Birds to See in Cape Verde in November
43 bird species on our list for Cape Verde are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Cattle Egret, Kestrel and Ruddy Turnstone. New this month: Blackcap, Great Shearwater, Ruff and Buzzard and 15 more.
On the move in November
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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 November
43 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 4.57% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.31% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.90% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.09% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.03% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.99% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.61% in Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.58% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.06% in Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.97% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.97% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.97% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.87% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.84% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.80% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.77% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.48% in Nov
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisScarceCommon43–51 cmRegularly Nov · 0.48% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.48% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.45% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantCommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov · 0.42% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.39% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.39% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.35% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.35% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.32% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.13% in Nov
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