Field checklist
Birds of Cape Verde
138 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Laridae | LC | |
| Band-rumped Storm Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Hydrobatidae | LC | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Bar-tailed Lark | Ammomanes cinctura | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Accipitridae | NE | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Laridae | VU | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Recurvirostridae | NE | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Anatidae | LC | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Boyd’s Shearwater | Puffinus boydi | Procellariidae | NE | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | Corvidae | LC | |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Anatidae | LC | |
| Bulwer’s Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Cape Verde Petrel | Pterodroma feae | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Cape Verde Shearwater E | Calonectris edwardsii | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Cape Verde Storm Petrel E | Hydrobates jabejabe | Hydrobatidae | LC | |
| Cape Verde Swift E | Apus alexandri | Apodidae | LC | |
| Cape Verde Warbler E | Acrocephalus brevipennis | Acrocephalidae | VU | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Laridae | LC | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Laridae | LC | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Falconidae | NE | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rallidae | LC | |
| Common Murre | Uria aalge | Alcidae | LC | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Columbidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Oriolidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Haematopodidae | NT | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Meropidae | LC | |
| European Storm Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Hydrobatidae | LC | |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Columbidae | VU | |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Anatidae | LC | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Anatidae | NE | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Anatidae | LC | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Laridae | LC | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Iago Sparrow E | Passer iagoensis | Passeridae | LC | |
| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Leach’s Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Hydrobatidae | VU | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rallidae | LC | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Podicipedidae | LC | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Marbled Duck | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Anatidae | NT | |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Anatidae | LC | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Pandionidae | LC | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Recurvirostridae | LC | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Raso Lark E | Alauda razae | Alaudidae | CR | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | Columbidae | LC | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Sulidae | LC | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Anatidae | LC | |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Columbidae | LC | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Scopoli’s Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Strigidae | LC | |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | Passeridae | LC | |
| Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Tytonidae | NE | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Ardea ibis | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Western Reef Heron | Egretta gularis | Ardeidae | NE | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Motacillidae | LC | |
| White-faced Storm Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Anatidae | LC | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Phylloscopidae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Laridae | LC |
This checklist lists the species that have profiles on this site, not every species ever recorded in the country. Taxonomy: AviList. Status: IUCN Red List category.