126 species · 3 endemic · 14 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Endemic to Cape Verde
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
Iago SparrowPasser iagoensis
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Spectacled WarblerCurruca conspicillata
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Cape Verde SwiftApus alexandri
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
SanderlingCalidris alba
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsii
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Cape Verde WarblerAcrocephalus brevipennis
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Boyd's ShearwaterPuffinus boydi
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Cape Verde PetrelPterodroma feae
Little StintCalidris minuta
RuffCalidris pugnax
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquila
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Great EgretArdea alba
Cape Verde Storm PetrelHydrobates jabejabe
Red-footed BoobySula sula
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Raso LarkAlauda razae
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
DunlinCalidris alpina
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Band-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates castro
Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
Common SwiftApus apus
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Common TernSterna hirundo
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Zino's PetrelPterodroma madeira
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Little TernSternula albifrons
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus- Red KiteMilvus milvus
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroli
GadwallMareca strepera
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata