Guinea-Bissau Ramsar wetland
Lagoas Cufada Natural Park
72 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
33 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.63 species in June.31 species in July.0 species in August.0 species in September.16 species in October.5 species in November.3 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
72 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 72Speciesrecorded more than once
- 4Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 353Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 7Raptors
- 2Waders
- 2Ducks & geese
- 12Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 25Songbirds
- 23Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 72 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- HadadaBostrychia hagedash
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Songbirds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Swamp GreenbulThescelocichla leucopleura
- Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Red-tailed LeaflovePhyllastrephus scandens
- Western NicatorNicator chloris
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
- Hylia prasinaHylia prasina
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Black-headed Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- Snowy-headed Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
- Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
- Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
- Illadopsis puveliIlladopsis puveli
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- Green TuracoTauraco persa
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
- White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Striped CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan33°/17°0 mm
- Feb36°/20°0 mm
- Mar37°/22°1 mm
- Apr38°/23°1 mm
- May36°/24°30 mm
- Jun32°/25°166 mm
- Jul29°/24°422 mm
- Aug28°/24°529 mm
- Sep28°/24°367 mm
- Oct30°/24°182 mm
- Nov30°/22°18 mm
- Dec31°/18°0 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lagoas Cufada Natural Park.
Protected area in Guinea-Bissau
Lagoas Cufada Natural Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Guinea-Bissau.
72 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 353 open records.
The most recorded are the Yellow-crowned Bishop, the African Jacana and the Red-headed Quelea.
0 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Hooded Vulture.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- Fulacundanearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 66 km in a straight line
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lagoas Cufada Natural Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmLagoa de Cufada1.2 km² · 5.9 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Lagoas Cufada Natural Park
Guinea-Bissau
- 40Birdyas Score
- 72Species
- 4Migrants
- 1Threatened
Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve
Gambia · 218 km
- 66Birdyas Score
- 131Species
- 60Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6472477) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 353 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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