Cape Verde Ramsar wetland
Pedra Badejo lagoons Important Bird Area
65 bird species recorded; the most in March and in November.
Christian Pirkl · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
38 species in January.31 species in February.47 species in March.39 species in April.35 species in May.10 species in June.2 species in July.25 species in August.5 species in September.9 species in October.45 species in November.36 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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VU
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NTVUVUNTVUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
65 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 65Speciesrecorded more than once
- 24Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,244Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 50 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 1Owls
- 21Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 9Songbirds
- 8Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 65 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursor
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsiiNT
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Fea's PetrelPterodroma feaeNT
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Phaethon aethereusPhaethon aethereus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Songbirds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Cape Verde Islands Cane WarblerAcrocephalus brevipennisVU
- Iago SparrowPasser iagoensis
- Spectacled WarblerSylvia conspicillata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Bar-tailed Desert LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Other birds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Alexander's SwiftApus alexandri
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in March and in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan24°/22°22 mm
- Feb23°/21°20 mm
- Mar23°/21°8 mm
- Apr24°/22°5 mm
- May24°/22°4 mm
- Jun25°/23°4 mm
- Jul26°/24°12 mm
- Aug27°/26°56 mm
- Sep28°/26°82 mm
- Oct28°/26°45 mm
- Nov27°/25°37 mm
- Dec25°/23°30 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Pedra Badejo lagoons Important Bird Area.
Wetlands in Cape Verde
Pedra Badejo lagoons Important Bird Area is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Cape Verde.
65 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,244 open records.
The most recorded are the Kentish Plover, the Grey-headed Kingfisher and the Ruddy Turnstone.
7 species come for the summer, 17 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Cape Verde Islands Cane Warbler, Grey Plover and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in March and in November.
Get there and watch
- Hotel Falucho Paradise Beachplace to stay · 0.5 km · 15 within 10 km
- Salinasnearest town · 0.1 km in a straight line
- Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 22 km in a straight line
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1marked trails within 4 kmSTL4 Santiago Trails
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 10restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 15places to stay within 10 kmHotel Falucho Paradise Beach, Casa Amizade, Villa São José and 12 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Pedra Badejo lagoons Important Bird Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas11 mountains within 25 kmPico da Antónia1,394 m · 14 km↗Monte Tchota1,041 m · 14 kmMonte das Vacas437 m · 16 kmMalagueta1,064 m · 16 kmSerra da Malagueta1,064 m · 17 kmMonte Babosa · 21 kmMonte Henrique · 22 kmMonte Brianda · 23 km
Islandyasthe islandSantiago992 km²
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmSerra da MalaguetaBortle 2 · 17 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Pedra Badejo lagoons Important Bird Area
Cape Verde
- 50Birdyas Score
- 65Species
- 24Migrants
- 3Threatened
Ilhéu de Curral Velho and adjacent coast Important Bird Area
Cape Verde · 122 km
- 51Birdyas Score
- 74Species
- 27Migrants
- 4Threatened
Ribeira do Rabil Important Bird Area
Cape Verde · 130 km
- 49Birdyas Score
- 71Species
- 28Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q15265808) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,244 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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