This checklist includes all bird species found in São Vicente , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: São Vicente [map]
Other names: Concelho de São Vicente, Concelho de Sao Vicente
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Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
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Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Introduced species |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
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European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
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Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | Rare/Accidental |
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Alexander's Swift | Apus alexandri | Endemic (country/region) |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
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Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
White-faced Storm-petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
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Madeiran Storm-petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
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Cape Verde Petrel | Pterodroma feae | Breeding endemic |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental |
Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | Breeding endemic |
Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Rare/Accidental |
Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | Rare/Accidental |
Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Rare/Accidental |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | |
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Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
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Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Rare/Accidental |
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European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Endemic (country/region) |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | |
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Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | Rare/Accidental |
Cape Verde Sparrow | Passer iagoensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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Thick-billed Lark | Ramphocoris clotbey | Rare/Accidental |
Bar-tailed Lark | Ammomanes cinctura | |
Black-crowned Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
Raso Island Lark | Alauda razae | Endemic (country/region) |
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Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | Rare/Accidental |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | |
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Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
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