Bird AlbumCape Verde · Barlavento Islands
Zone Humide de Lacacão
58 species and 1,424 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and August, with up to 24 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SanderlingCalidris alba
Spectacled WarblerCurruca conspicillata
Little StintCalidris minuta
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
RuffCalidris pugnax
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Rabil Lagoon21 km62 species
- Sal – Santa Maria70 km53 species
All 58 species recorded here
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Iago Sparrow Passer iagoensis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Cape Verde Swift Apus alexandri
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zone Humide de Lacacão?
February and August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 24 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zone Humide de Lacacão?
58 species, from 1,424 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zone Humide de Lacacão in November?
The most recorded in November: Kentish Plover, Black-winged Stilt, Wood Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone and Sanderling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.