Birds to See in Cape Verde in April
41 bird species on our list for Cape Verde are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Kestrel, Eurasian Collared Dove, Cattle Egret and Little Egret. New this month: Manx Shearwater, European Turtle-dove, Squacco Heron and Common Tern and 2 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Cape Verde’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 41 birds in April
41 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 4.42% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.21% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.05% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.95% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.88% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.42% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.09% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.99% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.89% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.87% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.83% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.71% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.57% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.55% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.41% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr · 0.39% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.36% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.34% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.34% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.24% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantCommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.12% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made