Bird trip to Cape Verde: Santiago Island (February 2012) and Sao Nicolau Island (June 2018) Photo Gallery by Non-stop Bird Photography at pbase.com

Bird trip to Cape Verde: Santiago Island (February 2012) and Sao Nicolau Island (June 2018)

I first visited Cape Verde and Santiago Island from 25-28 February 2012 in order to see 2 bird species of very rare occurrence in the Western Palearctic (Black Heron & Intermediate Egret). This twitching trip also provided me with the opportunity to photograph most of the Cape Verde specialities. Six years later, I returned on 03-07 June 2018 to Sao Nicolau Island, with daily boat trips off the island (in the vicinity of Razo and Branco Islets) in search of several endemic species that we had missed during the previous trip. This gallery has 100 images depicting 17 species.

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Portuguese Man-Of-War (Physalia physalis)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Portuguese Man-Of-War (Physalia physalis)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)(mating pair)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)(mating pair)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)
Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)
Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)
Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)_Channel between Razo & Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)
White-faced Storm-petrel (Pelagodroma marina)_Channel between Razo and Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	White-faced Storm-petrel (Pelagodroma marina)_Channel between Razo and Branco, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)(adult)_Off Branco (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)(immature)_Off Branco (Sao Nicolau Is.)
Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster)(adults)_Razo Islet, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster)(adults with chick)_Razo Islet, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster)(adult)_Razo Islet, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster)(adult)_Razo Islet, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)(juvenile)_Off Razo Islet (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Sula leucogaster)(juvenile)_Off Razo Islet (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Sula leucogaster)(juvenile)_Off Razo Islet (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Sula leucogaster)(juvenile)_Off Razo Islet (Sao Nicolau Is.)
Sula leucogaster)(adult)_Off Razo Islet (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Sula leucogaster)(adult)_Off Razo Islet (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Sula leucogaster)(adult)_Off Razo Islet (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Sula leucogaster)(adult)_Off Razo Islet (Sao Nicolau Is.)
Sula leucogaster)(adult)_Off Razo Islet (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Sula leucogaster)(adult)_Off Razo Islet (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)_Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)
Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)(ssp. bournei)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)(ssp. bournei)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Serra de Pico de Antonia (Santiago Is.)	Serra de Pico de Antonia (Santiago Is.)	Serra de Pico de Antonia (Santiago Is.)
Landscape around Assomada (Santiago Is.)	Near S�o Jorge dos Org�os (Santiago Is.)	Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)(ssp. alexandri)_Cliffs east of Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)(ssp. alexandri)_Cliffs east of Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)(ssp. alexandri)_Assomada (Santiago Is.)	Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)(ssp. alexandri)_Assomada (Santiago Is.)	Cape Verde Swift (Apus alexandri)_Cliffs east of Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Cape Verde Swift (Apus alexandri)_Cliffs east of Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)
Cape Verde Swift (Apus alexandri)_Cliffs east of Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Cape Verde Swift (Apus alexandri)_Cliffs east of Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Cape Verde Swift (Apus alexandri)_Cliffs east of Porto da Praia (Santiago Is.)	Razo Larks (Alauda razae)_Razo Islet, Off Sao Nicolau (Sao Nicolau Is.)
Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)
Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Cape Verde Warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Cape Verde Warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)
Cape Verde Warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Cape Verde Warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Cape Verde Warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Spectacled Warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)(male)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)
Iago Sparrow (Passer iagoensis)(male)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Iago Sparrow (Passer iagoensis)(male)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Iago Sparrow (Passer iagoensis)(male)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)	Iago Sparrow (Passer iagoensis)(male)_Barragem de Poil�o (Santiago Is.)