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Maio
This checklist includes all bird species found in Maio , 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: Maio [map]
Other names: Concelho do Maio
Number of breeding endemics: 2
Number of globally threatened species: 2
Number of introduced species: 3
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
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| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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| Alexander's Swift | Apus alexandri | Endemic (country/region) |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rare/Accidental |
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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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| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Rare/Accidental |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
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| Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| 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 | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
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| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 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 | |
| Cape Verde Sparrow | Passer iagoensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Greater Hoopoe Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| Bar-tailed Lark | Ammomanes cinctura | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
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| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | |
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| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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