Guinea-Bissau bird checklist

453 bird species in 97 families have been recorded in Guinea-Bissau, 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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Guinea-Bissau bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Muscovy Duck
African Pygmy-Goose
Northern Shoveler

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl

New World Quail

Stone Partridge

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Red Junglefowl
Common Quail
Ahanta Spurfowl
Double-spurred Spurfowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Four-banded Sandgrouse

Bustards

Denham's Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Great Blue Turaco
Western Plantain-eater
Violet Turaco
Guinea Turaco

Cuckoos

Black-throated Coucal
Senegal Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Standard-winged Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Little Swift
African Palm Swift

Flufftails

White-spotted Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

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

Lesser Jacana
African Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
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
Pomarine Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Sabine's Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Kelp Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Sooty Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
West African Crested Tern

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird

Southern Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Northern Storm-Petrels

European Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Bulwer's Petrel
Cape Verde Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater

Storks

African Woolly-necked Stork
Saddle-billed 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

Secretarybird

Secretarybird

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
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
Tawny Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Gabar Goshawk
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Lizard Buzzard
African Goshawk
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
Shikra
Black Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid 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
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pel's Fishing-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Short-eared Owl

Trogons

Narina Trogon

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe
Black Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
West African Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Western Red-billed Hornbill
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Piping Hornbill

Bee-eaters

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
African Pygmy 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

Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Vieillot's Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Bearded Barbet

Honeyguides

Cassin's Honeybird
Brown-backed Honeybird
Lesser Honeyguide
Spotted Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Melancholy Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Fine-spotted Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

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

Old World Parrots

Rose-ringed Parakeet

New World and African Parrots

Timneh Parrot
Senegal Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Cuckooshrikes

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

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Black-winged Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Senegal Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White-crested Helmetshrike
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru
Northern Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Turati's Boubou
Tropical Boubou
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Sharpe's Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Yellow-billed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Woodchat Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Piapiac
Pied Crow

Hyliotas

Yellow-bellied Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

African Blue Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-shouldered Black-Tit

Larks

Flappet Lark
Sun Lark
Crested Lark

Nicators

Western Nicator

African Warblers

Green Crombec
Northern Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies

Senegal Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-winged Prinia
Oriole Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Black-backed Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Western Olivaceous Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler

Swallows

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

Bulbuls

Slender-billed Greenbul
Gray-headed Bristlebill
Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul
Swamp Greenbul
Simple Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Western Bearded-Greenbul
Red-tailed Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Leaf-love
Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Iberian Chiffchaff

Hylias

Green Hylia

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Western Subalpine Warbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Northern Yellow White-eye

Ground Babblers and Allies

Brown Illadopsis
Puvel's Illadopsis

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Capuchin Babbler
Brown Babbler
Blackcap Babbler

Oxpeckers

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings

Violet-backed Starling
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Splendid Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Purple Starling
Bronze-tailed Starling

Thrushes and Allies

African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
White-browed Forest-Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
White-tailed Alethe
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
White-crowned Robin-Chat
Common Nightingale
European Pied Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Whinchat
Northern Wheatear
White-fronted Black-Chat

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Mouse-brown Sunbird
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Pygmy Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Buff-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Splendid Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Blue-billed Malimbe
Red-headed Malimbe
Little Weaver
Olive-naped Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed 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
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
Gray-headed Oliveback
Lavender Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Zebra Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Western Bluebill
Crimson Seedcracker
Red-winged Pytilia
Dybowski's Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Black-faced Firefinch

Whydahs and Indigobirds

Pin-tailed Whydah
Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Cameroon Indigobird

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Sahel Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Old World Buntings

Brown-rumped Bunting
Gosling's Bunting

Most common birds in Guinea-Bissau

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-Bissau’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.