Guinea bird checklist

617 bird species in 97 families have been recorded in Guinea, according to eBird; about 295 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

Species data: eBird.org, updated 13 Oct 2026 · How these lists are made

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Hartlaub's Duck
Common Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

New World Quail

Stone Partridge

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Indian Peafowl
Latham's Francolin
White-throated Francolin
Blue Quail
Common Quail
Ahanta Spurfowl
Double-spurred Spurfowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Adamawa Turtle-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Blue-headed Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Bruce's Green-Pigeon
African Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Four-banded Sandgrouse

Bustards

Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Great Blue Turaco
Western Plantain-eater
Violet Turaco
Yellow-billed Turaco
Guinea Turaco

Cuckoos

Black-throated Coucal
Senegal Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Standard-winged Nightjar
Red-necked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail
Black Spinetail
Sabine's Spinetail
Cassin's Spinetail
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
Bates's Swift
African Palm Swift

Flufftails

White-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Black Crowned-Crane

Thick-knees

Spotted Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee

Egyptian Plover

Egyptian Plover

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Forbes's Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
White-fronted Plover
Kentish Plover

Painted-Snipes

Greater Painted-Snipe

Jacanas

African Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
Red Phalarope
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint

Buttonquail

Small Buttonquail

Pratincoles and Coursers

Temminck's Courser
Rock Pratincole
Collared Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Kelp Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
African Skimmer
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
West African Crested Tern

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Northern Storm-Petrels

European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Bulwer's Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Cape Verde Shearwater
Great Shearwater

Storks

African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork

Boobies and Gannets

Brown Booby

Anhingas

African Darter

Cormorants and Shags

Reed Cormorant
Great Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
African Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

White-crested Tiger-Heron
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
White-backed Night Heron
Little Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron

Hamerkop

Hamerkop

Pelicans

Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
African Cuckoo-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
Eurasian Griffon
Bateleur
Western Banded Snake-Eagle
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Gabar Goshawk
Long-tailed Hawk
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Lizard Buzzard
African Goshawk
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
Shikra
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Grasshopper Buzzard
Red-necked Buzzard

Barn-Owls

Western Barn Owl

Owls

African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Fraser's Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl

Trogons

Narina Trogon

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe
Black Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
West African Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Western Red-billed Hornbill
Western Long-tailed Hornbill
Western Dwarf Hornbill
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Black-casqued Hornbill
Brown-cheeked Hornbill
Piping Hornbill

Bee-eaters

Black Bee-eater
Blue-moustached Bee-eater
Red-throated Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Kingfishers

Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
White-bellied Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Dwarf Kingfisher
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher

Rollers

Abyssinian Roller
Purple Roller
Blue-bellied Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Blue-throated Roller

African Barbets

Bristle-nosed Barbet
Naked-faced Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Vieillot's Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Bearded Barbet

Honeyguides

Cassin's Honeybird
Yellow-footed Honeyguide
Willcocks's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Spotted Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Fire-bellied Woodpecker
Melancholy Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Brown-eared Woodpecker
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Fine-spotted Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Fox Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Red-headed Lovebird

New World and African Parrots

Timneh Parrot
Senegal Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill
Rufous-sided Broadbill

Cuckooshrikes

White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
Blue Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Western Black-headed Oriole
Black-winged Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

West African Wattle-eye
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Senegal Batis
West African Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White-crested Helmetshrike
Red-billed Helmetshrike
African Shrike-flycatcher
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru
Northern Puffback
Sabine's Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Turati's Boubou
Tropical Boubou
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Lowland Sooty Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Many-colored Bushshrike
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Sharpe's Drongo
Shining Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Yellow-billed Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Woodchat Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Piapiac
House Crow
Pied Crow

Rockfowl

White-necked Rockfowl

Hyliotas

Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Violet-backed Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

African Blue Flycatcher
Dusky Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-shouldered Black-Tit
Dusky Tit

Larks

Rufous-rumped Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Flappet Lark
Highland Lark
Sun Lark
Crested Lark
Red-capped Lark

Nicators

Western Nicator

African Warblers

Green Crombec
Lemon-bellied Crombec
Northern Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Kemp's Longbill
Gray Longbill

