🇬🇼Animals recorded in Guinea-Bissau

Which animals have been recorded in Guinea-Bissau? 15,628 occurrence records cover 804 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Polistes marginalis.

• 15,628 records
• 804 species
• 37 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Polistes marginalis. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Guinea-Bissau

	Animal	Group	Records
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	10,116
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	3,772
	Polistes marginalis	Insecta Eumenidae	16
	Asceua lejeunei	Arachnida Zodariidae	14
	Polistes tenellus	Insecta Eumenidae	13
	Septemoecia septemspinosa	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	11
	Lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris	Elasmobranchii Carcharhinidae	11
	Brevinucula verrillii	Bivalvia Nuculidae	10
	Belonogaster juncea	Insecta Eumenidae	9
	Malletia johnsoni	Bivalvia Malletiidae	8
	West African Fiddler Crab Afruca tangeri	Malacostraca Ocypodidae	8
	Afreumenes aethiopicus	Insecta Eumenidae	7
	Bathyarca inaequisculpta	Bivalvia Arcidae	7
	Rusty Axinopsid Mendicula ferruginosa	Bivalvia Thyasiridae	7
	Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala	Aves Estrildidae	7
	Ennucula perforata	Bivalvia Nuculidae	7
	Gymnopholus nitidus	Insecta Curculionidae	7
	Leucon kapinga	Malacostraca Leuconidae	7
	Black Ground Skimmer Diplacodes lefebvrii	Insecta Libellulidae	6
	Buea Screeching Frog Arthroleptis variabilis	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	6
	Styloptocuma paucidentatum	Malacostraca Nannastacidae	6
	Rotundoecia teretivalvata	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	6
	Proceroecia microprocera	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	5
	Proceroecia procera	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	5
	Conchoecia magna	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	5
	Mikroconchoecia curta	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	5
	Conchoecetta giesbrechti	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	5
	Myodermum alutaceum	Insecta Scarabaeidae	5
	Styloptocuma cuspidatum	Malacostraca Nannastacidae	5
	Carteronius sudanus	Arachnida Clubionidae	5
	Amnirana parva	Amphibia Ranidae	5
	Meganaclia johannae	Insecta Erebidae	5
	Sphex haemorrhoidalis	Insecta Sphecidae	5
	Slender Sprite Pseudagrion glaucum	Insecta Coenagrionidae	5
	Hamon's Sprite Pseudagrion hamoni	Insecta Coenagrionidae	5
	Lesser Pincer-tailed Wisp Agriocnemis victoria	Insecta Coenagrionidae	5
	Plain Waxtail Ceriagrion suave	Insecta Coenagrionidae	5
	Inspector Chalcostephia flavifrons	Insecta Libellulidae	5
	African Bluetail Ischnura senegalensis	Insecta Coenagrionidae	5
	Philmontis nigrofasciatus	Insecta Tettigoniidae	5
	cellar spiders Crossopriza lyoni	Arachnida Pholcidae	5
	Cellar spider Artema atlanta	Arachnida Pholcidae	5
	Common Atlantic grenadier Nezumia aequalis	— Macrouridae	5
	Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis	Aves Cisticolidae	5
	Orthoconchoecia atlantica	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	5
	Metaconchoecia rotundata	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	5
	Orthoconchoecia secernenda	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	5
	Kyrtoecia kyrtophora	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	5
	Macrocypris miranda	Ostracoda Macrocyprididae	5
	Tindaria hessleri	Bivalvia Tindariidae	5
	Pochytoides poissoni	Arachnida Salticidae	5
	Discoconchoecia elegans	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	4
	Conchoecilla daphnoides	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	4
	Paraconchoecia echinata	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	4
	Paraconchoecia allotherium	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	4
	Paraconchoecia oblonga	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	4
	Porroecia spinirostris	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	4
	Porroecia pseudoparthenoda	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	4
	Macrocypridina castanea	Ostracoda Cypridinidae	4
	Bradyetes paramatthei	Copepoda Aetideidae	4