Birds to See in Cape Verde in January
43 bird species on our list for Cape Verde are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Little Egret, Ruddy Turnstone, Cattle Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove and Kestrel. New this month: Wood Sandpiper, Eurasian Spoonbill, Curlew Sandpiper and Ruff and 12 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
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 43 birds in January
43 birds
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.22% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.82% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.73% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.50% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.48% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.02% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.68% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.35% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.26% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.17% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.08% in Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.92% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.87% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.83% in Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.83% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.73% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.71% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.64% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.62% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.48% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.37% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.34% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.34% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.28% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.28% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.25% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan · 0.21% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.21% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantCommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.11% in Jan
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