Uncommon Birds in Cape Verde
Our list for Cape Verde has 15 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 11 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
All 15, most common first
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusScarceUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusScarceUncommon55–65 cm
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheScarceUncommon15–16 cm
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarceUncommon40–44 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Barn Owl 33–39 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Rose-ringed Parakeet 38–42 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Eurasian Oystercatcher 40–45 cm
- Squacco Heron 40–49 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Egyptian Vulture 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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