Cisticolas and Allies

Senegal Eremomela
Rufous-crowned Eremomela
Sierra Leone Prinia
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Black-capped Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Sharpe's Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-winged Prinia
Black-capped Rufous-Warbler
Oriole Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola
Dorst's Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Rufous Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Black-backed Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Western Olivaceous Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler

Swallows

Square-tailed Sawwing
Fanti Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Bank Swallow
Red-throated Crag-Martin
Pied-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-chested Swallow
White-throated Blue Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
European Red-rumped Swallow
African Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Preuss's Swallow

Bulbuls

Slender-billed Greenbul
Golden Greenbul
Red-tailed Bristlebill
Gray-headed Bristlebill
Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul
Spotted Greenbul
Swamp Greenbul
Simple Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Western Bearded-Greenbul
Red-tailed Greenbul
Yellow-bearded Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Plain Greenbul
Gray Greenbul
Ansorge's Greenbul
White-throated Greenbul
Icterine Greenbul
Leaf-love
Baumann's Greenbul
Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Iberian Chiffchaff

Hylias

Green Hylia
Tit-hylia

Yellow Flycatchers

Chestnut-capped Flycatcher

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Northern Yellow White-eye

Ground Babblers and Allies

Brown Illadopsis
Pale-breasted Illadopsis
Blackcap Illadopsis
Puvel's Illadopsis
Rufous-winged Illadopsis

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Capuchin Babbler
Brown Babbler
Blackcap Babbler

Spotted Creepers

African Spotted Creeper

Oxpeckers

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings

Violet-backed Starling
Neumann's Starling
Chestnut-winged Starling
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Splendid Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Emerald Starling
Purple Starling
Bronze-tailed Starling

Thrushes and Allies

Finsch's Flycatcher-Thrush
White-tailed Ant-Thrush
African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Little Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Cassin's Flycatcher
Ussher's Flycatcher
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
White-browed Forest-Flycatcher
Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Nimba Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
White-tailed Alethe
Forest Scrub-Robin
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
White-crowned Robin-Chat
Brown-chested Alethe
Orange-breasted Forest Robin
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Lowland Akalat
Common Nightingale
European Pied Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Heuglin's Wheatear
White-fronted Black-Chat
Familiar Chat

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Fraser's Sunbird
Mouse-brown Sunbird
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Yellow-chinned Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Pygmy Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Buff-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Tiny Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Splendid Sunbird
Johanna's Sunbird
Superb Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Bates's Sunbird
Copper Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Gola Malimbe
Red-vented Malimbe
Blue-billed Malimbe
Crested Malimbe
Red-headed Malimbe
Red-headed Weaver
Olive-naped Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Heuglin's Masked-Weaver
Chestnut-and-black Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Maxwell's Black Weaver
Preuss's Weaver
Compact Weaver
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird

Waxbills and Allies

Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Red-fronted Antpecker
White-breasted Nigrita
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
Gray-headed Nigrita
Gray-headed Oliveback
Lavender Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Zebra Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Western Bluebill
Crimson Seedcracker
Red-winged Pytilia
Red-faced Pytilia
Dybowski's Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Mali Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Black-faced Firefinch

Whydahs and Indigobirds

Pin-tailed Whydah
Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah
Togo Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Wilson's Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Sahel Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
Long-billed Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Old World Buntings

Brown-rumped Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Cabanis's Bunting
Gosling's Bunting

Most common birds in Guinea

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Guinea’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

Pied CrowCorvus albus
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
African ThrushTurdus pelios
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Great EgretArdea alba
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
SanderlingCalidris alba
Common TernSterna hirundo
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola

Largest bird families in Guinea

Among its regular birds.

Waxbills and Allies19
Sandpipers and Allies16
Weavers and Allies14
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns13
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers13
Cisticolas and Allies13
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites11
Pigeons and Doves11

Reported in the last 30 days

13 species reported to eBird in Guinea in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:

Pied Crow, Western Plantain-eater, Hooded Vulture, Common Bulbul, Red-eyed Dove, Laughing Dove, Ruddy Turnstone, Eurasian Whimbrel, African Thrush, Beautiful Sunbird, African Palm Swift, Common Sandpiper, Pied Kingfisher.