Birds of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau hosts 344 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Green HyliaHylia prasina
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- 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
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- 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
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- 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
- Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
- 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
- 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
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
- Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
- Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
- 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
- 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
- Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii