Birds to See in Cape Verde in March
41 bird species on our list for Cape Verde are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Ruddy Turnstone, Kestrel, Whimbrel, Kentish Plover and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Great White Egret, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Barn Swallow and House Martin and 2 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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 41 birds in March
41 birds
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.27% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 3.02% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.85% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.15% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.61% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.57% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.53% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.20% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.03% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.03% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.99% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.83% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.79% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.74% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.62% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantCommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.54% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.50% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.41% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.41% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.37% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.29% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.29% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusScarceUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
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