Birds of Guinea-Bissau

• Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
• Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
• Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Pied CrowCorvus albus
• Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
• Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
• Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
• Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
• Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
• Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
• Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
• Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
• West African Pied HornbillLophoceros semifasciatus
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
• Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
• African Green PigeonTreron calvus
• Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
• Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
• Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
• Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
• Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
• Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• African ThrushTurdus pelios
• Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• HamerkopScopus umbretta
• Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
• Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
• Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
• African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
• Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
• Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
• Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• Little GreenbulEurillas virens
• African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
• African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
• Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
• Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
• Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
• African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
• Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
• Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
• White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
• Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
• Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• African DarterAnhinga rufa
• Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
• African JacanaActophilornis africanus
• Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
• Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
• Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• PiapiacPtilostomus afer
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
• Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
• Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
• Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
• Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
• Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
• White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
• Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
• Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
• Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
• Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
• Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
• African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
• Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
• Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
• Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
• Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
• African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
• Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
• Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
• Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
• Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
• Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
• Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
• Violet TuracoTauraco violaceus
• Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
• Green HyliaHylia prasina
• Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
• Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
• White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
• Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
• Western NicatorNicator chloris
• Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
• West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
• Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
• Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
• Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
• Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
• Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
• Turati's BoubouLaniarius turatii
• Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
• Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
• Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
• African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
• Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
• Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
• Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Goliath HeronArdea goliath
• Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
• Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
• Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
• Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
• Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
• Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
• Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
• Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
• Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
• Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
• Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
• Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
• Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
• Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubius
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
• Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
• White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
• Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
• Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
• Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
• Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
• Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
• Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
• African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
• Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
• Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
• Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
• QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
• Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
• Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
• African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
• Puvel's IlladopsisIlladopsis puveli
• White-backed VultureGyps africanus
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
• European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
• Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
• Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
• Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
• Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
• Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
• Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
• White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
• African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
• Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
• Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• Namaqua DoveOena capensis
• Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
• Yellow-casqued HornbillCeratogymna elata
• White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
• Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
• Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
• Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythroptera
• Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
• White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
• Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
• African CuckooCuculus gularis
• Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda caerulescens
• Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
• Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
• WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
• Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
• Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
• Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
• Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
• Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
• Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• White WagtailMotacilla alba
• Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
• Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
• Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
• Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
• Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
• Crested LarkGalerida cristata
• Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
• Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
• Green CrombecSylvietta virens
• European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
• Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
• Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
• Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
• Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
• Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
• Capuchin BabblerTurdoides atripennis
• Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
• Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
• Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
• Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
• Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
• Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
• Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
• African FinfootPodica senegalensis
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
• Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
• Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
• Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
• Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
• Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
• Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
• Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
• Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
• Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
• Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
• Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
• Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
• Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
• Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
• Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
• Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
• Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
• African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
• African HobbyFalco cuvierii
• BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
• Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
• Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
• Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
• Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
• Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
• Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
• African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
• Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
• White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
• Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
• Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
• Purple RollerCoracias naevius
• African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
• Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
• Common SwiftApus apus
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
• Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
• African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
• Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
• Buff-throated SunbirdChalcomitra adelberti
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatus
• Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
• White-shouldered Black TitMelaniparus guineensis
• Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
• Common HoopoeUpupa epops
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
• Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
• Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
• Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
• BrubruNilaus afer
• Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
• Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
• White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
• Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
• Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
• Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximius
• Timneh ParrotPsittacus timneh
• Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
• Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
• Tawny EagleAquila rapax
• Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
• Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
• Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
• Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
• Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
• Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
• Black CoucalCentropus grillii
• Sun LarkGalerida modesta
• Melancholy WoodpeckerDendropicos lugubris
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
• Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
• Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
• Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
• Grey Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
• White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
• African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
• Compact WeaverPachyphantes superciliosus
• Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
• Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
• Grey-headed OlivebackDelacourella capistrata
• Dybowski's TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Royal TernThalasseus maximus
• Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
• Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
• Crimson SeedcrackerPyrenestes sanguineus
• Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
• Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
• Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
• Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
• Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
• White-fronted Black ChatOenanthe albifrons
• Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Garden WarblerSylvia borin
• Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
• African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
• Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
• Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
• Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
• Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
• Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
• White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
• Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
• Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
• African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
• Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
• Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
• Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides
• Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Greater LophorinaLophorina latipennis
• Western Crested GuineafowlGuttera verreauxi