Important Bird Areas

Information on Guinea-Bissau’s Important Bird Areas (IBAs) can be found in DODMAN, T., BARLOW, C., SÁ, J. & ROBERTSON, P. (2004).

The country checklist which includes a checklist for each IBA can be downloaded in a spreadsheet from this link: Guinea-Bissau checklist.

Summary information of the first 8 sites listed can be found at BirdLife International. The sites are as follows:

Arquipélago dos Bijagós
Cantanhez forests
Dulombi
Ilha de Bolama - Rio Grande de Buba
Lagoas de Cufada
Rio Cacheu
Rio Mansôa and Gêba estuary
Rio Tombali, Rio Cumbijã and Ilha de Melo
Cacine
Vendu Tcham