Birds of Guinea

List of Common Birds Found in Guinea

Native Birds

• Abyssinian Roller 
• African Finfoot
• African Fish-eagle 
• African Gray Hornbill
• African Sacred Ibis 
• Ahanta Francolin
• Australian Pelican
• Beach Stone-curlew
• Beautiful Sunbird 
• Black Bee-eater
• Black-bellied Seedcracker
• Black-casqued Hornbill
• Black-crowned Waxbill
• Black-headed Rufous Warbler
• Black-headed Weaver
• Black-naped Tern
• Black-necked Stork
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Black-throated Coucal
• Black-winged Bishop
• Brolga
• Brown-cheeked Hornbill
• Buff-banded Rail
• Common Sandpiper
• Copper Sunbird
• Dusky Moorhen
• Egyptian Goose
• Forbes’s Plover
• Gray Teal
• Great Blue Turaco
• Green Pygmy Goose
• Grey-headed Oliveback
• Guinea Babbling Thrush
• Guinea Turaco
• Guinea Woodpecker
• Hadada Ibis 
• Hamerkop 
• Hardhead Duck
• Heinroth’s Shearwater
• Hooded Vulture 
• Latham’s Snipe
• Lavender Waxbill
• Little Bee-eater 
• Little Bittern
• Little Gray Woodpecker
• Little Grebe
• Little Greenbul
• Little Pied Cormorant
• Magpie Goose
• Nankeen Night Heron
• Oriental Plover
• Oriole Warbler
• Pacific Black Duck
• Pied Crow 
• Pied Kingfisher 
• Pin-tailed Whydah 
• Plumed Whistling Duck
• Preuss’s Swallow
• Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
• Red-kneed Dotterel
• Red-throated Bee Eater 
• Red-winged Pytilia
• Royal Spoonbill
• Salvadori’s Teal
• Speckled Pigeon 
• Splendid Glossy Starling
• Spotless Crake
• Spotted Whistling Duck
• Straw-necked Ibis
• Swinhoe’s Snipe
• Village Weaver 
• Violet-backed Hyliota
• Violet Turaco
• Wandering Whistling Duck
• Western Bearded Greenbul
• Western Bluebill
• Western Nicator
• White-backed Vulture
• White-bellied Kingfisher
• White-bellied Sea Eagle
• White-breasted Cuckooshrike
• White-breasted Guineafowl
• White-browed Crake
• White-crested Helmetshrike
• White-crested Tiger Heron
• White-faced Heron
• White-necked Picathartes
• White-throated Bee Eater 
• Woodland Kingfisher 
• Yellow-billed Shrike
• Yellow-casqued Hornbill
• Yellow-crowned Gonolek

Non-native Birds

• African Stonechat
• Audouin’s Gull
• Black Stork
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Wryneck
• Flappet Lark
• Greater Short-toed Lark
• House Sparrow
• Manx Shearwater
• Marsh Owl
• Ovambo Sparrowhawk
• Pallid Harrier
• Red-billed Quelea
• Red-throated Pipit
• Short-toed Snake-eagle
• Sooty Shearwater
• Tawny Eagle

Guinea’s best birding sites include Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Haut Niger National Park, and Badiar National Park. The peak season for birding in Guinea is the dry season from November to April. During this period, bird activity tends to be higher, and the weather conditions are generally more favorable for birdwatching.