Bird AlbumCape Verde · Sotavento Islands
Barragem de Poilão
67 species and 2,482 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and March–April, with up to 36 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Iago SparrowPasser iagoensis
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spectacled WarblerCurruca conspicillata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jardim Botânico6 km29 species
- Achada Fazenda lagoon7 km46 species
- Barragem de Faveta8 km50 species
- Tarrafal – Sewage Ponds30 km50 species
All 67 species recorded here
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Iago Sparrow Passer iagoensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Cape Verde Swift Apus alexandri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cape Verde Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Boyd's Shearwater Puffinus boydi
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Barragem de Poilão?
January and March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 36 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Barragem de Poilão?
67 species, from 2,482 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Barragem de Poilão in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Waxbill, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Western Cattle Egret, Purple Heron and Grey Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.