🇨🇻What animals live in Cabo Verde?

130,704 animal records from Cabo Verde cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 130,704 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Cabo Verde

	Animal	Group	Records
	Atlantic weasel shark Paragaleus pectoralis	Elasmobranchii Hemigaleidae	6,104
	Cape Verde Sparrow Passer iagoensis	Aves Passeridae	5,036
	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Aves Falconidae	2,917
	Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	Aves Corvidae	2,327
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	2,301
	Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala	Aves Alcedinidae	2,126
	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	1,929
	Northern House Mosquito Culex pipiens	Insecta Culicidae	1,920
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	1,920
	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Aves Columbidae	1,859
	Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis	Aves Passeridae	1,855
	Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata	Aves Sylviidae	1,800
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	1,742
	Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	Aves Charadriidae	1,711
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	1,641
	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Aves Sulidae	1,590
	Alexander's Swift Apus alexandri	Aves Apodidae	1,588
	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Aves Scolopacidae	1,551
	Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	Aves Recurvirostridae	1,402
	Sanderling Calidris alba	Aves Scolopacidae	1,372
	Red-billed/Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	Aves Phaethontidae	1,341
	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Aves Sylviidae	1,305
	Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura	Aves Alaudidae	1,298
	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Aves Pandionidae	1,280
	Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps	Aves Alaudidae	1,168
	Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	Aves Charadriidae	1,143
	Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	Aves Scolopacidae	1,136
	Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii	Aves Procellariidae	1,047
	Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes	Aves Alaudidae	1,032
	Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild	Aves Estrildidae	981
	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	865
	Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Aves Scolopacidae	843
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	780
	Cape Verde Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis	Aves Acrocephalidae	719
	Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris	Aves Numididae	646
	Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor	Aves Glareolidae	626
	Boyd's Shearwater Puffinus boydi	Aves Procellariidae	606
	Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae	Aves Procellariidae	599
	Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Aves Charadriidae	594
	Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	Aves Threskiornithidae	583
	Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	Aves Ardeidae	567
	Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	Aves Scolopacidae	485
	White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina	Aves Hydrobatidae	471
	Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	Aves Threskiornithidae	449
	Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	Aves Procellariidae	432
	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Aves Rallidae	427
	Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Aves Sulidae	406
	Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Aves Scolopacidae	390
	loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta	Testudines Cheloniidae	379
	African Common Toad Sclerophrys regularis	Amphibia Bufonidae	377
	sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus	Mammalia Physeteridae	364
	Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis	Aves Ardeidae	337
	Common Quail Coturnix coturnix	Aves Phasianidae	332
	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Aves Accipitridae	308
	Little Stint Calidris minuta	Aves Scolopacidae	294
	Leach's/Townsend's/Ainley's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Aves Hydrobatidae	294
	African Monarch Danaus chrysippus	Insecta Nymphalidae	285
	Ruff Calidris pugnax	Aves Scolopacidae	278
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	275
	Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	Aves Laridae	274