Animals of Guinea-Bissau

26 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Guinea-Bissau on GBIF: 22 birds, 2 reptiles, 1 insects & other invertebrates, 1 sharks & fish. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map

All 26 animals by group

Birds of prey 3

• Black kite Milvus migrans
• Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
• Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus

Parrots 1

• Rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri

Waders, gulls, terns & auks 9

• Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Common redshank Tringa totanus
• Common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula
• Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Egyptian plover Pluvianus aegyptius
• Eurasian whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
• Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis

Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 6

• African sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
• Black heron Egretta ardesiaca
• Great egret Ardea alba
• Grey heron Ardea cinerea
• Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
• Western cattle egret Ardea ibis

Pigeons & doves 1

• Laughing dove Spilopelia senegalensis

Crows, jays & magpies 1

• Pied crow Corvus albus

Songbirds & perching birds 1

• Violet-backed starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

Lizards, geckos & tuatara 2

• Agama agama Agama agama
• Nile monitor Varanus niloticus

Bony fish 1

• Grey triggerfish Balistes capriscus

Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects 1

• Cat flea Ctenocephalides felis

Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.