyliotaHyliota violacea
- Latham's FrancolinPeliperdix lathami
- Blue-moustached Bee-eaterMerops mentalis
- Gabon WoodpeckerDendropicos gabonensis
- Emerald StarlingLamprotornis iris
- Black-headed Rufous WarblerBathmocercus cerviniventris
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
- Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
- Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
- Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
- Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus
- Purple-throated CuckooshrikeCampephaga quiscalina
- White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita
- Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
- Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus
- Bristle-nosed BarbetGymnobucco peli
- Many-colored BushshrikeChlorophoneus multicolor
- Blue-headed Bee-eaterMerops muelleri
- Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsis
- Crimson SeedcrackerPyrenestes sanguineus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
- Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
- Fraser's Forest FlycatcherFraseria ocreata
- Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
- Sabine's PuffbackDryoscopus sabini
- Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
- Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignis
- Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
- Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoni
- White-crested Tiger HeronTigriornis leucolopha
- Nimba FlycatcherMelaenornis annamarulae
- Mali FirefinchLagonosticta virata
- Cameroon IndigobirdVidua camerunensis