Common Birds in Cape Verde
Our list for Cape Verde has 45 common birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 13 winter visitors, 19 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Cape Verde in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Nov–May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Nov–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantCommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantCommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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