Sea to Sahara: Cape Verde, Canary Islands & Morocco WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS (Birds & Mammals) Compiled by Jim Wilson Note: Species listed in order of us first seeing them. April MAMMALS 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1 Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae X 2 Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris X X 3 Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontali X X 4 Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus X 5 Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus X 6 Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba X BIRDS 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster X X X 2 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis X X X X X X X 3 Little Egret Egretta garzetta X X X X 4 Cape Verde Common Buzzard Buteo bannermani X 5 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus alexandri X X X 6 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola X X 7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X X X 8 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus X X X 9 Feral Pigeon Columba livia (domestic) X X X X X X X X X X X 10 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto X X X X X X X X 11 Cape Verde Swift Apus alexandri X X X X 12 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala acteon X X X Ammomanes cinctura X 13 Bar-tailed Lark cinctura 14 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla X X X X X X X X 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 Cape Verde Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis X 16 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis X X X X 17 Cape Verde Sparrow Passer iagoensis X X X X 18 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis X X X X 19 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus X X 20 Sanderling Calidris alba X X X 21 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba detorta X X Boyd’s Shearwater Puffinus boydi X 22 (Macaronesian) 23 Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii X 24 Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii X X 25 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula X X 26 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus neglectus X 27 Osprey (Western) Pandion haliaetus X 28 Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis X X X X 29 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus X X X X X 30 Tern Sp. Unidentified Sterna species X X 31 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus X X 32 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax X 33 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea X 34 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia X 35 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus X 36 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus X X X X 37 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius X 38 Grey (Black-bellied) Plover Pluvialis squatarola X 39 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola X 40 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus X 41 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos X 42 Common Redshank Tringa totanus X 43 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica X 44 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago X 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 45 Audouin’s Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii X X 46 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus X X X X X X X 47 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis X X 48 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus X 49 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia X 50 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis X X 51 Common Swift Apus apus X X X X X X 52 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus X X X X 53 Little Swift Apus affinis X 54 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster X X X 55 Lark Sp. Unidentified Alaudidae Species X 56 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis X 57 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus X X 58 House Sparrow Passer domesticus X X X X Madeiran/Band-rumped Strom Oceanodroma castro X 59 Petrel 60 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus X 61 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor X 62 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus X X X 63 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis X X X X X 64 Black Wheater Oenanthe leucura X X 65 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum X X 66 Black-winged/shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus X 67 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica X X 68 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea X X 69 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor X X X 70 Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara X X 71 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo insularum X 72 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus canierensis X X 73 Laural Pigeon Columba junoniae X X 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 74 Plain Swift Apus unicolor X X Dendrocopos major X 75 Great Spotted Woodpecker canierensis 76 Berthelot’s Pipit Anthus berthelotii X X 77 European Robin Erithacus rubecula superbus X 78 Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis X X 79 Goldcrest Regulus regulus teneriffae X 80 African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae teneriffae X X 81 Northern Raven Corvus corax tingitanus X X 82 Tenerife Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea X 83 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs canariensis X X 84 Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria X X X 85 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula X X X 86 Bolle’s Pigeon Columba bollii X 87 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus X X Barolo (Macaronesian) Puffinus baroli X 88 Shearwater 89 Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata X 90 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops X 91 Lesser Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens X 92 Yellow Wagtail (Western) Motacilla flava X 93 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus X 94 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina X 95 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus X 96 White Wagtail Motacilla alba X X 97 Black Tern Chlidonias niger X 98 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix X 99 White Stork Ciconia ciconia X 100 Black Kite Milvus migrans X 101 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus X 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 102 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus X 103 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus X 104 Little Owl Athene noctua X 105 Levaillant’s Woodpecker Picus vaillantii X 106 Crested Lark Galerida cristata X 107 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica X 108 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea X 109 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes X 110 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos X 111 Eurasian Robin Erithacus rubecula rubecula X 112 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros X 113 Moussier’s Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri X 114 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus deichleri X 115 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans X 116 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita X 117 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata X 118 Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera X 119 Great Tit Parus major X Cyanistes teneriffae X 120 African Blue Tit ultramarinus 121 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator X 122 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus X Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax X 123 Red-billed Chough barbarus 124 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus X 125 Serin Serinus serinus X 126 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra X 127 House Bunting Emberiza sahari X English Bird Names and Taxonomy follow that of the International Ornithological Union (IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1) DATE and LOCATION 8th April - Santiago (Cape Verde) 9th April - Brava/Fogo (Cape Verde) 10th April - Brava/Fogo (Cape Verde) 11th April - Santo Antão (Cape Verde) 12th April - At Sea to Western Sahara 13th April - At Sea to Western Sahara 14th April - Dakhla (Western Sahara) 15th April - El Marsa Laayoune (Western Sahara) 16th April - Tenerife (Canary Islands) 17th April - La Palma (Canary Islands) 18th April - Lanzarote (Canary Islands) 19th April - At Sea to Casablanca 20th April - Casablanca/Marrakech (Morocco) 21st April - Atlas Mountains/Marrakech (Morocco).